Bench Bar 2009 Conference Schedule
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Friday, April 17, 2009
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Vendor Fair |
8:00 - 8:30 a.m. | Check in, Continental Breakfast |
8:30 - 9:00 a.m. | Introduction and Welcome |
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. | General Session Changing Our Practice in the Face of Subprime Meltdown Speaker: Mark McNair, Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer |
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. | Morning Break/Vendor Fair |
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. | Breakout Sessions I |
Bankruptcy: | Bankruptcy Basics for the Non-Bankruptcy Practitioner Panelists: Judge Craig Gargotta, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas; Jim Hoeffner, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody |
Family: | Preparing for the Family Law Hearing and Trial Speakers: Wayne Prescott, Law Offices of Wayne Prescott |
Core Litigation: | How We Pick Our Judges: To Elect or Merit Select? Panelists: Justice Scott Brister, Supreme Court of Texas; Justice Jan Patterson, Third Court of Appeals; Senator Robert Duncan, Crenshaw Dupree & Milam |
Advanced Litigation: |
Panelists: Professor Tom McGarity, The University of Texas School of Law; Sean Jordan, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General of Texas Moderator: Michael Slack, Slack & Davis |
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Breakout Sessions II |
Criminal: | I'd Like to Draw Your Blood: Mandatory Blood Tests in DWI Cases Panelists: John Bradley, Williams County District Attorneys; David Gonzalez, Sumpter & Gonzalez Moderator: Kristin Etter, Sumpter & Gonzalez |
Core Litigation: | Practicing Law in Travis County: What We Used to Do and What We Should Still Do Panelists: Judge John Dietz, 250th District Court; Honorable Bea Ann Smith, Brown McCarroll; David Brown, K&L Gates |
Core Litigation: | Shielding Discovery and the Public's Right to Know: Motions to Seal and Protective Orders Panelists: Judge Stephen Yelenosky, 345th District Court; Pal Van Osselaer, Van Osselaer & Buchanan, Moderator: Laura Grabouski, Van Osselear & Buchanan |
Advanced Litigation: |
Panelists: Mark Kincaid, Kindcaid & Horton; Michael Sean Quinn, Quinn Hayes & Quinn Moderator: Lisa Tsai, Diamond McCarthy |
12:30 - 1:45 p.m. | Lunch/Vendor Fair |
1:45 - 2:45 p.m. | General Session Preparing Your Case in the New Millennium: How to Handle Witnesses and Jurors Across the Generations Panelists: Doug Keene, Keene Trial Consulting; Robert Swafford, Strike for Cause Jury Consulting; Jim Perdue, Sr., Perdue & Kidd; Jim Perdue, Jr., Perdue & Kidd Moderator: Lisa Tsai, Diamond McCarthy |
2:45 - 3:45 p.m. | Breakout Sessions III |
Admin/Gov: | Administrative Law Update Panelists: David Morales, Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation; Nan Beaird, Gardere Wynne Sewell |
Core Litigation: | Everything You Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask: Open Q&A With the Bench Panelists: Justice Dale Wainwright, Supreme Court of Texas; Chief Justice Woodie Jones, Third Court of Appeals; Judge Rhonda Hurley, 98th District Court Moderator: Laurie Ratliff, Ikard & Golden |
Advanced Litigation: |
Panelists: Shelley Dahlberg, General Litigation Division, Office of the Attorney General of Texas; Paul Schorn, Attorney; Celeste Yeager, Gardere Wynne Sewell |
Advanced Litigation: |
Panelists: Judge Gisela D. Triana-Doyal, 200th District Court; David Chamberlain, Chamberlain McHaney |
3:45 - 4:30 p.m. | Vendor Fair/Afternoon Break |
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. | General Session Recent Developments and Future Trends in Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline Panelists: J.G. "Jed"Molleston, Houston Regional Counsel, Texas State Bar Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel; William Criss, Executive Director, Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism Moderator: Mike Johnson, Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons |
5:30 - 6:30 p.m. | Happy Hour to honor Austin's new judges |
7:00 p.m. | AYLA 50th Anniversary Party at Threadgill's featuring music by The Gourds - For more information, please visit the AYLA Web site. |
