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— FRIDAY, JUNE 27 —12FRIDAY, JUNE 27General Session LuncheonFeaturing Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of theNational Constitution Center12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Included in registration! .75 hour$60 per guest ticket—$2,500 table sponsorship for 10Austin Convention CenterHonoring Our State Bar PresidentsJoin us as we thank 2013-2014 President Lisa M. Tatumof San Antonio and welcome 2014-2015 PresidentTrey Apffel of League City. We will also honor Texasattorneys who have been practicing law since 1964. Lisa M. Tatum Trey Apffel2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.Practice Tips From My First TwoYears as a Texas Trial andAppeal Board Judge .5 hourHon. Susan J. Hightower, AustinAdministrative Trademark Judge,Trademark Trial and Appeal BoardU.S. Patent and Trademark Office3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.Misappropriation of TradeSecrets and CorporateEspionage: The New TexasUniform Trade Secrets Act inYour Arsenal .5 hourThe Texas Legislature recentlyenacted the Texas Uniform TradeSecrets Act—learn how this newlaw will affect you and your clients.Joseph F. Cleveland Jr., Fort WorthBrackett & Ellis, P.C.4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.How Confidential AreConfidential SettlementAgreements Involving PatentDisputes .5 hour (.25 ethics)Has the Federal Circuit, underthe guise of determining thevalue of a patent, opened thedoor to compel the discoveryof confidential settlementagreements and the discovery ofany documents and discussionsleading to those settlements?Robb D. Edmonds, HoustonEdmonds & Nolte, PCKeynote Presentation“The Meaning and Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education”Jeffrey RosenSponsored by the Litigation SectionJames C. Watson Inn5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.ReceptionLaw Practice Management8:50 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.Welcoming Remarks andAnnouncementsBill Miller, TexarkanaGreer & Miller, L.L.P.9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.Starting a Law Practice—Business Planning, RecordRetention, and Entity Selection.75 hour (.25 ethics)Learn the right way to set up yourpractice, what paperwork you haveto keep and for how long, and howto set your organization up as theentity to benefit you the most.Dirk Jordan, AustinJordan Law Firm9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.Client Trust Accounts.5 hour (.5 ethics)Learn when you can spend themoney received from clients andhow to follow the IOLTA andDisciplinary Rules of ProfessionalConduct while keeping clientshappy.Penny Phillips, PlanoPhillips Law Firm10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.Effective and Ethical Use of YourLegal Staff .5 hour (.25 ethics)Who is a paralegal/legal assistantand what can you legally andethically delegate to them? Thispresentation will weigh theprofitability of paralegals vs.“baby” lawyers.Kay Redburn, DallasParalegal, The Webb Family LawFirm, P.C.10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.Social Media Can Be Your Firm’sBest Friend—Or Its WorstEnemy .5 hour (.5 ethics)This panel aims to help you takeadvantage of this rapidly-growing,low-cost marketing resourcewithout running afoul of theadvertising and ethical rules.Moderator:Bill Miller, TexarkanaGreer & Miller, L.L.P.Panelists:Michelle Cheng, AustinWhitehurst, Harkness, Brees &Cheng, P.C.Gene Major, AustinDirector of Advertising Review,State Bar of Texas11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Client Relations—Hire/Fire,Retainer Agreements, andRates .75 hour (.5 ethics)Learn how and why to haveretainer agreements, what to putinto the agreement to protectyourself, and how to ensure yourrates are clear to your clients.Moderator:Bill Miller, TexarkanaGreer & Miller, L.L.P.Panelists:D. Diane Dillard, BrownsvilleAttorney at LawJeffrey Scott Edwards, AustinEdwards LawDavid Sheppard, AustinDavid A. Sheppard Attorney at Law
FRIDAY, JUNE 271:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.Confidentiality—Email andEncryption (A How-To Guide).75 hour (.75 ethics)Lawyers have ethical duties toprotect attorney-client privilegeand clients’ confidentialinformation, so lawyers need toknow if their email system andcloud providers provide properencryption and secure systems.8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.Fair and Impartial Courts—AJudicial Panel 2 hours (2 ethics)Hon. Mark S. Cady, Des Moines, IAChief Justice, Iowa Supreme CourtHon. J. Woodfin “Woodie” Jones,AustinChief Justice, Third Court ofAppeals5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.Reception With LGBT LawSection, Allies, and JudgesLitigation Section9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.Justice Delayed, Not JusticeDenied: The Prosecution of the16th Street Baptist ChurchBombing Case 1.5 hoursPeter S. Vogel, DallasGardere Wynne Sewell, LLP2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.Case Management Software—Solo Conflicts, Checks, andRecord-Retention1 hour (.5 ethics)Timothy G. Ackermann, ArlingtonThe Ackermann Law FirmChristene Krupa Downs, PlanoKrupa Downs Law, PLLC3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.Retirement and SuccessionPlanning for Solos.5 hour (.25 ethics)You can look forward to yourretirement years by making sureyour clients’ needs are taken careof and using a plan that beginswell in advance of yourretirement years.Lynn Davis Ward, DallasWard & Turton, PLLC4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.Invoicing, Fee Agreements,Ethical Requirements, Flat Fees,and Non-Refundable Retainers.75 hour (.75 ethics)Larry P. McDougal, RichmondThe Law Office of Larry P. McDougalLGBT Law Section8:00 a.m. – 8:25 a.m.Section Meet and Greet8:25 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.Welcome and AnnouncementsShelly L. Skeen, RichardsonBlume, Faulkner, Skeen &Northam, PLLCHon. Tonya Parker, DallasPresiding Judge, 116th CivilDistrict Court10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Fast and Furious—The LGBTState of the Nation 1.25 hoursD’Arcy Kemnitz, Washington, DCExecutive Director, National LGBTBar AssociationShannon Price Minter,San Francisco, CALegal Director, National Center forLesbian RightsJames J. “Jody” Scheske, AustinJames J. Scheske, PLLC1:40 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.Taxation and Federal Benefitsfor Unmarried and Same-SexCouples 1 hour (.25 ethics)Co-sponsored by the TaxationSectionPatricia Cain, Santa Clara, CAProfessor of Law, Santa Clara LawAliber Family Chair in LawEmerita, University of IowaGrover Hartt III, DallasSenior Litigation Counsel, U.S.Department of JusticeCharles D. Pulman, DallasMeadows, Collier, Reed, Cousins,Crouch & Ungerman, L.L.P.2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.True Equality: Post-WindsorImmigration Issues 1 hourJohn Nechman, HoustonKatine & Nechman, L.L.P.3:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.Section Membership MeetingBill Baxley, Birmingham, ALBaxley, Dillard, McKnight & JamesG. Douglas Jones, Birmingham, ALJones & Hawley, P.C.10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.Texas Legal Legends .75 hourThe Texas Legal Legends is anongoing project of the LitigationSection to honor andcommemorate the wisdom andskills of the state’s many greatlitigators. Join us as we hearwords of wisdom from thenewest inductee, Bob Black.Introduction:Christy Amuny, BeaumontBain & BarkleyInductee:Robert A. Black, BeaumontMehaffyWeber, P.C.11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.Section Membership Meeting1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.Section Council Meeting(Private Event)Military and VeteransLaw Section9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.U.S. Drone Operations1 hour (.5 ethics)U.S. drone operations and therules of engagement.Probyn Thompson, Fayettville, NCU.S. Air Force, Lieutenant Colonel(Ret.)NASC, Navmar Applied SciencesCorporation— FRIDAY, JUNE 27 —13
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