2017 Summer Conference – CLE credit is no longer available for this course

Seminar Materials Are Available Here (NOTE: This course is no longer valid for MCLE credit)

Contracts Immunity Update
Amy Emerson, Allensworth & Porter, Austin
(.5 hour)
  Employment Law Update 2017: Sex, Drugs, and Tweets Galore
Sheila Gladstone, Ashley Thomas, and Lauren Munselle, Lloyd Gosselink, Austin
(.5 hour)
  Defending Emergency Exception Cases under the Texas Tort Claims Act
Rebecca Hayward, Denton Navarro Rocha Bernal Hyde & Zech, San Antonio
(.5 hour)
Legal Framework for Municipal Fees
Leela Fireside, City of Austin
(.5 hour)
  Handling PIA Requests: Practical Tips
Sherry Mashburn, City of College Station
Vanessa Gonzalez, Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta, Austin
Zachariah Evans, Akers & Akers, Austin
Zindia Thomas, TML, Moderator
(1 hour)
Regulating Your City’s Homeless Population
Thomas Gwosdz, City of Victoria
(.5 hour)
  Recent Federal Cases of Interest to Cities
Randy Montgomery, D. Randall Montgomery and Associates, Dallas
(.75 hour)
Recent State Cases of Interest to Cities
Laura Mueller, Bojorquez Law Firm, Austin
(.75 hour)
Tax Foreclosed Properties
Leann Guzman, City of Fort Worth
(.5 hour)
  Hoarding
Jonathan Koury, City of Bryan
(.5 hour)
  Regulation of Drones
Chris Nichols, Nichols Law Firm, Houston
(.5 hour)
  Emerging Right of Way Issues: Small Cells Are a Big Deal
Don Knight, City of Dallas
(.5 hour)
  What’s Your Damage? Case Studies in ZBA Appeals
Tad Cleaves, Skye Masson, and Sofia Nelson, City of Georgetown
(1 hour)
  Lessons Learned from Pasadena: Voting Rights Act Update
Gunnar Seaquist, Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta, Austin
(.5 hour)
  What Every New City Attorney Needs to Know (and the Rest of Us Reminded of)
Marcus Norris, Underwood Law Firm, Amarillo
(.75 hour)
Legislative Privilege: Protections and Cautions
Nathan Vassar, Lloyd Gosselink, Austin
(.5 hour)
Risky Business: Managing Construction Project Risk with Bonds and Insurance
Joe Basham, Allensworth & Porter, Austin
Jeff Chapman, Chapman Law Firm, Austin
(.75 hour)
  7 Myths of  Environmental Liability
Derra Mattina, Olson & Olson, Houston
(.5 hour)
  Why Can’t We All Just Get Along: The Relationship between City Councils and EDC Boards
Frank Garza, Davidson, Troilo, Ream and Garza, San Antonio
(1 hour)