the tarrant county probate bar association presents its probate litigation … · 2012. 7. 3. ·...

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TARRANT COUNTY PROBATE BAR ASSOCIATIONOfficers and DirectorsAimee Stone PresidentMonica Benson President-ElectKim Donovan SecretaryKathy Roux TreasurerGary Post Past PresidentLara Aman DirectorTena Fox DirectorJennifer Lovelace DirectorColin Murchison DirectorDustin Payne DirectorJimalee Splawn DirectorJ.B. Strong Director

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Probate Litigation Seminarfriday, september 14, 2012

Texas Wesleyan School of Law • 1515 Commerce Street • Fort Worth

The Tarrant County Probate Bar Association Presents Its

Sponsors Are:

Underwriter:

Bakutis, McCully & Sawyer, P.C.Attorneys and Counselors

Seminar Brochures to be mailed July 2012

Lara Aman, Committee ChairLori CampbellCassandra EngelTena FoxBeth Hampton

Gary PostLouis StefanosAimee StoneJ.B. Strong

Tarrant County Probate Bar Association

EIGHTH PROBATE LITIGATION SEMINARTexas Wesleyan University School of Law

1515 Commerce Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76102Underwriter - Frost Bank

(MCLE credit - 7.25 hours, 1.25 Ethics, Course No. 901249262)

September 14, 20127:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast8:00 - 8:15 Welcome and Announcements8:15 - 9:00 In Terrorem Clauses - 0.75 hour R. Dyann McCully (Fort Worth)9:00 - 10:00 Pre-Death Will Contests and Misuse of Powers of Attorney - 1.0 hour James M. McNeel (San Antonio)10:00 - 10:15 Break 10:15 - 11:15 Will Contests in the 21st Century - 1.0 hour Lisa H. Jamieson (Fort Worth) & Jay D. Hartnett (Dallas)11:15 - 11:45 Mostly Dead: Disappearance and the Presumption of Death - 0.5 hour Honorable Steve M. King (Fort Worth)11:45 - 12:00 Break-Box Lunch Provided12:00 - 1:00 The Law of Legal Malpractice for Probate and Estate Attorneys - 1.0 hour, 1.0 hour ethics Stephen E. McConnico (Austin) 1:00 - 1:15 Break1:15 - 2:15 Marital Property Liabilities - 1.0 hour Professor Thomas M. Featherston, Jr. (Waco)2:15 - 3:15 Panel Discussion: Litigating and Resolving Contested Estates and Guardianships - 1.0 hour

Catherine H. Goodman, Attorney at Law, Moderator (Fort Worth) John V. Dowdy, Jr., Mediator and Attorney at Law (Arlington) Ross P. Griffith, Attorney at Law (Fort Worth) James R. Hall, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Health

and Neuroscience, UNT Health Science Center (Fort Worth) Arlene Shorter, LMSW and Assistant Court Investigator,

Tarrant County Probate Court No. Two (Fort Worth)3:15 - 3:30 Break 3:30 - 4:30 Peace Treaties: Considerations When Negotiating,

Drafting & Enforcing Settlement Agreements - 1.0 hour, 0.25 hour ethics Sarah Patel Pacheco (Houston)4:30 p.m. Adjourn Total Hours: 7.25 MCLE, 1.25 Ethics, TBLS Approval Pending

Registration

Name:_________________________________________Firm:__________________________________________Address:________________________________________ ________________________________________Phone:_________________________________________Fax:____________________________________________E-mail:_________________________________________

❑ Check here if you do not want your name and contact information included in the list of attendees included with the materials.

Seminar Cost (including breakfast, lunch, snacks and seminar materials)

Attorneys and legal assistants $200.00Law students (no deductions) $75.00Deductions$25.00 if registering by August 31, 2012 <$______>$25.00 if TCPBA member <$______> Qualifying Judge* NO CHARGETotal (check only) $_______

Materials only (if not attending) $125.00

Make checks payable to Tarrant County Probate Bar Association and return Registration and Fee to: Tarrant County Probate Bar Association Attn: J.B. Strong P.O. Box 788 Fort Worth, TX 76101

Questions regarding registration? Contact J.B. Strong at (817) 877-2832 or E-mail jstrong@canteyhanger.com

All other inquiries: Contact Lara Aman at (972) 338-3240 or E-mail lara.aman@ustrust.com

* Qualifying Judges may attend free of charge, provided: (1) the course is directly related to the jurisdiction of their tribunal; (2) they are full-time judges or judges retired under the judicial retirement system; and (3) space is available after admission of all paid registrants. Judges must actually attend to receive seminar materials. This non-transferable privilege does not extend to receivers, trustees, court staff, or persons serving part-time in any judicial capacity.