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Judge Jim ArthJudge Andy AustinJudge Carlos BarreraJustice Cindy BourlandJustice Jeff BoydJudge Clifford BrownJudge Darlene ByrneJudge Karin CrumpJudge Amy Clark MeachumJudge Elisabeth EarleJustice Scott FieldJudge Raul GonzalezJudge Andy HathcockJudge Bill HenryJudge Rhonda HurleyJudge Scott Jenkins
Judge Brenda KennedyJudge Ami LarsonJustice Debra LehrmannJudge Brandy MuellerJudge Orlinda NaranjoJustice Bob PembertonJustice David PuryearChief Justice Jeff RoseJudge Leonard SaenzJudge Eric ShepperdJudge Susan SteegJudge Tim SulakJudge Gisela TrianaJudge Todd WongJudge Stephen Yelenosky
CONFIRMED JUDGES ATTENDING
SILVER ANNIVERSARYBENCH BAR
CONFERENCE PROGRAM8 – 9 a.m. VENDOR FAIR / REGISTRATION
9 – 10 CIVILITY MATTERS (1.0 CLE)
PANEL: Ranelle Meroney, Chamberlain – McHaney, Moderator; Mary Dietz, Cox & Smith; Jay Harvey, Winkler & Harvey; Judge Bill Henry, 428 District Court, Hays County; Judge Andy Austin, Magistrate, U.S. District Courts, Western District; Scott Kidd, Kidd Law Firm
10 – 11 BREAKOUT GROUPS (1.0 CLE)
HOT TOPICS
ADMIN LAW: Former Texas Supreme Court Justice Craig Enoch, Enoch Kever
APPELLATE: Evan Young, Baker Botts; Jim George, George, Brothers, Kincaid & Horton; Patrick O’Daniel, Norton Rose Fulbright; Andy Oldham, Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General
EMPLOYMENT FROM INTERNET TO EVIDENCE: Jason Boulette, Boulette, Golden & Marin
LGBT: Christine Andresen, Attorney at Law; Former Chief Justice Woodie Jones, Alexander, Dubose, Jefferson & Townsend; Jody Scheske, Attorney at Law
CIVIL LITIGATION: Jim Ewbank, Cokinos, Bosien & Young
CRIMINAL LAW: Judge Mike Denton, County Court at Law No. 4; Kelsey McKay, Travis County District Attorney’s Office
11:15 – 12:30 p.m. SPEED JUDGING (0.75 CLE)
Meet six members of the Judiciary in 75 minutes
12:30 – 1:15 LUNCH / BAR & GRILL MYSTERY (0.75 CLE)
1:15 – 1:30 VENDOR FAIR / BREAK
1:30 – 2:30 KEYNOTE SPEAKER (1.0 CLE)
THURSDAY, APRIL 16 — START TIME: BETWEEN 4 – 6 p.m.
PETER PAN MINI GOLF SOCIAL1207 BARTON SPRINGS RD, AUSTIN, TX 78704
benefiting the Austin Bar Foundation & Austin Young Lawyers Foundation
PRE-CONFERENCE CELEBRATION
2:45 – 3:45 BREAKOUT GROUPS (1.0 CLE)
EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT _______ BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK...
PROBATE: Tom Ruffner, Travis County Probate Court No. 1; Craig Hopper, Hopper & Mikeska; Judge Guy Herman, Travis County Probate Court
EMPLOYMENT: Tom Nesbitt, DeShazo & Nesbitt; Former Supreme Court Justice Xavier Rodriguez
BANKRUPTCY: Jim Hoeffner, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody; Judge Tony Davis, U.S. Bankruptcy Court
FAMILY: Janet McCullar, Law Office of Janet McCullar; Stephen Orsinger, McGinnis Lochridge
CRIMINAL LAW: Mindy Montford, Attorney at Law; Judge Brandy Mueller, County Court at Law No. 6
3:45 – 4:45 ETHICS JEOPARDY (1.0 CLE/ETHICS)
Teresa Schneider, Winstead Houston
4:45 – 5:30 HAPPY HOUR
Celebration to Honor the Founders of Bench Bar: Judge Joe Hart; Judge Pete Lowry; Jan Soifer,
O’Connell & Soifer; Mark Perlmutter, Perlmutter & Schuelke
TOTAL 2015 BENCH BAR CLE:
6.5 HOURS, INCLUDING 1 HOUR ETHICS CREDIT
BENCH BAR 2015 COMMITTEE CHAIRS
THANK YOU TO OUR HARD-WORKING COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Amy Welborn, Kimberley Williams, Mike Johnson, Chief Justice Jeff Rose, and Judge Cliff Brown