Eastern District of Texas2015 Bench Bar Conference

Jointly with theThe Center for American and

International Law

October 21-23, 2015

Plano Marriott Legacy Town Center7121 Bishop Road, Plano, Texas 75024

888.236.2427 • 972.473.6444

WednesdAy, OCTOber 21

10:00 AM Registration Opens

10:00 AM Guns & Golfing Kick-Off.

Choose from the refinement of golfing on the beautiful Gleneagles golf course minutes from the conference hotel, or join a bunch of rag tag lawyers taken to calling themselves the Posse for an East Texas cultural excursion at the nearby Frisco Gun Club. If you have never fired a gun, this is your chance. All experience levels accommodated and everything you need provided.

See Registration Form for Special Registration Details.

Golf at Gleneagles Sponsored by: McKool Smith and Winston & Strawn

The East Texas Shooting Excursion Sponsored by: Haltom & Doan and Siebman, Burg, Phillips & Smith

Early Bird CLE Begins

3:00 PM The Art of the Oral Argument From Motion Practice to Appeal. Charles Bundren, Wm. Charles Bundren & Associates, Moderator; Judge Catharina Haynes, Fifth Circuit; Judge William Bryson, Federal Circuit; Judge Amos Mazzant, EDTX.

3:45 PM Mystery Law Clerk’s Panel, Law Clerk’s Unleashed. What They Want to Really Say to Lawyers. Sarah Fischer, Former Law Clerk to Chief Judge Ron Clark, EDTX, Moderator; Law Clerk 1, Law Clerk 2, Law Clerk 3, Law Clerk 4, Law Clerk 5, Law Clerk 6 & Law Clerk 7 (The Names Are Withheld to Protect the Innocent).

4:45 PM Local Rules & the Local Rules Process. When & Why Did ED Texas Adopt the Patent Rules of ND California? Wes Hill, Ward & Smith, Moderator; Otis Carroll, Ireland, Carroll & Kelley; Michael Smith, Siebman, Burg, Phillips & Smith & Jennifer Ainsworth, Wilson, Robertson & Cornelius.

5:30 PM Opening Reception with Tastings of Texas Bourbons. Event Sponsor: StoneTurn

7:00 PM Dinner on Your Own.

Presidential Suite Opens After Dinner Until Midnight.

ThursdAy, OCTOber 22

7:00 AM Texas Chuck Wagon Breakfast Buffet. Event Sponsors: Federal Arbitration, Inc. and Findlay Craft, P.C.

8:20 AM Opening of Conference. Chief Judge Ron Clark, ED Bar President Michael Truncale & Chairman Clyde Siebman.

8:30 AM E-Discovery. Insights from the Drafting Table & Other Views from the Bench. Come December, What Will the New E-Discovery Look Like? Harry “Gil” Gillam, Gillam & Smith & Ted Stevenson, McKool Smith, Moderators; Chief Judge Ron Clark, EDTX; Judge Shira Scheindlin, SDNY; Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo, SDCA & Judge Andrew Guilford, CDCA.

9:15 AM Alice. Is it a Software Infringers’ Wonderland? Or, Will Good Software Patents Somehow Survive? Geoff Culbertson, Patton Tidwell & Culbertson & Max Ciccarelli, Thompson & Knight, Moderators; Professor Peter Menell, University of Berkeley; Retired Chief Judge Paul Michel, Fed. Cir.; Judge Robert “Trey” Schroeder, EDTX & Judge Roy Payne, EDTX.

10:00 AM Extracting the Baby from the Bath Water. Effectively Managing Patent Cases Without Weakening the System that Protects Legitimate Innovation. Includes Interactive Segment with Audience. Doug Cawley, McKool Smith, Moderator; Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo, SDCA; Judge Shira Scheindlin, SDNY; Judge Barbara Lynn, NDTX; Retired Judge Leonard Davis, Fish Richardson & Mike Jones, Potter Minton.

11:00 AM Break. Event Sponsors: Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

11:15 AM Patent Damages. A 2015 Primer. Alan Ratliff, StoneTurn & Bo Davis, Davis Firm, Moderators; Judge William Bryson, CAFC; Chief Judge Ron Clark, EDTX; Judge Rodney Gilstrap, EDTX; Judge John Love, EDTX & Steven Williams, McDole Williams.

12:00 PM Views from the Top. A Fireside Chat about Our Nation’s Patent System. Alan Fisch, Fisch Sigler LLP, Moderator; Retired Chief Judge Paul Michel, Fed. Cir.; Former USPTO Commissioner Todd Dickinson & Monica Magnusson, VP IPR Policy, Ericsson.

12:45 PM Lunch with Special Recognitions from Around ED Texas by Chief Judge Ron Clark. Event Sponsors: Baker & McKenzie LLP.

1:15 PM Twenty Years with the Chief Judges of the Federal Circuit. Former Federal Circuit Law Clerks Provide Insight Into How to Be Upheld on Appeal. What Goes on Behind the Curtain? Is it All Just Case Specific, or Policy Driven? Suzanne Michel, Senior Patent Counsel, Google Inc., Moderator; John Battaglia, Fisch Sigler LLP, former clerk to Chief Judge Paul R. Michel; Shawn Blackburn, Susman Godfrey, former clerk to Chief Judge Sharon Prost; Phillip Lee, McKool Smith, former clerk to Circuit Judge Evan J. Wallach; Kori Anne Bagrowski, former clerk to Chief Judge Randall R. Rader.

2:00 PM Arbitration, Mediation & Litigation – View from the Federal Bench and Bar. Michael Truncale, Orgain Bell & Tucker, Moderator; Judge Marcia Crone, EDTX, Steve Susman, Susman Godfrey; Abraham Sofaer, FEDARB, Retired Judge David Folsom, Jackson Walker & Retired Judge Royal Furgeson, Jr., Dean, UNT Dallas College of Law.

2:45 PM Social Media Mining. Prospecting for Golden Nuggets. Charles “Chip” Molster, Winston & Strawn; Adam Allgood, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius & Melissa Smith, Gillam & Smith.

3:15 PM Break Event Sponsors: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

3:30 PM Admitting Evidence from the Mine. How to Use Evidence from Social Media. John Browning, Passman & Jones; Judge Keith Giblin, EDTX, Judge Zack Hawthorn, EDTX & Jennifer Ainsworth, Wilson, Robertson & Cornelius.

4:00 PM Can Collegiality and Professionalism Survive in a World of Sanctions? Richard “Rocky” Schwartz, Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz, Moderator; Professor David Hricik, Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University; Dean Brad Toben, Baylor Law School; Retired Judge Royal Furgeson, Jr., Dean, UNT Dallas College of Law & Retired Judge Leonard Davis, Fish Richardson.

4:45 PM Corporate Perspectives. Litigation ED Texas Style. From the Irks to Parts that Work. Natalie Bennett, McDermott Will & Emery & Josh Thane, Haltom & Doan, Moderators; Kenneth Korea, Senior VP & Head of US IP Center, Samsung Electronics; Kevin Fillip, Vice President & General Counsel, ST Microelectronics, Inc.; Karen Robinson, Associate General Counsel & Director of Litigation, Adobe; Ray Wood, Chief Patent Counsel, ZTE & Monica Magnusson, VP IPR Policy, Ericsson.

5:30 PM VIP Chief Judge and President’s Reception with Tasting of Texas Wines. Event Sponsors: Alston & Bird LLP; Baker Botts L.L.P. and Paul Hasting.

6:45 PM Chief Judge and President’s Dinner/John Hannah Award Ceremony. Event Sponsors: Bragalone Conroy PC; Fish & Richardson P.C.; Kenyon & Kenyon LLP and Thompson & Knight LLP.

8:15 PM Beck Weathers, Author of Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest. Introduction by Judge Barbara Lynn, NDTX.

9:00 PM Dessert, Dancing & Conferring to the Sounds of Emerald City. It’s a Texas Thang. A Chocolate Indulgence! Event Sponsors: Cozen O’Connor and Vinson & Elkins LLP.

10:00 PM Conversations in the Presidential Suite. When Will the ED Texas Sherman Division Get Bigger than Dallas? Economist Ray Perryman of the Perryman Group Discusses His Research into the Population Boom of the Sherman Division of ED Texas and its Effects.

FrIdAy, OCTOber 23

7:30 AM Texas Breakfast Buffet, Dallas Style. (A Little Bit Fancy for East Texas, But Nice When You Can Get It). Event Sponsors: Dovel & Luner LLP and King & Spalding.

Private Judges Breakfast.

ED Texas Bar Association Breakfast Business Meeting.

8:30 AM Sage Advice from Sages. What’s Changed? What’s Remained? Judge Don Bush, EDTX, Moderator; Judge T. John Ward, Retired EDTX; Judge Robert Parker, Former EDTX & Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals & Retired Judge Jim Parsons, Former President of the State Bar of Texas and Former State District Judge.

9:15 AM Writing to Win. Steven D. Stark, Writer, Teacher, Lawyer & Artist.

10:00 AM Break. Event Sponsors: Gillam & Smith LLP.

10:15 AM Pop Culture’s Impact on the Trial of Cases. David Stein, Alston & Bird; Judge Caroline Craven, EDTX; Jennifer Orgeron, Law Clerk for US Magistrate Judge Caroline Craven & Retired Judge Charles “Chad” Everingham, IV, Akin Gump.

11:00 AM Newer Faces of ED Texas. Policies, Procedures & Practice Pointers As Seen from Behind and Beyond the Pine Curtain. Clyde Siebman, Siebman, Burg, Phillips & Smith & Jeannie Heffernan, Kirkland & Ellis, Moderators; Judge Amos Mazzant, EDTX; Judge Robert “Trey” Schroeder, III, EDTX & Judge Nicole Mitchell, EDTX.

11:45 AM Lunch with Special Recognitions from Around ED Texas by Chief Judge Ron Clark. Event Sponsors: The Davis Firm, P.C.

12:15 PM A Round Table Discussion Regarding Best Practices in ED Texas. Kat Li, McKool Smith, Eman Sojoodi, Fenwick & West & Elizabeth DeRieux, Capshaw DeRieux; Judge Rodney Gilstrap, EDTX; Judge Caroline Craven, EDTX; Judge Roy Payne, EDTX; Judge John Love, EDTX; Judge Nicole Mitchell, EDTX & David O’Toole, EDTX District Clerk.

1:15 PM The Estate of Tom McLaury v. Wyatt Earp, 4:15-MockTrial-1: Trial Skills Demonstration: The Trial of Wyatt Earp for Causing the Wrongful Death of Tom McLaury During a Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sponsored by the ABA Litigation Institute of Trial Training. Wyatt Earp Played by Wyatt Earp. Ike Clanton Played by Richard “Rocky” Schwartz, Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz.

Presiding Judge: Royal Furgeson, Jr. Plaintiff’s Counsel: Mike Lynn, Lynn Tillotson, Pinker & Cox & Leon Carter, Carter Scholer Arnett Hamada & Mocker. Defense Counsel: Jennifer Doan, Haltom & Doan & Andy Tindel, MT2 Law Group. Setting the Stage: Mike Lynn & Clyde Siebman

1:25 Plaintiff’s Opening Statement. 1:40 Defendant’s Opening Statement. 1:55 Direct Examination of Plaintiff’s Witness.2:10 Cross-Examination of Plaintiff’s Witness. 2:25 Direct Examination of Defendant’s Witness. 2:40 Cross Examination of Defendant’s Witness.2:55 Plaintiff’s Closing Argument.3:10 Defendant’s Closing Argument.3:25 Law Students Attending from Texas Law

Schools Render the Verdict.

2015 OFFICers Michael Truncale – President

Stephanie Barnes – Vice-PresidentWilliam E. “Bo” Davis – Treasurer

Kirk Mathis – Past President

2015 directorsGeoffrey Culbertson – Texarkana

Charles Bundren – FriscoMelissa Smith – Marshall

Doug Cawley – Outside Director

Past President’s Council1995-1999 – Clyde Siebman

2000 – Rosemary Snider2001 – Damon Young2002 – Andy Tindel

2003 – Richard Granger2004 – Ed Hohn (1964-2009)

2005 – Clay Dark2006 – Michael Smith2007 – John Mercy

2008-2009 – Chris Coco2010 – Larry Phillips

2011 – Glenn Thames2012 – Eric Albritton2013 – W. Lance Lee

2014 – Kirk Mathis

The eastern district Of Texas Posse(Contact for Information on Shooting Range Excursion)

Adam Allgood – HoustonStephanie Barnes – Plano

Natalie Bennett – District of ColumbiaPat Black – Tyler

Charles Bundren – FriscoMax Ciccarelli – Dallas

Darby Doan – TexarkanaJeannie Heffernan – New York

Rose Keagy – DallasChris Kennerly – Palo Alto

Rob Maness – BryanClyde Siebman – ShermanMichael Smith – Marshall

Glenn Thames – TylerSteven Williams – Dallas

19th Annual Eastern District of Texas Bench Bar Conference

Event Sponsors Indicated in Bold • Partial List at Time of Printing

Conference underwriters Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld • Cozen O’Connor • The Davis Firm, P.C.

Fish & Richardson P.C. • Gillam & Smith LLP • McKool Smith • Paul Hastings Siebman, Burg, Phillips & Smith, LLP • Winston & Strawn LLP

Conference & event sponsorsAhmad Zavitsanos Anaipakos Alavi Mensing

Eric M. Albritton, PC

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Alston & Bird LLP

Antonelli, Harrington & Thompson LLP

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Baker & McKenzie LLP

Bragalone Conroy PC

Brooks Kushman

Capshaw DeRieux LLP

Charles River Associates

Cozen O’Connor

The Davis Firm, P.C.

DLA Piper

Dovel & Luner LLP

Duff & Phelps

Egan Peterman & Enders, LLP

Federal Arbitration, Inc.

Findlay Craft, P.C.

Fisch Sigler LLP

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Gillam & Smith LLP

Haynes and Boone, LLP

Haltom & Doan

Jackson Walker

JAMS

Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Locke Lord LLP

McDermott Will & Emery

McKool Smith

Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

MT2 Law Group

Munck Wilson Mandala

Nix, Patterson & Roach, LLP

Paul Hastings

Potter Minton

Siebman, Burg, Phillips & Smith, LLP

StoneTurn Group, LLP

Tadlock Law Firm, PLLC

Thompson & Knight LLP

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC

Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP

Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz PLLC

Wilson, Robertson & Cornelius, PC

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Winston & Strawn LLP

Yarbrough Wilcox, PLLC

Amanda A. AbrahamJennifer Ainsworth

Jennifer AlbertEric M. Albritton Adam Allgood

Patrick M. ArenzCharles Baker

Stephanie BarnesNatalie Bennett

Elizabeth Black BerryPat Black

Jeffrey BragaloneJames Brookshire

Wm. Charles BundrenBrad CaldwellLeon Carter

Douglas CawleyPete Chassman

Betty Chen Evelyn Chen

Zunxuan “Digger” Chen Ed Chin

Max Ciccarelli Peter Corcoran

William “Bill” CorneliusGeoffrey CulbertsonAndrew DallmannWm. E. “Bo” Davis

Leonard DavisElizabeth “Betty” DeRieux

Jennifer DoanBen Elacqua Alan Fisch

Tim GarriganJames GlennBarry Golob

Debby GunterBryan Haynes David Healey

Jeanne “Jeannie” HeffernanGary HoffmanJames Holmes

Andrea Houston Winston Huff Jay Johnson

Mike JonesRose Keagy

Chris Kennerly Grant Kinsel

Samara L. KlineKevin Kudlac

Lance LeeClint Lewis

Kat Li Judge Barbara Lynn

Rob ManessKirk Mathis

Michael McCabeMike C. Miller

Judge Nicole Mitchell Charles “Chip” Molster

Robert Oake, Jr.Brandy O’Quinn Brian H. PandyaMichael Pegues

Anna Phillips Larry Phillips John Pickett

Alan RatliffEdward Reines Brendan Roth

Neal Rubin J. Wesley Samples

Richard “Rocky” SchwartzClyde Siebman

Mark Smith Melissa Smith

Michael C. Smith Rosemary T. Snider

Eman Sojoodi Alan Soobert

Arnold Spencer David Stein

Bob Steinberg Glenn Thames

Andy TindelMichael J. Truncale

Steve Williams Trey Yarbrough

19th Annual Eastern District of Texas Bench Bar ConferenceChief Judge Ron Clark • ED Texas Bar President Michael Truncale

Conference Chairman: Clyde M. Siebman

Planning Committee

19th Annual Eastern District Bench Bar ConferenceWednesday, Thursday and Friday, October 21 – October 23, 2015

Register Online at: https://www.cailaw.org/eventRegistration.html?e=1410 REGISTRATION FORM

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E.D. TEX. BAR ASSOCIATION RENEWAL AND CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEES:

____ I wish to register for the conference – $795 ($895 if received after October 3, 2015) __________________ ED Texas CJA Panel Members & Government Lawyers – $650 / ($750 if received after October 3, 2015) (Paid Event Sponsors apply 10% discount. Paid General Sponsors apply 5% discount.) Discount not available for online registration.

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____ I wish to participate in the Texas Shooting Range Excursion – $100 ________________

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To make hotel reservations call the Marriott Dallas/Plano Marriott Hotel at Legacy Town Center at (888) 236-2427or (800) 228-9290 and reference the Eastern District of Texas Bar Association 2015 Annual Conference or log on to

Book your group rate: Eastern District of Texas Bar Association»Conference room rate is available until October 3, 2015 at 5 p.m. at $185/night for single or double + taxes until room block is filled

Mail to CAIL, 5201 Democracy Drive, Plano, Texas 75024Email to lgaspar@cailaw.org

WEDNESDAY OPENING RECEPTION Great food and drink followed by dinner on your own at beautiful

Shops of Legacy Town Center.

THURSDAY EVENING CHIEF JUDGE’S & PRESIDENT’S RECEPTION & DINNER WITH

BECK WEATHERS, THE MAN BEHIND THE STORY OF EVEREST

Chocolate indulgence and dancing to sounds of Emerald City.

CONFERENCE October 21-23, 2015

Plano Marriott Legacy Town Center 7121 Bishop Blvd., Plano, Texas 75024

888.236.2427 800.228.9290

REGISTRATION Register today by fax, email or online.

Mail completed registration form and your check payable to CAIL, 5201 Democracy Drive, Plano, Texas 75024

Email or Fax registration form to

lgaspar@cailaw.org or 972.244.3404 Online at https://www.cailaw.org/eventRegistration.html?e=1410

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION OCTOBER 3, 2015

ADDITIONAL FEE OF $100 APPLIES AFTER THE DEADLINE AS LONG AS SPACE REMAINS AVAILABLE.

SPONSORS The bar association is seeking sponsors for

the conference and for selected conference events. If interested, email edtexas@siebman.com for information.

CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION This program is seeking approval for Minimum Continuing

Legal Education credit by the State Bar of Texas Committee on MCLE in the amount of 16.5 participatory credit hours of

which 2.0 credit hours will apply to legal ethics. This course is also seeking approval by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization

for certification and recertification in Civil Trial Law.

HOTEL RESERVATIONS Through October 3, 2015 conference rate applies at

$185 + tax per night, until room block is filled, with complimentary self-parking.

Please make reservations at (888) 236-2427 or (800) 228-9290 and reference the

Eastern District of Texas Bar Association.

REGISTRATION FEE INCLUDES 2 RECEPTIONS, 2 FULL BUFFET BREAKFASTS, 2 LUNCHES,

CHIEF JUDGES’ & PRESIDENT’S DINNER, MUSIC, REFRESHMENT BREAKS, ENTERTAINMENT,

NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES & CLE.

CONFERENCE HELD BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS BAR ASSOCIATION WITH

SUPPORT FROM CAIL (THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW)

QUESTIONS? Email elizabeth.berry@sbcglobal.net or edtexas@siebman.com