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2021 Civil/Appellate Bench Bar Conference


Registration
Event:
Thu, April 29, 2021
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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2021 HBA Civil/Appellate Bench Bar Conference

Co-Chairs: Hon. Julie Countiss, Hon. Mike Gomez, Hon. Lauren Reeder, Rick Anderson, and Jennifer A. Hasley

Sponsored by Houston Bar Association, American Board of Trial Advocates, Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Chamberlain Hrdlicka, Judge Lesley Briones, The Law Office of Daniel D. Horowitz, III, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Clouthier Law PLLC, Law Office of Scott Rothenberg, and Research and Planning Consultants, LP

Virtual Event

8 hours of MCLE credit, including 3 hours of ethics credit
This course has been approved by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization for certification and recertification continuing legal education requirements for attorneys and paralegals in the following specialty fields: Child Welfare Law, Civil Appellate Law, Civil Trial Law, Consumer Law, Criminal Law, Family Law, Juvenile Law, Labor & Employment Law, and Personal Injury Trial Law

We are giving away five $50 Amazon gift cards as door prizes throughout this virtual event, thanks to our sponsor, The Law Office of Daniel D. Horowitz, III

 

Participating Members of the Judiciary

Appellate Courts
Hon. Sherry Radack, 1st Court of Appeals
Hon. Veronica Rivas-Molloy, 1st Court of Appeals
Hon. Amparo Guerra, 1st Court of Appeals
Hon. April Farris, 1st Court of Appeals
Hon. Peter Kelly, 1st Court of Appeals
Hon. Gordon Goodman, 1st Court of Appeals
Hon. Sarah Beth Landau, 1st Court of Appeals
Hon. Richard Hightower, 1st Court of Appeals
Hon. Julie Countiss, 1st Court of Appeals
Hon. Randy Wilson, 14th Court of Appeals
Hon. Tracy E. Christopher, 14th Court of Appeals
Hon. Ken Wise, 14th Court of Appeals
Hon. Kevin Jewell, 14th Court of Appeals
Hon. Frances H. Bourliot, 14th Court of Appeals
Hon. Jerry Zimmerer, 14th Court of Appeals
Hon. Charles Spain, 14th Court of Appeals
Hon. Meagan Hassan, 14th Court of Appeals
Hon. Megan Poissant, 14th Court of Appeals

District Courts
Hon. Kristen Hawkins, 11th District Court
Hon. Latosha Lewis Payne, 55th District Court
Hon. Fredericka Phillips, 61st District Court
Hon. Jeralynn Manor, 80th District Court
Hon. Rabeea Collier, 113th District Court
Hon. Kyle Carter, 125th District Court
Hon. R.K. Sandill, 127th District Court
Hon. Michael Gomez, 129th District Court
Hon. Jaclanel McFarland, 133rd District Court
Hon. Mike Engelhart, 151st District Court
Hon. Robert Schaffer, 152nd District Court
Hon. Tanya Garrison, 157th District Court
Hon. Cheryl Elliott Thornton, 164th District Court
Hon. Ursula Hall, 165th District Court
Hon. Scot "dolli" Dollinger, 189th District Court
Hon. Beau Miller, 190th District Court
Hon. Elaine Palmer, 215th District Court
Hon. Lauren Reeder, 234th District Court
Hon. Cory Sepolio, 269th District Court
Hon. Dedra Davis, 270th District Court
Hon. Christine Weems, 281st District Court
Hon. Donna Roth, 295th District Court
Hon. Brittanye Morris, 333rd District Court
Hon. Dawn Rogers, 334th District Court

County Courts
Hon. George Barnstone, County Civil Court at Law Number 1
Hon. James Kovach, County Civil Court at Law Number 2
Hon. LaShawn Williams, County Civil Court at Law Number 3
Hon. Lesley Briones, County Civil Court at Law Number 4

 

Schedule

8:00 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks

  • Bill Kroger, President, Houston Bar Association
  • Hon. Julie Countiss, HBA Bench Bar Conference Committee Co-chair
  • Hon. Mike Gomez, HBA Bench Bar Conference Committee Co-chair

 

8:15 a.m. "The Process, Tips & Traps of the New Rules of Civil Procedure: A View from the Bench and Bar"
1 hour MCLE, no ethics

  • Hon. Eva M. Guzman, Supreme Court of Texas
  • R.J. Blue, Blue Law
  • Daniel D. Horowitz, The Law Office of Daniel D. Horowitz, III

 

9:15 a.m. "Resilience is Easier – and Harder – Than We Think"
1 hour MCLE, 1 hour ethics

  • Sean Fitzpatrick, The Jung Center

 

10:15 a.m. Break

 

10:30 a.m. "Intersection of Criminal Law & Civil Law"
.75 hour MCLE, .25 hour ethics

  • Moderator: Hon. Erin Lunceford, Norton Rose Fulbright US L.L.P.
  • Rusty Hardin, Rusty Hardin & Associates, LLP

 

11:15 a.m. "Technology – Where to Find It and How to Use It Ethically"
.75 hour MCLE credit, .75 hour ethics

  • Hon. Angela Graves-Harrington, 246th District Court
  • Jim Perdue, Jr., Perdue & Kidd
  • Mark Unger, The Unger Law Firm

 

12:00 p.m. Break

12:30 p.m. "Status of the Docket – State and Federal"
.75 hour MCLE, no ethics

  • Hon. Tracy E. Christopher, 14th Court of Appeals
  • Hon. Jennifer Walker Elrod, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • Hon. Charles Eskridge, United States District Court, Southern District of Texas
  • Hon. Michael Gomez, 129th District Court

 

1:15 p.m. "Nuts & Bolts of Mandamus Proceedings & Permissive Appeals"
.75 hour MCLE, no ethics

  • Hon. Frances Bourliot, 14th Court of Appeals
  • Hon. Julie Countiss, 14th Court of Appeals
  • Hon. Meagan Hassan, 14th Court of Appeals
  • Hon. Sarah Beth Landau, 1st Court of Appeals

 

2:00 p.m. Breakout Session
1 hour MCLE, .5 hour ethics

 

3:00 p.m. "Implicit Bias in the Civil Justice System – The Judiciary’s Perspective"
1 hour MCLE, 1 hour ethics

  • Moderator: Hon. R.K. Sandill, 127th District Court
  • Hon. Angela Graves-Harrington, 246th District Court
  • Hon. Latosha Lewis Payne, 55th District Court
  • Hon. Christine Weems, 281st District Court
  • Hon. LaShawn Williams, County Civil Court at Law Number 3

 

4:00 p.m. "Practice and Presentation Tips – A View from the Bench"
1 hour MCLE, no ethics

  • Moderator: Jose Lopez, II, Attorney-Mediator
  • Hon. Lesley Briones, County Civil Court at Law Number 4
  • Hon. Rabeea Collier, 113th District Court
  • Hon. George C. Hanks, United States District Judge
  • Hon. Fredericka Phillips, 61st District Court

 

5:00 p.m. Closing Remarks

  • Jennifer A. Hasley, HBA Bench Bar Conference Committee Co-chair
  • Hon. Lauren Reeder, HBA Bench Bar Conference Committee Co-chair
  • Rick Anderson, HBA Bench Bar Conference Committee Co-chair

 

The Houston Bar Association adopted the following policy for speakers at HBA events:
All HBA members, including judges and candidates for public office, can serve as speakers at HBA events and programs. There should be no active campaigning, no literature distributed, no buttons worn, essentially nothing to indicate that a member or judge is in a contested race for office, and nothing urging a favorable vote.

Registration
Event:
Thu, April 29, 2021
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Event Rates
$52.00 General Admission
 
$5.20 Law Students
 
$1,040.00 Gold Sponsorship
 
$540.00 Silver Sponsorhip
 

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