2013 Summer Conference Speaker Papers

Program At Glance
Conference Attendee List

Wednesday, June 5

Water Issues
Martin Rochelle
, Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C., Austin
Paper
PowerPoint

Working with TML IRP Counsel
Ron Stutes, 
Potter Minton; Tyler, David Reagan, General Counsel, TML IRP, and Lance Vincent, Ritcheson, Lauffer & Vincent, P.C., Tyler
PowerPoint

Lessons Learned from New City Attorneys and City Attorneys in a New City
Jennifer Richie, City Attorney, Waco; Mary Ann Powell, City Attorney, Sugar Land; Charlie Zech, Denton, Navarro, Rocha & Bernal, San Antonio and Art Pertile, Olson and Olson, Houston
Paper
PowerPoint

Thursday, June 6

Employment Law Update
Maricela Moore, Farrow-Gillespie & Heath, Dallas
Paper
PowerPoint

Recent Federal Cases of Interest to CitiesRandy Montgomery
D. Randall Montgomery and Associates, Dallas
Paper

Recent State Cases of Interest to Cities
Laura Mueller, Assistant General Counsel, Texas Municipal League
Paper
PowerPoint

Tow Truck Regulation
Miles Risley, City Attorney, Wichita Falls
Paper
PowerPoint

Ethics
Thomas Gwosdz, City Attorney, Victoria
Paper
PowerPoint

What Every Plaintiff in a Construction Defect Lawsuit Should Know
Kayla Landeros
, Deputy City Attorney, Temple
Paper
PowerPoint

Legal Notices/Publication Update
Scott Levine,
Banowsky and Levine, Dallas
PowerPoint

City Signs and Trademarks
Zachariah Evans, The Akers Law Firm, Austin
paper

Legislative Update 
Bennett Sandlin, Executive Director, Texas Municipal League
Scott Houston, Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel, Texas Municipal League
Snapper Carr, Focused Advocacy, Austin
PowerPoint

Friday, June 7

Ethics
John Carlton
, The Carlton Law Office, Austin
PowerPoint

The Affordable Care Act and Cities
Jim Darling, Mayor, McAllen

Paper

Animal Control Issue
Jonathan Koury, Assistant City Attorney, Bryan
Paper
PowerPoint

Urban Gas Drilling
Steve Wood, Taylor, Olson, Adkins, Sralla and Elam, Fort Worth
Paper
PowerPoint