Types of City Government
Heather Lockhart, Assistant General Counsel, Texas Municipal League, Austin
Presentation
Open Meetings Act
Karen Kennard, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Austin
Presentation
Public Information Act
Christy Drake-Adams, Assistant General Counsel, Texas Municipal League, Austin
Presentation
Annexation
Scott Houston, Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel, Texas Municipal League, Austin
Presentation
Paper
Legal Q&A
Personnel Law
Nicholas Palmer, Senior Assistant City Attorney, Dallas
Presentation
Ethics
Alan Bojorquez, Bojorquez Law Firm, Austin
Presentation
Liability
Slater Elza, Underwood Law Firm, P.C., Amarillo
Presentation
Election Law
Christina Adkins, Texas Secretary of State, Austin
Presentation
Land Use
Julie Fort, Messer Rockefeller & Fort, PLLC, Frisco
Paper
Presentation
Economic Development
Zindia Thomas, Assistant General Counsel, Texas Municipal League, Austin
Presentation
Dealing with the Media
Jay Warren, Marketing Communications Manager, Arlington
Media Tip Sheet
Presentation
Municipal Finance
Kuruvilla Oommen, City Attorney, Irving
Paper
Presentation
Municipal Budget and Tax Rate
Jeff Moore, Brown & Hofmeister, L.L.P., Richardson
Presentation
Purchasing
Kevin Laughlin, Nichols Jackson Dillard Hager & Smith, L.L.P., Dallas
Procurement Handbook 2017
Presentation
Ordinances
David Johnson, Assistant City Attorney, Arlington
Paper
Outline
Example Ordinance
Presentation
Municipal Court
George Hyde & Caroline Kelley, Russell Rodriguez Hyde Bullock, L.L.P., Georgetown
Presentation