2018 Riley Fletcher Basic Municipal Law Seminar

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