SAVE THE DATE!
The Texas City Attorneys Association (TCAA) is proud to announce the 2025 TCAA Summer Conference, to be held June 18-20, 2025, at the Horseshoe Bay Resort in Horseshoe Bay. The TCAA Summer Conference is the best CLE program created specifically for municipal lawyers.
Registration Opens
The TCAA hotel block will open April 7, 2025. Rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis. The hotel charges a $25 per day resort fee in addition to the room price.
Topics Include
- Legislative Update
- Employment Law
- Code Enforcement
- Eight Liners and Poker Rooms
- Social Media Policies & the First Amendment
- Ethics
- and MORE!
MCLE Hours
This course has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of Texas Committee on MCLE in the amount of 13 credit hours, of which 3 credit hours will apply to legal ethics/professional responsibility credit.
General Information
Speaker Materials
TCAA does not provide written materials, binders for speaker papers or printed materials of any kind.
Instead, TCAA will put all speaker papers on the Conference Materials page for attendees to download in advance.
Registration Information
Registration opens April 7, 2025, and includes online handouts (made available the week of the conference), Wednesday evening reception hosted by Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP, Thursday morning breakfast, hosted by Hyde Kelley LLP, the Thursday evening reception hosted by Taylor Olson Adkins Sralla & Elam, LLP, and the Friday morning breakfast, hosted by Best Best & Krieger LLP, as well as early access to the on-demand videos of the sessions when posted.*
*Please note that there may be limitations on the number of attendee guests at the receptions.
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Cancellation and Substitution Policy
If you are registered and cannot attend, we encourage you to send a substitute. If you cannot send a substitute, a $75 cancellation fee will be assessed if written cancellation is received by May 30, 2025. No refunds will be honored after that date.
Special Accommodations
Let us know if you need special accommodations of any kind. In order to respond to any special requests, we would appreciate as much advance notice as possible. To ensure your dietary needs are met, please email [email protected] no later than May 9, 2025,with your requests.
Continuing Education Credit
This course has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of Texas Committee on MCLE in the amount of 13.00 credit hours, of which 3 credit hours will apply to legal ethics/professional responsibility credit
Questions?
Please call us at 512-231-7400 or email [email protected]
Registration
Information coming soon!
Caution
Please be aware of housing poachers if contacted about booking hotel rooms for the 2025 TCAA Summer Conference. Please note we are NOT working with any other companies to provide housing except the ones listed above.
Fees
Tuition includes Wednesday evening reception hosted by Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP, Thursday morning breakfast, hosted by Hyde Kelley LLP, the Thursday evening reception hosted by Taylor Olson Adkins Sralla & Elam, LLP, and the Friday morning breakfast, hosted by Best Best & Krieger LLP, online handouts, and priority notice when the conference session videos are posted online for viewing. Pricing is as follows:
| Rates | Early Bird (Starts April 7) | After May 19 |
| Members | $499 | $519 |
| Non-Members | $539 | $559 |
Cancellation and Substitution Policy
A $75 fee will be assessed on all registration cancellations. Only written cancellations received prior to May 30, 2025, will be honored. Telephone cancellations will not be accepted. You may send cancellations by e-mail to [email protected]. If the registrant is unable to attend, the registrant may send a substitute.
After May 30, 2025, please plan to bring your completed form and payment in the form of a check with you to the onsite registration table.
Hotel
Horseshoe Bay Resort
200 Hi Circle North
Horseshoe Bay, Texas 78657
(877) 611-0112
Mandatory Discounted Hotel Resort Fee
The hotel resort fee will be added to all reservations for TCAA Summer Conference attendees. The resort fee is an additional $25/night (discounted from $45 for our group) and will include the following amenities:
- Complimentary Unlimited Wi-Fi
- Self-Service Laundry Facilities
- Self-Parking
- Local and Long Distance Telephone Calls
- Golf Bag Storage for groups with less than 50 attendees
- Access to Golf Practice Facilities
- Access to Hotel, Palm Villas Pool – with Towel Services
- Transportation Service throughout Resort
- In- Room Coffee and Tea
- 24-hour Fitness Center
- Access to Select Horseshoe Bay Resort Private Facilities
Agenda
Wednesday, June 18
12:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Registration and Refreshments
1:00 – 1:45 p.m.
Hot Topics in Risk Management (.75 hour ethics)
Scott Houston, TML Intergovernmental Risk Pool
1:45 – 2:30 p.m.
Getting Personal with the PIA: Request for Personnel Records (.75 hour)
Lori Robinson, Bickerstaff Health Delgado Acosta LLP
2:30 – 2:45 p.m.
Break
2:45 – 4:15 p.m.
Legislative Update (1.5 hours)
TML Staff
4:15 – 5:30 p.m.
TCAA Board of Directors Meeting
5:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception
Thursday, June 19
7:00 – 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast
8:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Opening Remarks
Jennifer Richie, TCAA President
Welcome Remarks
Dottie Palumbo, City Attorney for Horseshoe Bay
Awards Ceremony
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Developing Enforceable Social Medial Policies that Don’t Violate the First Amendment (.5 hour)
Nicole Corr, Wyatt Hamilton Findlay PLLC
9:00 – 9:30 a.m.
Cell Tower Zoning Cases and the Federal Telecommunications Act (.5 hour)
Matthew Boyle, Boyle & Lowry, LLP
9:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Fourth Amendment Use of Force Update (.5 hour)
Kevin Curley, Messer Fort, PLLC
10:00 – 10:15 a.m. Break
10:15 – 11:00 a.m.
Protecting the City from Developer Default: Performance Bonds, Fiscal Security, and Surety Obligations (.75 hour)
Jeff Chapman, The Chapman Firm PLLC
11:00 – 11:45 a.m.
MUDs: Not a Day at the Spa (.75 hour)
Tad Cleaves, Texas Municipal League; and Julie Fort, Messer Fort, PLLC
11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Lunch on Your Own
1:15 – 2:15 p.m.
Game Over: Municipal Strategies to Shut Down 8-Liners in Texas (1 hour)
Chris Mosley and Jerris Mapes, City of Ft. Worth; and Eric Flores, O’Hanlon, Demerath & Castillo, PC
2:15 – 3:00 p.m.
Employment Law in 2025: “Hold my Beer” (.75 hour)
Roberta Cross, Messer Fort, PLLC
3:00 – 3:15 p.m.
Break
3:15 – 4:00 p.m.
Water Rates & Tax-Exempt Entities (.75 hour)
Gabrielle Smith, Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C.
4:00 – 4:45 p.m.
Milwhite Unearthed: A Case Study on a Ch. 54 Code Enforcement Case (.75 hour)
Criselda Flores, Lena Munoz, and Luis Saucedo, City of Brownsville
5:30 p.m.
Reception
Friday, June 20
7:00 – 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast
8:00 – 8:45 a.m.
Mom & Dad are Fighting: Practical Tips for Intergovernmental Spats (.75 hour ethics)
Sandy Gomez and Kate David, Husch Blackwell LLP
8:45 – 9:15 a.m.
State Cases of Interest (.5 hour)
Laura Mueller, City of Dripping Springs
9:15 – 10:00 a.m.
Before, During, and After: Election Issues for City Attorneys (.75 hour ethics)
Jason Rammel, Law Offices of Ryan Henry, PLLC
10:00 – 10:15 a.m.
Break
10:15 – 10:45 a.m.
Beyond Thunderdome – Regulating Gated Master Planned Communities (.5 hour)
Brandon Morris and Scott Francis, Randle Law Office Ltd., LLP
10:45 – 11:15 a.m.
Did the Legislature Pull Cities Out of their “Comfort Zone”? (.5 hour)
Brent Rubin, Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, LLP
11:15 – 12:00 p.m.
What am I doing up here? A Look Inside the Mind and Preparation of a City Attorney During Council Meetings (.75 hour ethics)
Thomas Gwosdz, The Gwosdz Law Firm, PLLC
12:00 p.m.
Adjourn