The 2025 TCAA Fall Conference held in conjunction with the Texas Municipal League (TML) Annual Conference and Exhibition at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth.
General Information
Location
Fort Worth Convention Center
1201 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102
Room 203 A-C
Registration
If you would like to attend the full TML conference, select full registration. If you would like to only attend the TCAA Thursday sessions, select One Day registration for Thursday only.
Seminar 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.
Continuing Education Credit
MCLE credit is available for this event for up to 5.5 hours (including 1.0 ethics hour). Elected officials (mayors and councilmembers) can earn Certified Municipal Official (CMO) Program credits for attending this seminar. CEU forms are available online. For further information on the CMO program, please call us at 512-231-7400 or log on to TML’s website at www.tml.org.
Agenda
Thursday, October 30
8:00–8:30 a.m.
Registration
8:30-8:45 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Jennifer Richie, TCAA President and Leann D. Guzman, City Attorney for the City of Fort Worth
8:45 – 9:30 a.m.
To Chapter 54 Suit or Not? Deciding the Best Path for Municipal Ordinance Enforcement (.75 hr)
Natalie Thamm, Denton, Navarro, Rodriguez, Bernal, Santee, & Zech PC
9:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Legislative Privilege (.5 hr)
Bradford Bullock, Messer Fort PLLC
10:00– 10:15 a.m.
Break
10:15 – 10:45 a.m.
Redactions & Reactions: A 2025 Update on the TPIA (.5 hr)
Katie Suarez, City of Plano
10:45 – 11:30 a.m.
Mural Wars & Monument Battles: First Amendment Constraints on Regulating Public Art (.75 hr)
Elizabeth Yelverton & Bessie Bronstein, Taylor Olson Adkins Sralla & Elam, LLP
11:30 – 12:00 p.m.
Legal Concerns with Libraries: Collections & Meetings Spaces (.5 hr)
Rezzin Pullum, Bojorquez Law Firm, PC
12:00 – 1:45 p.m.
TML Delegates Luncheon and Presentation (Separate Ticketed Event) or Lunch on Your Own
1:45 – 2:15 p.m.
Business Meeting: Election of TCAA Officers, Passing of the Gavel, and Voting on Constitutional Changes
2:15– 3:00 p.m.
Recent Federal Cases of Interest to Cities (.75 hr)
Randy Montgomery, D. Randall Montgomery & Associates, PLLC
3:00 – 3:45 p.m.
AI & IT for JDs: Practical and Low-Cost Applications of GPT and Python in Municipal Law (.75 hr ethics)
Laura Mueller & Aniz Alani, City of Dripping Springs
3:45 – 4:00 p.m.
Break
4:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Hot Topics in Land Use Law (.5 hr)
Terry Welch, Brown & Hofmeister L.L.P.
4:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Is there a Disconnect here? What to do when your city wants to shut off someone’s power as an enforcement tool (.50 hr including .25 hr ethics)
David Johnson, City of Arlington
5:00 p.m.
Adjourn
MCLE
MCLE Course Number and Hours
Participants will receive up to 5.5 MCLE hours, including 1.0 ethics hour.
- Course Number (In-Person): 174288618
- Course Number (Online- Videos posted after event): 174301805
Survey
Please take our conference evaluation survey! One city/firm will be selected from the survey participants to receive a free registration to the TCAA 2026 Summer Conference in Galveston!