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BENCH BAR CONFERENCE - SDTX

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON / GALVESTON

BENCH BAR CONFERENCE

November 3, 2017

THE BALLROOM AT BAYOU PLACE

560 Texas Avenue

Houston, Texas 77002

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MCLE Course # 928014682

 
8:45am - 9:45am Plenary Session

What Trial Lawyers Really Really Need to Know, NOW: Recent and Anticipated Must-Reads from the Supreme Court and the Fifth Circuit

Panel

Erin Busby, Univ. of Texas School of Law

Kathryn Kase, Fmr. Dir. of Texas Defender Services

Kathleen Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

Stephen Vladeck, Univ. of Texas School of Law and CNN commentator

   
Moderator

District Judge Keith Ellison

Materials

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10:00am - 10:45am Civil and Criminal Practice Breakout I

Civil — Motions Practice in the Houston and Galveston Divisions: What’s New, and What Can Be Improved?

Panel

Chief Judge Lee H. Rosenthal

Joseph Ahmad, AZA

Charles Walker, Norton Rose Fulbright

Taft Foley, The Foley Law Firm

   
Moderator

Magistrate Judge Nancy K. Johnson

Materials

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Criminal — When Technology Meets Crime: Cybercrime, E-Discovery, and Following the Money

Panel

Michael Chu, AUSA

Colin Fieman, Ass’t. Fed. Public Defender

Nathan Judish, Senior Counsel, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property, US DOJ

   
Moderator Magistrate Judge Stephen W. Smith
Materials

Opening Brief
Dismissal Order

 
10:45am - 11:45am Civil and Criminal Practice Breakout II

Civil — You’ve Won the Battle; Don’t Lose the War: Avoiding Malpractice by Preserving Error and Protecting the Record

Panel

Lynne Liberato, Haynes & Boone

Jeff Oldham, Bracewell

Aaron Streett, Baker Botts

Justin Waggoner, Smyser, Kaplan & Veselka

   
Moderator

Judge Carolyn King, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Materials

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Criminal — Under the Bus: Ethical Considerations in Corporate/White Collar Cases; Representing Corporations and Individuals: How to Avoid Malpractice and Disqualification

Panel

Belinda Beek, AUSA

Tim Johnson, Locke Lord

Dianne Ralston, General Counsel, Technip/FMC

   
Moderators

David Gerger, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

Jeff Vaden, Bracewell

Materials

No Materials Available

 
12:30pm - 1:15pm Civil and Criminal Practice Breakout III

Civil — Our Thriving Remand and Transfer Dockets: Handling Related and Overlapping Cases Simultaneously Pending in State and Federal, or Different Federal, Courts.

Panel

Tommy Fibich, Fibich Leebron Copeland & Briggs

Amy Halevy, Bracewell

Layne Kruse, Norton Rose Fulbright

Rhonda Wills, Wills Law Firm

   
Moderator

District Judge Gray H. Miller

Materials

Outline
Transfer and Stay Issues
The Latest Fifth Circuit Remand and Removal Issues Removal and Remand in the MDL Context

Criminal — The Notorious Criminal Case: Handling the Media, the Jury, and the Judge

Panel

Shaun Clarke, Smyser Kaplan & Veselka

Mark Curriden, Texas Lawbook

Rusty Hardin, Rusty Hardin & Assoc.

Steve Mellin, AUSA

   
Moderator Senior District Judge David Hittner
Materials

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1:30pm - 2:30pm Plenary Session

It’s Not Your Parents’ Courtroom: How to Try a Case to Today’s Judge or Jury

Panel

Rusty Hardin, Rusty Hardin & Assoc.

Mark Lanier, The Lanier Law Firm

Kathy Patrick, Gibbs & Bruns

Steve Susman, Susman Godfrey

   
Moderator

District Judge Vanessa Gilmore

Materials

Civil Jury Project_Innovating for Wise Juries [Law360 1-9]
Pretrial Agreements (Agreement with Opposing Counsel)
Trial Agreements

 
2:30pm - 4:00pm Plenary Session / Judges’ Panel

Can We Be Better? It’s a Two-Way Street

Panel

District Judges, Houston/Galveston Division

Chief Bankruptcy Judge David R. Jones

Magistrate Judge Dena H. Palermo

Alistair Dawson, Beck Redden, Pres., HBA

Derek Hollingsworth, Rusty Hardin & Assoc.

Anna Rotman, Kirkland & Ellis, Pres., FBA

   
Moderators

Senior District Judge Nancy F. Atlas

David Beck, Beck Redden

Materials

No Materials Available