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AY 2019 Addison Judges Agenda

March 6-8, 2019
Crowne Plaza
14315 Midway Rd. | Addison, TX 75001 | 972.980.8877

Day 1 - March 6, 2019

12:00 - 5:00 p.m.	Registration
	SPECIAL SESSION: MUNICIPAL COURT FOUNDATION#
1:00 - 2:10 p.m.	Authorities and Duties# (.25 hours ethics) Robin A. Ramsay, Associate Criminal Judge, Denton County
2:25 - 3:35 p.m.	DSC and Deferred#* Stewart Milner, Presiding Judge, City of Arlington
3:50 - 5:00 p.m.	Overview of Trial Processes# Micheal Acuna, Judge, City of Dallas

Day 2 - March 7, 2019

6:45 - 7:50 a.m.	Registration and Breakfast
8:00 - 8:10 a.m.	Welcome and Announcements Michael Acuna, Judge, City of Dallas
8:10 - 9:30 a.m.	Case Law Update* (.25 hours ethics) Ryan Kellus Turner, General Counsel & Director of Education, TMCEC
9:30 - 9:45 a.m.	Break
9:45 - 10:45 a.m.	Procedural Justice, Part I (1 hour ethics) Gary Ellsworth, Presiding Judge, City of Spearman Pam Liston, Presiding Judge, City of Rowlett
10:45 - 11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 - 12:00 p.m.	Procedural Justice, Part II (1 hour ethics) Gary Ellsworth, Presiding Judge, City of Spearman Pam Liston, Presiding Judge, City of Rowlett
12:00 - 12:50 p.m.	Lunch

	CURRENT ISSUES	COURT PROCESSES	SAFETY AND OUTREACH
1:00 - 1:55 p.m.	Human Trafficking Angela Downes, Associate Judge, City of Glenn Heights	Civil Enforcement Andrew Quittner, Prosecutor, City of Seguin	Sovereign Defendants (.25 hours ethics) Peter De Leef, Associate Judge, City of El Lago
2:05 - 2:55 p.m.	Opioids* Dr. Maher Karam-Hage, Professor of Psychiatry, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX	Chronology of a Class C Case Katie Chancia, Associate Judge, City of Jersey Village	TDLR: DSC Certificates* Michael Strawn, Driver Education and Traffic Safety Compliance, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
3:05 - 3:55 p.m.	Resilience in Court: Coping with Stress, Change, and Routine (.25 hours ethics) Ed Spillane, Presiding Judge, City of College Station	Discovery Matthew Wright, Presiding Judge, City of Rosebud	Are You Protecting Court? The Court Security Committee+ Elaine Marshall, Presiding Judge, City of Houston
4:05 - 5:00 p.m.	Scenarios VIII: Free Speech Edition (.25 hours ethics) Mark Goodner, Deputy Counsel & Director of Judicial Education, TMCEC	Managing Motions (.25 hours ethics) Cody Beauchamp, Presiding Judge, City of Corsicana	New Tools for Promoting Safety* (.25 hours ethics) Elizabeth De La Garza, TxDOT Grant Administrator, TMCECNed Minevitz, TxDOT Grant Administrator & Program Attorney, TMCEC
	OPTIONAL SESSION
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.	Roundtable on Magistrate Duties: Bail Sponsored by the Municipal Judges Section of the State Bar of Texas Rodney Adams, Presiding Judge, City of Irving Laura Anderson, Judge, City of Irving

Day 3 - March 8, 2019

6:45 - 7:50 a.m.	Breakfast
	TRACK A	TRACK B
8:00 - 8:55 a.m.	Trauma-Informed Judicial Practice Bianca Bentzin, Chief Prosecutor, City of Austin	Family Violence Reporting Kimberly Piechowiak, Domestic Violence Resource Attorney, Office of Court Administration
8:55 - 9:10 a.m.	Break
9:10 - 10:05 a.m.	Stop, Cop, & Roll* Ned Minevitz, TxDOT Grant Administrator & Program Attorney, TMCEC
10:05 - 10:20 a.m.	Break
10:20 - 11:15 a.m.	Commercial Driver's License Enforcement* Cass Callaway, Presiding Judge, City of Hutchins
11:15 - 11:30 a.m.	Break
11:30 - 12:00 noon	Endnote: Takeaways for 2019 (.25 hours ethics) Mark Goodner, Deputy Counsel & Director of Judicial Education, TMCEC

Total Potential Ethics: 3.5 hours

Judges with less than two years of judicial education credit with TMCEC must attend the entire 16-hour program