Texas Municipal Courts Education Center

Galveston

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AY 2019 Galveston Judges Agenda

February 3-5, 2019
San Luis Resort and Spa
5222 Seawall Blvd. | Galveston, TX 77551 | 409.744.1500

Day 1 -  February 3, 2019

12:00 - 5:00 p.m.	Registration
	SPECIAL SESSION: MUNICIPAL COURT FOUNDATIONS
1:00 - 2:10 p.m.	Authorities and Duties (.25 hours ethics) Robby Chapman, Director of Clerk Education & Program Attorney, TMCEC
2:25 - 3:35 p.m.	DSC and Deferred* Mark Goodner, Deputy Counsel & Director of Judicial Education, TMCEC
3:50 - 5:00 p.m.	Overview of Trial Processes Julie Escalante, Presiding Judge, City of Baytown

Day 2 - February 4, 2019

6:45 - 7:50 a.m.	Registration and Breakfast
8:00 - 8:10 a.m.	Welcome and Announcements Mark Goodner, Deputy Counsel & Director of Judicial Education, TMCEC
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) Brian Holman, Presiding Judge, City of Lewisville 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) Brian Holman, Presiding Judge, City of Lewisville 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, City Attorney, City of Seguin	Sovereign Defendants (.25 hours ethics) Robert Barfield, Presiding Judge, City of El Lago
2:05 - 2:55 p.m.	Opioids* Jessica Yaeger, Program Coordinator & Peer Recovery Support Specialist, UT Health HEROES Program	Chronology of a Class C Case Timothy Kirwin, Judge, City of Hedwig 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 Peter DeLeef, Judge, City of El Lago	Are You Protecting Court? The Court Security Committee+ J. 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) Rose Zamora, Presiding Judge, City of New Braunfels	New Tools for Promoting Safety* (.25 hours ethics) Elizabeth De La Garza, TxDOT Grant Administrator, TMCEC Ned Minevitz, TxDOT Grant Administrator & Program Attorney, TMCEC

Day 3 - February 5, 2019

6:45 - 7:50 a.m.	Breakfast
8:00 - 8:55 a.m.	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.	CDL* Brian Holman, Presiding Judge, City of Lewisville
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

* Indicates TxDOT Traffic Safety Grant related curriculum

+ Indicates curriculum including a focus on court security

# Indicates a shared track open to both clerks and judges

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