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AY 2020 San Antonio Judges Agenda

January 6-8, 2020
Omni at Colonnade
9821 Colonnade Blvd | San Antonio, TX 78230 | 210.691.8888

 
Seminar Agenda

Faculty Roster/Bio
  
 

Day 1 -  January 6, 2020

12:00 - 5:00 p.m. Registration
  SPECIAL SESSION: 
1:00 - 2:15 p.m.
Citations and Complaints: Initiating the Charge*#
Brian Holman, Presiding Judge, City of Lewisville
  
2:30 - 3:35 p.m. Class C Assault Family Violence Reporting#
Craig Lopez, CJIS Auditor, Department of Public Safety
  

3:50 - 5:00 p.m.
Assault Family Vilence and Protective Order Registry#
Kim Piechowiak, Domestic Violence Resource Attorney, Office of Court Administration
 

Day 2 - January 7, 2020

6:45 - 7:50 a.m. Registration and Breakfast 
8:00 - 8:05 a.m. Welcome and Announcements
8:05 - 9:15 a.m.

Juveniles: Dispositions, Child Welfare and IDEA*
Eric Ransleben, Presiding Judge, City of Trophy Club

  
9:15 - 9:30 a.m.

Break
9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Bail and Bonds: Past, Present, and Future*(.25 hours Ethics)
Peter Graham, Associate Judge, City of Irving
 
10:30 - 10:45 a.m.

Break
10:45 - 12:00 p.m.
Case Law Update and Attorney General Opinion (.25 hours Ethics)
Ryan Kellus Turner, Executive Director
 
12:00 - 12:50 p.m. Lunch
  Legislation and Hot Topics Courts, Caseflow, and Communications Administration, Enforcement, and Outreach
1:00 - 1:55 p.m.

Mental Health Changes of the 86th: Court-Ordered Services, Reporting, Veterans, and Release in Lieu of Arrest
Cathy Riedel, Presiding Judge, City of Leander

 
Technology in Magistration: Electronic Warrants and Warnings
Robin Ramsay, Associate District and County Criminal Court Judge, Denton, Count
 
     

Records & Nondisclosure#
Jan Blacklock Matthews, Judge, City of Wilson

 
2:05 - 2:55 p.m.
Traffic 2020: Operation, Equipment, and the New Modes of Transportation*
Robert Barfield, Judge, City of El Lago
 
 
The Purge: Handling Old Cases (.25 hours Ethics)
Rebecca Stark, Former Court Administrator, Austin
 
 

 

Cyber Security#
Casey Kennedy, Director of Information, Office of Court Administration

      

 

 

 
3:05 - 3:55 p.m.

Trafficking and Sex Crimes: What Judges and Magistrates Need to Know*
Ed Spillane, Presiding Judge, City of College Station

 

Required Notice to Criminal Defendant
Matthew Wright, Presiding Judge, City of Rosebud

  

Compelling Appearance & Compliance#
Stephen Vigorito, Associate Judge, City of Austin

 
4:05 - 5:00 p.m.

Scenarios IX: Procedural Problems and More
Mark Goodner, Deputy Counsel & Director of Judicial Education, TMCEC

   
Boundaries: Respecting the Separation Between City Hall and Municipal Court (1 hour Ethics)
J. Elaine Marshall, Presiding Judge, City of Houston
 
 
Courts to Classroom* (.25 hours Ethics)
Elizabeth De La Garza, TxDOT Grant Administrator, TMCEC
 
 
 

Day 3 - January 8, 2020

6:45 - 7:50 a.m. Breakfast
  Shared Track# Shared Track#
8:00 - 8:55 a.m.
Adjudication of Traffic Fatality Cases in Municipal Court#*
Bianca Bentzin, Chief Prosecutor, City of Austin
 
Face of Justice: Websites and Signage#
Mark Goodner, Deputy Counsel & Director of Judicial Education
 
 
9:10 - 10:05 a.m.
Electric Scooters & Impairment#
Ned Minevitz, TxDOT Grant Administrator & Program Attorney
 

Questions Answered#
Robby Chapman, Deputy Counsel & Program Attorney, TMCEC

Mark Goodner, General Counsel & Director of Education, TMCEC
 

10:05 - 10:20 a.m.

Break

10:20 - 11:15 a.m.
The New World of Court Costs and Fees
Robby Chapman, Deputy Counsel & Program Attorney, TMCEC
 
11:15 - 11:30 a.m.

Break
11:30 - 12:00 noon

Endnote: Takeaways for 2020 (.25 hours ethics)
Mark Goodner, General Counsel & Director of 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

Note on CLE:
If you are seeking CLE credit, rather than taking the judicial exemption, please see TMCEC Registration Desk regarding payment of the voluntary CLE fee.
 
CLE Credit:
14 hours = all sessions on 3 days, including special sessions
10.5 hours = 8-5 on Day 2 and 8-12 on Day 3
7 hours = 8-5 on day 2
 
Note on Judicial Education Credit:
16 hours = all sessions on all 3 days
12 hours = 8-5 on Day 2 and 8-12 on Day 3 OR 1-5 on Day 1
8 hours = 8-5 on Day 2

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

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