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AY 2020 Tyler Judges Agenda

October 21-23, 2019
Holiday Inn South Broadway
5701 South Broadway | Tyler, TX 75703 | 903.561.5800

 
Seminar Agenda

Faculty Roster/Bio
 
 

Day 1 -  October 23, 2019

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#
Andrew Lambert, CJIS Auditor, Department of Public Safety
   

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

Day 2 - October 24, 2019

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

The New World of Court Costs and Fees
Robby Chapman, Director of Clerk Education, TMCEC

 
9:15 - 9:30 a.m.

Break
9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Bail and Bonds: Past, Present, and Future
Kirk Noaker, Associate Judge, City of Burnet
10:30 - 10:45 a.m.

Break
10:30 - 12:00 p.m.
Case Law Update and Attorney General Opinion
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
Kirk Noaker, Associate Judge, City of Burnet

  
Technology in Magistration: Electronic Warrants and Warnings
John Bull, Presiding Judge, City of San Antonio
   

Records & Nondisclosure
Robin Ramsay, Associate District and County Criminal Court Judge, Denton County

 
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
Hilda Cuthbertson, Judge, City of Snook
 

 

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
John Bull, Presiding Judge, City of San Antonio

  

Required Notice to Criminal Defendant
George Thomas, Associate Judge, City of Austin

 

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
Jan Blacklock Matthews, Judge, City of Wilson
  
 
Courts to Classroom*
Elizabeth De La Garza, TxDOT Grant Administrator, TMCEC
Ned Minevitz, TxDOT Grant Administrator & Program Attorney, TMCEC
 

Day 3 - October 25, 2019

6:45 - 7:50 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 - 8:55 a.m. Face of Justice
Mark Goodner, Deputy Counsel & Director of Judicial Education, TMCEC
  

8:55 - 9:10 a.m.

 Break
9:10 - 10:05 a.m.

Electric Scooters & Impairment*
Ned Minevitz, TxDOT Grant Administrator & Program Attorney, TMCEC 

 

10:05 - 10:20 a.m.

 Break

10:20 - 11:15 a.m.

 What Just Happened? Juvenile, Substantive and Procedural Updates
Eric Ransleben, Presiding Judge, City of Trophy
 
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

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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