18th Annual Conference of the Texas Aggie Bar Association
March 3-4, 2017
College Station, Texas
Conference Schedule of Events
(order of speakers may change)
| Friday, March 3, 2017 | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Dinner/Social |
| Chicken Oil Company (casual attire) 3600 S. College Avenue, Bryan |
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| Saturday, March 4, 2017 | |
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Texas CLE credit: 6.0 hrs Participatory Hours, including 1.75 hrs Ethics (anticipated hours) |
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| 8:00 a.m. | Registration/Breakfast/Business Meeting / Introductions |
| Ballroom D, Memorial Student Center, Texas A&M University (casual attire) | |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Law of Armed Conflict, National Security Law, Criminal Law and Procedure, and Prosecutorial Ethics [1.0 part hours / .25 ethics] |
| Colby Volkey '87, Military Trial Lawyer | |
| 9:30 a.m. | Concealed Carry on College Campuses [.5 part hours] |
| Jerry Brown '85, Texas A&M University System | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Texas Issues in Oil & Gas [.75 part hours] |
| Ryan Sitton '98, Texas Railroad Commissioner | |
| 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 11:00 a.m. | First Breakout Sessions |
| Breakout A: Immigration and the Constitution [.5 part hours] | |
| Robert Shivers, Shivers & Shivers | |
| Breakout B: Plowing New Ground: A Discussion of Emerging Legal Issues in Agricultural Law and Policy [.5 part hours] | |
| Jim Bradbury '88, James D. Bradbury, PLLC | |
| 11:30 a.m. | Second Breakout Sessions |
| Breakout A: Texas Ad Valorem Property Tax [.5 part hours] | |
| Brandy Manning '94, Long-Weaver, Manning, Antus & Antus, LLP | |
| Breakout B: Trademark Law 101 [.5 part hours] | |
| John Cain '82, Fleckman & McGlynn, PLLC | |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch Line |
| 12:15 p.m. | General Counsel Panel [.75 part hours / .25 ethics] |
| Moderator: Brandon Crisp, | |
| Panel: Becky Niederstadt Palm '02, Essilor of America Sarah Hlavinka McConnel '86, Xerox Jim Wright '91, Energy Transfer Partners Alexandra Sinatra '11, USA Today Sports Media Group |
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| 1:00 p.m. | Judges Panel [1.0 part hours / .25 ethics] |
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Moderator: Ken Krock Panel: Chief Justice Tom Gray '79, Tenth Court of Appeals Justice Nora Longoria '86, Thirteenth Court of Appeals Justice Ken Wise '91, Fourteenth Court of Appeals |
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| 2:00 p.m. | Ethics Hour [1.0 part hours / 1.0 ethics] |
| Professor Susan Fortney, Texas A&M University School of Law |
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| 3:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
| 3:30 p.m. | (Optional) Kyle Field Tour |
| (fee applies) | |
| 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. |
6 p.m. Reception (cash bar) and 7 p.m. Banquet honoring the 2017 TABA Distinguished Lawyer and the 2017 TABA Scholarship Recipients - Business Attire |
| Ballroom D, Memorial Student Center, Texas A&M University | |
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Expanding the Aggie Network in the legal community and providing scholarship Copyright 2011 Texas Aggie Bar Association. |
