2010 Riley Fletcher
Basic Municipal Law Seminar
Speaker Papers

Attorney MCLE Directions and Course Number

Friday, February 26

• Brand new to municipal law? This "Municipal Law 101" paper is a perfect place to start! (pdf - 130kb)
• Types of City Government
  Scott Houston, Director of Legal Services, Texas Municipal League
  Handout - (pdf - 220kb)
• Open Meetings
  Scott Houston
  Open Meetings 1 (pdf - 230kb)
  Open Meetings 2 (pdf - 15kb)
  Open Meetings 3 (pdf - 28kb)
  
• Public Information Act
  Heather Silver, Assistant City Attorney, City of Dallas
  Handout (pdf - 1.6MB)
  
• Land Use
  Amber Slayton and Joseph Gorfida, Jr., Nichols, Jackson, Dillard, Hager and Smith, Dallas
  Handout 1 (pdf - 108kb)
  Handout 2 (pdf -110 kb)
  
• Ethics
  Chris Caso and Gwen Satterthwaite, Assistant City Attorneys, City of Dallas
  Handout (pdf - 425kb)
  
• Municipal Court
  Bonnie Goldstein, Bonnie Lee Goldstein, P.C., Dallas
  Handout 1(pdf -2.6MB)
  Handout 2 (pdf - 39kb)
• Tort Claims Act
  Lori Gillespie, Staff Attorney, Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool
  Handout 1 (pdf - 180kb)
  Handout 2 (pdf - 230kb)
  
• Economic Development
  Bennett Sandlin, General Counsel, Texas Municipal League
  Handout (pdf - 17kb)
  
• Personnel
  Laura Muller, Legal Counsel, Texas Municipal League
  Handout 1 (pdf - 15kb)
  Handout 2 (pdf - 31kb)
  
• Purchasing
  Ben Wyse, Messer, Campbell & Brady, Frisco
  Handout (pdf - 210kb)
  Handout 2 (pdf - 40kb)
  Handout 3 (pdf - 368kb)

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