TCAA Speaker Papers

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2010 TCAA Summer Conference
Speaker Papers

Program at a Glance

Attendee List

Attorney MCLE Directions and Course Number

Wednesday, June 9

Ethics - Lessons from 40 Years as City Attorney
Bob Flournoy, Former City Attorney, Lufkinn
(This presentation has no PowerPoint or written materials.)

Seeking Effective Amicus Support
Robert Fugate, Assistant City Attorney, Arlington
(pdf - 148kb )
(pdf - 740kb)
(pdf - 460kb) (appendix)

The Legislative Process – How it Really Works
Snapper Carr, General Counsel, Focused Advocacy
(pdf - 155kb) Top Ten Rules
(pdf - 362kb) Real Story
(pdf - 618kb) appendices
(pdf - 325kb)The Legislative Process

Municipal Court: The Basics
Miles Risley, City Attorney, and Kinley Hegglund, Senior Assistant City Attorney, Wichita Falls
(pdf - 333kb)
(pdf - 200kb)

Thursday, June 10

Personnel: Disciplinary Action Process
Matthew C.G. Boyle, Boyle and Lowry, Irving
(pdf - 2MB)
(There are no written materials for this presentation.)

Recent Federal Cases of Interest to Cities
Randy Montgomery, D. Randall Montgomery and Associates, Dallas
(pdf - 229kb) Handout 1
(pdf - 111kb) Handout 2

Recent State Cases of Interest to Cities
Ron Stutes, Potter Minton, Tyler
(pdf - 106kb) Handout 1
(pdf - 81 kb) Handout 2

Bankruptcy: What Every City Attorney Should Know
Robert Franke, Strasburger and Price, Frisco
(pdf -233kb )
(pdf - 2.85MB)

Nuisances: Code Enforcement
Slater Elza, Underwood Law Firm, Amarillo
(pdf - 67kb) Handout 1
(pdf - 1.8MB) Handout 2

Ethics – the City Attorney as “Investigator”
Liz Provencio and Ross Fischer, Denton, Navarro, Rocha and Bernal, San Antonio
(pdf - 146kb)
(pdf - 45kb) PPT handout

The Home Rule Charter Review Process
Charlie Zech, Denton, Navarro, Rocha and Bernal, San Antonio
Web link
(pdf - 400kb) Handout

Recent Developments at the PUC, RRC, and TWDB
Georgia Crump, Thomas Brocato, and Brad Castleberry, Lloyd Gosselink, Austin
(pdf - 3.56MB)
(This presentation has no written materials.)

Civil Service Update
Ric Navarro, Denton, Navarro, Rocha and Bernal, Harlingen
(pdf - 119kb) Handout 1
(pdf - 47kb) Handout 2

Friday, June 11

Ethics
Peter Merkl, Assistant City Attorney, Corpus Christi
(pdf - 10kb)

Contractor Default/Surety Performance
Jeff Chapman, Ford, Nassen and Baldwin, Austin
(pdf - 110kb)

Cell Tower Siting Update
Omar Izfar, Assistant City Attorney, Houston
(pdf -346kb ) Handout 1
(pdf - 1.4MB) Handout 2

Selling Municipal Property for Economic Development
Pete Smith, Nichols, Jackson, Dillard, Hager and Smith, Dallas
(pdf - 5.3MB) Handout 1
(pdf - 893kb) Handout 2

The Impact of Social Networking on Cities
Cindy Crosby, Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta, Austin
(pdf - 131kb) Handout 1
(pdf - 1.75MB) Handout 2