11th Annual
LIVE Houston
Westin Oaks April 24-25, 2014
Advanced
Insurance Law C O U R S E 2 014
Topic Highlights Right Off the Press: Updates on Recent Insurance Decisions and How They Impact Your Practice
VIDEO Dallas Cityplace Events June 5-6, 2014
Views from the Bench: Advocacy Insights from Three Former Texas Supreme Court Justices (Including Two Chiefs!) Practical Tips from a Panel of In-House Counsel and Claims Managers The Affordable Care Act: What It Means for You and Your Clients Preparing for and Responding to a Cyber Security Breach Ready for Trial: Lessons Learned from Successfully Prosecuting and Defending Insurance Cases Loss or Damage to Offshore Wells and Platforms: Recovering Under an Energy Package Policy
Course Benefits • Pastries & lunch provided both days • Complimentary on-site parking • Complimentary wireless connection available • Course materials provided as a PDF download and a printed notebook at no additional cost, or receive the PDF download only at a discount!
Discovery Issues in Insurance Cases
Networking Social on Thursday Also, join speakers and attendees during dine-arounds after the social. (live site only)
MCLE CREDIT
13.25 HOURS (3 ETHICS)
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LIVE Houston
Westin Oaks April 24-25, 2014 Register by April 10, 2014 and save $50!
Thursday
7 hours including 2.25 ethics 8:00 Registration Coffee & Pastries Provided 8:45 Welcoming Remarks Course Director J. James Cooper, Houston Gardere Wynne Sewell 9:00 Right Off the Press (Part 1): Update on Recent Insurance Decisions .5 hr Douglas Skelley, Austin Shidlofsky Law Firm Editor, Right Off The Press email updates
VIDEO Dallas Cityplace Events June 5-6, 2014 Register by May 22, 2014
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MCLE CREDIT MCLE COURSE NO: 901280545 13.25 HOURS (3 ETHICS) Applies to the College of the State Bar of Texas and to the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Civil Appellate Law, Civil Trial Law, Consumer Law, and Personal Injury Trial Law.
9:30 How to Preserve Error in an Insurance Case .75 hr Steven K. Hayes, Fort Worth Law Office of Steven K. Hayes
Lynne Liberato, Houston Haynes and Boone LLP
10:15 Break 10:30 Care and Feeding of In-House Counsel 1 hr Moderator Jamie R. Carsey, Houston Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons
Amy M. Evans, Houston Executive Vice President Western Litigation
Michael L. Golding, Houston Energy Claims Manager Starr Indemnity & Insurance Company
Kimberly R. Phillips, Houston Associate General Counsel Global Litigation – Strategy & Coordination Shell Oil Company
Robert J. Ryan, Houston Deputy General Counsel Stallion Oilfield Holdings
11:30 The Jury Charge in Insurance Cases .5 hr Mark L. Kincaid, Austin George Brothers Kincaid & Horton LLP
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12:00 Break - Lunch Provided 12:15 Luncheon Presentation: A Practical Guide to Common Ethical Dilemmas for Coverage Lawyers and Defense Counsel (Tilly, Billing Guidelines, Captive Law Firms, etc.) .75 hr ethics Alan D. Freudenheim, Dallas Claim Technical Director - Litigation Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company
Amy Elizabeth Stewart, Dallas Amy Stewart PC
David H. Timmins, Dallas Gardere Wynne Sewell
1:00 Break 1:15 Discovery Issues in Insurance Cases .75 hr (.25 ethics) Erika Bright, Dallas Wick Phillips
Christopher “Kipper” Burke, Cincinnati, OH Divisional Vice President and Senior Claims Counsel Great American Insurance Company
Rebecca S. DiMasi, Austin Buchanan, DiMasi, Dancy & Grabouski
2:00 Deconstructing the Insurance Coverage Issues in a Construction Case: Recent Developments & Important Trends 1 hr Alicia J. Barton, Richardson Senior Counsel Travelers Indemnity Company
Aaron L. Mitchell, Dallas Tollefson Bradley Mitchell & Melendi
John C. “Jack” Rose, Houston Chief Legal Officer, Vice President of Operations K. Hovnanian Family of Builders Lee H. Shidlofsky, Austin Shidlofsky Law Firm
3:00 Break
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11th Annual
Advanced Insurance Law C O U R S E 2 014 Cosponsored by the Insurance Law Section of the State Bar of Texas Friday
6.25 hours including .75 ethics 3:15 Insurance MDL Litigation: How to Get Them, How to Get Out of Them, and What to Do Once You Are in Them .75 hr (.25 ethics) Hon. Mark Davidson, Houston Judge, Multi-District Litigation Asbestos Court
8:00 Coffee & Pastries Provided 8:25 Announcements Course Director J. James Cooper, Houston Gardere Wynne Sewell 8:30 The Affordable Care Act: What It Means for You and Your Clients .5 hr Pi-Yi Mayo, Baytown Attorney at Law
Paul R. Heyburn, Houston MehaffyWeber
4:00 Views from the Bench (Part 1): Insights from Three Trial Judges on Best Practices for Trial Lawyers in Insurance Cases 1 hr ethics Moderator Stephen A. Melendi, Dallas Tollefson Bradley Mitchell & Melendi
9:00 Transferring Risks in Master Service Agreements and Drilling Contracts 1 hr Moderator Bradley A. Jackson, Houston Jones Walker LLP Robert Carvell, Houston Senior Vice-President McGriff Seibels & Williams of Texas
Hon. Nancy K. Johnson, Houston U.S. Magistrate Judge Southern District of Texas
Hon. Gray H. Miller, Houston U.S. District Judge Southern District of Texas
Hon. Jeffrey A. Shadwick, Houston Judge, 55th Civil District Court
10:00 Break
5:00-6:00 Adjourn to Neworking Social sponsored by:
Veronica Hincapie Foley, Houston Corporate Counsel, U.S. Operations Precision Drilling Corporation
10:15 Five Things You May Not Know About the Texas Insurance Code that Could Help You Win Your Case .5 hr Vincent E. Morgan, Houston Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman 10:45 Ready for Trial: Lessons Learned from Successfully Prosecuting and Defending Insurance Cases 1 hr (.25 ethics) Moderator Hon. Jeffrey A. Shadwick, Houston Judge, 55th Civil District Court
Law Office of William J. Chriss, P.C. of counsel to
Robert M. Hoffman, Dallas Gardere Wynne Sewell
Lamont A. Jefferson, San Antonio Haynes and Boone LLP
Christopher W. Martin, Houston Martin Disiere Jefferson & Wisdom
Werner A. Powers, Dallas Haynes and Boone LLP
11:45 Break - Lunch Provided 12:00 Insurance Council Award Ceremony Stephen E. Walraven, San Antonio Langley & Banack Chair, State Bar of Texas Insurance Law Section 3
12:15 Luncheon Presentation: Cyber/Privacy Liability & Insurance: Practical Tips on Preparing for and Responding to a Cyber Security Breach .75 hr Mary Guzman, Atlanta, GA Senior Vice President McGriff Seibels and Williams of Georgia
Micah E. Skidmore, Dallas Haynes and Boone LLP Robert Wallace, Dallas Forensic Lab Manager PricewaterhouseCoopers
1:00 Break 1:15 Right Off the Press (Part 2): Texas Supreme Court Update .5 hr Douglas Skelley, Austin Shidlofsky Law Firm Editor, Right Off The Press email updates 1:45 Views from the Bench (Part 2): Advocacy Insights from Three Former Texas Supreme Court Justices 1 hr (.5 ethics) Moderator William J. Chriss, Austin Law Office of William J. Chriss, P.C. of counsel to Gravely & Pearson, L.L.P.
Hon. Craig Enoch, Austin Justice (Ret.), Texas Supreme Court Enoch Kever
Hon. Wallace B. Jefferson, Austin Chief Justice (Ret.), Texas Supreme Court Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend
Hon. Thomas R. Phillips, Austin Chief Justice (Ret.), Texas Supreme Court Baker Botts
2:45 Damage to Offshore Wells and Platforms: Recovering Your Loss Under an Energy Package Policy .5 hr Matthew S. Parish, Houston Tucker Taunton Snyder & Slade 3:15 E-Discovery in Insurance Cases Electronic Communications .5 hr Paul J. Malouf, Dallas Pegasus Interactive 3:45 Adjourn
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• Improve the standards of professional competence of insurance law practitioners; • Create a forum to develop, analyze and recommend actions to improve the insurance law system and to enhance public understanding of that system; and
Course Director J. James Cooper...........................................................Houston
Planning Committee Erika Bright......................................................................Dallas Jamie R. Carsey............................................................Houston William J. Chriss............................................................. Austin Rebecca S. DiMasi.......................................................... Austin Stephen A. Melendi.........................................................Dallas Douglas Skelley.............................................................. Austin
• Promote the efficient and fair delivery and availability of legal services in the insurance law field
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Membership benefit include: • Complimentary subscription to the Insurance Law Journal • Discounts to all section-sponsored CLE programs • Complimentary subscription to “Right Off the Press” Email Updates • Access to the Member’s Only section of the Section’s website • Online access to past CLE course materials and brief bank • A listing in the online Membership Directory
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Kathy Reese.....................................................Program Planner Dawn Mershon........................................ Program Coordinator Heather Armstrong.....................Written Materials Coordinator Tiffany Clay..................................Meeting Services Coordinator
Insurance Law Section of the State Bar of Texas Stephen E. Walraven.........................................................Chair Mark A. Ticer........................................................... Chair Elect J. James Cooper..........................................................Secretary L. Kimberly Steele....................................................... Treasurer Vincent E. Morgan................................... Immediate Past Chair
State Bar of Texas Lisa M. Tatum.............................................................President Cindy V. Tisdale........................................... Chair of the Board Trey Apffel......................................................... President-Elect Buck Files.......................................... Immediate Past President Kristy Blanchard.................................................TYLA President Deborah Bullion......................................Chair, CLE Committee Gary Nickelson..............................Chair, Board PDP Committee Michelle E. Hunter.........................................Executive Director Patrick A. Nester...................................... Director, TexasBarCLE
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Parking Information for Attendees Not Staying at the Hotel is provided for the convenience of the attendees, is subject to change without notice and is not a guarantee of availability. HOUSTON: Selfparking is complimentary in the mall parking garage. DALLAS: Selfparking is complimentary in the underground Cityplace Events garage by picking up a validation ticket from the State Bar staff onsite. 6