17th Annual
Advanced Employment Law Course Irving
Live San Antonio January 22–23, 2009
Video Replays
March 5-6, 2009
Houston March 12–13, 2009
Welcoming Reception Thursday Afternoon Continental Breakfast and Lunch on Both Days Highlights • Presentation by EEOC General Counsel • FMLA/USERRA: Are You on Top of It? • Immigration Issues You Need to Know
Come a day early and attend the Nuts & Bolts of Employment Law
• Emerging Causes of Action
• Changes in the ADA and GINA
TexasBarCLE presents the 17th Annual
Advanced Employment Law Course Cosponsored by the Labor and Employment Law Section of the State Bar of Texas
Thursday
7 hrs including 1.25 hrs ethics
8:00 Registration Continental Breakfast Provided
LIVE San Antonio
January 22–23, 2009 Crowne Plaza Riverwalk 111 Pecan Street East
VIDEO Irving
March 5-6, 2009 Sheraton Grand Hotel DFW Airport 4440 W. John Carpenter Freeway
VIDEO Houston
March 12-13, 2009 Holiday Inn Select 2712 Southwest Freeway
MCLE CREDIT
14.25 HOURS (2 ETHICS) MCLE COURSE NO: 900051765
Applies to the College of the State Bar of Texas and the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Labor and Employment Law.
8:45 Welcoming Remarks and Program Introductions Course Director Genice A.G. Rabe, Salem, OR Law Office of Genice A.G. Rabe 9:00 State Law Update .75 hr Richard R. Carlson, Houston Professor of Law South Texas College of Law
9:45 FMLA/USERRA .5 hr Clara B. Burns, El Paso Kemp Smith 10:15 Break
1:00 Immigration Issues 1.75 hrs (.5 ethics) Overview Genice A. G. Rabe, Salem, OR Law Office of Genice A.G. Rabe
Employee Perspective Employee Rights and Reality William H. Beardall, Jr., Austin Executive Director Equal Justice Center
Employer Perspective Compliance, Criminal Liability, and Employer Status Teresa S. Valderrama, Houston Jackson Lewis
Judicial Perspective Hon. Xavier Rodriguez, San Antonio Judge, U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
2:45 Break
10:30 Dealing With A Bad Economy and ADEA .75 hr Dan C. Dargene, Dallas Winstead
3:00 Religious Discrimination .5 hr Linda Ottinger Headley, Houston Littler Mendelson
11:15 FLSA/Collective and Class Actions .5 hr (.25 ethics) David L. Kern, El Paso Kern Law Firm
3:30 Let’s Make a Deal: Crafting Settlements and Tax Issues .75 hr (.25 ethics) Malinda Ann Gaul, San Antonio Gaul and Dumont
11:45 Break — Luncheon served
12:05 Luncheon Presentation: Effective Legal Writing .75 hr Chad Baruch, Dallas Assistant Principal Yavneh Academy of Dallas The Law Office of Chad Baruch 12:50 Break
Valorie Glass, McAllen Atlas & Hall
4:15 Privacy Issues in the Modern Workplace - Wired in the Digital Age .75 hr (.25 ethics) Maria Nan Alessandra, New Orleans, LA Phelps Dunbar 5:00 Adjourn
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5:00 Labor and Employment Law Section Meeting 5:30 Reception (LIVE SITE ONLY) Sponsored by the Labor and Employment Law Section of the State Bar of Texas
Friday
7.25 hrs including .75 hrs ethics
8:00 Continental Breakfast Provided 8:30 Interstate Battles Over Covenants Not To Compete/ Injunctive Relief .5 hr Rod Tanner, Fort Worth Tanner & Associates 9:00 National Labor Relations Board Update and Employee Free Choice Act .75 hr Glenda Louise Pittman, Austin Pittman & Fink
Hershell L. Barnes, Jr., Dallas Barnes & Harrington
10:45 Break 11:00 What You Need to Know Outside the 5th Circuit .5 hr Michael A. McCabe, Dallas Munck Carter
11:30 Developments at the EEOC 2006 to Date .75 hr Ronald S. Cooper, Washington, D.C. General Counsel, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 12:15 Break — Luncheon served 12:35 Luncheon Presentation: Watching Good Employment Lawyers at Work in the Courtroom .75 hr Hon. W. Royal Furgeson, Jr., San Antonio Judge, U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
2:15 Employment at Will .5 hr Philip Durst, Austin Deats Durst Owen & Levy 2:45 Classification of Workers .5 hr Liane A. Janovsky, Fort Worth Janovsky and Associates 3:15 Pleadings and Proof .5 hr Margaret A. Harris, Houston Butler and Harris 3:45 Making The Right Choice: Helping Clients Find Their Wisdom .75 hr ethics Michael P. Maslanka, Dallas Ford & Harrison 4:30 Adjourn
1:20 Break
9:45 ADA Update, Changes in ADA, and GINA 1 hr Moderator Brian East, Austin Senior Attorney, Legal Services Advocacy, Inc. John W. Griffin, Jr., Victoria Marek Griffin & Knaupp
1:30 Emerging Causes of Action .75 hr Maureen Blackburn Jennings, Houston Phelps Dunbar
James H. Kizziar, Jr., San Antonio Bracewell & Giuliani
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TexasBarCLE presents
Nuts & Bolts of Employment Law Cosponsored by the Labor and Employment Law Section of the State Bar of Texas
LIVE San Antonio January 21, 2009
VIDEO Irving March 4, 2009
Wednesday
4 hrs including .75 hrs ethics
MCLE CREDIT
4 HOURS (.75 ETHICS) MCLE COURSE NO: 900051764
Applies to the College of the State Bar of Texas and the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Labor and Employment Law.
VIDEO Houston March 11, 2009
Laura E. O’Donnell, San Antonio Haynes and Boone
12:30 Registration
3:15 Break
1:15 Welcoming Remarks and Program Introductions Course Director Genice A.G. Rabe, Salem, OR Law Office of Genice A.G. Rabe
3:30 Managing Your Practice and Your Clients .75 hr (.25 ethics) Cheryl R. Drazin, Dallas Gillespie Rozen Watsky & Jones
1:30 Overview of Statutory Employment Law .5 hr Genice A.G. Rabe, Salem, OR Law Office of Genice A.G. Rabe
4:15 Dealing With Agencies 1 hr Robert A. Canino, Dallas Regional Attorney U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
2:00 Overview of Non-Statutory Employment Related Law That You Really Need to Know .5 hr ethics Connie Cornell, Austin Cornell Smith & Mierl 2:30 Deposition and Discovery .75 hr Joseph Y. Ahmad, Houston Ahmad Zavitsanos & Anaipakos
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Margaret Cranford, Dallas U.S. Department of Labor 5:15 Wage & Hour/Fair Labor Standards .5 hr Patrick J. Maher, Fort Worth Shannon Gracey Ratliff & Miller 5:45 Adjourn
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Reserve Your Hotel Room Early Hotel rooms have been blocked at special rates on a space available basis. To make a reservation, contact the hotel and indicate that you will be attending the State Bar of Texas Advanced Employment Law Course.
San Antonio Live Crowne Plaza Riverwalk 111 Pecan Street East 210-354-2800 $165 for a single/double Deadline: January 7, 2009
Irving Video Sheraton Grand Hotel DFW Airport 4440 W. John Carpenter Freeway 972-929-8400
Houston Video Holiday Inn Select 2712 Southwest Freeway 713-523-8448 No rooms have been blocked for the video presentations.
Course Director Genice A. Rabe . ...................................................... Salem, OR Planning Committee William H. Beardall, Jr..................................................... Austin Clara B. (C.B.) Burns...................................................... El Paso Katherine L. Butler.......................................................Houston Robert A. Canino.............................................................Dallas Professor Richard R. Carlson........................................Houston Dan C. Dargene...............................................................Dallas Brian East....................................................................... Austin Malinda Ann Gaul.................................................San Antonio Valorie Glass................................................................ McAllen Linda Ottinger Headley................................................Houston John V. Jansonius.............................................................Dallas Maureen Blackburn Jennings.......................................Houston Patrick J. Maher....................................................... Fort Worth Michael P. Maslanka........................................................Dallas Michael A. McCabe.........................................................Dallas Rod Tanner.............................................................. Fort Worth Teresa S. Valderrama....................................................Houston TexasBarCLE Planning Team Adriana Resendez . ....................................Sr. Planning Attorney Michelle Townley . ................................Sr. Program Coordinator State Bar of Texas Harper Estes................................................................. President Joe Shannon, Jr.............................................. Chair of the Board Roland Johnson....................................................President-Elect Gib Walton.......................................... Immediate Past President Sylvia Cardona..................................................... TYLA President F. R. “Buck” Files, Jr..................................Chair, CLE Committee Van Galen Hilley.............................Chair, Board PDP Committee Michelle Hunter...............................................Executive Director Patrick A. Nester........................................ Director, TexasBarCLE
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