12-HOUR REGIONAL CLERKS SEMINAR

Day 1

8:15 – 9:05 a.m. Traffic Law Update

Lois Wright, Program Director, TMCEC

9:20 – 10:15 a.m. Legislative Update

Deanie King, Municipal Judge, City of Corpus Christi

10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Ethics: How the Commission Works & Recent Sanctions

Ryan Kellus Turner, General Counsel & Director of Education, TMCEC

11:30 – 12:00 Mandatory Reporting

Lois Wright, Program Director, TMCEC

TRACK A

TRACK B

1:00 – 1:50 p.m.

Records Retention & Destruction
Kathryn Wells-Vogel, Court Administrator, City of Longview

Designing a Collection Plan
Aaron Castillo, Regional Collections Specialist, Office of Court Administration

2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

The Internet: Your #1 Resource
Shane Scribner, Legal Research Assistant, TMCEC

Designing a Collection Plan (cont’d)

3:10 – 4:00 p.m.

Jurisdiction: Concepts & Application
Ana Otero, Thurgood Marshall School of Law

Nonappearance Crimes
Rebecca Stark, Municipal Clerk, City of Austin

4:10 – 5:00 p.m.

Authority & Duties
Pat Riffel, Court Administrator, City of Pearland

Courts’ Dismissal Powers
Lois Wright, Program Director, TMCEC

Day 2

TRACK A

TRACK B

TRACK C

8:00 – 9:10 a.m.

What Every Clerk Needs to Know About Court Interpreters

Lois Wright, Program Director, TMCEC

Complaints: The Municipal Court Charging Instrument

Suzie Garcia, Court Administrator, City of San Marcos

Judgments, Affirmative Findings & Enhancements

Dana Jacobson, Presiding Judge, City of Fair Oaks Ranch

9:20 – 10:30 a.m.

Basic Spanish for Municipal Court

Herman Flores, Multimedia Specialist, TMCEC

Probationary Statutes*

Victoria Medley, Court Administrator, City of Amarillo

Court Costs & Legislative Update on Court Costs

Rene Henry, Consultant, Hot Springs Village, Arkansas

10:45 – 12:00 pm Arrest Warrants, Capias, and Capias Pro Fines: Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Meichihko Proctor, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney Generals Office, General Counsel’s Division