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12-HOUR REGIONAL JUDGES SEMINAR


Day 1 

8:05 – 9:20 a.m.      Procedural/Substantive Law Update   

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

9:30 – 10:45 a.m.    Traffic Safety Update   

                                   Marian Moseley, Municipal Judge, City of Coppell


11:00 – 12:00 p.m.   Ethics: The Role of the Court in City Government: City Councils are from Mars and Municipal Judges are from Venus     

                                    Lauren Crawford, Legal Counsel, Texas Municipal League

                        

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.      Case Law and Attorney General Opinion Update    

                                    Ryan K. Turner, General Counsel and Director of Education, TMCEC


2:10 – 3:00 p.m.      Juvenile/Municipal Law Issues Update   

                             Robin Ramsay, Municipal Judge, City of Denton

 

 

TRACK A

TRACK B

TRACK C

3:10 – 4:00 p.m.

DOT & Federal Motor Carrier Law*  

Lester Rorick, Presiding Judge, City of Pasadena
     

Pre-Trial Appeals: Yes, Virginia, There Is a State’s Appeal  Bonnie Lee Goldstein, Municipal Judge, City of Royse & Dallas

    

Nonappearance Crimes

Rebecca Stark, Municipal Clerk, City of Austin

       

 

 

TRACK A

TRACK B

4:10 – 5:00 p.m.

 

JNAs: How to Get It Right

 
Ryan K. Turner, General Counsel and Director of Education, TMCEC

      

 

Complaints

Ted Wood, Special Counsel to Trial Courts, Office of Court Administration

   
 



Day 2

 

 

TRACK A

TRACK B

TRACK C

8:00 – 9:10 a.m.

 

Juvenile Law: Failure to Attend School & Charges against Parents

Sharon Pruitt, Assistant Attorney General, Texas Attorney General’s Office Juvenile Crime Intervention

   

Unlimited Restitution, Are You Kidding Me? +

 

Ed Spillane, Presiding Judge,

City of College Station

    

Judgments, Affirmative Findings & Enhancements+

Dana Jacobson, Presiding Judge, City of Fair Oaks Ranch

     

9:20 – 10:30 a.m.       

DUIs*

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

   

Magistration Duties+
Robin Ramsay, Municipal Judge, City of Denton

    

Court Costs & Legislative Update on Court Costs

Rene Henry, Consultant, Hot Springs Village, Arkansas

   

               

10:45 – 12:00 pm     Warrants, Capias and Capias Pro Fines    

                                    Ryan K. Turner, General Counsel and Director of Education, TMCEC