CLEonline.com, together with the Austin Bar Association, are pleased to present a practical online CLE seminar designed to provide important information for any attorney handling an administrative law case in Texas.
This seminar features a video presentation from a live CLE seminar on this topic that was originally conducted by the Austin Bar Association on March 5, 2010. This video presentation features the speakers and topics listed below. This is a series of streaming video recordings that you can access on demand at any time during the course of the seminar session. The audio recordings run for approximately 6.0 hours. This seminar is entitled:
Austin Bar Presents: "Anatomy of an Administrative Law Hearing in Texas - 2010"
** (available at any time of the day and in time increments convenient to you during the above referenced dates) **
Subjects and speakers for this CLEonline.com seminar include:
- Mediation
The role and importance of mediation in the administrative hearing process
- Todd Burkey, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
- Kyle Lucas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
- Amanda Ellis, Davis Fuller Jackson Keene
- Informal Settlement Conferences
Advocating effectively in an ISC
- Nancy Leshikar, Texas Medical Board
- Preparing to File Your Case
Drafting the Notice of Hearing and complying with the SOAH rules
- Ami Larson, ALJ, State Office of Administrative Hearings
- Evidence
Evidentiary issues and practice tips
- John Beauchamp, Office of Attorney General
- Ethically Dealing with Pro Se Litigants
- Andrew MacRae, Levantino Pace LLP
- Judicial Panel
The five most common points of reversible error in suits for judicial review.
- Judge Stephen Yelenosky, 345th District Court
- Chief Judge Woodie Jones, Third Court of Appeals
- Discovery
Using discovery to your advantage in contest cases
- Paul Terrill, The Terrill Firm
- Mock Trial at SOAH
A bird's-eye view of a mock contested case
- Raymond Winter, Office of Attorney General - Moderator
- Nichole Bunker-Henderson, Office of Attorney General - representing the State of Texas
- Jason Ray, Riggs, Aleshire & Ray - representing the Respondent
- Paul Keeper, ALJ, State Office of Administrative Hearings - Presiding
- Ex Parte Communications and Small Agencies
A discussion of potential ex parte traps in contested case proceedings before small agencies
- Dudley McCalla, Heath, Davis & McCalla, PC
- Changes to Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law
Restrictions on an Agency in going from Proposal for Decision to Issuance of a Final Decision
- Don Walden, Law Offices of Don Walden
- Effective Representation on Motions for Rehearing
- Leonard Dougal, Jackson Walker, LLP
The instructor/moderator for this CLEonline.com seminar will be:
Mr. Chris Kadas, who is a Special Counsel for Tax Hearings with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts in Austin. Mr. Kadas joined the Comptroller's office after six years as General Counsel for the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Before that, he worked as Assistant General Counsel at the Texas Department of Agriculture. As the Comptroller's Special Counsel for Tax Hearings, Mr. Kadas is responsible for the final review of all contested tax cases. Kadas is a graduate of Lewis & Clark College in Oregon; earned a master’s degree from the University of Texas, LBJ School of Public Affairs; and earned a law degree from Seattle University School of Law (J.D., 1994). Mr. Kadas is a member of the State Bar of Texas and admitted to practice before all Texas courts. He is also a member of the Austin Bar Association (Administrative Law Section.)
The seminar registration fee for this CLEonline.com seminar is only $150. SPECIAL DISCOUNT: If you are a member of the Austin Bar Association, you are entitled to a 20 percent discount and the registration fee is only $120. NOTE: If you are eligible and you wish to receive this special discounted fee, you will need to either call the CLEonline.com office or send us a message via e-mail and request this discount so that we can ensure that you are charged the proper rate. Please do not register for the seminar using your credit card online.
This seminar is accredited for 6.0 hours of participatory CLE credit (no ethics) by the MCLE Committees of the State Bar of Texas and the State Bar of California. In addition, regular CLE credits for this seminar are also available in a number of other states. CLEonline.com is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider pursuant to Sec. 9 of the California MCLE Rules and Regulations. (These are not self-study credits, but rather 'participatory' credits as you would receive for attending a traditional, live CLE seminar.)
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