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CLEonline.com, together with the Austin Bar Association, are pleased to present a practical online CLE seminar designed to review and update a number of current litigation topics important to Texas attorneys, particularly those practicing in Travis County. This seminar includes a highly interactive discussion among attorneys and judges on each of the topics shown below.
This seminar features a video presentation from a live CLE seminar on this topic that was originally conducted by the Austin Bar Association on April 30, 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 5.25 hours. This seminar is entitled:
Austin Bar Presents: "Bench Bar Conference 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:
- Docketing Issues
A discussion of the procedures and strategies for dealing with the trial and appellate court dockets in Travis County
- Jim Arth, Attorney at Law
- Phil Durst, Deats, Durst, Owen & Levy
- Chief Justice Woodie Jones, Third Court of Appeals
- Judge Lora Livingston, 261st District Court, Travis County
- Judge Stephen Yelenosky, 345th District Court, Travis County
- Jan Soifer, Baron & Budd
- Discovery & Pretrial
A discourse about handling disputes relating to discovery and various pretrial issues
- Judge Scott Jenkins, 53rd District Court, Travis County
- Jo Ann Merica, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold
- Michael Marin, Vinson & Elkins
- Judge Eric Shepperd, County Court at Law, #2, Travis County
- Judge Stephen Yelenosky, 345th District Court, Travis County
- Laura Grabouski, Van Osselaer & Buchanan
- Persuading Judges and Juries
Perspectives on successful techniques in presenting your case to judges and juries
- Judge Suzanne Covington, 201st District Court, Travis County
- Mike McKetta, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody
- Mark Perlmutter, Perlmutter & Schuelke
- Judge Robert Pitman, U.S. Magistrate Judge
- Judge Stephen Yelenosky, 345th District Court, Travis County
- Jan Soifer, Baron & Budd
- Collaboration
A continuation of discussions between lawyers and judges, exchanging ideas and solutions on issues previously discussed
- Judge Stephen Yelenosky, 345th District Court, Travis County
- Mark Perlmutter, Perlmutter & Schuelke
- New Disciplinary Rules
A discussion of the proposed new rules and differing perspectives on how State Bar of Texas members should vote in the referendum election on these new rules
- Amon Burton, University of Texas School of Law
- Linda Eads, Southern Methodist University School of Law
- Chuck Herring, Herring & Irwin
- Tom Watkins, Brown McCarroll
- Jan Soifer, Baron & Budd
The instructor/moderator for this CLEonline.com seminar will be:
Mr. Mark Perlmutter, who is a name partner with the firm of Perlmutter & Schuelke, LLP in Austin. Mr. Perlmutter has successfully represented myriad plaintiffs in legal malpractice, personal injury and other civil trial matters, as well as representing numerous clients in class action cases. He is board certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is admitted to practice in all state courts in Texas and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas (former Chair, Texas Professionalism Committee) and the Austin Bar Association (former President.) He received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1974) and his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University (B.S., 1971). A more extensive biography for Mr. Perlmutter may be found at his firm's Web site.
The seminar registration fee for this CLEonline.com seminar is only $131. 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 $105. 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 5.25 hours of participatory CLE credit (including 1.0 hour in the subject area of legal 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.)
PLEASE REMEMBER-- All of our online CLE seminars are covered by our 'Full Satisfaction' guarantee. If for any reason you are dissatisfied with this or any other CLEonline.com seminar, we will gladly issue you a prompt refund. Thus, you have nothing to lose in trying one of our convenient online CLE seminars. If you have never participated in an online seminar before, we think you'll be pleasantly surprised!
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