7:30 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast | Hosted by Hyde Kelley LLP |
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Welcome Remarks & Awards Ceremony | Kuruvilla “K.O.” Oommen, TCAA President, and Andy Segovia, City of San Antonio |
8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Trends in City Charter Initiatives: San Antonio Justice Charter and El Paso Climate Charter (.75 hour) | Andy Segovia, City of San Antonio, and Karla Nieman, City of El Paso |
9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Strategies for Addressing Houselessness (.75 hour) | M. Lucille Anderson City of Houston |
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Break | |
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | Working with Delinquent Tax Collection Attorneys to Help Clean Up the City (1 hour [.5 hour ethics]) | Brandon Davis Olson & Olson LLP |
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Public Corruption in Procurement | Theresa James, City of San Angelo, Jeff Andersen, FBI Special Agent, and Nick Hanna, former Texas Ranger |
11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. | LUNCH ON YOUR OWN | |
1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | Don’t Let Bumps Lead to Blunders: Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act (PWFA) and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for Nursing Mothers Act (.5 hour) | Robin Cross and Melissa Cranford Messer, Fort & McDonald PLLC |
1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. | AIA and Beyond: Protecting Cities as Building Owners (.5 hour) | Dan Barrett Gravely Law, PC |
2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | Recent State Cases of Interest to Cities (.5 hour) | Laura Mueller City of Dripping Springs |
2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Utility Regulatory Update (.5 hour) | Jamie Mauldin and Roslyn Dubberstein Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C. |
3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Break | |
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | How to Draft Procurement Documents and Contracts to Avoid Legal Uncertainty (.5 hour) | Jeff Chapman The Chapman Firm PLLC |
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Easements and Right-of-Way Challenges and Solutions (.5 hour) | Jordan Miller Baker Moran Doggett Ma & Dobbs LLP |
4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Ethical Obligations of a City Attorney When a Councilmember is Sued Personally (.5 hour ethics) | Meredith Ladd City of Carrollton |
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | Reception | Hosted by Taylor Olson Adkins Sralla & Elam, L.L.P. Location: the Hidalgo Ballroom |