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Eastern District of Texas2015 Bench Bar Conference
Jointly with theThe Center for American and
International Law
October 21-23, 2015
Plano Marriott Legacy Town Center7121 Bishop Road, Plano, Texas 75024
888.236.2427 • 972.473.6444
WednesdAy, OCTOber 21
10:00 AM Registration Opens
10:00 AM Guns & Golfing Kick-Off.
Choose from the refinement of golfing on the beautiful Gleneagles golf course minutes from the conference hotel, or join a bunch of rag tag lawyers taken to calling themselves the Posse for an East Texas cultural excursion at the nearby Frisco Gun Club. If you have never fired a gun, this is your chance. All experience levels accommodated and everything you need provided.
See Registration Form for Special Registration Details.
Golf at Gleneagles Sponsored by: McKool Smith and Winston & Strawn
The East Texas Shooting Excursion Sponsored by: Haltom & Doan and Siebman, Burg, Phillips & Smith
Early Bird CLE Begins
3:00 PM The Art of the Oral Argument From Motion Practice to Appeal. Charles Bundren, Wm. Charles Bundren & Associates, Moderator; Judge Catharina Haynes, Fifth Circuit; Judge William Bryson, Federal Circuit; Judge Amos Mazzant, EDTX.
3:45 PM Mystery Law Clerk’s Panel, Law Clerk’s Unleashed. What They Want to Really Say to Lawyers. Sarah Fischer, Former Law Clerk to Chief Judge Ron Clark, EDTX, Moderator; Law Clerk 1, Law Clerk 2, Law Clerk 3, Law Clerk 4, Law Clerk 5, Law Clerk 6 & Law Clerk 7 (The Names Are Withheld to Protect the Innocent).
4:45 PM Local Rules & the Local Rules Process. When & Why Did ED Texas Adopt the Patent Rules of ND California? Wes Hill, Ward & Smith, Moderator; Otis Carroll, Ireland, Carroll & Kelley; Michael Smith, Siebman, Burg, Phillips & Smith & Jennifer Ainsworth, Wilson, Robertson & Cornelius.
5:30 PM Opening Reception with Tastings of Texas Bourbons. Event Sponsor: StoneTurn
7:00 PM Dinner on Your Own.
Presidential Suite Opens After Dinner Until Midnight.
ThursdAy, OCTOber 22
7:00 AM Texas Chuck Wagon Breakfast Buffet. Event Sponsors: Federal Arbitration, Inc. and Findlay Craft, P.C.
8:20 AM Opening of Conference. Chief Judge Ron Clark, ED Bar President Michael Truncale & Chairman Clyde Siebman.
8:30 AM E-Discovery. Insights from the Drafting Table & Other Views from the Bench. Come December, What Will the New E-Discovery Look Like? Harry “Gil” Gillam, Gillam & Smith & Ted Stevenson, McKool Smith, Moderators; Chief Judge Ron Clark, EDTX; Judge Shira Scheindlin, SDNY; Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo, SDCA & Judge Andrew Guilford, CDCA.
9:15 AM Alice. Is it a Software Infringers’ Wonderland? Or, Will Good Software Patents Somehow Survive? Geoff Culbertson, Patton Tidwell & Culbertson & Max Ciccarelli, Thompson & Knight, Moderators; Professor Peter Menell, University of Berkeley; Retired Chief Judge Paul Michel, Fed. Cir.; Judge Robert “Trey” Schroeder, EDTX & Judge Roy Payne, EDTX.
10:00 AM Extracting the Baby from the Bath Water. Effectively Managing Patent Cases Without Weakening the System that Protects Legitimate Innovation. Includes Interactive Segment with Audience. Doug Cawley, McKool Smith, Moderator; Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo, SDCA; Judge Shira Scheindlin, SDNY; Judge Barbara Lynn, NDTX; Retired Judge Leonard Davis, Fish Richardson & Mike Jones, Potter Minton.
11:00 AM Break. Event Sponsors: Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
11:15 AM Patent Damages. A 2015 Primer. Alan Ratliff, StoneTurn & Bo Davis, Davis Firm, Moderators; Judge William Bryson, CAFC; Chief Judge Ron Clark, EDTX; Judge Rodney Gilstrap, EDTX; Judge John Love, EDTX & Steven Williams, McDole Williams.
12:00 PM Views from the Top. A Fireside Chat about Our Nation’s Patent System. Alan Fisch, Fisch Sigler LLP, Moderator; Retired Chief Judge Paul Michel, Fed. Cir.; Former USPTO Commissioner Todd Dickinson & Monica Magnusson, VP IPR Policy, Ericsson.
12:45 PM Lunch with Special Recognitions from Around ED Texas by Chief Judge Ron Clark. Event Sponsors: Baker & McKenzie LLP.
1:15 PM Twenty Years with the Chief Judges of the Federal Circuit. Former Federal Circuit Law Clerks Provide Insight Into How to Be Upheld on Appeal. What Goes on Behind the Curtain? Is it All Just Case Specific, or Policy Driven? Suzanne Michel, Senior Patent Counsel, Google Inc., Moderator; John Battaglia, Fisch Sigler LLP, former clerk to Chief Judge Paul R. Michel; Shawn Blackburn, Susman Godfrey, former clerk to Chief Judge Sharon Prost; Phillip Lee, McKool Smith, former clerk to Circuit Judge Evan J. Wallach; Kori Anne Bagrowski, former clerk to Chief Judge Randall R. Rader.
2:00 PM Arbitration, Mediation & Litigation – View from the Federal Bench and Bar. Michael Truncale, Orgain Bell & Tucker, Moderator; Judge Marcia Crone, EDTX, Steve Susman, Susman Godfrey; Abraham Sofaer, FEDARB, Retired Judge David Folsom, Jackson Walker & Retired Judge Royal Furgeson, Jr., Dean, UNT Dallas College of Law.
2:45 PM Social Media Mining. Prospecting for Golden Nuggets. Charles “Chip” Molster, Winston & Strawn; Adam Allgood, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius & Melissa Smith, Gillam & Smith.
3:15 PM Break Event Sponsors: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
3:30 PM Admitting Evidence from the Mine. How to Use Evidence from Social Media. John Browning, Passman & Jones; Judge Keith Giblin, EDTX, Judge Zack Hawthorn, EDTX & Jennifer Ainsworth, Wilson, Robertson & Cornelius.
4:00 PM Can Collegiality and Professionalism Survive in a World of Sanctions? Richard “Rocky” Schwartz, Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz, Moderator; Professor David Hricik, Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University; Dean Brad Toben, Baylor Law School; Retired Judge Royal Furgeson, Jr., Dean, UNT Dallas College of Law & Retired Judge Leonard Davis, Fish Richardson.
4:45 PM Corporate Perspectives. Litigation ED Texas Style. From the Irks to Parts that Work. Natalie Bennett, McDermott Will & Emery & Josh Thane, Haltom & Doan, Moderators; Kenneth Korea, Senior VP & Head of US IP Center, Samsung Electronics; Kevin Fillip, Vice President & General Counsel, ST Microelectronics, Inc.; Karen Robinson, Associate General Counsel & Director of Litigation, Adobe; Ray Wood, Chief Patent Counsel, ZTE & Monica Magnusson, VP IPR Policy, Ericsson.
5:30 PM VIP Chief Judge and President’s Reception with Tasting of Texas Wines. Event Sponsors: Alston & Bird LLP; Baker Botts L.L.P. and Paul Hasting.
6:45 PM Chief Judge and President’s Dinner/John Hannah Award Ceremony. Event Sponsors: Bragalone Conroy PC; Fish & Richardson P.C.; Kenyon & Kenyon LLP and Thompson & Knight LLP.
8:15 PM Beck Weathers, Author of Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest. Introduction by Judge Barbara Lynn, NDTX.
9:00 PM Dessert, Dancing & Conferring to the Sounds of Emerald City. It’s a Texas Thang. A Chocolate Indulgence! Event Sponsors: Cozen O’Connor and Vinson & Elkins LLP.
10:00 PM Conversations in the Presidential Suite. When Will the ED Texas Sherman Division Get Bigger than Dallas? Economist Ray Perryman of the Perryman Group Discusses His Research into the Population Boom of the Sherman Division of ED Texas and its Effects.
FrIdAy, OCTOber 23
7:30 AM Texas Breakfast Buffet, Dallas Style. (A Little Bit Fancy for East Texas, But Nice When You Can Get It). Event Sponsors: Dovel & Luner LLP and King & Spalding.
Private Judges Breakfast.
ED Texas Bar Association Breakfast Business Meeting.
8:30 AM Sage Advice from Sages. What’s Changed? What’s Remained? Judge Don Bush, EDTX, Moderator; Judge T. John Ward, Retired EDTX; Judge Robert Parker, Former EDTX & Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals & Retired Judge Jim Parsons, Former President of the State Bar of Texas and Former State District Judge.
9:15 AM Writing to Win. Steven D. Stark, Writer, Teacher, Lawyer & Artist.
10:00 AM Break. Event Sponsors: Gillam & Smith LLP.
10:15 AM Pop Culture’s Impact on the Trial of Cases. David Stein, Alston & Bird; Judge Caroline Craven, EDTX; Jennifer Orgeron, Law Clerk for US Magistrate Judge Caroline Craven & Retired Judge Charles “Chad” Everingham, IV, Akin Gump.
11:00 AM Newer Faces of ED Texas. Policies, Procedures & Practice Pointers As Seen from Behind and Beyond the Pine Curtain. Clyde Siebman, Siebman, Burg, Phillips & Smith & Jeannie Heffernan, Kirkland & Ellis, Moderators; Judge Amos Mazzant, EDTX; Judge Robert “Trey” Schroeder, III, EDTX & Judge Nicole Mitchell, EDTX.
11:45 AM Lunch with Special Recognitions from Around ED Texas by Chief Judge Ron Clark. Event Sponsors: The Davis Firm, P.C.
12:15 PM A Round Table Discussion Regarding Best Practices in ED Texas. Kat Li, McKool Smith, Eman Sojoodi, Fenwick & West & Elizabeth DeRieux, Capshaw DeRieux; Judge Rodney Gilstrap, EDTX; Judge Caroline Craven, EDTX; Judge Roy Payne, EDTX; Judge John Love, EDTX; Judge Nicole Mitchell, EDTX & David O’Toole, EDTX District Clerk.
1:15 PM The Estate of Tom McLaury v. Wyatt Earp, 4:15-MockTrial-1: Trial Skills Demonstration: The Trial of Wyatt Earp for Causing the Wrongful Death of Tom McLaury During a Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Sponsored by the ABA Litigation Institute of Trial Training. Wyatt Earp Played by Wyatt Earp. Ike Clanton Played by Richard “Rocky” Schwartz, Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz.
Presiding Judge: Royal Furgeson, Jr. Plaintiff’s Counsel: Mike Lynn, Lynn Tillotson, Pinker & Cox & Leon Carter, Carter Scholer Arnett Hamada & Mocker. Defense Counsel: Jennifer Doan, Haltom & Doan & Andy Tindel, MT2 Law Group. Setting the Stage: Mike Lynn & Clyde Siebman
1:25 Plaintiff’s Opening Statement. 1:40 Defendant’s Opening Statement. 1:55 Direct Examination of Plaintiff’s Witness.2:10 Cross-Examination of Plaintiff’s Witness. 2:25 Direct Examination of Defendant’s Witness. 2:40 Cross Examination of Defendant’s Witness.2:55 Plaintiff’s Closing Argument.3:10 Defendant’s Closing Argument.3:25 Law Students Attending from Texas Law
Schools Render the Verdict.
2015 OFFICers Michael Truncale – President
Stephanie Barnes – Vice-PresidentWilliam E. “Bo” Davis – Treasurer
Kirk Mathis – Past President
2015 directorsGeoffrey Culbertson – Texarkana
Charles Bundren – FriscoMelissa Smith – Marshall
Doug Cawley – Outside Director
Past President’s Council1995-1999 – Clyde Siebman
2000 – Rosemary Snider2001 – Damon Young2002 – Andy Tindel
2003 – Richard Granger2004 – Ed Hohn (1964-2009)
2005 – Clay Dark2006 – Michael Smith2007 – John Mercy
2008-2009 – Chris Coco2010 – Larry Phillips
2011 – Glenn Thames2012 – Eric Albritton2013 – W. Lance Lee
2014 – Kirk Mathis
The eastern district Of Texas Posse(Contact for Information on Shooting Range Excursion)
Adam Allgood – HoustonStephanie Barnes – Plano
Natalie Bennett – District of ColumbiaPat Black – Tyler
Charles Bundren – FriscoMax Ciccarelli – Dallas
Darby Doan – TexarkanaJeannie Heffernan – New York
Rose Keagy – DallasChris Kennerly – Palo Alto
Rob Maness – BryanClyde Siebman – ShermanMichael Smith – Marshall
Glenn Thames – TylerSteven Williams – Dallas
19th Annual Eastern District of Texas Bench Bar Conference
Event Sponsors Indicated in Bold • Partial List at Time of Printing
Conference underwriters Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld • Cozen O’Connor • The Davis Firm, P.C.
Fish & Richardson P.C. • Gillam & Smith LLP • McKool Smith • Paul Hastings Siebman, Burg, Phillips & Smith, LLP • Winston & Strawn LLP
Conference & event sponsorsAhmad Zavitsanos Anaipakos Alavi Mensing
Eric M. Albritton, PC
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Alston & Bird LLP
Antonelli, Harrington & Thompson LLP
Baker Botts L.L.P.
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Bragalone Conroy PC
Brooks Kushman
Capshaw DeRieux LLP
Charles River Associates
Cozen O’Connor
The Davis Firm, P.C.
DLA Piper
Dovel & Luner LLP
Duff & Phelps
Egan Peterman & Enders, LLP
Federal Arbitration, Inc.
Findlay Craft, P.C.
Fisch Sigler LLP
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Gillam & Smith LLP
Haynes and Boone, LLP
Haltom & Doan
Jackson Walker
JAMS
Kenyon & Kenyon LLP
King & Spalding
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Locke Lord LLP
McDermott Will & Emery
McKool Smith
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
MT2 Law Group
Munck Wilson Mandala
Nix, Patterson & Roach, LLP
Paul Hastings
Potter Minton
Siebman, Burg, Phillips & Smith, LLP
StoneTurn Group, LLP
Tadlock Law Firm, PLLC
Thompson & Knight LLP
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC
Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP
Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz PLLC
Wilson, Robertson & Cornelius, PC
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Winston & Strawn LLP
Yarbrough Wilcox, PLLC
Amanda A. AbrahamJennifer Ainsworth
Jennifer AlbertEric M. Albritton Adam Allgood
Patrick M. ArenzCharles Baker
Stephanie BarnesNatalie Bennett
Elizabeth Black BerryPat Black
Jeffrey BragaloneJames Brookshire
Wm. Charles BundrenBrad CaldwellLeon Carter
Douglas CawleyPete Chassman
Betty Chen Evelyn Chen
Zunxuan “Digger” Chen Ed Chin
Max Ciccarelli Peter Corcoran
William “Bill” CorneliusGeoffrey CulbertsonAndrew DallmannWm. E. “Bo” Davis
Leonard DavisElizabeth “Betty” DeRieux
Jennifer DoanBen Elacqua Alan Fisch
Tim GarriganJames GlennBarry Golob
Debby GunterBryan Haynes David Healey
Jeanne “Jeannie” HeffernanGary HoffmanJames Holmes
Andrea Houston Winston Huff Jay Johnson
Mike JonesRose Keagy
Chris Kennerly Grant Kinsel
Samara L. KlineKevin Kudlac
Lance LeeClint Lewis
Kat Li Judge Barbara Lynn
Rob ManessKirk Mathis
Michael McCabeMike C. Miller
Judge Nicole Mitchell Charles “Chip” Molster
Robert Oake, Jr.Brandy O’Quinn Brian H. PandyaMichael Pegues
Anna Phillips Larry Phillips John Pickett
Alan RatliffEdward Reines Brendan Roth
Neal Rubin J. Wesley Samples
Richard “Rocky” SchwartzClyde Siebman
Mark Smith Melissa Smith
Michael C. Smith Rosemary T. Snider
Eman Sojoodi Alan Soobert
Arnold Spencer David Stein
Bob Steinberg Glenn Thames
Andy TindelMichael J. Truncale
Steve Williams Trey Yarbrough
19th Annual Eastern District of Texas Bench Bar ConferenceChief Judge Ron Clark • ED Texas Bar President Michael Truncale
Conference Chairman: Clyde M. Siebman
Planning Committee
19th Annual Eastern District Bench Bar ConferenceWednesday, Thursday and Friday, October 21 – October 23, 2015
Register Online at: https://www.cailaw.org/eventRegistration.html?e=1410 REGISTRATION FORM
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E.D. TEX. BAR ASSOCIATION RENEWAL AND CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEES:
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____ I wish to participate in the Texas Shooting Range Excursion – $100 ________________
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To make hotel reservations call the Marriott Dallas/Plano Marriott Hotel at Legacy Town Center at (888) 236-2427or (800) 228-9290 and reference the Eastern District of Texas Bar Association 2015 Annual Conference or log on to
Book your group rate: Eastern District of Texas Bar Association»Conference room rate is available until October 3, 2015 at 5 p.m. at $185/night for single or double + taxes until room block is filled
Mail to CAIL, 5201 Democracy Drive, Plano, Texas 75024Email to [email protected]
WEDNESDAY OPENING RECEPTION Great food and drink followed by dinner on your own at beautiful
Shops of Legacy Town Center.
THURSDAY EVENING CHIEF JUDGE’S & PRESIDENT’S RECEPTION & DINNER WITH
BECK WEATHERS, THE MAN BEHIND THE STORY OF EVEREST
Chocolate indulgence and dancing to sounds of Emerald City.
CONFERENCE October 21-23, 2015
Plano Marriott Legacy Town Center 7121 Bishop Blvd., Plano, Texas 75024
888.236.2427 800.228.9290
REGISTRATION Register today by fax, email or online.
Mail completed registration form and your check payable to CAIL, 5201 Democracy Drive, Plano, Texas 75024
Email or Fax registration form to
[email protected] or 972.244.3404 Online at https://www.cailaw.org/eventRegistration.html?e=1410
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION OCTOBER 3, 2015
ADDITIONAL FEE OF $100 APPLIES AFTER THE DEADLINE AS LONG AS SPACE REMAINS AVAILABLE.
SPONSORS The bar association is seeking sponsors for
the conference and for selected conference events. If interested, email [email protected] for information.
CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION This program is seeking approval for Minimum Continuing
Legal Education credit by the State Bar of Texas Committee on MCLE in the amount of 16.5 participatory credit hours of
which 2.0 credit hours will apply to legal ethics. This course is also seeking approval by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization
for certification and recertification in Civil Trial Law.
HOTEL RESERVATIONS Through October 3, 2015 conference rate applies at
$185 + tax per night, until room block is filled, with complimentary self-parking.
Please make reservations at (888) 236-2427 or (800) 228-9290 and reference the
Eastern District of Texas Bar Association.
REGISTRATION FEE INCLUDES 2 RECEPTIONS, 2 FULL BUFFET BREAKFASTS, 2 LUNCHES,
CHIEF JUDGES’ & PRESIDENT’S DINNER, MUSIC, REFRESHMENT BREAKS, ENTERTAINMENT,
NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES & CLE.
CONFERENCE HELD BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS BAR ASSOCIATION WITH
SUPPORT FROM CAIL (THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW)
QUESTIONS? Email [email protected] or [email protected]