Location: Sunset Ballroom Prefunction
Location: Sunset Ballroom Prefunction
Location: Sunset Ballroom
Speaker: Stefan Silveira, Legislative Consultant, TAC
This session will review new legislation from the 89th Legislative Session and special sessions, and how they impact county judges.
Location: Sunset Ballroom
Location: Sunset Ballroom Prefunction
Speaker: Jeffrey Miller, Sr. Policy Analyst, Disability Rights Texas
Is your court doing all it can to protect those whose interests are placed in the hands of a guardian? Guardianship cases are expected to spike with Baby Boomers reaching the age when guardianship will be needed. An overview of the process will be discussed with the goal that your court be aware of and prepared for smooth and efficient guardianship cases.
Location: Sunset Ballroom
Location: Sunset Ballroom Prefunction
Speaker: Jeffrey Miller, Sr. Policy Analyst, Disability Rights Texas
There are a number of alternatives under Texas law that might satisfy the basic purposes of a guardianship without the intrusiveness of a full-fledged guardianship case. This session will explore those altrnaties as well as services available to wards. This course satisfies the judicial education requirement of county judges having probate jurisdiction to complete a 1 hour course every 2 years.
Location: Sunset Ballroom
Join us for lunch to honor the 2025 Fellows of the Texas Judicial Academy. All are welcome!
Location: Sunset Ballroom
Speaker: Hon. Curtis Parrish, Lubbock County Judge
This session will provide an overview of the civil mental health commitment proceedings, deadlines, pleadings, and common issues that county judges commonly encounter.
Location: Sunset Ballroom
Location: Sunset Ballroom Prefunction
Speaker: Justin Mays, Director of Panhandle Regional Specialty Courts, Potter County
From statute to service: building and sustaining a mental health court in Texas.
Location: Sunset Ballroom
Location: Sunset Ballroom Prefunction
Speakers: Hon. Dan Hicks, Scurry County Judge; Hon. Curtis Parrish, Lubbock County Judge; Hon. Doug Reeder, Morris County Judge
A panel of judges from a small, medium and large sized counties will discuss their mental health cases, the challenges each community faces and the solutions that they have successfully used.
Location: Sunset Ballroom
Location: Sunset Ballroom Prefunction
Location: Sunset Ballroom Prefunction
Speaker: Matt Garcia, Attorney, Barnett & Garcia
Civil collection cases and the post judgment collection remedies on those judgments are ramping up with creditors anxious to collect on judgments. This session is a primer on civil collections cases and additionally will discuss what happens when a creditor wants to pursue post collection remedies.
Location: Sunset Ballroom
Location: Sunset Ballroom Prefunction
Speaker: Hon. Christy Dyer, Randall County Judge
Docket management is an important part of managing your court and cases. This session will feature one county judge's experience in managing probate/guardianship cases in an efficient and timely manner and how this is an ongoing process.
Location: Sunset Ballroom
Speaker: Joe Stephens, Clinical Lecturer and Chief Public Defender, Caprock Regional Public Defender Office
This session will explore the ten most important things you need to know about DWIs and impaired driving.
Location: Sunset Ballroom
Speaker: Hon. Greg Holly, Ward County Judge
Who has the burden of proof? It depends. What is the burden of proof? It varies. This session will discuss what you need to know about the burden in different types of cases, which party bears the burden, and the different standards of proof.
Location: Sunset Ballroom
Location: Sunset Ballroom Prefunction
Speaker: Hon. Greg Holly, Ward County Judge
This session will discuss the changing landscape of of DWI cases and the challenges presented by breath and blood evidence.
Location: Sunset Ballroom
Location: Sunset Ballroom Prefunction
Speaker: Jason Bram, IT Member Manager, TAC
What you need to know about your county website and whether it complies with federal/state laws.
Location: Sunset Ballroom
Location: Sunset Ballroom Prefunction
Location: Sunset Ballroom Prefunction
Speaker: Hon. Mark Hocker, Judge, Lubbock County Court-at-Law #1
This session will cover the statutory and case law releated to determinations of indigency in Texas, explain the supporting rationale & methodologies, discuss the various applications of indigency determinations, and provide attendees with forms and a calculator, the use of which will be demonstrated live.
Location: Sunset Ballroom
Location: Sunset Ballroom Prefunction
Speaker: Prof. Gerry Beyer, Governor Preston E. Smith Regents Professor of Law, Texas Tech University School of Law
There are a variety of ways to deal with an estate after death. This session will discuss the different ways to probate in Texas.
Location: Sunset Ballroom
Location: Sunset Ballroom Prefunction
Speaker: Hon. Tramer Woytek, Judicial Resource Liaison & County Relations Officer, TAC
Election years pose special challenges and pitfalls for the unwary. Learn how to keep your judicial and extra-judicial activities compliant with the Code of Judicial Conduct.
Location: Sunset Ballroom