Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys. Fall Conference October 17 19, 2012 Davenport Hotel Spokane, Washington. Preliminary Agenda

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1 Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys Fall Conference October 17 19, 2012 Davenport Hotel Spokane, Washington Preliminary Agenda We have requested 9.75 hours of CLE credits for this conference. The 9.75 total includes up to 1.0 hours of ethics. We have also requested criminal justice reimbursement for a maximum of $50 for each eligible attendee. Wednesday October 17 5:00 6:00 p.m. Registration for Full Conference 6:00 7:00 p.m. Welcome Reception Courtesy of our sponsors Foster Pepper Inslee, Best, Doezie & Ryder K & L Gates LLP Keating, Bucklin & McCormack Kenyon Disend Lane Powell Law Offices of Susan Elizabeth Drummond, PLLC Lighthouse Law Group PLLC Ogden Murphy Wallace Pacifica Law Group Van Ness Feldman GordonDerr Weed, Graafstra and Benson, Inc., PLLC 7:00 8:00 a.m. Registration Opens Continental Breakfast Thursday October 18 Morning Joint Session 8:00 8:30 a.m. Announcements and Introductions

2 8:30 9:30 a.m. Standards for Indigent Defense Panel Case-Weighting and Indigent Defense Contract Issues Speaker: Scott Snyder, Ogden Murphy & Wallace The Prosecutor s Perspective Speaker: Tim Donaldson, City Attorney of Walla Walla The Legislative Outlook for 2013 Speaker: Candice Bock, Association of Washington Cities 9:30 10:00 a.m. Criminal Law Update Speaker: Wendy Winfield, Asst. City Attorney of Yakima 10:00-10:15 a.m. Break 10:15 11:00 a.m. Medical Marijuana Update Speaker: Jon Walker, Asst. City Attorney of Tacoma 11:00 Noon Ethics: Conflicts of Interest Speakers: Matt Segal, Pacifica Law Group; Speakers Noon 1:30 p.m. Luncheon Civil Session Afternoon Concurrent Sessions: Civil and Criminal 1:30 2:00 p.m. Finance 101 Issues: Franchise Fees and Utility Taxes Speaker: Chris Bacha, Kenyon Disend 2:00 2:35 p.m. Land Use Case Law Update Speaker: Mike Connelly, Koegen Edwards 2:35 3:00 p.m. Report from Office of the State Auditor Speaker: Jan Jutte, Director of Legal Affairs, Office of the State Auditor 3:00 3:15 p.m. Break 3:15 3:45 p.m. Recent Developments in Construction Contracting Law Speaker: Grant Degginger, Lane Powell 3:45 4:15 p.m. Tort Law Update

3 4:15 5:00 p.m. Roundtables I Speaker: Milt Rowland, Foster Pepper Personnel Public Works and Public Contracting General Municipal Law, Open Government & Finance Land Use Law Criminal Law Session 1:30 3:00 Mental Competency and Restoration (Ch RCW) A Practitioner s Guide Panel Speakers: Jennifer Johnson Grant, Seattle Law Department; Dr. Robert Powers, Lead Psychologist, Community Forensic Evaluation Service, Western State Hospital; Abbey Perkins, Lead Defense Attorney, King County Regional Mental Health Court 3:00 3:15 p.m. Break 3:15-4:15 p.m. Community Supervision: Impact on Local Government Resources Speaker: Sandy Mullins, Acting Assistant Secretary, Washington State Department of Corrections 4:15 5:00 p.m. Medical Marijuana Affirmative Defense Under Ch A RCW Speaker: Keith Echterling, Asst. City Attorney of Tacoma 5:30-7:00 p.m. Hosted Reception Courtesy of our sponsors Foster Pepper Inslee, Best, Doezie & Ryder K & L Gates LLP Keating, Bucklin & McCormack Kenyon Disend Lane Powell Law Offices of Susan Elizabeth Drummond, PLLC Lighthouse Law Group PLLC Ogden Murphy Wallace Pacifica Law Group Van Ness Feldman GordonDerr Weed, Graafstra and Benson, Inc., PLLC

4 7:30 8:30 a.m. Registration Buffet Breakfast Civil Session Friday October 19 Morning Concurrent Sessions: Civil and Criminal 8:30 9:00 a.m. Labor Law: Avoiding Pitfalls Such as Skimming, Merging, Contracting Out Speaker: Jeff Slayton, Seattle Law Department 9:00 9:30 a.m. Nuts and Bolts: Utility Collection Issues Speaker: Laura McAloon, City of Pullman 9:30 10:00 a.m. Lightning Round Speaker: Shane Moloney, City Attorney of Mill Creek 10:00-10:15 a.m. Break 10:15 10:45 a.m. Primer on Parliamentary Procedure Speaker: Dan Heid, City Attorney of Auburn 10:45 11:15 a.m. SEPA Tools to Encourage Economic Development and Sustainable Communities Speaker: Ian Munce, Long-Range Planning Division Manager (Acting), Community and Economic Development, City of Tacoma 11:15 12:00 Avoiding Procedural Pitfalls in Employee Discipline Speaker: Beth Kennar, Summit Law Group Criminal Law Session 8:30 9:40 a.m. DUI Laws and Ancillary Offenses After August 1, 2012 Changes Speaker: Moses Garcia, Washington State Patrol, Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor 9:40 9:55 a.m. Break

5 9:55 11:00 a.m. Immigration Law for Prosecutors Speaker: Anne McElearney, Assistant Chief Counsel, U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) 11:00 - Noon De-Mystifying Vacation, Expungement & Sealing of Records Speaker: Laura Petregal, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Office of the King County Prosecutor 12:00 p.m. Adjournment 12:00 1:00 p.m. Board of Directors Meeting and Lunch 1:00 p.m. Golf Scramble Indian Canyon Golf Course