State Bar of Texas Bankruptcy Law Section 10th Anniversary Bench/Bar Conference and Celebration 2013 10a Fiesta de Aniversario! Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - Friday, June 07, 2013 THE WESTIN La Cantera Hill Country Resort San Antonio, Texas 1
FAST FACTS: Who should attend? All lawyers practicing bankruptcy law in Texas, Turnaround specialists, Chief Restructuring Officers, Financial Advisors, Bankers and other Debtor in Possession lenders. CLE Course No. 901263809 (1.5 ethics) 9.25 hours. Cost: $395 Full Conference (including all three Receptions, breakfasts Thursday and Friday, lunch Thursday, and Dinner Thursday). A la Carte pricing is available. On-line registration: Click here Location: Westin La Cantera 16641 La Cantera Parkway, San Antonio, Texas 78256 (210) 558-6500 www.westinlacantera.com Room Block Rate: $179 (available until May 13) If not sold out earlier. Join us at the10th Anniversary Bankruptcy Bench/ Bar Conference and Celebration 2013: 10a Fiesta de Aniversario! The10th Anniversary Bench/Bar Conference and Celebration hosted by the State Bar of Texas Bankruptcy Law Section is just around the corner. Attendance is limited to the first 300 members and guests at the event. This will be an outstanding opportunity for you to network with members and judges from every region of the state as well as to fullfil your CLE requirements. Enclosed you will find the onsite schedule, dress code and more. Please review thoroughly, as it will answer many of the questions you may have. Course materials will be provided digitally on site. Once you register, you can print course materials at your office. COURSE DIRECTORS: The Honorable Brenda T. Rhoades, Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Texas Charles A. Beckham, Jr., Partner, Haynes & Boone, LLP 2
Conference Schedule DRESS CODE Resort Casual Golf shorts are acceptable at all events; No jackets required. 5 JUNE WEDNESDAY 6 JUNE THURSDAY 6.5 Hours CLE (1.25 ethics) HOSPITALITY SUITE: TIME EVENT/LOCATION Room Number 5281 3 8:00 p.m. Registration Registro 6:00 p.m. Welcome Reception Recepción de Bienvenida Palo Duro Pavilion and Terrace (Exit Ballroom Foyer and Walk Across Parking Lot) 6:30 a.m. Run with the Judges Vámonos! Meet in Lobby 7:30 a.m. Breakfast Buffet Bufete del Desayuno 8:45 a.m. Welcome Bienvenida! Hon. Brenda T. Rhoades/ Charles A. Beckham, Jr. - Course Directors Tom Howley - Chair, State Bar of Texas Bankruptcy Law Section 9:00 a.m. Risk Management in Law Offices Handling Bankruptcy Matters 1 hour (ethics) Gestión de Riesgos Judge Tony Davis, Mark Andrews and Behrooz Vida 10:00 a.m. Hands on Litigation Tools.75 hours Herramientas de Litigios Judge Robert Jones, Judge David Jones, Craig Simon and Lacy Lawrence 10:45 a.m. Let s take a break! Tomemos un Descanso 11:00 a.m. Eight Tips to Make You a Better Writer.5 hours Ocho consejos para convertirle en un Major Escritor Judge Russell Nelms and Laurie Babich 11:30 a.m. State of the Economy 1 hour Estado de la Economia Keith R. Phillips, Senior Economic Policy Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 3
Conference Schedule (continued) 6 JUNE THURSDAY (continued) 6 JUNE THURSDAY TIME EVENT/LOCATION 12:30 p.m. Lunch Buffet and Annual Section Meeting and Awards Hora del Almuerzo and DGEH Tom Howley 1:30 p.m. Fifth Circuit Update.5 hours Informe del Tribunal de Apelación Judge Leslie H. Southwick 2:00 p.m. Let s Take a Break! Tomemos un Descanso 2:15 p.m. First Breakout Session Primera Sesión Separada Business: Recent Attorney Fee Issues.75 hours (.25 ethics) Negocios: Honorarios de abogados Judge D. Michael Lynn, Professor Nancy Rapoport and Aaron Streett Consumer: Homestead Issues: Protecting It/Exemptions/ State Law Issues.75 hours (.25 ethics) Consumidor: Cuestiones de Propiedad: Protección/Exención San Antonio Ballroom F & I Judge Ronald King, Miguel Flores and Bill Weaver 3:00 p.m. Second Breakout Session Segunda Sesión Separada Business: Oil & Gas Bankruptcy Issues.5 hours Negocios: Bancarrota de Petróleo y Gas Judge Richard Schmidt, Harry Perrin and Deborah Williamson Consumer: Current Texas Issues in Claim Objections.5 hours Consumidor: Las Objeciones a las Reclamaciones en Tejas San Antonio Ballroom F & I Judge Letitia Paul and Judge Stacey Jernigan 3:30 p.m. Let s Take a Break! Tomemos un Descanso 4
Conference Schedule (continued) 6 JUNE THURSDAY (continued) TIME EVENT/LOCATION 3:45 p.m. Third Breakout Session Tercera Sesión Separada Business: Financial Advisor Panel Legal Issues for CRO s Negocios: Asesores Financieros Judge Marvin Isgur, Bert Conly and John Little.75 hours Consumer: Conversion Issues in Consumer Bankruptcy Cases.75 hours Problemas de Conversión en Caso de Bancarrota del Consumidor San Antonio Ballroom F & I Judge Jeff Bohm, Areya Holder and David Peake 4:30 p.m. Fourth Breakout Session Cuarta Sesión Separada Business: Interest Rate Issues in Chapter 11 Cramdowns.75 hours Negocios: Tipos de Interes Judge Brenda T. Rhoades, Davor Rukavina and Ed McDonough Consumer: How to Properly Preserve a Cause of Action.75 hours Consumidor: Cómo Preservar una Reclamación Legal San Antonio Ballroom F & I Judge Craig Gargotta and Kent Ries 5:15 p.m. End of Course Work for Thursday Esto es Todo Por Hoy 6:00 p.m. Cocktail Reception in Honor of Non-Attorney Section Members Fiesta de Cóctel! 7:00 p.m. Dinner Party Cena de Gala con Fiesta! 8:30 p.m. Cocktail Party in Honor of Young Lawyer Section Members Una Fiesta Mas! La Cantera Grille (Exit from Ballroom Foyer and Walk Across Parking Lot) 5
Conference Schedule (continued) 7 JUNE FRIDAY 2.75 Hours CLE (.25 ethics) TIME EVENT/LOCATION 6:30 a.m. Bike Ride with the Judges!Vamonos! Meet in Lobby 7:30 a.m. Breakfast Buffet Bufete del Desayuno 8:45 a.m. Announcements Anuncios 9:00 a.m. Recent Supreme Court Cases of Interest to Bankruptcy Lawyers.75 hours Casos del Tribunal Supremo Dean Erwin Chemerinsky CLE Materials available online and on Flash Drives. Hard Copies can be printed in your office in advance of conference. Pre-registration is required for golf and the spa event. 9:45 a.m. Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Year Lawyer? 1 hour (.25 ethics) Es Usted más Inteligente que un Abogado...de Quinto Año? Judge Bill Parker, Judge Brenda T. Rhoades, Judge Karen Brown, Judge Chris Mott, Eric Van Horn, Tim Million, Russell Perry, Angie Offerman, Sara Keith, Anabel King 10:45 a.m. Let s take a break! Tomemos un Descanso 11:00 a.m. Top 12 Bankruptcy Cases of the Year 1 hour 12 Casos más Importantes Judges H. D. Hale, Judge Alan Trust, Judge Robert Summerhays 12:00 p.m. Adjourn* El Fin Now, Let s Play! *Golf Tournament: Pre-registration Required 1:00 p.m. Shotgun, Palmer Course Shuttle at Hotel Entrance, Box Lunch on carts. $150 *Spa Event: Pre-registration Required Private Lunch is Served from 1:00 p.m. Special Spa Event: Two Treatments with reception $150 Proceed to Spa at Far Side of Hotel. 6
Sponsors Opening Reception, Luncheon & Hospitality Suite ($4,500) Conway MacKenzie, Inc. FTI Consulting, Inc. Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. Golf Tournament ($3,500) BMC Group Rochelle McCullough, LLP Gold ($1,650) AlixPartners Andrews Kurth LLP Bracewell & Giuliani LLP Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Haynes & Boone, LLP Hughes, Watters & Askanase LLP Jones Day Thompson & Knight LLP Underwood Law Firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Silver ($1,100) Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP Alvarez & Marsal North America, LLC Baker Botts, L.L.P. Blackhill Partners Buckley Madole, P.C. Cokinos, Bosien & Young Deloitte CRG ForsheyProstok LLP Hohmann, Taube & Summers Jackson Walker L.L.P. Jones, Allen & Fuquay, L.L.P. Jordan, Hyden, Womble, Culbreath & Holzer McGuire, Craddock & Strother, P.C. Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C. Navigant Okin & Adams, LLP Porter & Hedges, L.L.P. Pulman Cappuccio Pullen & Benson, LLP Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff & Miller, LLP Strasburger & Price, LLP Bronze ($800) Lain, Faulkner & Co., P.C. Winstead DIP ($525) Bass Law Firm Conley Rosenberg & Brenneise LLP Franklin Skierski Hayward LLP Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P. Perkins Coie LLP Streusand Landon Ozburn, LLP Tittle Advisory Group, Inc. Golf Holes ($350) Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, WIlliams & Aughtry Crady, Jewett & McCulley LLP McGuire, Craddock & Strother, P.C. Planning Committee: Co - Chair Bankruptcy Judge Brenda T. Rhoades, Eastern District of Texas Co - Chair Charles A. Beckham Jr., Haynes & Boone, LLP Bankruptcy Judge H.D. Hale, Northern District of Texas Bankruptcy Judge Marvin Isgur, Southern District of Texas Bankruptcy Judge David R. Jones, Southern District of Texas Bankruptcy Judge Robert Jones, Northern District of Texas Bankruptcy Judge Ronald King, Western District of Texas Omar J. Alaniz, Baker Botts, LLP Thomas Howley, Jones Day Todd Johnston, McWhorter, Cobb and Johnson, LLP Patrick Kelley, Ireland, Carroll & Kelley, P.C. Deborah B. Langehennig, Chapter 13 Trustee, Western District of Texas Michelle A. Mendez, Conley, Rosenberg & Brenneise, LLP Thomas Rice, Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated Kent Ries, Law Offices of Kent Ries Craig Simon, Simon, Ray & Winikka LLP Eric Van Horn, Wick Phillips Gould & Martin LLP Bill Wallander, Vinson & Elkins, LLP 7
Registration Form REGISTER TODAY! Click here or Mail to: SBOT BBB c/o Monique Mohr Plan It Satisfaction 532 Thurber Drive Schertz, TX 78154 Name Firm Address Phone email Guest: (name) District: NDTX SDTX EDTX WDTX (Indicate district in which you primarily practice) Will you attend the Consumer Bankruptcy Breakout sessions? yes no Golf? ($150) Includes Lunch Friday Spa? ($150) Includes Lunch Friday Treatment Combinations (Choose one) Express Manicure/25 min. massage Express Manicure/25 min. facial Express Pedicure/25 min. massage Express Pedicure/25 min. facial Credit Card Expiration Date Security Code 8 OR enclose check payable to SBOT Bankruptcy Section