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31st Annual

Corporate Counsel Institute

Houston Feb 19-20, 2009 Hyatt Regency
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Dallas Mar 5-6, 2009 Cityplace Conference Center
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If you represent a corporation of any size, this is a must-attend event—don't miss exceptional speakers and materials at this year's Corporate Counsel Institute. Presentations include Before and After Bankruptcy, Hot Employment Issues That Will (or Should Be) on Every Company's Radar Screen, and the closing General Counsel panel with inside and outside counsel.

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Program is subject to change.
All times are Central Time Zone.

  • Day 1
  • Day 2
  • Time
    Credit
    Subject
    Speaker
  • Thursday Morning, Feb. 19, 2009
    Presiding Officers:
    In Houston: Luis G. Garcia, McLane Company, Inc. - Temple, TX
    In Dallas: Todd H. Silberman, Express Carriers - San Antonio, TX
  • 8:00 am
    Houston Only
    Registration Opens
    Includes continental breakfast

  • 8:50 am
    Houston Only
    Welcoming Remarks

  • 9:00 am
    0.75 hr
    DHS, Treasury & DOJ Export Enforcement—The Sky's the Limit
    This session covers extraterritorial U.S. laws, U.S. sanctions, embargoes and homeland security.

    In Houston:
    Marian E. Ladner, Epstein, Becker, Green, Wickliff & Hall - Houston, TX
    In Dallas:
    Scott Edward Sullivan, Flowserve Corporation - Irving, TX

  • 9:45 am
    1.00 hr
    Before and After Bankruptcy: Insolvency Risks with Critical Customers and Vendors
    Bankruptcy usually, but not always, overrides contractual arrangements. How can bankruptcy risks be anticipated in negotiating and administering business contracts? If a contract party files bankruptcy, what options and opportunities does your client have post-petition? Is your client at risk for preference or fraudulent transfer claims?

    George Ervin Henderson, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP - Austin, TX

  • 10:45 am
    Houston Only
    Break

  • 11:00 am
    0.75 hr
    Hey You Can't Write That in English--It's a Contract: Improving Legal Writing for In-House Counsel
    Lessons from the best seller list for improving all aspects of legal writing, including contracts, memos, and correspondence.

    Chad Baruch, The Law Office of Chad Baruch - Rowlett, TX

  • 11:45 am
    0.33 hr ethics
    Pro Bono
    Pro Bono developments

    In Houston:
    Luis G. Garcia, McLane Company, Inc. - Temple, TX
    In Dallas:
    Hon. Deborah G. Hankinson, Attorney at Law - Dallas, TX

  • Thursday Afternoon, Feb. 19, 2009
    Presiding Officers:
    In Houston: Mark L. Murdock, Attorney at Law - Austin, TX
    In Dallas: Jane McBride, Optimus Legal Management & Consulting - Plano, TX

  • Houston Only
    Luncheon Presentation

  • 12:05 pm
    Houston Only
    Pick up Box Lunch
    Included in conference registration.

  • 12:20 pm
    0.75 hr
    Valuable and Valued
    In this economic downturn, being viewed as contributing to your organization's success is more critical than ever. Whether you are interested in a career promotion, a better job, or business development, this presentation provides practical coaching tips that will help make you more valuable and valued.

    In Houston:
    Karyl K. Innis, The Innis Company - Dallas, TX
    In Dallas:
    Jane McBride, Optimus Legal Management & Consulting - Plano, TX

  • 1:15 pm
    Houston Only
    Break

  • 1:30 pm
    0.50 hr
    The Intellectual Property Landscape: How It Is Changing and What You Need to Know
    There have been recent, significant changes in intellectual property law. This presentation illuminates those changes and offers real world suggestions on how practitioners are dealing with them.

    In Houston:
    John R. Lane, Fish & Richardson P.C. - Houston, TX
    In Dallas:
    Thomas Bernard Walsh IV, Fish & Richardson P.C. - Dallas, TX

  • 2:00 pm
    0.75 hr
    E-Discovery
    A general overview.

    Linda Marie Kearney, WellPoint, Inc. - Austin, TX
    Sonya Sigler, Cataphora Inc. - Redwood City, CA

  • 2:45 pm
    0.50 hr ethics
    Ethics: E-discovery

    Discussion of production of electronic information in response to discovery requests, including preservation of electronic documents and inadvertent production of privileged documents.

    In Houston:
    Jason Boulette, Boulette & Golden L.L.P. - Austin, TX
    In Dallas:
    Michael James Golden, Boulette & Golden - Austin, TX

  • 3:15 pm
    0.75 hr
    Insurance
    The most significant bottom-line insurance concepts for 2009. Recent case law is changing the way insurers can resolve claims. The economy has people asking what protections are available to them if their insurers fail and if there other ways to transfer risk.

    David Taubenfeld, Haynes & Boone, L.L.P. - Dallas, TX

  • 4:00 pm
    Houston Only
    Break

  • 4:15 pm
    0.75 hr ethics
    The FCPA: Recent Developments, Material Trends and Uncertainties
    Recent cases settled or litigated by DOJ and/or SEC; best practices; where we stand with monitors and independent consultants after the Morford Memo; where we stand with Deferred Prosecution Agreements generally; cooperation after the Filip Memo; and the implications of all of these developments for internal investigations or counsel advising companies.

    James R. Doty, Baker Botts L.L.P. - Washington, DC

  • 5:00 pm
    1.00 hr
    Containing Outside Counsel Costs
    Managing the selection and use of outside counsel plus controlling costs (defining and explaining costs), assembling a team for review and managing litigation, defining a repeatable process for use in litigation, and controlling review and production.

    In Houston:
    David M. Prichard, Prichard Hawkins McFarland & Young - San Antonio, TX
    Mark Wolf, FMC Technologies, Inc. - Houston, TX
    In Dallas:
    Kevin Michael Young, Prichard Hawkins McFarland & Young LLP - San Antonio, TX
    Mark Wolf, FMC Technologies, Inc. - Houston, TX

  • 6:00 pm
    Houston Only
    Adjourn

  • Time
    Credit
    Subject
    Speaker
  • Friday Morning, Feb. 20, 2009
    Presiding Officers:
    In Houston: Mark L. Murdock, Attorney at Law - Austin, TX
    In Dallas: A. Andrew R. Louis, Contran Corporation - Dallas, TX
  • 8:50 am
    Welcoming Remarks

  • 9:00 am
    0.75 hr ethics
    Ethics for Deal Lawyers
    When it comes to ethics in deal-making, it's anything but anything-goes. Could a tiny white-lie here and a teeny puffing there mean the difference between getting the deal done and getting disbarred? These questions and more as the speakers ask: "Are you smarter than a first-year associate?"

    Wilson Chu, Haynes and Boone, LLP - Dallas, TX
    Barrett Reid Howell, Winsted PC - Dallas, TX

  • 9:45 am
    0.50 hr ethics
    Americans Abroad
    Federal statutes now make United States citizenship the jurisdictional predicate for prosecuting criminal conduct, even where such conduct takes place outside the boundaries of the United States, and there is no other nexus between the conduct and the country. This session studies this and other examples of U.S. prosecution of citizens for activities conducted abroad, as well as the Constitutional limitations (if any) of such governmental action.

    Judah Best, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP - Washington, DC

  • 10:15 am
    Break

  • 10:30 am
    0.50 hr
    Legislative Update Part I: The Political Horizon -- What to Expect with the New President and Congress

    In Houston:
    Patrick C. Oxford, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP - Houston, TX
    In Dallas:
    Joseph R. Krier, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP - San Antonio, TX

  • 11:00 am
    0.50 hr
    Legislative Update Part II: Update on Legislation in the 81st Texas Legislature Impacting Corporations

    J. Gaylord Armstrong, McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P. - Austin, TX

  • 11:30 am
    0.50 hr
    General Counsel at Risk
    Review of recent actions aimed at in-house counsel for stock option backdating and other legal and ethical lapses.

    Cullen M. 'Mike' Godfrey, The Texas A&M Health Science Center - College Station, TX

  • Friday Afternoon, Feb. 20, 2009
    Presiding Officers:
    In Houston: Dean D. Hunt, Baker & Hostetler LLP - Houston, TX
    In Dallas: Stephen E. Stein, Thompson & Knight LLP - Dallas, TX
  • 12:00 pm
    Pick up Box Lunch
    Included in conference registration.

  • Luncheon Presentation

  • 12:15 pm
    1.00 hr ethics
    Fitting It All In: Managing Difficult Situations with Ethics and Grace
    Technology keeps us tethered to the office 24/7. Clients seem to expect instantaneous response time. How do we serve our clients without sacrificing our health and sanity?

    Debra L. Bruce, Lawyer-Coach LLC - Houston, TX

  • 1:15 pm
    Break

  • 1:30 pm
    0.50 hr
    Choice of Entity: When To Call Your Tax Attorney
    Within the United States and abroad it is not just an LLC issue. When do you call your outside lawyer?

    R. David Wheat, Thompson & Knight LLP - Dallas, TX

  • 2:00 pm
    0.75 hr
    Hot Employment Issues That Will (or Should Be) on Every Company's Radar Screen in 2009

    This fast-paced, interactive session covers a panoply of hot employment law issues, including the new FMLA regulations, the recent amendments to the ADA, the anticipated passage of the euphemistically entitled Employee Free Choice Act and its inroads on the unionization process, reductions in force, the ever expanding coverage of retaliation claims, severance packages and covenants not-to-compete.

    Joseph G. Galagaza, Jackson Lewis LLP - Houston, TX
    Paul E. Hash, Jackson Lewis LLP - Dallas, TX

  • 2:45 pm
    0.50 hr
    Indemnity Provisions: Current State of Law for Indemnity Across the U.S.
    Overview of general provisions and enforceability, trends, and pitfalls for the unwary.

    In Houston:
    Michelle L. Hartmann, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP - Dallas, TX
    In Dallas:
    Angela C. Zambrano, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP - Dallas, TX

  • 3:15 pm
    0.50 hr
    Top 10 Website Issues
    A review of important considerations for any company operating a web site. Topics include regulatory compliance, privacy, website terms of use and similar issues.

    Edward A. Cavazos, Fish & Richardson P.C. - Austin, TX

  • 3:45 pm
    1.00 hr
    General Counsel Panel
    Managing and motivating inside and outside counsel.

    In Houston:
    Geoffrey M. Kolander, Citizens, Inc. (NYSE: CIA) - Austin, TX
    John E. Lynch Jr., BP America Inc. - Houston, TX
    Manuel Alejandro Pelaez-Prada, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, North America - San Antonio, TX
    In Dallas:
    Madeleine B. Johnson, Southwest Airlines - Dallas, TX
    Nathan P. Moore, Mary Kay Inc. - Dallas, TX
    David Reiter, Luminex Corporation - Austin, TX
    Todd H. Silberman, Express Carriers - San Antonio, TX

  • 4:45 pm
    Adjourn

  • Day 1 February 19, 2009
  • Day 2 February 20, 2009
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Conference Faculty

J. Gaylord Armstrong

McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P.
Austin, TX

Chad Baruch

The Law Office of Chad Baruch
Rowlett, TX

Judah Best

Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
Washington, DC

Jason Boulette

Boulette & Golden L.L.P.
Austin, TX

Debra L. Bruce

Lawyer-Coach LLC
Houston, TX

Edward A. Cavazos

Fish & Richardson P.C.
Austin, TX

Wilson Chu

Haynes and Boone, LLP
Dallas, TX

James R. Doty

Baker Botts L.L.P.
Washington, DC

Joseph G. Galagaza

Jackson Lewis LLP
Houston, TX

Luis G. Garcia

McLane Company, Inc.
Temple, TX

Cullen M. 'Mike' Godfrey

The Texas A&M Health Science Center
College Station, TX

Michael James Golden

Boulette & Golden
Austin, TX

Hon. Deborah G. Hankinson

Attorney at Law
Dallas, TX

Michelle L. Hartmann

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
Dallas, TX

Paul E. Hash

Jackson Lewis LLP
Dallas, TX

George Ervin Henderson

Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
Austin, TX

Barrett Reid Howell

Winsted PC
Dallas, TX

Karyl K. Innis

The Innis Company
Dallas, TX

Madeleine B. Johnson

Southwest Airlines
Dallas, TX

Linda Marie Kearney

WellPoint, Inc.
Austin, TX

Geoffrey M. Kolander

Citizens, Inc. (NYSE: CIA)
Austin, TX

Joseph R. Krier

Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
San Antonio, TX

Marian E. Ladner

Epstein, Becker, Green, Wickliff & Hall
Houston, TX

John R. Lane

Fish & Richardson P.C.
Houston, TX

John E. Lynch Jr.

BP America Inc.
Houston, TX

Jane McBride

Optimus Legal Management & Consulting
Plano, TX

Nathan P. Moore

Mary Kay Inc.
Dallas, TX

Patrick C. Oxford

Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
Houston, TX

Manuel Alejandro Pelaez-Prada

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, North America
San Antonio, TX

David M. Prichard

Prichard Hawkins McFarland & Young
San Antonio, TX

David Reiter

Luminex Corporation
Austin, TX

Sonya Sigler

Cataphora Inc.
Redwood City, CA

Todd H. Silberman

Express Carriers
San Antonio, TX

Scott Edward Sullivan

Flowserve Corporation
Irving, TX

David Taubenfeld

Haynes & Boone, L.L.P.
Dallas, TX

Thomas Bernard Walsh IV

Fish & Richardson P.C.
Dallas, TX

R. David Wheat

Thompson & Knight LLP
Dallas, TX

Mark Wolf

FMC Technologies, Inc.
Houston, TX

Kevin Michael Young

Prichard Hawkins McFarland & Young LLP
San Antonio, TX

Angela C. Zambrano

Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP
Dallas, TX

Planning Committee

Todd H. Silberman—Chair

Express Carriers
San Antonio, TX

Marialyn P. Barnard

Prichard Hawkins McFarland & Young
San Antonio, TX

Walter Earl Bissex

Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
Austin, TX

Erika Lea Blomquist

Haynes & Boone, LLP
Dallas, TX

Richard E. Chandler Jr

Smith International, Inc.
Houston, TX

Lee Cusenbary

Mission Pharmacal Company
San Antonio, TX

Byron F. Egan

Jackson Walker L.L.P.
Dallas, TX

Haseena J. Enu

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
Dallas, TX

Luis G. Garcia

McLane Company, Inc.
Temple, TX

Alice R. L. Ginsburgh

Kinder Morgan
Houston, TX

David Hugley

National Instruments Corp.
Austin, TX

Dean D. Hunt

Baker & Hostetler LLP
Houston, TX

Chad Huston

Daffer McDaniel LLP
Austin, TX

Lee L. Kaplan

Smyser Kaplan & Veselka, L.L.P.
Houston, TX

Geoffrey M. Kolander

Citizens, Inc. (NYSE: CIA)
Austin, TX

Hollis Levy

The University of Texas
Austin, TX

Michael D. Marin

Vinson & Elkins
Austin, TX

Jane McBride

Optimus Legal Management & Consulting
Plano, TX

Mark L. Murdock

Attorney at Law
Austin, TX

Felix P. Phillips

Baker Botts L.L.P.
Houston, TX

Alma Reyes

TETRA Technologies, Inc.
The Woodlands, TX

Michael P. Royal

Fisher & Phillips LLP
Dallas, TX

Jeanmarie B. Tade

BP America Inc.
Houston, TX

Laney Michele Vazquez

BP America Inc.
Houston, TX

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At the conference, you are welcome to sign in on the Accounting CPE Record of Attendance form at the registration desk, but we are now reporting all credit online. You will receive a Texas Accounting Certificate of Completion in Your Briefcase. Self-report your CPE credit directly to TSBPA. UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.  

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MCLE Credit
Toggle view Texas – 14.75 hrs  |  4.00 hrs Ethics
You may claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the State Bar of Texas. A Certificate of Attendance will be provided in Your Briefcase for your records. The system reports Texas CLE credit every Tuesday. If you are claiming credit in the last week of your birth month, self-report your CLE credit directly to the State Bar of Texas at texasbar.com, using the course number  provided on your certificate of attendance.
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You must claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE is required to provide the State Bar with electronic attendance records for any MCLE participatory activity within 60 days of completion of the activity. The California licensee is responsible for reporting their compliance/credit hours earned to the State Bar at the end of their reporting period directly to the State Bar of California at calbar.ca.gov.  UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.  
Other Credit
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The University of Texas School of Law (Provider #250) live conferences are presumptively approved by The Texas State Board of Public Accountancy for Texas Accounting CPE credit based on a 50-minute credit hour. Approved for general CPE credit only.

At the conference, you are welcome to sign in on the Accounting CPE Record of Attendance form at the registration desk, but we are now reporting all credit online. You will receive a Texas Accounting Certificate of Completion in Your Briefcase. Self-report your CPE credit directly to TSBPA. UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.  

Contact us at accreditation@utcle.org if you have additional questions.

Key Dates

Houston – Feb 19-20, 2009 – Hyatt Regency
Conference Concluded
Dallas – Mar 5-6, 2009 – Cityplace Conference Center
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