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2011

Texas Water Law Institute

Austin Nov 30*, 1-2, 2011 AT&T Conference Center
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Overview

The Texas Water Law Institute brings together members of state regulatory agencies alongside water law experts and attorneys to examine and discuss current water law issues and updates.

This year’s conference features a wide range of renowned speakers and topics, including Timothy Brown’s updates on groundwater issues in the 82nd legislative session, Doug Caroom and Jim Matthews presenting their annual Texas Water Law Overview, Rep. Allan Ritter, Chair of the Texas House Committee on Natural Resources, and Hon. Edward G. Vaughan, Chairman of the Texas Water Development Board, offering their perspectives on water supplies and infrastructure, and much more.

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Event Schedule

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

  • Day 1 November 30, 2011
  • Day 2 December 1, 2011
  • Day 3 December 2, 2011
  • Time
    Credit
    Subject
    Speaker
  • Wednesday Evening, Nov. 30, 2011
  • OPTIONAL SESSION

  • 5:30 pm
    Registration Opens

  • 6:00 pm
    1.50 hrs
    Texas Water Law Overview
    An overview of Texas water law cases, statutes and regulations, including vocabulary and acronyms necessary to understanding Texas water law. This session is designed for practitioners unfamiliar with the subject area, as well as non-lawyers, government officials and engineers.

    Doug Caroom, Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP - Austin, TX
    Jim Mathews, Mathews & Freeland LLP - Austin, TX

  • 7:30 pm
    Adjourn

  • Time
    Credit
    Subject
    Speaker
  • Thursday Morning, Dec. 1, 2011
    Presiding Officer:
    Jim Mathews, Mathews & Freeland LLP - Austin, TX
  • 8:00 am
    Registration Opens
    Includes continental breakfast.

  • 8:50 am
    Welcoming Remarks

  • 9:00 am
    1.00 hr
    Groundwater Issues in the 82nd Legislative Session
    In a session enmeshed in budget issues and redistricting, groundwater management was one of the areas in which progress was made.

    Timothy L. Brown, Austin, TX

  • 10:00 am
    1.00 hr
    Groundwater Ownership/Regulation
    Three perspectives on groundwater regulation and property rights: Where we've been and where we may be going. 

    Jane Cohen, The University of Texas School of Law - Austin, TX
    William D. Dugat III, Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP - Austin, TX
    Jason Skaggs, Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association - Austin, TX

  • 11:00 am
    Break

  • 11:15 am
    0.50 hr
    Sovereign Immunity Issues in Water Supplies
    How can sovereign immunity affect your ability to enforce your water supply contract?

    Jeffrey S. Boyd, Office of the Governor - Austin, TX

  • 11:45 am
    Pick Up Box Lunch
    Included in conference registration fee.

  • Thursday Afternoon, Dec. 1, 2011
    Presiding Officer:
    Doug Caroom, Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP - Austin, TX
  • Luncheon Presentation

  • 12:00 pm
    1.00 hr ethics
    Public Information and Open Meetings in the Modern Age

    James E. Cousar, Thompson & Knight LLP - Austin, TX
    Materials By:
    C. Robert Heath, Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP - Austin, TX

  • 1:00 pm
    Break

  • 1:15 pm
    1.00 hr
    Energy Water Usage: Shale Gas and Oil Development
    Water use and water quality issues associated with hydraulic fracturing in shale gas development. Existing exemptions and expected new regulations governing hydraulic fracturing activities are covered.

    Leonard H. Dougal, Jackson Walker L.L.P. - Austin, TX
    Eric C. Potter, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas - Austin, TX

  • DFC MAG Segment

  • 2:15 pm
    1.00 hr
    After the Sun Went Down: Desired Future Conditions and Managed (Now Modeled...) Available Groundwater after the 82nd Legislative Session
    Groundwater conservation districts adopted desired future conditions for their relevant aquifers in 2010. The spring of 2011 brought final managed available groundwater numbers as well as changes to the water code (and changes to the agencies). So what happens now? 

    Robert Mace, Texas Water Development Board - Austin, TX

  • 3:15 pm
    Break

  • 3:30 pm
    1.00 hr
    The Next Step: Implementing Modeled Available Groundwater
    Straight from the horse’s mouth: GCD general managers discuss implementing the Modeled Available Groundwater.

    Moderator:
    Gregory M. Ellis, Attorney at Law - League City, TX
    Panelists:
    Tim Andruss, Victoria County Groundwater Conservation District - Victoria, TX
    Panelists:
    Jim Conkwright, High Plains UWC District No. 1 - Lubbock, TX
    Panelists:
    Kirk Holland, Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District - Austin, TX
    Panelists:
    Caroline R. Runge, Menard County Underground Water District - Menard, TX

  • 4:30 pm
    Adjourn

  • Luncheon Presentation

  • Time
    Credit
    Subject
    Speaker
  • Friday Morning, Dec. 2, 2011
    Presiding Officer:
    Doug Caroom, Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP - Austin, TX
  • 8:00 am
    Conference Room Opens
    Includes continental breakfast.

  • 9:00 am
    0.50 hr
    Legislative Implementation at the TCEQ
    How the TCEQ is implementing its Sunset legislation as well as other water-related bills.

    L'Oreal W. Stepney, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - Austin, TX

  • 9:30 am
    0.50 hr
    Case Law Update
    Discussion of recent groundwater, surface water, and utility cases and their implications.

    Marc O. Knisely, Jackson, Sjoberg, McCarthy & Wilson, L.L.P. - Austin, TX

  • 10:00 am
    Break

  • 10:15 am
    1.50 hrs
    Environmental Flows and the SB3 Process
    The stakeholder's perspective, the process, the rules, lessons learned, and interesting outcomes.

    Moderator:
    Suzanne Schwartz, The University of Texas School of Law - Austin, TX
    Panelists:
    Patrick Brzozowski, Lavaca-Navidad River Authority - Edna, TX
    Panelists:
    Robert Huston, Former Chair, TCEQ - Austin, TX
    Panelists:
    Norman D. Johns Ph.D, National Wildlife Federation - Austin, TX
    Panelists:
    Kellye Rila, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - Austin, TX

  • 11:45 am
    Pick Up Box Lunch
    Included in conference registration fee. 

  • Friday Afternoon, Dec. 2, 2011
    Presiding Officer:
    Jim Mathews, Mathews & Freeland LLP - Austin, TX
  • Luncheon Presentation

  • 12:00 pm
    1.00 hr
    Part 1: Financing Solutions and Funding Mechanisms
    How are we going to pay for the new water supplies and infrastructure that Texas needs?

    Hon. Allan Ritter, Texas House of Representatives - Austin, TX
    Hon. Edward G. Vaughan, Texas Water Development Board - Austin, TX

  • 1:00 pm
    Break

  • 1:15 pm
    0.50 hr
    Part 2: Funding at the Local Level
    How important is state assistance and what are the alternatives?

    Wayne Owen, Tarrant Regional Water District - Fort Worth, TX

  • 1:45 pm
    1.00 hr
    Endangered Species Act Implementation on Water Issues
    The Edwards Aquifer experience and its implications as the state looks at possible widespread listings of aquatic species.

    Doug Caroom, Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP - Austin, TX
    Jim Mathews, Mathews & Freeland LLP - Austin, TX

  • 2:45 pm
    1.00 hr ethics
    Ethics Ex Parte Contact in a Modern Age
    This presentation includes a discussion of the APA prohibition of ex parte contacts, the recent opinions of the Professional Ethics Committee for the State Bar of Texas relating to lawyer communications with agency decision-makers and the Disciplinary Rules, and their implications for lawyers who practice before administrative agencies.

    Pete Schenkkan, Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody P.C. - Austin, TX

  • 3:45 pm
    Adjourn

  • Day 1 November 30, 2011
  • Day 2 December 1, 2011
  • Day 3 December 2, 2011
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Conference Faculty

Tim Andruss

Victoria County Groundwater Conservation District
Victoria, TX

Jeffrey S. Boyd

Office of the Governor
Austin, TX

Timothy L. Brown

Austin, TX

Patrick Brzozowski

Lavaca-Navidad River Authority
Edna, TX

Doug Caroom

Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP
Austin, TX

Jane Cohen

The University of Texas School of Law
Austin, TX

Jim Conkwright

High Plains UWC District No. 1
Lubbock, TX

James E. Cousar

Thompson & Knight LLP
Austin, TX

Leonard H. Dougal

Jackson Walker L.L.P.
Austin, TX

William D. Dugat III

Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP
Austin, TX

Gregory M. Ellis

Attorney at Law
League City, TX

C. Robert Heath

Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP
Austin, TX

Kirk Holland

Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District
Austin, TX

Robert Huston

Former Chair, TCEQ
Austin, TX

Norman D. Johns Ph.D

National Wildlife Federation
Austin, TX

Marc O. Knisely

Jackson, Sjoberg, McCarthy & Wilson, L.L.P.
Austin, TX

Robert Mace

Texas Water Development Board
Austin, TX

Jim Mathews

Mathews & Freeland LLP
Austin, TX

Wayne Owen

Tarrant Regional Water District
Fort Worth, TX

Eric C. Potter

Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas
Austin, TX

Kellye Rila

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Austin, TX

Hon. Allan Ritter

Texas House of Representatives
Austin, TX

Caroline R. Runge

Menard County Underground Water District
Menard, TX

Pete Schenkkan

Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody P.C.
Austin, TX

Suzanne Schwartz

The University of Texas School of Law
Austin, TX

Jason Skaggs

Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Austin, TX

L'Oreal W. Stepney

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Austin, TX

Hon. Edward G. Vaughan

Texas Water Development Board
Austin, TX

Planning Committee

Doug Caroom—Co-Chair

Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP
Austin, TX

Jim Mathews—Co-Chair

Mathews & Freeland LLP
Austin, TX

Timothy L. Brown

Austin, TX

Todd D. Chenoweth

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Austin, TX

Leonard H. Dougal

Jackson Walker L.L.P.
Austin, TX

Gregory M. Ellis

Attorney at Law
League City, TX

Renea Hicks

Attorney at Law
Austin, TX

Hollis L. Levy

The University of Texas School of Law
Austin, TX

Ed McCarthy

Jackson, Sjoberg, McCarthy, & Wilson, L.L.P.
Austin, TX

Mark McPherson

McPherson LawFirm, PC
Dallas, TX

Robin A. Melvin

Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody
Austin, TX

Hon. Jan P. Patterson

Baylor Law School
Waco, TX

Suzanne Schwartz

The University of Texas School of Law
Austin, TX

Credit Info

  • Austin
MCLE Credit
Toggle view Texas – 14.00 hrs  |  2.00 hrs Ethics
Legal Specialization(s): Administrative Law, Oil, Gas and Mineral Law, Real Estate Law
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.
Toggle view California – 14.00 hrs  |  2.00 hrs Ethics
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
Toggle view TX Accounting CPE – 16.50 hrs
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

Austin – Nov 30*, 1-2, 2011 – AT&T Conference Center
*optional Wed Evening session
Conference Concluded
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Last day for $495.00 Regular pricing: Nov 21, 2011

$545.00 for registrations received after this time

Last day for cancellation (full refund): Nov 23, 2011

$50 processing fee applied after this date

Last day for cancellation: Nov 28, 2011

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1900 University Avenue
Austin, TX
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$159.00 good through Oct 30, 2011

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Free Daily Self-Parking at UT garages. Separate fees apply for valet and overnight parking.

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