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1 Regional Judges Seminar October 28-30, 2015 Holiday Inn Select 5701 South Broadway Tyler, TX Wednesday, Day 1 October 28, :00 5:00 p.m. Registration 1:00 3:15 p.m. SPECIAL SESSIONS Guns and Texas Law Peter de Leef, Judge, City of El Lago 3:15 5:00 p.m. Surviving an Active Shooter Harvey Perriott, Protective Security Advisor, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Thursday, Day 2 October 29, :45 7:50 a.m. Registration and Breakfast 8:00 8:10 a.m. Welcome and Announcements 8:10 9:15 a.m. Legislative Highlights* (.25 MTSI) Michael Acuna,, City of Dallas 9:15 9:30 a.m. Break 9:30 10:30 a.m. Independence, Integrity, and Fairness: Preserving Ethics in the Judiciary + (1 hour ethics) Erik Nielsen, Staff Counsel, State Commission on Judicial Conduct 10:30 10:45 a.m. Break 10:45 12:00 p.m. Case Law Update and Attorney General Opinion* (.25 MTSI hours) Ryan Kellus Turner, General Counsel & Director of Education, TMCEC 12:00 12:50 p.m. Lunch 1:00 1:55 p.m. Current Issues Hearings and Trials COURT ISSUES# Scenarios V* Predicates for Evidence Truancy Court: Transitioning Mark Goodner, Deputy Ed Spillane, Presiding Ryan Kellus Turner, General Counsel and Director of Judge, City of College Counsel & Director of Education, Judicial Education, TMCEC Station TMCEC 2:05 2:55 p.m. 3:05 3:55 p.m. Elder Abuse Myra Kirkland, Presiding Judge, City of Blue Ridge Patricia McArdle, Court Investigations Supervisor, Dallas County Probate Courts Directed Verdicts Peter Graham, Judge, City of Irving Objections Robby Chapman, Director of Clerk Education and Program Attorney, TMCEC Truancy Court: Intake, Adjudication, and Orders Robin Ramsay,, City of Denton Truancy Court: Enforcement, Appeals, and Records Robin Ramsay,, City of Denton

2 4:05 5:00 p.m. Communicable Diseases Mark Goodner, Deputy Counsel and Director of Judicial Education, TMCEC E-Warrants: A Brave New World Brian Holman, Presiding Judge, City of Lewisville Community Outreach Made Easy* Ned Minevitz, TxDOT Grant Administrator & Program Attorney, TMCEC Friday, Day 3 October 30, :45 7:50 a.m. Breakfast 8:00 8:55 a.m. Property Hearings Jan Blacklock Matthews, Judge, City of Wilson Shared Track # Dangerous Dogs Andrew Hagen, Judge, City of Uvalde 9:05 9:55 a.m. Impaired Driving Update* (1 hour MTSI) Richard Alpert, Assistant District Attorney, Tarrant County 10:00 10:15 a.m. Break 10:15 11:15 a.m. What Every Judge Needs to Know after Ferguson + (.25 ethics) Ryan Kellus Turner, General Counsel & Director of Education, TMCEC 11:15 11:30 a.m. Break 11:30 12:00 p.m. Endnote: Takeaways for 2016 Mark Goodner, Deputy Counsel and Director of Judicial Education, TMCEC Ryan Kellus Turner, General Counsel & Director of Education, TMCEC *Indicates curriculum funded by the Municipal Traffic Safety Initiatives (MTSI) or Driving on the Right Side of the Road (DRSR) grant from the Texas Department of Transportation + Indicates ethics hours (tentative) # Indicates a shared track open to both clerks and judges Funded by a grant of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

3 TEXAS MUNICIPAL COURTS EDUCATION CENTER 2210 Hancock Drive Austin, TX FAX Staff Roster 121 Crystal Ferguson Research Assistant / Office Manager ferguson@tmcec.com 122 Ryan Kellus Turner General Counsel & Director of Education turner@tmcec.com 123 Hope Lochridge Executive Director lochridge@tmcec.com 124 Regan Metteauer Program Attorney metteauer@tmcec.com 125 Deadra Stark Administrative Director / Controller stark@tmcec.com 126 Pat Ek Registration Coordinator ek@tmcec.com 127 Patty Thamez Program Coordinator & Network Administrator thamez@tmcec.com 128 Tessa Madison Program Coordinator madison@tmcec.com 130 Robby Chapman Director of Clerk Education and Program Attorney chapman@tmcec.com 131 Molly Knowles Communications Assistant knowles@tmcec.com 133 Demoine Jones Multimedia Specialist jones@tmcec.com 134 Mark Goodner Deputy Counsel and Director of Judicial Education goodner@tmcec.com 137 Ned Minevitz TxDOT Grant Administrator & Program Attorney ned@tmcec.com 138 Avani Bhansali Administrative Assistant avani@tmcec.com 141 Elizabeth De La Garza TxDOT Grant Administrator elizabeth@tmcec.com 1

4 TEXAS MUNICIPAL COURTS ASSOCIATION TEXAS MUNICIPAL COURTS EDUCATION CENTER OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS - FY 2016 President Hon. Edward Spillane City of College Station P.O. Box 9960 College Station, TX / FAX: 979/ espillane@cstx.gov Region I Director Ms. Shelia Seymore Court Administrator City of Canyon th Street Canyon, TX / FAX: 806/ sseymore@canyontx.com Region VII Director Hon. John Bull City of San Antonio 401 S. Frio Street San Antonio, TX / FAX: 210/ jbull@sanantonio.gov President-Elect Hon. Stewart Milner City of Arlington PO Box 90403, MS Arlington, TX / FAX: 817/ Stewart.Milner@arlingtontx.gov First Vice-President Hon. Esmeralda Garcia Municipal Judge City of Houston 1400 Lubbock St. Houston, TX / FAX: 713/ esmeralda.garcia@houstontx.gov Second Vice-President Hon. Robin A. Ramsay City of Denton 601 E. Hickory, Suite D Denton, TX / FAX: 940/ raramsay@cityofdenton.com Secretary Ms. Hilda P. Cuthbertson 1005 Skrivanek Drive Bryan, TX / FAX: 979/ hcuthbert@suddenlink.net Treasurer Hon. Robert C. Richter, Jr. Associate Judge City of Stafford 1350 NASA Parkway, Ste. 200 Houston, TX / FAX: 281/ richter333@juno.com Region II Director Hon. Danny Rodgers Associate Judge City of Fort Worth 1000 Throckmorton Fort Worth, TX / FAX: 817/ danny.rodgers@fortworthtexas.gov Region III Director Hon. Michael Acuna Municipal Judge City of Dallas 2014 Main St, Rm 331 Dallas, TX / FAX: 214/ michael.acuna@dallascityhall.com Region IV Director Hon. Phyllis Rogers City of Sulphur Springs 312 South David St., Ste A Sulphur Springs, TX / FAX: 903/ plrogers3@yahoo.com Region V Director Hon. Sharon Hatten City of Midland 406 East Illinois Midland, TX / FAX: 432/ shatten2018@yahoo.com Region VI Director Hon. David L. Garza City of Bee Caves 4000 Galleria Parkway Austin, TX dgarzalaw@gmail.com Region VIII Director Hon. Donna Starkey City of Alvin 216 W. Sealy Alvin, TX / FAX: 281/ dfstargate@aol.com Region IX Director Hon. Julie Escalante City of Baytown 3120 N. Main St. Baytown, TX / FAX: 281/ julie.escalante@baytown.org Region X Director Ms. Connie Rodriguez Court Administrator City of McAllen P.O. Box 220 McAllen, TX / FAX: 956/ crodriguez@mcallen.net Past President Hon. Kathleen Person City of Temple 401 North Third Street Temple, TX / FAX: 254/ kperson@templetx.gov

5 Regional Judges Seminar - Tyler October 28-30, 2015 Location, Tenure and Caseload Statistics FIRST NAME LAST NAME HIRE DATE TITLE CITY REPRESENTED STREET ADDRESS CITY ZIP COURT PHONE REGION Johnny Adams 06/06/2008 Mabank PO Box 293 Mabank III Julie Alston 01/17/2012 Diboll 400 Kenley St Diboll VIII Henry Baldwin 10/01/1970 Venus Post Office Box 2042 Burleson II Clarice Banker 08/05/1993 Judge Honey Grove 633 North 6th Street Honey Grove III James Barnett 09/13/2011 West Tawakoni 1533 E Highway 276 West Tawakoni III Tommy Barnett 11/04/2011 Log Cabin Alamo Rd Log Cabin IV Greg Bertrand 01/01/2004 Flower Mound 4150 Kirkpatrick Ln Flower Mound II John Betts 01/01/2007 Atlanta PO Box 669 Atlanta IV James Bogue 04/01/2012 Judge Timpson PO Box 369 Timpson IV Ella Brown 02/06/2003 Alternative Judge Joshua 101 S Main St Joshua II John Bull 09/01/1999 San Antonio 401 S Frio St San Antonio VII Billy Burton 12/11/2012 Malakoff Post Office Box 1177 Malakoff IV Kathy Bush 01/01/2005 Judge Grapeland PO Box 62 Grapeland VIII Susan Carver 05/09/1998 Judge Brownsboro PO Box 303 Brownsboro IV Rand Cates 03/22/2011 Mount Enterprise 103 W Gregg St Mount Enterprise IV James Connelly 10/02/2005 Judge Bullard PO Box 107 Bullard IV Mickey Cooper 06/21/2011 Emory PO Box 100 Emory IV Stanley Cotton 12/01/1997 Associate Judge Mexia 206 E. Main Mexia VI James Cowart 09/13/1994 Lindale PO Box 130 Lindale IV Joe Craig 11/20/2001 Judge East Tawakoni 288 Briggs Blvd Point IV Judy Davis 03/01/1982 Joshua 101 S Main St Joshua II Roy Dunn 03/17/2011 Judge Pinehurst 2497 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Orange VIII Angelia Evans 07/05/2001 Groveton PO Box 37 Groveton VIII Leticia Evans 11/15/2014 Magistrate Colleyville 5201 Riverwalk Dr Colleyville II Patrick Fenner 02/12/2013 Hawley PO Box 649 Hawley I Rebecca Foster 12/08/1999 Naples PO Box 340 Naples IV Karen Green 06/01/2007 Judge Chico Post Office Box 37 Chico II Steven Green 05/28/2012 Athens 501 N Pinkerton St Athens IV Sharyn Grisham 08/24/2011 Silsbee 1102 N 5th St Silsbee VIII Janice Groom 05/11/2008 Associate Judge Mabank Post Office Box 293 Mabank , x3 III Joni Haldeman 09/19/2006 De Kalb 110 E Grizzly St DeKalb IV Catherine Hall Associate Judge Commerce 1119 Alamo St Commerce III William Hamilton 07/19/2010 Associate Judge Bridgeport 900 Thompson St Bridgeport II Micki Henderson 04/01/2008 Judge Queen City PO Box 334 Queen City IV Jack Holland 07/15/2005 Gun Barrel City 298 Municipal Dr Gun Barrel City IV Linda Hopper 01/01/1993 Allen 301 Century Parkway Allen III Thomas Hunt 05/01/1985 Paris PO Box 9037 Paris IV Lorraine Irby 05/01/2006 Haltom City 5024 Broadway Ave Haltom City II Larry Jones 03/28/2011 Associate Judge Mineola PO Box 179 Mineola IV Karen Juica 09/22/2010 PresidingJudge Payne Springs CR 2529 Payne Springs IV James Kassahn 05/01/2006 Judge San Antonio 401 S Frio St San Antonio VII Karen Langley 11/03/2011 Associate Judge Coleman PO Box 592 Coleman V Betty Loggins 02/13/2001 San Augustine 301 S Harrison St San Augustine VIII Kathryn Lovier 05/01/2006 Mount Vernon PO Box 597 Mount Vernon IV Benjamin Macon 02/14/1984 Granbury 116 W Bridge St Granbury II Claudia Martinez 03/28/2011 Judge Fort Worth 1000 Throckmorton Fort Worth II Bob Mattox 10/01/1972 Lone Star PO Box 1503 Lone Star IV Shirley Mays 08/31/1999 Wortham PO Box 186 Wortham IV Aubrey McCandless 07/15/2013 Stamford Post Office Box 191 Stamford I Johnnie McClinton 03/10/2009 Coolidge PO Box 457 Coolidge VI Jerry McGee 10/01/2014 Lone Oak PO Box 97 Lone Oak III

6 Kathy McGinnis 06/01/2010 Waskom PO Box 730 Waskom IV Wade McMillan 02/10/1994 Van PO Box 487 Van IV Barbara McMillon 10/17/1998 Avinger PO Box 419 Linden IV Edwin Merriman 10/11/2005 Longview PO Box 1952 Longview IV Ann Pafford 02/01/1989 Tioga PO Box 340 Whitesboro III Beverley Pearson 09/04/2013 Judge Grand Saline 132 E Frank St Grand Saline IV Gloria Peters-Mitchell 01/25/2005 Judge PO Box 1049 Greenville III Rhonda Peterson 07/24/2002 Tool 701 N. Tool Drive Tool III Forrest Phifer 05/18/1998 Jacksonville 197 S. Main St. Rusk IV Megan Pinson 12/09/2014 Associate Judge Waskom PO Box 730 Waskom IV Lyle Potter 05/01/1996 Ore City 302 East Main Street Ore City IV Rachel Ramsey 07/01/2013 Wills Point PO Box 546 Wills Point IV John Rounsavall 04/17/1995 Alternate Judge Terrell PO Box 310 Terrell , x226 III Monica Sampson 12/10/2007 Associate Judge Daingerfield 110 Coffey St Daingerfield IV Sue Schmidt 01/01/1988 Garrett 208 N Ferris St Ennis VI Steven Simmons 11/22/2004 Pittsburg 200 Rusk St Pittsburg IV Raymond Sorey 12/30/2014 Associate Judge Longview PO Box 1952 Longview IV L. Juanita Springer 11/29/2004 Nacogdoches Post Office Box Nacogdoches IV Gary Stockman 05/03/2000 Splendora PO Box 1087 Splendora VIII Kay Swaim 01/01/1986 Associate Judge Chico PO Box 37 Chico II John Swenson 12/10/2014 Judge Henrietta PO Box 71 Henrietta II Sylvia Tacker 12/01/2009 Lott PO Box 398 Lott VI Peggy Taylor 01/11/2000 Trinidad PO Box 345 Trinidad IV James Todd 09/01/1994 Associate Judge Palestine 500 N. Church Street, Suite 8 Palestine IV Alice Tomerlin 01/01/1995 Associate Judge Quitman PO Box 1855 Quitman IV Rickey Turner 11/25/2008 Judge Henderson 402 West Main Henderson xt.246 IV Deborah Waddell 11/12/2012 White Oak 906 S White Oak Rd White Oak IV Kyle Waggoner 05/01/2009 Mineola PO Box 179 Mineola IV Carolyn Walters 11/05/2012 New London PO Box 428 New London IV Leslie Wilhelm Bullard 12/30/2014 Associate Judge Longview 302 West Cotton St Longview IV

I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X N/A 2 12 11 42 1 4 2 7 0 0 0 81 Regional Representation I 2% V 1% II 15% III 14% IV TMCA Regional Directors: Region

5573 (o) Region IV: Hon. Phyllis Rogers 903.885.7454 (o) Region V: Sharon Hatten 432.685.7300 (o) Region VI: Hon. David Garza Region VII: Hon.

7 I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X N/A Regional Representation I 2% V 1% II 15% III 14% IV TMCA Regional Directors: Region I: Ms. Shelia Seymore (o) Region II: Hon. Danny Rogers (o) Region III: Hon. Michael Acuna (o) Region IV: Hon. Phyllis Rogers (o) Region V: Sharon Hatten (o) Region VI: Hon. David Garza Region VII: Hon. John Bull (o) Region VIII: Hon. Donna Starkey (o) Region IX: Hon. Julie Escalante (o) Region X: Ms. Connie Rodriguez (o)

20+ Years 5-20 Years 2-5 Years 0-1 Year Hire Date N/A 8 36 16 20 1 Appointment /

8 20+ Years 5-20 Years 2-5 Years 0-1 Year Hire Date N/A Appointment / Hire Date Hire Date N/A 1% 20+ Years 10% 0 1 Year 25% 2 5 Years 20% 5 20 Years 44%

Warrants, Arrests, and Commitments

Warrants, Arrests, and Commitments November 13, 2015 Texas A&M University School of Law 1515 Commerce Street Fort Worth, TX 76102 9:30 10:00 a.m. Registration AGENDA 10:00 10:50 a.m. Probable Cause Tim