Day 1 January 10, 2016

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1 Regional Clerks Seminar January 10 12, 2016 San Luis Resort & Spa 5222 Seawall Blvd. Galveston, TX Day 1 January 10, :00 5:00 p.m. Registration 1:00 3:15 p.m. 3:30 5:00 p.m. SPECIAL SESSIONS Guns and Texas Law Peter DeLeef, Judge, City of El Lago Surviving an Active Shooter+ CERTIFICATION PREP SESSIONS Preparation Sessions 1:00 5:00 p.m. Level I: Sheli Masterson, Court Operations Manager, City of Irving Level II: Joni May, Court Administrator, Hudson Oaks Day 2 January 11, :45 7:50 a.m. Registration and Breakfast 8:00 8:10 a.m. Welcome and Announcements Robby Chapman, Director of Clerk Education and Program Attorney, TMCEC 8:10 9:15 a.m. Keynote: Lessons Learned from Ferguson, Missouri Victoria Medley, Court Administrator, City of Amarillo 9:15 9:30 a.m. Break 9:30 10:45 a.m. Drugged Driving* (1.25 MTSI) Gary Teeler, Assistant Commander, Texas Parks & Wildlife Gary Teeler, 10:45 10:55 a.m. Break 10:55 12:00 p.m. A Closer Look at Recent Legislation* (.25 MTSI) Robby Chapman, Director of Clerk Education and Program Attorney, TMCEC 12:00 12:50 p.m. Lunch 1:00 1:55 p.m. 2:05 2:55 p.m. FUNDAMENTALS COURT WORKSHOPS COURT ISSUES# Court s in Session: Jury Truancy: Introduction Trials for Clerks Katie Chancia, Staff Attorney, Elaine Brown, Court Harris County Justice Courts Administrator, Meadows Place All About the Bonds (No Trouble!) Fred Garcia, Clerk of the Court, San Antonio The Truck Stops Here: Commercial Motor Vehicles and Drivers (1:00 p.m. 2:55 p.m.) Leah Huff, Former Court Administrator, City of Southlake Truancy: Intake, Adjudication, and Orders Katie Chancia, Staff Attorney, Harris County Justice Courts

2 3:05 3:55 p.m. 4:05 5:00 p.m. OCA Speaks: Update and Q&A Sandra Mabbett, Judicial Information Analyst, Office of Court Administration Running an Efficient Court: Working With Your Judge Where Did the Time Go? Time Management Workshop (3:05 p.m. 5:00 p.m.) Jaime Brew, Court Administrator, Sugar Land Truancy: Enforcement, Appeals, and Records Katie Chancia, Staff Attorney, Harris County Justice Courts Community Outreach Made Easy* Elizabeth De La Garza, TxDOT Grant Administrator, TMCEC Ned Minevitz, TxDOT Grant Administrator & Program Attorney, TMCEC Day 3 January 12, :45 7:50 a.m. Breakfast 8:00 8:55 a.m. FUNDAMENTALS Appearances & Attitudes Matter: The Professional Court Clerk Rhonda Kuehn, Court Administrator, Brenham COURT ISSUES# Dangerous Dog Hearings Bill Ragsdale,, Ingram 8:55 9:10 p.m. Break 9:10 9:25 a.m. Clerk Certification Recognition Robby Chapman, Director of Clerk Education and Program Attorney, TMCEC 9:25 10:35 a.m. Working with an Aging Population Mark Goodner, Deputy Counsel and Director of Judicial Education, TMCEC 10:35 10:50 a.m. Break 10:50 12:00 p.m. Don t Do That! The Don ts of Municipal Court Pat Riffel, Court Administrator, Friendswood 1:00 5:00 p.m. Clerk Certification Test Levels I, II & III Proctor: Pat Riffel, Court Administrator, Friendswood *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 curriculum with a focus on court security # 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 Clerks Seminar - Galveston January Location, Tenure and Caseload Statistics FIRST NAME LAST NAME HIRE DATE TITLE CITY REPRESENTED STREET ADDRESS CITY ZIP COURT PHONE REGION Yolanda Alatorre 08/01/2007 Deputy Clerk Conroe 800 Old Montgomery Road Conroe VIII Michelle Alexander 08/08/2012 Deputy Clerk Webster 101 Pennsylvania St Webster IX Kristi Alvarado 12/18/1995 Court Administrator Burleson 201 East Main Street Crowley , x1290 II Lupe Armijo 07/05/2006 Deputy Clerk McKinney 130 S Chestnut St McKinney III Jackie Arredondo 08/18/2008 Deputy Court Clerk Bryan P.O. Box 1000 Bryan VII Kathy Bacon 03/01/1984 Clerk Pasadena 1001-A Shaw Ave Pasadena IX Virginia Barbosa 01/07/2004 Deputy Clerk II Lake Jackson 5 Oak Dr Ste B Lake Jackson VIII Lacy Belcher 12/30/2013 Deputy Court Clerk League City 200 W Walker St League City VIII Rosemary Bell 07/23/2007 Court Administrator La Marque 1111 Bayou Rd La Marque VIII John Bernal 11/26/2007 Deputy Clerk Pearland 2555 Cullen Boulevard Pearland VIII Barbara Bluejacket 04/01/2013 Clerk Surfside Beach 1304 Monument Dr Surfside Beach , x105 VIII Jenny Bowles 10/29/2012 Clerk Kyle 100 West Center St. Kyle VII Tracie Breland 03/06/2000 Clerk Santa Fe PO Box 950 Santa Fe VIII Susan Brent 10/01/1999 Clerk Needville PO Box 527 Needville IX Peggy Cannon 06/24/2013 Clerk Hemphill PO Box 788 Hemphill VIII Crystal Carbajal 08/13/2013 Clerk Rockport 622 E Market St Rockport EXT 237 X Jessica Cardenas 02/10/2014 Deputy Clerk Pearland Post Office Box Pearland VIII Vivian Carranza 08/01/2009 Chief Clerk South Houston 1019 Dallas St South Houston , x340 IX Claudia Carrera 07/07/2011 Clerk Windcrest 8601 Midcrown Dr Windcrest , x2300 VII Patty Cash 03/01/2015 Data Entry Clerk Mission 1200 E 8th St Mission X Melissa Chilcote 11/23/2013 Clerk Kemah 1401 Highway 146 Kemah VIII Cindy Clark 05/01/2008 Clerk Holiday Lakes RR 4, Box 747 Angleton VIII Janet Clark 10/07/1996 Docket Coordinator Sugar Land PO Box 110 Sugar Land IX Aimee Cloutier 07/01/2013 Deputy Clerk Zavalla 838 E. Main St. Zavalla VIII Debbie Contreras 02/19/1998 Warrant Clerk Mission 1200 E 8th St Mission X Carolyn Cope 10/18/2010 Deputy Clerk La Porte 3005 N 23rd St. La Porte IX Julia Correa 11/01/1992 Deputy Court Administrator Round Rock 301 W Bagdad Ave Ste 120 Round Rock VI Amanda Cox 12/01/2008 Clerk Belton 100 S. Davis St. Belton VI Sondre Crabtrey 07/29/2011 Chief Clerk Buda PO Box 1380 Buda VII Mary Credeur 04/01/2004 Clerk Daisetta PO Box 549 Daisetta VIII Criscelda Curry 07/31/2006 Deputy Clerk Baytown 3120 N Main St Baytown , x8036 IX Susan Darwin 11/04/2013 Deputy Clerk Galveston PO Box Galveston VIII Carmeisha Davis 08/18/2014 Deputy Clerk Lufkin P.O. Drawer 190 Lufkin VIII Mary Dixon 08/01/2007 Deputy Clerk McKinney 130 South Chestnut Street Mc Kinney III Julie Espinoza Clerk Corpus Christi 120 N Chaparral St Corpus Christi X Andrea Ford 05/14/2007 Clerk Oyster Creek 3210 FM 523 Oyster Creek VIII Patricia Franklin 08/31/1986 Deputy Court Administrator Beaumont PO Box 3827 Beaumont VIII Janene Freel 04/13/2010 Deputy Clerk Groesbeck 901 West Yeagua St. Groesbeck VI Naomi Fregia 12/02/2014 Assistant Clerk Bevil Oaks 7525 Sweetgum Rd Beaumont VIII Stacy Froeschner 09/09/1996 Sr. Deputy Clerk League City 1800 Space Park Dr Houston IX Anita Gallardo 03/14/2007 Clerk Jacinto City 1301 Mercury Rd Jacinto City IX Imelda Garcia 08/01/2004 Warrant Clerk Supervisor Edinburg 100 East Freddy Gonzalez Edinburg X Evelyn Garza 11/09/2000 Clerk Richmond 600 Morton St Richmond IX Wendy Gerrick 09/12/2014 Deputy Clerk Clute PO Box 997 Clute VIII Eva Glaspie 10/09/1984 Deputy Clerk Conroe 700 Old Montgomery Rd Conroe VIII Holly Goldstein 03/15/2010 Deputy Clerk League City 200 W Walker St League City VIII Eloisa Gomez 10/27/2014 Deputy Clerk Pearland Post Office Box Pearland VIII Lisa Gonzalez 10/21/2002 Deputy Clerk Pasadena PO Box 1575 Pasadena IX Stephanie Green 09/01/2001 Court Administrator Brookshire PO Box 160 Brookshire , x8011 VIII Ana Guillot 12/27/2011 Clerk Baytown 3120 N Main St Baytown IX Connie Hansen 09/13/2010 Court Administrator Providence Village 1745 FM 2931 Providence Village II

6 Victoria Hanson 05/28/2013 Court Administrator Magnolia Buddy Riley Blvd. Magnolia VIII Erika Hernandez 10/13/2009 Clerk Clute PO Box 997 Clute VIII Theresa Hernandez 10/05/2015 Clerk Baytown 3120 N Main St Baytown IX Melissa Hill 02/05/1980 Court Coordinator Pasadena 1001-A Shaw Ave Pasadena IX Patsy Hilton 01/01/2000 Clerk Baytown 3120 N Main St Baytown IX Ramie Howlett 09/29/1994 Court Administrator Orange PO Box 520 Orange VIII Angelita Hunter 07/08/2014 Deputy Clerk McKinney 130 South Chestnut Street Mc Kinney III Arleen Hutchison 11/10/2014 Deputy Clerk Oak Ridge North Robinson Rd Conroe VIII Rochelle Jessie 08/01/1998 Clerk Navasota PO Box 910 Navasota VII Lucilo Jimenez 02/25/2009 Clerk II Rosenberg PO Box 32 Rosenberg IX Karen Kamar 03/01/2008 Deputy Clerk Austin PO Box 2135 Austin VI Brenda Klingle 06/21/1999 Court Administrator El Lago 98 Lakeshore Dr El Lago X 10 IX Abril Lamb 10/16/2014 Clerk Katy 5432 Franz Road Katy IX Brian Leija 12/01/1997 Administrative Specialist Houston 1400 Lubbock St Houston IX Melvin Lewis 01/04/1999 Court Coordinator Texas City th Ave N Texas City VIII Carmen Long 10/01/2014 Clerk Nixon P.O. Box 356 Nixon VII Catherine Long 09/26/2011 Clerk Liverpool PO Box 24 Liverpool VIII Cassandra Maldonado 06/09/2014 Clerk Hondo 1600 Avenue M Hondo V Lisa Mannino 03/05/2004 Clerk Kountze 835 S. Redwood Kountze VIII Bertha Martinez 05/09/1994 Deputy Clerk Port Neches 1201 Merriman St Port Neches VIII Jerome Martinez 02/09/2015 Deputy Clerk Harker Heights 305 Millers Crossing Harker Heights VI Billye McGill 06/04/2004 Deputy Clerk Pasadena PO Box 1575 Pasadena IX Beverly McMinn 11/22/2004 Clerk Meadows Place One Troyan Dr Meadows Place IX Melissa Mendell 08/04/2014 Clerk Friendswood 1600 Whitaker Dr Friendswood VIII Melissa Miller 06/18/2013 Clerk Clute PO Box 997 Clute VIII Chandra Mills 10/02/2002 Deputy Clerk Pasadena PO Box 1575 Pasadena IX Erika Mills 05/23/2011 Clerk Dayton 117 Cook St. Dayton VIII Jackolyn Mitchell 10/01/2009 Deputy Clerk Galveston th Street, Suite 300 Galveston VIII April Morman 08/16/2004 Court Supervisor McKinney 130 S Chestnut St McKinney III Laurie Motley 11/16/2015 Deputy Clerk West Columbia PO Box 487 West Columbia VIII Linda Murphy 11/20/2000 Clerk Old River- Winfree 4818 FM 565 N Old River-Winfree VIII Khanh Nguyen 06/21/1993 Deputy Clerk Stafford 2602 S Main St Stafford IX Cindy Partida 12/29/2014 Deputy Clerk League City 200 W Walker St League City VIII Jennifer Perez 06/01/2011 Deputy Clerk Harlingen 1018 Fairpark Boulevard Harlingen X Danyelle Plant 05/19/2014 Juvenile Case Manager Duncanville PO Box Duncanville III Mary Lou Quesada 01/29/2007 Senior Deputy Clerk Leander PO Box 319 Leander VI Samantha Ramirez 09/06/2011 Deputy Clerk Allen 301 Century Parkway Allen III Mary Reyes Deputy Clerk Corpus Christi 120 N Chaparral St Corpus Christi X Tereza Reyes 07/14/2014 Deputy Clerk Cleveland 226 Peach Ave Cleveland VIII Norma Rodriguez 05/12/2008 Deputy Clerk Brenham Post Office Box 1059 Brenham VII Christina Roley 07/13/2001 Clerk Conroe 700 Old Montgomery Rd Conroe VIII Martha Rose 06/18/1999 Court Administrator Kyle PO Box 40 Kyle VII Lisa Sanchez 06/19/1995 Deputy Clerk Pasadena 1001-A Shaw Avenue Pasadena IX Katrina Smith 10/08/2002 Chief Clerk Vidor st Street Vidor VIII Mary Soderquist 11/01/2004 Clerk Assistant Austin PO Box 2135 Austin VI Rick Solis 05/01/2014 Deputy Clerk Alamo 502 East Duranta Alamo X Priscilla Sotomayor 12/17/2014 Deputy Clerk Alvin 216 W Sealy St Alvin VIII Patsy Stephenson 10/11/1988 Juvenile Case Manager Jasper PO Box 1599 Jasper VIII Cheryl Stine-Priour 02/13/2007 Deputy Clerk Brazoria 201 S Main St Brazoria VIII Lenore Stone Deputy Clerk Round Rock 301 West Bagdad Avenue Round Rock VI Terry Teri 10/01/2015 Director Corpus Christi 120 N Chaparral St Corpus Christi X Avaland Thomas 04/01/1994 Deputy Clerk Port Arthur 645 4th St Port Arthur VIII Edna Trejo 01/03/2011 Deputy Clerk Bryan Post Office Box 1000 Bryan VII Peggy Tyler 07/02/1990 Clerk Richwood 1800 N. Brazosport Blvd. Richwood VIII David Van Raalte 06/13/2005 Court Supervisor Georgetown PO Box 1424 Georgetown VI

7 Kimberely Vandver 04/03/2013 Clerk Bevil Oaks 7525 Sweetgum Rd Beaumont VIII Rana Vasquez 06/05/2005 Court Lead Austin 700 E 7th St Austin VI Gina Vega 03/19/2007 Deputy Clerk League City 200 W Walker St League City VIII Larissa Ward 02/01/2002 Court Administrator Glenn Heights 1938 S Hampton Rd Glenn Heights , x601 VI Beverly Washmon 06/03/2008 Clerk La Porte 3005 North 23rd Street La Porte IX Alicia Watts 08/01/2005 Court Administrator Keene 100 N Mockingbird Ln Keene II Monika Whitsey 09/19/2005 Lead Deputy Clerk Missouri City 3845 Cartwright Rd Missouri City IX Jewel Wood 10/01/1997 Deputy Clerk Angleton 120 South Chenango Angleton VIII

8 I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X N/A Regional Representation I 0% II 3% III 5% IV V 1% TMCA Regional Directors: Region I: Ms. Sheila Seymore (o) Region II: Hon. Danny Rodgers (o) Region III: Hon. Michael Acuna (o) Region IV: Hon. Phyllis Rogers (o) Region V: Hon. 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)

9 20+ Years 5-20 Years 2-5 Years 0-1 Year Hire Date N/A Appointment / Hire Date Hire Date N/A 3% 20+ Years 5% 0 1 Year 32% 5 20 Years 42% 2 5 Years 18%