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South Texas College of Law
18th Annual REAL ESTATE LAW CONFERENCE

May 2-3, 2002 - Houston, Texas
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Accredited by the State Bar of Texas MCLE Department for 12.75 MCLE hours
(13.5 with the Early Bird Round Table Discussion),
including 2 hours of legal ethics.

Accredited by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Real Estate Law.
Members of the College of the State Bar may claim CLE credit.
Real estate agents and brokers may claim MCE credit for this course towards TREC requirements.


Thursday, May 2, 2002

8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:50 Welcome and Opening Remarks
  • Professor Jean Powers, Director of CLE, South Texas College of Law


Morning Moderator:
Steven C. Haley, Moorman, Tate, Moorman, Urquhart & Haley, L.L.P.

9:00 Case Law Update
  • Charles J. Jacobus, Law Office of Charles J. Jacobus - Bellaire

10:00 Title Insurance Checklist
  • James L. Gosdin, Stewart Title Guaranty Company - Houston

10:45 Morning Break
11:00 Research Resources: MYTexasBar
(Ethics topic)
  • Craig D. Ball, Craig D. Ball, P.C. Houston

11:30 A Practitioner’s Guide to City Hall
  • Timothy R. Brown, Thompson & Knight LLP - Houston

12:00 Lunch Presentation
The Grievance Process in Texas
(Ethics topic)
(presentation from 12:15 - 12:45 p.m.)
  • Stephen D. Statham, State Bar of Texas - Houston



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Afternoon Moderator:
Richard L. Spencer, Richard L. Spencer, P.C.

1:00 Mold - What is it?
Remediation and Litigation
  • Tony Ekonomou, Campbell, George & Strong, L.L.P. - Houston

1:45 "As is" Clauses
  • John Michael Nolan, Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C. - Dallas

2:15 Architect’s Agreements:
Key Negotiating Issues from Owner’s and Architect’s Perspectives
  • Bruce W. Merwin, Haynes and Boone LLP - Houston

2:45 Afternoon Break
3:00 Residential Construction Contracts
  • David D. Peden, Porter & Hedges, L.L.P. - Houston

3:30 Real Estate Warranties
  • Richard H. Martin, Andrews & Kurth, Mayor, Day, Caldwell & Keeton L.L.P. - Houston

4:00 Disclosures in Real Estate Transactions
(includes .25 hour of legal ethics)
  • Judy Gray, Matthews and Branscomb PC - San Antonio

4:30 Adjourn

Total MCLE hours for Thursday = 6.5 hours, including 1.25 hour of legal ethics


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Friday, May 3, 2002

8:00 Breakfast and Early Bird Round Table Discussions
in the Emilie Bendix Slohm Dining/Conference Room, Fred Parks Library, 6th Floor
Breakfast sponsored by ProDoc
(Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis.)

Electricity Deregulation
  • Michael P. Pearson, Jackson Walker L.L.P. - Houston
Land Use
  • Reid C. Wilson, Wilson, Cribbs, Goren & Flaum, P.C. - Houston
Residential Mortgage Lending
  • J. Alton Alsup, Brown, Fowler & Alsup, P.C. - Houston
Title Regulations
  • Charles J. Jacobus, Law Office of Charles J. Jacobus - Bellaire
Leasing
  • Albert H. Hiller, Zimmerman, Axelrad, Meyer, Stern & Wise, P.C. - Houston
Foreclosures
  • Richard L. Spencer, Richard L. Spencer, P.C. - Houston
Electronic Forms and Filing
  • James Ivy Wiedemer, Law Office of Jim Wiedemer Bellaire
Surveys
  • Don A. Stocking, Stocking and Associates - Conroe
Article 9
  • Professor David East, South Texas College of Law - Houston
8:45 Break (go to Garrett-Townes Hall)


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Morning Moderator:
Richard L. Spencer, Richard L. Spencer, P.C.

9:00 New TREC Forms
  • Richard Melamed, Richard Melamed, Attorney at Law - Houston

9:30 Statutory Evolution of Property Owners’ Associations in Texas
  • Roy D. Hailey, Butler & Hailey, P.C. - Houston

10:00 Top 5 Easement Issues
  • Denise V. Cheney, Bickerstaff Heath Smiley Pollan Kever & McDaniel, L.L.P. - Austin

10:30 Morning Break
10:45 What Every Commercial Real Estate Lawyer Needs to Know When He Gets Dragged to the Closing of His Client’s Home Mortgage
  • J. Alton Alsup, Brown, Fowler & Alsup, P.C. - Houston

11:15 Impact of the Fair Debt Collection Act in Real Estate Matters
(includes .25 hour of legal ethics)
  • Manuel H. Newburger, The Law Offices of Barron & Newburger, P.C. - Austin

11:45 Lunch Presentation
Insurance Primer for Real Estate Professionals
(presentation from 12:00 - 12:45 p.m.)
  • Aaron Johnston, Jr., The Johnston Law Firm PC - Dallas



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Afternoon Moderator:
Steven C. Haley, Moorman, Tate, Moorman, Urquhart & Haley, L.L.P.

1:00 Oil and Gas for Dummies (including surface waivers, designated drill sites)
  • Richard B. Hemingway, Gaston, Hemingway & Thanheiser, P.C. - Houston

1:45 Water Rights - Harris County Style
  • George O. Wilkinson, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P. - Houston

2:15 Unauthorized Practice of Law
(Ethics topic)
  • Gregory S.C. Huffman, Thompson & Knight, L.L.P. - Dallas

2:45 Afternoon Break
3:00 Subletting and Assignments
  • Candace Baggett, The Calibre Group, Inc. - Houston
  • Reid C. Wilson, Wilson, Cribbs, Goren & Flaum, P.C. - Houston

3:45 Mechanic's Liens
  • Mark A. Flaum, Wilson, Cribbs, Goren & Flaum, P.C. - Houston

4:15 Adjourn

Total MCLE hours for Friday = 6.25 (7 with the Early Bird Round Table Discussion), including .75 hour of legal ethics


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