Dallas Bar Association

Government Law Section

2012 Meeting Schedule:

Time: noon-1 p.m. (except as noted on March 9, 2012)

Date

Room

Topic

Speaker

Firm

January 6

Winstead

Defending Governmental Entities in Whistleblower Actions

Paul K. Pearce, Jr.

Timothy A. Dunn 

Matthews, Stein, Shiels, Pearce, Knott, Eden, & Davis, L.L.P.

February 7

Godwin Gruber

 Lex Occupare: Constitutionally-Protected Expression and the Policing of Public Property in Dallas

 

Chris Bowers

 

 

Chris Caso

 

 

Jonathan Winocour 

First Assistant City Attorney, City of Dallas

 

Sr. Assistant City Attorney, City of Dallas

 

Winocour / Ray

March 9

9:15 a.m. -11:30 a.m.

(Must RSVP to jrichie@cityofirving.org to attend)

 

noon - 1 p.m.

 

Vinson Elkins

Municipal Finance 101

 

 

A Tale of Two Cities and Four Stadiums: Financing Community Venues

Karen Brophy 

 

Rob Collins III and Julie Partain        

Robert D. Dransfield

Kuruvilla Oommen

 

Jeanene McIntyr

Sr. Assistant City Attorney, City of Irving 

Bracewell & Giuliani

Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP 

Deputy City Attorney, City of Irving

Sr. Assistant City Attorney, City of Arlington 

April 3

Godwin Gruber

Overview of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas

 

Sarah R. Saldaña

 

United States Attorney

Northern District of Texas 

May 1

Godwin Gruber

State and Local Government Enforcement of Federal Immigration Laws:  Illegal or Merely Undocumented?

 

P. Michael Jung

 

Nina Perales

 

James S. Renard

Partner, Strasburger & Price

Vice President of Litigation, MALDEF

Partner, Bickel & Brewer

June 5

Godwin Gruber

Fair Housing Claims Against Local Governments and How to Defend Them Edwin P. Voss, Jr.

Partner, Brown & Hofmeister, LLP

September 7

Winstead

Rights of Government Employees 

 Darrell Noga

Partner, Fee, Smith, Sharp & Vitullo, LLP 

October 2

Godwin Gruber

 

 

 

November 9

Winstead

 

 

 

December 4

Godwin Gruber

TBD 

Ellyse Lindberg 

Administrative Chief, Grand Jury / Intake, Dallas County District Attorney's Office 

Section News:

 


Section Officers:

Name: Tammy Palomino
Officer Position: Chair
Firm: Dallas City Attorney's Office
Firm Address: 1500 Marilla Street, Room 7DN
Firm City, State, Zip: Dallas, TX 75201
Business Phone: (214) 640-4268
Email: tammy.palomino@dallascityhall.com

Name: Kuruvilla (K.O.) Oommen
Officer Position: Vice Chair
Firm: City of Irving City Attorney's Office
Firm Address: 825 West Irving Blvd.
Firm City, State, Zip: Irving, TX 75015
Business Phone: (972) 721-2541
Email: koommen@cityofirving.org

Name: Ben Stool
Officer Position: Secretary
Firm: Dallas County Criminal District Attorney's Office
Firm Address: 411 Elm Street, Suite 500
Firm City, State, Zip: Dallas, TX 75202
Business Phone: (214) 653-6676
Email: bstool@dallascounty.org

Name: Gary McDonald
Officer Position: Treasurer
Firm: Dallas County Criminal District Attorney's Office
Firm Address: 133 N. Riverfront Blvd., LB19
Firm City, State, Zip: Garland, TX 75207
Business Phone: (214) 653-5127
Email: gary.mcdonald@dallascounty.org

Name: Jennifer Richie
Officer Position: Immediate Past Chair
Firm: City of Irving, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Firm Address: 825 W. Irving Blvd.
Firm City, State, Zip: Irving, TX 75015
Business Phone: (972) 721-2541
Email:  jrichie@cityofirving.org

Name: Michele Wong Krause
Officer Position: DBA Board Advisor
Firm: Wong Krause & Associates
Firm Address: 5646 Milton, Suite 640
Firm City, State, Zip: Dallas, TX 75206
Business Phone: (214) 373-6565
Email: mwong@airmail.net

 


Resource Links

 

 


Section Membership

 

If you are interested in becoming a member of the Government Law Section, please send a letter of request and a $20.00 membership fee to:
DBA
2101 Ross Ave
Dallas TX, 75201
Please note that you must be a member of the Dallas Bar Association to join a section. If you have any questions regarding sections membership, please contact the membership department at the Dallas Bar.

Section Admin-Mass E-mail/Roster

Section Admin-Webpage


 

Section Downloads:

Materials and Agenda for Municipal Finance 101

Friday, March 9, 2012

 

Time

Materials

9:00-9:15 a.m.

Registration

 

Agenda and Bios

http://www2.dallasbar.org/_upload/uploads/sections/Agenda_Bios.pdf

 

9:15-9:45

http://www2.dallasbar.org/_upload/uploads/sections/Brophy_McIntyre_Definitions[1].pdf

 

9:45-10:15

http://www2.dallasbar.org/_upload/uploads/sections/Dranfield_Anatomy_Bond_2.pdf 

 

10:30-11

http://www2.dallasbar.org/_upload/uploads/sections/Collins_Partain_Top_10_Q[1].pdf

 

11-11:30

Presentation

http://www2.dallasbar.org/_upload/uploads/sections/Oommen_Budgeting.pdf

 

TML Paper

http://www.texascityattorneys.org/2012speakerpapers/rileyfletcher/MunicipalFinancePaper2-24-12%20_Read%20Only_Handout.pdf

 

12-1 p.m.

http://www2.dallasbar.org/_upload/uploads/sections/Brophy_4_Stadiums.pdf

 

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