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Hot Topics • Presenting and Arguing Damages in the Trial Court • Fraud Damages • Proving and Defending Against Punitive Damages • Damages in Oil and Gas Litigation • Damages Under Equitable Theories • Using Experts to Prove Damages • Remedies in Shareholder Oppression Cases • Hot Topics on Appellate Damage Issues • Proving Up Damages • Damages in Employment Law Cases • Demonstrative Aids in Proving Damages

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Hilton Park Cities February 6-7, 2014 VIDEO

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Crowne Plaza River Oaks March 13-14, 2014 MCLE CREDIT | 12.25 HOURS (2 ETHICS)

TexasBarCLE presents the 6th Annual

Purpose & Scope As the litigation climate continues to change in Texas, attorneys must be aware of issues related to damages in a number of different types of litigation. The Damages in Civil Litigation Course reviews damages issues in a number of areas of law, covers trends and recent developments in damages, and prepares attorneys to analyze, prosecute and defend damages issues.

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Thursday 6.5 hours including 1.5 ethics 8:00 Registration Breakfast Sponsored by Cadence Trust 8:50 Welcoming Remarks Course Director Thomas C. Riney, Amarillo Riney & Mayfield 9:00 Economic Loss Rule .5 hr James E. Wren, III, Waco Professor of Law Baylor Law School 9:30 Court’s Charge on Damages Issues .5 hr (.25 ethics) Leighton Durham, Dallas Durham and Pittard

11:15 Medicare Set Asides and Subrogation: Good News and... .75 hr (.25 ethics) Judy Kostura, Austin Judge Kostura & Putman 12:00 Break - Lunch Provided 12:15 Luncheon Presentation: Presenting and Arguing Damages in the Trial Court 1 hr (.5 ethics) Moderator George Parker Young, Fort Worth Haynes and Boone

Hon. Alfred H. Bennett, Houston Judge, 61st Civil District Court

10:00 Damages of Consequence: Developments in Trade Secrets, Lost Profits, and Consequential Damages .5 hr Christopher A. Rogers, Dallas Haynes and Boone

Hon. Craig Smith, Dallas Judge, 192nd Judicial District Court

Hon. Melody M. Wilkinson, Fort Worth Judge,17th District Court

10:30 Break

1:15 Break

10:45 Property Damages: Valuing Property Rights in Condemnation, Groundwater, and Oil-and-Gas Disputes .5 hr • Access • High-voltage transmission lines and pipelines • Natural resources (minerals, quarries, and water) • Value testimony

Justin A. Hodge, Houston Johns Marrs Ellis & Hodge

1:30 Fraud and Exemplary Damages: A New Approach .5 hr Robert M. “Randy” Roach Jr., Houston Roach and Newton

Christopher S. Johns, Austin Johns Marrs Ellis & Hodge 2

2:00 Proving and Defending Against Punitive Damages .5 hr Reagan W. Simpson, Austin Yetter Coleman

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Friday 5.75 hours including .5 ethics 2:30 Hot Topics on Appellate Damage Issues .5 hr • Damage argument • Opening and closing • Last minute stipulation on liability • Zero damages

John B. Gsanger, Corpus Christi The Edwards Law Firm 3:00 Break 3:15 Medical Expenses .75 hr • Paid or incurred • Future medical expenses • Medical factoring • Affordable Health Care Act • Conflicting medical affidavits

Kirk L. Pittard, Dallas Kelly Durham & Pittard

Michael A. Yanof, Dallas Thompson Coe

4:00 Attorney’s Fees .5 hr ethics • How do you prove them up • Recent supreme court case • Ethical issues

Philip Durst, Austin Deats Durst Owen & Levy 4:30 Adjourn

8:00 Breakfast Sponsored by Cadence Trust 8:25 Announcements Course Director Thomas C. Riney, Amarillo Riney & Mayfield

11:15 Remedies in Shareholder Oppression .5 hr Kelli M. Hinson, Dallas Carrington Coleman Sloman & Blumenthal 11:45 Break - Lunch Provided

8:30 You Have a Judgment, Now What? Collecting Damages .5 hr • Post-judgment discovery • Methods of collection • Supersedeas issues

Geoff A. Gannaway, Houston Beck Redden

12:00 Luncheon Presentation: Appellate Advocacy Relating to Damages 1 hr (.5 ethics) Moderator Kim J. Askew, Dallas K&L Gates

Hon. Tracy Christopher, Houston Justice,14th Court of Appeals

9:00 Damages Under the Insurance Code and Other Statutory Damages .5 hr W. Bradley Parker, Bedford Parker Law Firm

Hon. Dori Contreras Garza, Edinburg Justice, 13th Court of Appeals

Hon. Ann C. McClure, El Paso Justice, 8th Court of Appeals

9:30 Damages in Oil and Gas Litigation .5 hr Patricia Long Weaver, Midland Burleson LLP

1:00 Break

Brandy R. Manning, Katy Law Office of Brandy R. Manning, PLLC

10:00 Break 10:15 Damages Under Equitable Theories - Seeking Restitution and Unjust Enrichment .5 hr Tim Gavin, Dallas Carrington Coleman Sloman & Blumenthal 10:45 Using Experts to Prove Damages .5 hr Tim Newsom, Amarillo Lovell Lovell Newsom & Isern 3

1:15 Proving Up Damages .75 hr Jorge Herrera, San Antonio The Herrera Law Firm

Greg C. Wilkins, Beaumont Orgain Bell & Tucker

2:00 Damages in Employment Law .5 hr Katrina Grider, Cypress Katrina Grider & Associates 2:30 Demonstrative Aids Improving Damages .5 hr Stephen Malouf, Dallas Law Office of Stephen F. Malouf 3:00 Adjourn

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Planning Committee Milton C. Colia ............................................................. El Paso Leighton Durham ...........................................................Dallas Geoffrey A. Gannaway................................................Houston Tim Gavin .......................................................................Dallas Paul N. Gold ...............................................................Houston John B. Gsanger ................................................Corpus Christi Timothy D. Newton .................................................... Amarillo W. Bradley Parker ........................................................Bedford Sofia A. Ramon............................................................ McAllen Christopher Rogers .........................................................Dallas Reagan W. Simpson . ..................................................... Austin

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MCLE CREDIT 12.25 HOURS (2 ETHICS) MCLE COURSE NO: 901276055 Applies to the College of the State Bar of Texas and to the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Civil Trial, Civil Appellate, and Personal Injury Trial Law.

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