Eagle Gun Range, 14400 Midway Road, Farmers Branch, Texas 75244
Event Contact: Josh Thane: jthane@haltomdoan.com
Sponsored by Haltom & Doan
Gleneagles Country Club, 5401 W. Park Blvd., Plano, Texas 75093
Event Contact: Chip Molster: cmolster@molsterlaw.com
Sponsored by The Law Office of Charles B. Molster, III PLLC
(Bus loads at 9:15am – Event registrants must check-in at the conference registration desk prior
to boarding)
Event Contact: Becca Skupin: becca.skupin@solidcounsel.com
Chief Judge Rodney Gilstrap, EDTX, Judge Marcia Crone, EDTX, Judge Robert “Trey” Schroeder, EDTX, Senior Judge Richard Schell, EDTX, Senior Judge Thad Heartfield, EDTX; Co-Moderators: Gil Gillam, Gillam & Smith & Bill Cornelius, Wilson, Robertson & Cornelius, P.C.
Session Chair: Bill Cornelius, Wilson, Robertson & Cornelius, P.C.
Kathi Vidal, USPTO Director, Andrei Iancu, Former USPTO Director; Moderator: Danielle
Williams, Winston Strawn
Bryan Sinclair, Cisco, Liz Gibson, Toyota North America, Sarah Kalemeris, T-Mobile, Daniel L.
Girdwood, Samsung Electronics, Hongsun Yoon, LGE; Moderator: Jill Bindler, Gray Reed
Session Chair: Janis Clements, Greenberg Traurig
Judge Marcia Crone, EDTX, Janis Gorton, Berg Androphy, James Gillingham, Civil
Chief, US Attorney, EDTX, Greg Dykeman, Strong Pipkin, Hal Francis, Former FBI and DOD
Agent; Moderator: Geoff Culbertson, Patton Tidwell & Culbertson, LLP
Session Chair: Geoff Culbertson, Patton Tidwell & Culbertson, LLP
Trinity Ballroom Foyer
Bonnie Fraase, Former Law Clerk to Judge Jeremy Kernodle, Megan Legband, Former Law Clerk to Judge Nicole Mitchell, Gabrielle LaHatte, Former Law Clerk to Chief Judge Leonard Davis, David Keyzer, Law Office of David Keyzer, P.C., Michael Paul, Michael D. Paul, PLLC, Scott Woloson, Law Office of Scott Woloson; Moderator: Kat Li, Kirkland & Ellis
Session Chair: Kat Li, Kirkland & Ellis
Jeff Eichmann, Eichmann Firm, Fred Fabricant, Fabricant LLP, Adam Allgood, Cherian, Blake Thompson, MT2, Andy Tindel, MT2; Moderator: Tripp Fussell, Mayer Brown
Session Chair: Tripp Fussell, Mayer Brown
Tim Durst, O’Melveny, Leon Carter, Carter Arnett, James Walker, Cole Schotz; Co-Moderators: Mike Jones, Potter Minton & Eric Findlay, Findlay Craft
Session Chair: Martin Gilmore, Perkins Coie
Buses load at hotel entrance on Bishop Street located directly off Trinity Ballroom Foyer
Grab a Suds or a Dutton Family Signature Cocktail and Saddle-up onto the Bus!
Casual/Western Attire
Judge Michael Truncale, EDTX, Christy Amuny, Germer PLLC, David Beck, Beck Redden, Magistrate Judge Zack Hawthorn, EDTX, Maryalyce Cox, Mehaffy Weber, Moderator: Donean Surratt, Fisher Firm
Session Chair: Donean Surratt, Fisher Firm
Fabian Gonell, Qualcomm, Patricio Delgado, Ericsson, Nick Kim, Microsoft, Eman Sojoodi, Dell; Moderator Rick Cederoth, Sidley
Session Chair: Brett Govett, Norton Rose Fulbright
Holly Engelmann, Duane Morris, Judge Kara Farnandez Stoll, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal
Circuit, Judge Kimberly Priest Johnson, Magistrate Judge, EDTX, Tracey Davies, Chief Strategy and Chief IP Officer, CPRIT, Shonn Brown, Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Kimberly-Clark, Co-Moderators: Ashbey Morgan & Al Suarez, Gibson Dunn
Session Chair: Kirstine Rogers, Risk Settlements
After a Yellowstone-less summer, the Board of Directors of the Eastern District of Texas Bar Association presents Taylor Sheridan, an Academy Award-nominated writer behind the hit series “Yellowstone,” its critically acclaimed prequel, “1883,” and the hit series “Mayor of Kingstown.”
Joint Civil and Criminal Track Presentation – Trinity Ballroom
Magistrate Judge Roy Payne, EDTX, Amir Alavi, Alavi & Anaipakos PLLC, David Kennedy,
BRG, Stephen Dell, Novum, Michele Riley, Stout, Ambreen Salters, StoneTurn; Moderator:
Alan Ratliff, StoneTurn
Session Chair: Doug Lumish, Latham & Watkins
Chief Judge Priscilla Richman, 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Carl Stewart, 5th Circuit
Court of Appeals, Judge James Graves, 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Catharina Haynes,
5th Circuit Court of Appeals, Co-Moderators: Michael Smith, Scheef & Stone & Ryan Raybould, U.S. Senator John Cornyn
Joint Civil and Criminal Track Presentation – Trinity Ballroom
Ted Stevenson, Alston & Bird, LLP, Jennifer Truelove, McKool Smith, Nick Mathews, McKool Smith,
Andrea Fair, Ward, Smith & Hill, PLLC
Judge Lee Yeakel, WDTX, Sam Baxter, McKool Smith, Chip Babcock, Jackson Walker; Moderator: Judge David Folsom [Ret.], EDTX
Session Chair: Bob Weber, Smith Weber
Judge Jimmie Reyna, US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, Magistrate Judge John Love,
EDTX; Moderator: Natalie Bennett, Morgan Lewis
Session Chair: Natalie Bennett, Morgan Lewis
Magistrate Judge Nicole Mitchell, EDTX, Brad Caldwell, Caldwell Cassady & Curry, Jason
Sheasby, Irell & Manella, LLP, Ruffin Cordell, Fish & Richardson, Joe Mueller, Wilmer Hale
Session Chair: Professor Jim Wren, Baylor Law School
Trinity Ballroom Foyer
Buses load for Texas Motor Speedway @ 5:15pm
Walking Distance from Hotel – Located at 7501 Lone Star Drive, Suite B150, Plano, Texas
Kick-off your boots, relax & rewind with friends
Trinity Ballroom Foyer
Hosted by Judge Paul Brown & T. John Ward Inns of Court
Come indulge in cordials & desserts which includes some of “Judge Amos Mazzant’s World Famous Cookies & Coffee Cake!”
Trinity Ballroom Foyer
Trinity Ballroom Foyer
Russ is the owner of “Speaking of Grapes & Grains” and an official judge at “Whiskeys of the World – Saddle up, sip & learn about all things whiskey from one of the industry’s best
Michael C. Galdo, Deputy Director of COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement, U.S. Dept of Justice,
Frank Coan, AUSA EDTX – Criminal Division Chief; Bob Wells, AUSA EDTX, Richard
Roper, Partner, Holland & Knight; Moderator: Judge J. Campbell Barker, EDTX
After a Yellowstone-less summer, the Board of Directors of the Eastern District of Texas
Bar Association presents Taylor Sheridan, an Academy Award-nominated writer behind the hit series “Yellowstone,” its critically acclaimed prequel, “1883,” and the hit series “Mayor of Kingstown.”
Joint Civil and Criminal Track Presentation – Trinity Ballroom
Margaret Alverson, Circuit CJA Budgeting Attorney, 5th Circuit Court of Appeals; Madison
Cedillo, Financial Technician, United States District Clerk, EDTX.
Chief Judge Priscilla Richman, 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Carl Stewart, 5th Circuit
Court of Appeals, Judge James Graves, 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Catharina Haynes,
5th Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge James Ho, 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, Co-Moderators:
Michael Smith, Scheef & Stone & Ryan Raybould, U.S. Senator John Cornyn
Joint Civil and Criminal Track Presentation – Trinity Ballroom
Alan Dorhoffer, Deputy Director, U.S. Sentencing Commission; Lucas Machicek, Assistant US
Attorney, EDTX; James Whalen, Whalen Law Office; Moderator: John McElroy, Chief Federal
Public Defender, EDTX.
Karen Glassman, Senior Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services; James Gillingham, Civil Chief, US Attorney’s Office, EDTX; Nathaniel Kummerfeld, Assistant US Attorney, EDTX; Moderator: Judge Jeremy D. Kernodle, EDTX.
Joint Civil and Criminal Track Presentation – San Jacinto Room
Magistrate Judges Christine L. Stetson and Boone Baxter, EDTX; Moderator: Magistrate Judge Zack Hawthorn, EDTX.
Trinity Ballroom Foyer
Buses load for Texas Motor Speedway @ 5:15pm
Walking Distance from Hotel – Located at 7501 Lone Star Drive, Suite B150, Plano, Texas
Kick-off your boots, relax & rewind with friends
Trinity Ballroom Foyer
Hosted by Judge Paul Brown & T. John Ward Inns of Court
Come indulge in cordials & desserts which includes some of “Judge Amos Mazzant’s World Famous Cookies & Coffee Cake!”
Trinity Ballroom Foyer
Trinity Ballroom Foyer
Russ is the owner of “Speaking of Grapes & Grains” and an official judge at “Whiskeys of the World – Saddle up, sip & learn about all things whiskey from one of the industry’s best!
Judge Leonard Stark, Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, Chief Judge Rodney Gilstrap, EDTX, Judge Amos Mazzant, EDTX, Judge Lee Yeakel, WDTX, Chief Judge Colm Connolly, District of Delaware, Judge Richard Andrews, District of Delaware, Chief Judge Richard Seeborg, ND California; Co-Moderators: Kevin Collins, Covington & Burling, Josh Thane, Haltom & Doan
Session Chair: Deborah Miron, Executive Director, Federal Circuit Bar Association
Senior Judge Ron Clark, EDTX, Judge Jimmie Reyna, Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, Magistrate Judge Christine Stetson, EDTX; Co-Moderators: Betty Chen & Ben Elacqua, Fish & Richardson
Session Chair: Betty Chen, Fish & Richardson
Judge Robert “Trey” Schroeder, EDTX, Yar Chaikovsky, Paul Hastings, Tom Melsheimer, Winston & Strawn, Johanna Hillard, JuryScope, Angie Hickox, Laird Trial Consulting; Moderator: Wes Hill, Ward, Smith, and Hill PLLC
Session Chair: Katrina Eash, Winston & Strawn
Presentation by FBI Supervisory Special Agent Tim Brown
Joint Civil and Criminal Track Presentation – Trinity Ballroom
Session Chair: Brit Featherston, US Attorney, EDTX