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2017 Bench Bar Conference Jointly with the the Center for American and International Law October 4-6, 2017 Plano Marriott Legacy Town Center 7121 Bishop Rd Eastern District of Texas 2017 Bench Bar Conference Jointly with the The Center for American and International Law October 4-6, 2017 Plano Marriott Legacy Town Center 7121 Bishop Rd. Plano, TX 75024 800.228.9290 972.473.6444 OCTOBER 4, 2017 3:30 PM Federal Trade Secret Misappropriation: Venue, Ex Parte Seizure and Criminal 9:00 AM East Texas Shoot Out at the Implications. Using the Nuclear Option. Frisco Gun Club Event Chair - Darby Doan, Haltom & Doan Panel Chair - Natalie Bennett, McDermott, Will & Emery Panel - Judge Amos Mazzant (EDTX); Judge 10:00 AM Golfing At Gleneagles Country Club Keith Giblin (EDTX); Judge Kimberly Priest Event Chair - Charles B. “Chip” Molster, The Johnson (EDTX); Professor Kate Stith, Lafayette Law Offices of Charles B. Molster, III, PLLC S. Foster Professor of Law, Yale Law School; EVENTS STARTING AT THE MARRIOTT AT Hiram Sasser, Deputy Chief Counsel, First LEGACY TOWN CENTER IN PLANO Liberty Institute Conference Section Chair - Adam Allgood, 4:15 PM Winning the Judge, Winning the Jury, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP Winning the Case. Tips from the Bench on Best Practices for Winning Huge. 2:00 PM Affirmative and Defensive IP Strategies in an Unstable Legal Environment. Panel Chair - Jennifer Ainsworth, Wilson, Robertson & Cornelius, PC Panel Chair - Brian Pandya, Wiley Rein LLP Panel - Chief Judge Ron Clark (EDTX); Chief Panel – Buddy Toliver, Senior Corporate Judge Barbara Lynn (NDTX); Chief Judge Counsel, Cisco Systems; Jennifer Yokoyama, Linares (DNJ); Judge Lee Yeakel (WDTX); Principal Counsel, Patent Litigation, Apple Inc.; Judge Rodney Gilstrap (EDTX) Alan Fisch, Fisch Sigler, LLP; Matt Acosta, Jackson Walker; Christian Hurt, Nix, Patterson 5:00 PM Opening Reception & Roach LLP A Celebration of Texas’ Tejano Heritage. 2:45 PM Words, Phrases & Rhetorical Ploys That Will Mariachi Band & South of the Border Make Some Judge’s Skin Crawl. Are You Reception, Mexican Beer & Tequila Tastings Playing Russian Roulette With Your Briefing? Reception Sponsor: StoneTurn Group, LLP Panel Chair - Andy Tindel, MT2 Law Group Event Chair - Alan Ratliff, StoneTurn Group, LLP (Former Law Clerk to William Steger) 7:00 PM Dinner on Your Own Panel - Boone Baxter, Heim, Payne & Chorush (Former Law Clerk to Judge Leonard Davis 9:00 PM Private Screening of Uncertain, The Movie. and Judge Robert Schroeder); Elizabeth “Beth” Documenting a Remote Corner of the Forrest, Siebman, Burg, Phillips & Smith, LLP Marshall Division of the Eastern District of (Former Law Clerk to Judge Amos Mazzant); Texas. Rolling Stone calls it “A Must See Claire Henry, Ward, Smith & Hill (Former Law Movie” and the Wall Street Journal calls it Clerk to Judge T. John Ward); Alexandra “Beautifully Poetic” McNicholas (EDTX Career Law Clerk); Wesley Angelika Film Center and Café, Legacy Town Samples, Fish Richardson (Former Law Clerk Center, Plano. to Judge John Love); Philip Vickers, Cantey Hanger, LLP (Former Law Clerk to Judge Event Chair - Stephanie Barnes, Siebman, Michael Schneider) Burg, Phillips & Smith, LLP 10:30 PM Presidential Suite Opens for After Dinner Conversation OCTOBER 5, 2017 11:20 AM The Ever-Evolving Face of the Eastern District of Texas. Reflections From the 7:30 AM Breakfast Buffet Opens Past, the Present and a Look Into the Breakfast Sponsor: Findlay Craft Future. Under the French Flag, A breakfast of Panel Co-Chairs - Steven Geiszler, U.S. Croissants, Beignets, Omelets & Café Au Lait Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Huawei 8:30 AM Opening of the Conference. Chief Judge Technologies; Clyde Siebman, Siebman, Burg, Ron Clark (EDTX); EDTX Bar Association Phillips & Smith, LLP President William E. “Bo” Davis, III; Panel – Chief Judge Ron Clark & Judge Conference Chair Clyde M. Siebman Rodney Gilstrap Conference Section Chair - E. Glenn Thames, 12:05 PM Lunch Buffet Jr., Potter Minton, PC Lunch Sponsor: Duff & Phelps 8:45 AM Getting In and Getting Out of Texas. Drilling Into Questions Yet Conference Section Chair - Allen Gardner, Unanswered By TC Heartland in the Gillam & Smith LLP Age of Cyberspace. 12:30 PM Lunch Presentation. Why Atticus Finch Panel Chair - Michael C. Smith, Siebman, Burg, is Still Our Role Model--Even After Go Phillips & Smith, LLP Set A Watchman? Panel – Judge Leonard Davis, Fish Richardson; Speaker - Talmage Boston, Lawyer-author Dean Brad Toben, Baylor Law School; Douglas 1:15 PM Willful Infringement and Enhanced A. Cawley, McKool Smith; Wesley Hill, Ward, Damages. Where Are We? Where Are Smith & Hill, PLLC; Thomas J. Meloro, Willkie, We Going? Are We There Yet? Farr & Gallagher, LLP Panel Chair - Jeannie Heffernan, Kirkland & 9:30 AM Hatch Waxman, TC Heartland & Ellis LLP America Invents Act. Pharma in the Vortex. Panel - Judge Cathy Bencivengo (SDCA); Judge Cathy Bissoon (WDPA); Judge Robert W. Panel Chair - William E. “Bo” Davis, III, The “Trey” Schroeder, III (EDTX); Judge Christopher Davis Firm, P.C. Burke (DE); Judge John Love (EDTX) Panel - Chief Judge Jose Linares (DNJ); Judge 2:00 PM IPR: A Real Threat or Just Fake News? Rodney Gilstrap (EDTX); Judge Christopher Burke (DE); Colman Ragan, Associate Panel Chair - Max Ciccarelli, Thompson & General Counsel, U.S. IP Litigation, Teva Knight, LLP Pharmaceuticals; Stephanie Barnes, Siebman, Burg, Phillips & Smith, LLP Panel - Judge Roy Payne, (EDTX); Hilda C. Galvan, Jones Day; David McCombs, Haynes & 10:15 AM Morning Break Boone, LLP; Patrick McPherson, Duane Morris, LLP; Charles B. “Chip” Molster, The Law Offices 10:35 AM Successful Mediation: Navigating the of Charles B. Molster, III, PLLC Potholes on the Road to Yes. 2:45 PM Break Panel Chair - Barry Golob, Cozen O’Conner Panel - Judge Mary Pat Thynge (DE); Judge David Folsom, Jackson Walker; Hesha Abrams, Hesha Abrams Mediation, LLC 3:00 PM The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of OCTOBER 6, 2017 Early Damage Disclosures. A Look at the New California Approach. 8:00 AM Breakfast Buffet Opens Panel Chair - Steven Williams, McDole & Southern Traditions: Breakfast of Sausage, Williams, PC Eggs, Gravy and Grits Panel - Patrick Weston, Senior Litigation Conference Section Chair - S. Donean Surratt, Counsel, Google; Kenneth E. Keller, Pillsbury, Orgain, Bell & Tucker, LLP Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman LLP; Grant Kinsel, 8:30 AM Judge Kara Stoll: The Federal Circuit: Perkins Coie, LLP; Elizabeth “Betty” DeRieux, A View From Inside & Out. Introduction Capshaw DeRieux; Rudy Fink, McKool Smith; by Chief Judge Ron Clark (EDTX) Gita Srivastava, Norton Rose Fulbright 9:15 AM Deciding Where to File a Case. What 3:45 PM Using Jury Research to Evaluate Makes a Favorable Venue; Peeking Litigation Risks. Inside the Decision Making Process? Panel Chair - Dr. Eric Rudich, Blueprint Trial Panel Chair - Richard L. “Rocky” Schwartz Consulting Panel - Amanda Abraham, The Roth Law Panel - Judge Zack Hawthorn (EDTX); Sean Firm; John Battaglia, Fisch Sigler, LLP; Jeff Cunningham, DLA Piper; John A. “Jack” Bragalone, Bragalone Conroy, PC; Barry Kelly, Senior Counsel-Intellectual Property, GE Bumgardner, Nelson Bumgardner, PC; Holly Aviation Hernandez, Senior Vice President, Licensing, 4:30 PM You Got My Expert to Say What? Acacia Research Group, LLC Tips and Traps for Deposing Expert 10:00 AM Selecting and Preparing Corporate Witnesses. Representatives and Witnesses. What Speaker - Craig Haynes, Thompson & Knight, Factors Should In-House Counsel Take LLP Into Consideration in the Eastern District of Texas? 5:15 PM Presidential and Chief Judge’s Reception Panel Chair - Doug Keene, Keene Trial Consulting Reception Sponsors: Dovel & Luner, LLP; Greenberg Traurig, LLP; King & Spalding LLP Panel - Judge John Love (EDTX); Janis Clements, Greenberg Traurig, LLP; Geoff 6:30 PM Presidential and Chief Judge’s Dinner Culbertson, Patton, Tidwell & Culbertson LLP; Harry “Gil” Gillam, Gillam & Smith LLP; Michael Dinner Sponsors: Baker Botts L.L.P.; Ward, E. “Mike” Jones, Potter Minton Smith & Hill, PLLC 10:30 AM Break It’s a Texas Thang. Red Meat, Red Wine & Bourbon Whiskey (With Reasonable Alternatives, Of Course) 7:30 PM Recognitions and Awards 7:45 PM Bar & Grill Singers 8:30 PM Dessert, Conversation & Live Guitar Music in the Foyer 10:45 AM How Prosecution Bars, IPR, and the 12:35 PM From Patent Pilot Program Districts to Different Duties of Candor Create the Federal Circuit. Do Patent Cases Traps for In-House Counsel, Litigators, Deserve Special Treatment? and Others. Panel Chair - Jennifer Doan, Haltom & Doan Panel Chair - Professor David Hricik, Mercer University School of Law Panel - Judge Gregg Costa (CA5); Judge José Cabranes (CA2); Judge Kara Stoll (CAFC); Panel - Hope Shimabuku, Regional Director Chief Judge Ron Clark (EDTX); Judge Rodney USPTO-Texas Regional Office; Carlo Cotrone, Gilstrap (EDTX) Senior IP Counsel, Baker Hughes, a GE Company; Chad Hanson, Attorney, Medtronic, 1:25 PM Amelie Karam, Nationally Recognized Inc.; Chris Kennerly, Paul Hastings, LLP; Millennial Specialist, Speaker and David O. Taylor, Co-Director of Tsai Center for Consultant, or Is That My Kid’s Baby Law Science and Innovation and Associate Sitter? A Guide to Understanding and Professor of Law, SMU Dedman School of Law Communicating with Millennials. 11:30 AM Maximizing and Minimizing Damages. 2:10 PM As Viewed From the Bench, Is There How Best to Monetize Innovation? Anything To This Millennial Thing? Panel Chair - Melissa Smith, Gillam & Smith LLP Panel Chair - Amelie Karam Panel – Douglas Ellis, Managing Director, Panel - Judge Robert W. “Trey” Schroeder, III ASQ Consulting; Rob Maness, Charles River (EDTX); Judge Caroline Craven (EDTX); Judge Associates; Alan Ratliff, StoneTurn; Chris Nicole Mitchell (EDTX); Judge Christine Nowak Dunstan, Director of Licensing, North America, (EDTX) Senior IP Counsel, Ericsson; Tom Coverstone, 2:50 PM Cyber Attacks and Other STAR CO E-Skullduggery. Are Law Firms a 12:15 PM Lunch Target Rich Environment? All American Burgers, Hot Dogs & Apple Pie Panel Chair - Brett Johnson, Winston & Strawn Conference Section Chair - Rose Keagy, Senior Panel - Charles Bundren, Wm. Charles Bundren Attorney, Texas Instruments Incorporated & Associates; Phillip B. Philbin, Haynes & Boone, LLP; Bruce Sostek, Thompson & Knight; James “Jim” Walker, Cole Schotz P.C. 3:35 PM Conference Adjourns 2017 OFFICERS 2017 DIRECTORS • William E.
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