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Platts 12th Annual Caribbean Energy Conference
1/26/2012
"Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. and Cyprus Concerning the Protection of Cultural Property from Cyprus"
January 2012
"Finance in a World of Reduced Government Assistance"
1/18/2012
2012 Trends in Annual Disclosures
1/17/2012
Security, Sustainability and Renewables
12/14/2011
Mentor, SURGE
2011
"Daubert and Expert Testimony in Art Cases"
11/18/2011
"Renewable Portfolio Standards, FITs and Federalism"
11/16/2011
"National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) Industry Growth Forum" (Sponsorship)
Seminar
11/8/2011
"Provenance Research at the MFA: Its Historical, Legal and Ethical Context"
11/5/2011
"Friends of Wednesday’s Child 28th Annual Celebrity Golf Classic"
10/20/2011
The MLP Conference
Hosted by DealFlow Media
10/17/2011
"Protecting the Cultural Property of Cyprus, Now and in the Future: Opportunities for Broader Collaboration"
10/14/2011
19th Annual SMU Corporate Counsel Symposium
10/14/2011
"Term Sheets and Deal Structures - Changes You Need to Know"
10/13/2011
"Term Sheets and Deal Structures - Changes You Need to Know" to be presented at the Venture Capital Financing Conference
10/13/2011
Platts 2011 MLP Symposium
10/11/2011
11th Annual Robert H. Dedman Award for Ethics and Law Dinner
10/4/2011
"Restitution of Art Looted or Otherwise Displaced During Wartime: Implications for Appraisers"
9/27/2011
"Art Transaction Issues: You say: 'ART!' I say: 'RISK!' Ready?"
9/21/2011
"Museum Ethics & Governance Issues: Basics and Beyond"
9/18/2011
8th Annual ACC CLE Event, Annual Meeting with Golf and Spa
9/9/2011
New Issues in Today's Licensing Transactions Conference
8/29/2011
"9th Annual Texas LEAD"
8/26/2011
"Overview of Public Law Legislation Passed During the 82nd Legislative Session," Estrada Hinojosa Annual Conference, Dallas, Texas
8/25/2011
"Lessons Learned from the 2/2/11 Event"
2011
Redefined Linkage of Security and Sustainability
6/28/2011
"Restitution of Art Looted or Otherwise Displaced During Wartime: Implications for Appraisers," American Society of Appraisers
6/14/2011
Climate Finance North America 2011
6/14/2011
"Legal Ethical and Moral Issues Related to Art Looted by the Nazis or Otherwise Displaced During World War II"
6/13/2011
Platts 14th Annual Private Power in Central America Conference
6/9/2011
State Incentives To Promote Renewable Power: Assessing Challenges to Federal Authority
6/7/2011
9th Annual Rocky Mountain Intellectual Property & Technology Institute
6/1/2011
"What's So Intellectual About This Property?" Dallas Area Paralegal Association General Membership Meeting, Dallas, TX
5/17/2011
"Realizing and Financing the Commercial Potential of Electric Power Storage"
5/11/2011
"Legal Perspectives on Forming and Financing an Emerging Company," presented at Rice Alliance Austin, Austin, Texas
4/21/2011
"Holocaust Art Looting"
4/19/2011
"Exit Strategy Options for Software Companies in 2011-2012," Webinar
April 2011
"Legal Perspectives on Forming an Emerging Company," presented at Venture Fellows, Austin, Texas
3/30/2011
"Seed and Angel Financing Strategies," presented at Tech Ranch Austin, Austin, TX
3/25/2011
"What is Art and Cultural Property Law?"
3/23/2011
Symposium on Protections Under The Sixth Amendment: Speedy Trial, Jury Trial, Confrontation
3/23/2011
"All is Fair in Art and War: Confiscation of Cultural Property During Times of Armed Conflict"
3/21/2011
"Remnants of Genocide: Reclaiming Art and Other Heirlooms Lost in Atrocities"
3/11/2011
First Annual RISE Awards
3/11/2011
"Funding Your Start-Up," presented at RISE, Austin, Texas
3/9/2011
"Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made By Entrepreneurs," presented at RISE, Austin, Texas
3/8/2011
"Seed and Angel Financing Strategies," presented at RISE, Austin, Texas
3/7/2011
Dallas Museum of Art Affair of the Art - Maison de la Mode: House of Fashion
3/5/2011
ACA's Spring 2011 Compliance Conference
3/3/2011
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA): What Every Company Needs To Know
2/24/2011
Speaker, Twelfth Annual History Conference, Dallas Historical Society
2011
Archon President's Day Golf Classic
2/21/2011
American Securitization Forum 2011
2/6/2011
Dallas Furniture Bank Amazing Race
1/30/2011
Dallas Petroleum Club Ball
1/29/2011
Andrews Kurth National Moot Court Championship
1/27/2011
California's Carbon Market
1/27/2011
Platts 11th Annual Caribbean Energy Conference
1/27/2011
CRE Finance Council January Conference
1/24/2011
Point-Counterpoint: Finding Common Ground on Renewable Energy Webinar
January 2011
Painstaking Excellence: More Ethics Than You Require
1/20/2011
"Critical Drivers for Utility Scale Renewable Energy" Seminar
1/19/2011
Legal Aspects of Financing Utility Scale Renewable Energy Webinar
January 2011
2011 Trends in Annual Disclosures
1/12/2011
New Renewable Business Models to Raise Capital in Constrained Markets Webinar
December 2010
Advisory Board Member and Judge, Rice Alliance Energy & Clean Technology & I.T./Web 2.0 Technology Venture Forums (2008-2010)
2010 CO2 Conference Week
12/6/2010
Offshore Wind Development Webinar
November 2010
Impact of 2010 Elections on Renewable Energy Policy Webinar
November 2010
"Tracking Hitler's Stolen Treasures"
11/16/2010
Austin Intellectual Property Law Association Annual Judges Dinner
11/12/2010
Coach Garrido to Speak at Upcoming TeXchange Event
11/10/2010
"Financing a Startup: Selecting the Investor and Negotiating the Term Sheet - The Entrepreneur's Perspective," The University of Texas Venture Fellows MBA Program, Austin, Texas
11/8/2010
National MS Society Women on the Move Luncheon
11/5/2010
Cancer Support Community Rock the Red Door
10/29/2010
Austin Habitat for Humanity 25th Anniversary Gala
10/27/2010
DFW Private Equity Forum Charity Golf Tournament
10/26/2010
"Managing Small Balance Loans," Trigild Conference on "Lighting the Tunnel," San Diego, California
10/22/2010
DAABA Night at the Opera: Awards, Corporate Counsel, Civic Leaders and Judges
10/20/2010
Trigild Lender Conference
10/20/2010
23rd NREL Industry Growth Forum
10/19/2010
"Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made By Entrepreneurs," presented at Texas Venture Labs, Austin, Texas
10/11/2010
The General Counsel Forum Robert H. Dedman Award for Ethics and Law Dinner
10/5/2010
SMU Corporate Counsel Symposium
10/1/2010
The World Affairs Council H. Neil Mallon Award Dinner
9/25/2010
2010 Heart of a Champion Luncheon
9/23/2010
Outlook for Renewables: The Competitive Landscape Webinar
September 2010
Cancer Support Community (formerly Gilda's Club) Movers, Shakers, Difference Makers!
9/15/2010
Each Moment Matters Luncheon
9/9/2010
"Developing and Financing Wind Energy Projects in Mexico," Brazil Windpower 2010, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
September 2010
Licensing Transactions: New Case Law, Trends and Business Models
8/26/2010
Bills of Review, Restricted Appeals, and Other Appellate Issues
Harris County Judicial Education Conference
8/11/2010
National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer
August 2010
Panelist, "Strategies to Leverage Workplace Power," NAWL Annual Meeting, New York, NY
7/22/2010
"The Future of World Carbon Markets: How Critical is the U.S. Role?"
7/13/2010
ATC/RISE RAVE 3.0
6/29/2010
Platts 13th Annual Private Power in Central America Conference
6/23/2010
Mid-Year Real Estate Investment Roundtable
6/22/2010
Alternative & Renewable Energy Finance Available in Washington, DC
6/17/2010
PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) Financing - Growth for Renewables and Energy Efficiency
6/16/2010
CRE Finance Council Annual Convention
ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources - "The Current State of Carbon Trading"
6/7/2010
MBA's Commercial/Multifamily Servicing and Technology Conference
WINDPOWER 2010
Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Annual In-House Symposium
5/21/2010
HP Byron Nelson Championship
Allocating Prosecutorial Power: How Prosecutors Compete, Cooperate and Clash
4/23/2010
Green IT Economic Summit
4/22/2010
Leveraging Energy Partnerships in the Stimulus Environment
4/15/2010
"Legal Perspectives on Forming an Emerging Company," The University of Texas Venture Fellows MBA Program, Austin, Texas
4/14/2010
"How To Hire The Right Lawyer For Your Venture," (Interview) Blog Talk Radio
3/7/2010
"Unique Considerations When Forming a Clean Tech Venture," (with Alan Bickerstaff) presented at RISE, Austin, Texas
3/5/2010
"Unique Considerations When Forming a Clean Tech Venture," (with Matt Lyons) presented at RISE, Austin, Texas
3/5/2010
"Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made By Entrepreneurs," presented at RISE, Austin, Texas
3/3/2010
"Funding Alternatives in the Current Economic Environment," presented at RISE, Austin, Texas
3/2/2010
ABA Environmental Conference, "Climate Change: Copenhagen and Beyond"
March 2010
Junior League of Dallas "Rock the Stars" Ball
2/20/2010
"Exit Strategy Planning: Begin with the End in Mind," co-hosted by Andrews Kurth and Tolarus Capital Advisors, Austin, Texas (pdf)
2/18/2010
Dallas Petroleum Club Ball
2/6/2010
Federal and State Incentives for Renewable Energy
2/5/2010
10th Annual Caribbean Energy Conference
1/28/2010
"Renewable Finance and Stimulus Act Funding: What You Need to Know for 2010"
1/21/2010
Cooperative Federalism and Green Infrastructure Development
1/20/2010
"Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made By Entrepreneurs," presented at TechRanch Pioneer Brown Bag Lunch, Austin, Texas (pdf)
1/14/2010
COPC meeting
1/14/2010
2010 Trends in Annual Disclosures
1/13/2010
2009 Leadership in Utilities Forum
12/2/2009
"How State and Local Governments Can Leverage ARRA Funds"
11/19/2009
"Sustaining the Economic Stimulus: the National Case for Biomass" webinar
11/18/2009
“Financing a Startup: Selecting the Investor and Negotiating the Term Sheet – The Entrepreneur’s Perspective," The University of Texas Venture Fellows MBA Program, Austin, Texas
11/10/2009
"Financing Renewables through Public-Private Partnerships" web conference
11/8/2009
The 22nd National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Industry Growth Forum
11/3/2009
"Culture and Conflict: The US and the 1954 Hague Convention" Conference
10/23/2009
Dallas Asian American Bar Association (DAABA) Awards Reception
10/22/2009
Trigild Lender Conference
10/22/2009
"What is Art Law? Art, Cultural Property and Museum Law and Practice"
10/21/2009
Gulf Coast Innovation Conference: Driving Innovation to Commercialization
10/21/2009
SMU Corporate Counsel Symposium
10/16/2009
Clean Energy Venture Summit
10/15/2009
Texas Supreme Court Update with Justice Scott Brister
10/14/2009
Dallas/Fort Worth Private Equity Forum Charity Golf Tournament
10/13/2009
"Federal Funding Opportunites for Your Biomass Company" webinar
10/5/2009
Panelist, "Term Sheets 101," Austin Technology Incubator Seminar, Austin, Texas (pdf)
9/28/2009
"Federal Incentives for Biomass Development"
9/26/2009
"The U.S. Offsets Market: From Pre-Compliance to Mandatory Implementation"
9/15/2009
Aspen Cultural Diplomacy Forum
9/15/2009
Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Golf and Spa Event
9/11/2009
Panelist, UT McCombs School of Business Entrepreneur Society Start Up Meet Up
9/11/2009
Judge, UT McCombs School of Business Entrepreneur Society Pitch Party
9/10/2009
Simply Summer...Simply Shoes
8/22/2009
"An Introduction to LSTA Distressed Trading Documentation"
7/29/2009
State of the Industry Webcast: Commercial Real Estate Finance Council [formerly, Commercial Mortgage Securities Association]
7/21/2009
"Environmental Issues in the Construction and Maintenance of Utility Facilities and Transmission Lines," Utilities Land Law seminar, Arlington, Texas
6/25/2009
Mid-Year Real Estate Investment Roundtable
6/17/2009
Clean Energy State Alliance
6/15/2009
Platts 12th Annual Private Power in Central America Conference
6/12/2009
Dealing with Businesses in Distress: Minimizing Risks and Maximizing Opportunities
Andrews Kurth Panel Discussion
6/2/2009
Speaker, Tenth Annual History Conference, Dallas Historical Society
2009
REBN South TechConnect Networking Event '09
5/5/2009
"Estate and Tax Strategies"
May 2009
"Venture Financing: Forming an Emerging Company - Laying the Foundation for Venture Capital Investment," The University of Texas Venture Fellows MBA Program, Austin, Texas
4/22/2009
"Finance Biomass-to-Power Projects, Government Funding Programs and the 2009 Stimulus Act," Infocast Conference
April 2009
"The Stimulus Package for Energy & Infrastructure PPPs"
4/7/2009
"The Wall Street Green Trading Summit"
4/1/2009
"IP Licensing in 2009—New Legal, Business and Regulatory Developments"
3/30/2009
Angel and Venture Financing
3/25/2009
"What the Stimulus Means for Renewables: Viewpoints of the Key Players"
3/18/2009
"Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made By Entrepreneurs," presented at RISE, Austin, Texas
3/5/2009
"Financing India Infrastructure Projects," Practicing Law Institute
3/4/2009
"Financing India Renewable Energy Projects," ACORE RETECH Conference 2009
February 2009
"Provenance Research and Council of American Jewish Museums (CAJM) Leadership: Not An Option, an Imperative"
2/4/2009
"Legal Issues in the Restitution of Art Looted by the Nazis or Otherwise Displaced During Wartime"
2/2/2009
Platts 9th Annual Caribbean Energy Conference
1/29/2009
Webinar Course on Researcher Commercialization
"Three perspectives: Special investigations for board of directors"
1/20/2009
"The Changing Interface Between Legal Title and the Valuation of Fine Art and Tangible Personal Property"
1/14/2009
"Constitutional Considerations in Affirmative Action"
1/13/2009
"The Credit Crisis: What You and Your Board Should Know"
January 2009
Presentation to clients regarding Landlord & Tenant Bankruptcy Issues
"Demystifying E-Discovery: A Practical Approach"
12/18/2008
Panelist at the National Council for Public-Private Partnerships Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana
11/20/2008
"PIPE Transactions" University of Texas Venture Fellows MBA Project, Austin Texas
11/19/2008
"Data Preservation Duties and Protocols"
11/13/2008
"Legal and Practical Aspects of Windfarm Project Development, Siting and Permitting in Texas," Society of Texas Environmental Professionals
11/11/2008
"Data Preservation Duties and Protocols"
11/6/2008
"Buyers' and Sellers' Perspectives on Current Oil and Gas Acquisition and Divestiture Deals" (Platts Oil and Gas Conference)
November 2008
Federal Cleantech Funding
10/21/2008
"Barriers to Financing Indian Renewable Energy"
10/15/2008
"International Opportunities in Water Investment in India"
10/15/2008
"The Challenges of Biofuels Finance"
10/3/2008
"Transmission Planning: Who Should Build It?"
9/18/2008
"Carbon Webinar: Anticipating and Disclosing Present and Future Commercial Risks"
9/11/2008
Practical Approaches to Carbon Developments
9/11/2008
Public Procurement Around the World - An Introduction to Public Procurement Outside the United States
8/10/2008
"The Challenges of Biofuels Finance - Fuel Ethanol, Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel"
7/30/2008
Platts 11th Annual Private Power in Central America Conference
6/12/2008
"Angel Financing: Selecting the Investor and Negotiating the Term Sheet - The Entrepreneur's Perspective," Acton MBA 2nd Annual Angel Networking Event, Austin, Texas
5/22/2008
"Technology in the Courtroom," co-presented at the 2008 Trial Academy of the Texas Access to Justice Commission, The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX
5/21/2008
Hot Topics in Biodiesel—Renewable Diesel Versus Biodiesel
5/19/2008
"Venture Financing: Selecting the Investor and Negotiating the Series A Term Sheet - The Entrepreneur's Perspective," Central Texas Funding Symposium, Austin, Texas
4/18/2008
"Venture Financing: Forming an Emerging Company - Laying the Foundation for Venture Capital Investment," The University of Texas Venture Fellows MBA Program, Austin, Texas
4/1/2008
"Bankruptcy, What's New?", co-presented with Jason Brookner to the North Texas Paralegal Association, Belo Mansion
3/13/2008
"Structuring International Operations and Deals: Tax Effective Structuring of Investments in India, Mauritius, Singapore, Cyprus, Dubai, Brazil, USA and Malta"
3/7/2008
Biofuels Finance—Renewable Diesel Versus Biodiesel
3/6/2008
Overcoming Operational Challenges of Investing in India
3/5/2008
"Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made By Entrepreneurs," presented at RISE, Austin, Texas
3/4/2008
Renewable Diesel Versus Biodiesel
1/16/2008
Frequent lecturer on energy, project finance, carbon regulation and public-private partnerships at universities and continuing education programs; webinars on renewable energy finance, renewable energy regulations, carbon finance matters
International Opportunities in Water Investment in India
11/30/2007
"Venture Financing: Forming an Emerging Company - Laying the Foundation for Venture Capital Investment," The University of Texas Venture Fellows MBA Program, Austin, Texas
11/14/2007
"SEC's Recent Interest in 10b5-1 Sales by Insiders" webinar
November 2007
Barriers to Financing Indian Renewable Energy
10/30/2007
"The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act as Applied to Recent Art Restitution Disputes"
October 2007
"What to do When the Government Comes Knocking"
9/20/2007
"Angel Financing: Selecting the Investor and Negotiating the Term Sheet - The Entrepreneur's Perspective," Austin Technology Incubator/Central Texas Angel Network, Austin, Texas
9/18/2007
"Positioning Your Company for the Smooth and Successful Sale"
9/18/2007
"Positioning Your Company for the Smooth and Successful Sale," Entrepreneurs Foundation of Central Texas Legal Bites Breakfast Series, Austin, Texas
9/18/2007
"Crisis Management for Corporate Counsel"
9/7/2007
"Creditor Exempt Assets -- When You Can’t Take It With You, and the Creditor's Can't Take it Either"
9/6/2007
Help Wanted: General Counsel
6/22/2007
Renewable and Alternative Fuels Industry
An Overview to Israel’s Ministry of Energy Staff
6/18/2007
“Cost Allocation Developments for Network Upgrades in RTOs/ISOs”
June 2007
"Legal Strategies for Clean Tech Innovation," (with Sean Wooden, Roger Feldman, John Harrop and Carrick Brooke-Davidson) presented at Clean Energy Venture Summit, Austin, Texas
5/14/2007
"Conducting an Effective, Efficient and Objective Internal Investigation"
5/11/2007
"Bioenergy and Biofuels"
4/26/2007
"New Beginnings: Financing Biodiesel"
4/23/2007
Anti-Market Manipulation Rules under FERC Order No. 670
4/19/2007
Internal Investigations
4/19/2007
"Biodiesel Deal Structures"
4/12/2007
Internal Investigations
4/12/2007
Natural Gas Storage
4/11/2007
Traps for the Unwary (Or Things You Don't Want to Learn the Hard Way)
4/9/2007
"Venture Financing: Selecting the Investor and Negotiating the Term Sheet - The Entrepreneur's Perspective," The University of Texas Venture Fellows MBA Program, Austin, Texas
3/28/2007
Third Renewable and Distributed Generation Task Force Meeting
3/27/2007
Antitrust Issues in Franchising
3/23/2007
Natural Gas Storage
3/8/2007
"Overcoming Operational Challenges of Investing in India"
3/7/2007
"Structuring International Operations and Deals: Tax Effective Structuring of Investments in India, Mauritius, Singapore, Cyprus, Dubai, Brazil, USA and Malta"
3/7/2007
Internal Investigations
2/27/2007
Enforcement and Compliance Issues in Construction Storm Water Programs in Texas
2/15/2007
"Overcoming Operational Challenges of Investing in India"
2/14/2007
"Structuring International Operations and Deals: Tax Effective Structuring of Investment in India, Mauritius, Singapore, Cyprus, Dubai, Brazil, USA and Malta"
2/14/2007
Papering the Deal: The Basics of Term Sheets and Other Documentation in Private Equity Transactions
1/10/2007
Presiding Officer (Houston, Texas and Dallas, Texas), UT School of Law Corporate Counsel Institute (2005-2007)
What to do When the Government Comes Knocking
11/3/2006
"Straight Talk on Backdating" webinar
11/1/2006
Internal Investigations
10/13/2006
"Investing in India: Venture Capital for Private Equity for One of the Fastest Growing High Tech Hubs in the World"
10/10/2006
What to Do When the Whistle Blows: Practical Tips for Handling Whistleblower Complaints
10/8/2006
“Integrating Stakeholder Interests for a Brighter Energy Future”
10/5/2006
Decoding the Backdating Scandal
10/1/2006
Buying and Selling the Business
9/28/2006
Labor and Employment Update: An Overview of Title VII Retaliation, Texas Non-Compete Law, Independent Contractor vs. Employee Status, Fair Labor Standards Act, and Electronic Discovery
9/28/2006
Stock Option Dating Issues
9/28/2006
Buying and Selling the Business
9/21/2006
Decoding the Stock Option 'Backdating' Scandal
9/6/2006
Decoding the Stock Option Backdating Scandal
8/28/2006
Turning Off the Lights: Going Dark or Going Private
7/24/2006
Valuation of Mortgages, Mortgage Instruments, Mortgage Securitization and Regulatory Challenges/Mortgage Securitization Workshop
6/17/2006
Mortgage Bankers Association Capital Markets Conference
Coping with the SEC's Division of Enforcement
5/17/2006
The Future of Open Source Peer Production Models: Business and Legal Frontiers
5/2/2006
Commercial Securitization for Real Estate Lawyers
4/27/2006
Corporate Governance Issues in the Oil and Gas Setting
4/27/2006
International Trade Risk – Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
4/26/2006
"Understanding Common Credit Support Documents: Guaranties and Letters of Credit"
4/13/2006
U.S. Fuel Ethanol Program and the Energy Policy Act of 2005
4/10/2006
Role of Bond Counsel in a Texas City Financing
4/6/2006
Street Smarts for Small-Cap Companies - Stock Promoters: Behind the Scenes
4/6/2006
Fraud Prevention Tactics-Audit Committee Roundtable
4/4/2006
Hot SEC Issues Facing Corporate America
4/4/2006
Calculating Overtime: Traps for the Unwary and Tips for Compliance
4/1/2006
SEC Trends in 2006-View from a Recent Insider
4/1/2006
Resolving Conflicts between Surface and Mineral Development
3/14/2006
Resolving Conflicts Between Surface and Mineral Development
3/14/2006
Buying and Selling the Business
3/9/2006
Buying and Selling the Business
3/2/2006
Doing Business in Brazil - Main Business, Tax and Regulatory Concerns
2/22/2006
Bankruptcy Litigation: Advanced Pre-Trial Practice and Procedure Workshop
2/17/2006
US International Trade Commission Section 337, Learn the Ropes to Stay off the Ropes
2/15/2006
Trigild Lenders Conference
1/3/2006
Let There Be Light: An Overview of Texas Non-Compete Law
12/15/2005
"New Developments in Securities Law - Mergers & Acquisitions Trends and Developments"
December 2005
Hedge Funds and SEC Regulations
12/1/2005
Commercial Lending: New Trends and Revisiting the Basics
11/18/2005
SEC Enforcement Developments
11/17/2005
Hot SEC and Accounting Issues
11/15/2005
Top Ten Things Real Lawyers Know That Bankruptcy Lawyers Should Know
11/10/2005
The Top 10 Things to Think About When Selling Your Business
11/9/2005
Update on Legal Opinions: The Effect of the TBOC on Legal Opinion Practice
11/4/2005
Developments in SEC Enforcement
11/3/2005
Culture of Compliance as Seen From the Government's Perspective
10/27/2005
Key Enforcement Issues Affecting Public Companies
10/25/2005
Developing Compliance Plans for Energy Companies
10/20/2005
Partnerships, LLCs and LLPs: Organization and Operation in Texas
10/1/2005
Joint Operating Agreement: Review of Oil and Gas Law XX
8/25/2005
SEC Regulation and Enforcement
8/18/2005
University of Houston CLE - Advanced Civil Litigation
8/11/2005
Struggle Among the Classes: Dueling Bond Groups
6/24/2005
A Texas Antitrust Case from Trial through Appeal to the Texas Supreme Court
6/23/2005
"The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005"
6/21/2005
Valuation of Mortgages, Mortgage Instruments, Mortgage Securitization and Regulatory Challenges/Mortgage Securitization Workshop
6/18/2005
Is your hedge fund protected? How to fend off law suits, protect against fraud and tighter government scrutiny
6/16/2005
"Everything I Know About Ethics I Learned in Kindergarten"
6/2/2005
All I Really Need to Know About Ethics I Learned in Kindergarten
6/2/2005
The New Securities Enforcement Environment
6/2/2005
The New Securities Enforcement Environment
5/17/2005
Judge, UT Moot Court Finals
May 2005
"Legal Issues in the Restitution of Art Looted by the Nazis or Otherwise Displaced during World War II"
4/28/2005
Project Finance India 2005 - Overcoming Hurdles to Growth
3/18/2005
"Papering the Deal": The Basics of Term Sheets and Other Documentation in Private Equity Transactions
2/1/2005
Judge, Venture Capital Investment Competition (UT Division)
February 2005
"Constitutional Underpinnings of Administrative Law and the Mechanics of the Contested Case"
1/21/2005
Developing and Pleading Effective Causes of Action in Bankruptcy Cases
1/20/2005
Technology Day: Building Your Business
1/15/2005
“Land Revitalization/Brownfields/Superfund,” 16th Annual Texas Environmental Superconference, Austin, Texas
8/5/2004
"How to Try the Complex Administrative Case"
7/29/2004
Valuation of Mortgages, Mortgage Instruments, Mortgage Securitization and Regulatory Challenges/Mortgage Securitization Workshop
6/19/2004
Building Fences on the Electronic Frontier
5/21/2004
Technology Partnering and Strategic Alliances
5/6/2004
"Issues on Structuring the Angel Investor Deal," Texas Entrepreneur & Angel Investor Conference, Austin, Texas
5/4/2004
Austin Technology Council`s Annual "Texas Executive Summit"
5/4/2004
CEO Panel Moderator, Austin Technology Council's Annual Texas Executive Summit, Austin, Texas
5/4/2004
"Emergency Response Issues Under Homeland Security," ConocoPhillips Incident Management Assist Legal Officer Training, Houston, Texas
4/29/2004
Legal Issues Involving Direct E-Mail Marketing
4/22/2004
Texas Entrepreneur & Angel Investor Conference
4/21/2004
Debate at the University of Houston
1/28/2004
"Allocation of Equity in Start-Ups"
12/11/2003
"Equity Incentive Programs"
12/11/2003
"Executive Compensation Strategies for Start-ups," Austin Texchange, Austin, Texas
October 2003
Interview with Shemin Proctor at the American University Washington College of Law for her views on recruiting tips to law students
8/22/2003
Co-chair, NorthStar Conferences’ The Environmental Law Update for Corporate Counsel - Compliance, Risk Management & Communications Strategies to Achieve Bottom Line Results, Dallas, Texas (January 23 and 24, 2003)
Judge, Rice University Southwest Business Plan Competition (2001-2007)
"The Legal Framework of Affirmative Action Programs in Public Contracting: A Primer"
7/1/2001
"Opening Statement to the Committee on Art & Cultural Property Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States"
4/12/2000
"Affirmative Action: Its Foundation and Its Future"
7/1/1999
"Hot Topics in Constitutional Law for Cities"
10/1/1997
"Legal Insights Regarding Public Contracting and Purchasing Programs"
8/1/1997
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