The Impact of

Marriage Equality on Texas Law

LIVE Austin • Tuesday, December 1, 2015 • Texas Law Center WATCH from your computer or mobile device via LIVE WEBCAST

MCLE CREDIT 6.75 Hours (1 Ethics)

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The Impact of

Marriage Equality on Texas Law LIVE  Austin Tuesday, December 1, 2015 Texas Law Center WATCH from your computer or mobile device via LIVE WEBCAST Register by November 17th and save $50! Newly-licensed attorneys may attend for half off! #TBCLE

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6.75 hours including 1 hour ethics 8:00 Registration Coffee & Pastries Provided 8:50 Welcoming Remarks Course Director Shelly L. Skeen, Richardson BFS Law Group 9:00 Obergefell v. Hodges: What It Is and What It Means .25 hr Shelly L. Skeen, Richardson BFS Law Group 9:15 Religious Exemptions .75 hr • Current state of the law and the next legal battle ground • RFRA-Religious freedom or right to discriminate Rebecca L. Robertson, Houston American Civil Liberties Union of Texas James “Jody” J. Scheske, Austin James J. Scheske, PLLC

MCLE CREDIT

6.75 HOURS (1 ETHICS) MCLE COURSE NO: 901326613 Applies to the Texas Bar College and the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Civil Appellate Law, Civil Trial Law, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Family Law, and Tax Law.

10:00 The Effect of Obergefell on LGBT Employment Non-Discrimination .75 hr • Rights and remedies in Texas • How to counsel LGBT employees and their employers on the impact of Obergefell

Susan Burton, Austin Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody

10:45 Break 2

11:00 LGBT Estate Planning, Financial Planning, and Probate After Obergefell .5 hr Debra E. Hunt, Houston Moore & Hunt

Shelly L. Skeen, Richardson BFS Law Group

11:30 Representing Transgender Clients 1 hr • The current state of the law • Where does Texas law stand on changing gender and recognizing gender transition?

Claire Bow, Austin Attorney at Law, Transgender Rights Advocate/Activist



Shannon Price Minter, San Francisco, CA Legal Director National Center for Lesbian Rights

12:30 Break - Lunch Provided 12:45 Luncheon Presentation: Using Alternative Dispute Resolution to Circumvent Bias .5 hr ethics Claude E. Ducloux, Austin Hill Ducloux Carnes & de la Garza 1:15 Break 1:30 Adoptions and SAPCR’s After Obergefell .5 hr (.25 hr ethics) Suzanne Bryant, Austin Office of Suzanne Bryant

Arabia Vargas, Helotes Law Offices of Arabia Vargas and Lori Bindsell

Purpose and Scope Practitioners who represent lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered clients cannot miss this CLE! This course offers the latest tips, tools, and updates on new and quickly evolving LGBT legal issues since the marriage equality decision in June 2015. Topics include the decision’s impact on retroactivity, common law marriage, community property and parentage presumptions, civil unions and domestic registered partnerships, divorce, adoptions, assisted reproductive technology, gender identity, employment discrimination, estate planning and probate, alternative dispute resolution and religious exemptions. This CLE is groundbreaking and will assist any practitioner with an LGBT client in spotting issues that are critical, necessary and important as more and more clients are now willing to identify as LGBT in the wake of the marriage equality decision.

2:00 Common Law Marriage, Civil Unions, and Domestic Partnerships After Obergefell .75 hr (.25 ethics) • Parentage • Property • Pensions

D’Ana H. Mikeska, Austin Hopper Mikeska



Brian Thompson, Austin Hopper Mikeska

2:45 Divorce, Custody, and Other Emerging Family Law Issues After Obergefell .75 hr Karen J. Langsley, Austin Langsley Law

Michelle O’Neil, Dallas O’Neil Wysocki

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3:30 Break 3:45 Assisted Reproductive Technology .5 hr • Gestational agreements • Other ART agreements and issues

Christine Henry Andresen, Austin CHA Law Group

4:15 Litigation Involving the Enforcement of LGBT Rights .5 hr • Processes and procedures • The status of current litigation in the state of Texas

Austin Kaplan, Austin Kaplan Law Firm

Jan Soifer, Austin O’Connell & Soifer 4:45 Adjourn

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