Civil Appellate


Upcoming events


Thursday, May 17: Civil Appellate Law Section Luncheon Meeting

Time: Noon
Location: Green Pastures Restaurant, 811 W. Live Oak Street
Topic: A Panel Discussion on Amicus Practice
Speakers: 
Chief Justice Tom Phillips, Partner, Baker Botts
Kris Monson, Assistant Solicitor General 
Don Cruse, Law Office of Don Cruse
Wade Crosnoe, Partner, Thompson Coe
CLE credit: 1 hour, including .25 ethics
Cost: $20 for Section Members, $20 for Austin Bar Association-AYLA Members, and $20 for Non-Members
RSVP by Monday, May 14, 2012.  Send your check, made payable to "Civil Appellate Law Section": 
Matthew Ploeger
Vinson & Elkins
2801 Via Fortuna, Suite 100
Austin, Texas 78746
mploeger@velaw.com


Thursday, April 26: Evening with the Supreme Court of Texas

Please join the Austin Bar Association's Civil Appellate Law Section for a special event:
 
Time: 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.; reception to follow 
Location: Intercontinental Stephen F. Austin Hotel, 701 Congress Ave.
Topic: An Evening with the Supreme Court of Texas
Speakers: 
Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson
Justice Nathan L. Hecht
Justice David Medina
Justice Paul W. Green
Justice Phil Johnson
Justice Don R. Willett
Justice Debra Lehrmann
CLE credit: 1.5 hours, including .5 hours ethics
Cost: $25 prepaid, or $30 at the door. 
Please make check payable to Civil Appellate Section and mail to Matthew Ploeger, Vinson & Elkins, 2801 Via Fortuna, Suite 100, Austin, Texas 78746, no later than April 20, 2012, or reserve a space by email.
RSVP to Matthew Ploeger at 512-542-8627 or email at mploeger@velaw.com


Reception with the Texas Supreme Court to follow program from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. (open bar)
 


Thursday, March 29: Civil Appellate Law Section Meeting

Time: Noon
Location: Green Pastures Restaurant, 811 W. Live Oak St.
Topic: The Texas Appeals Management and E-filing System: Making Our Appellate Courts More Efficient and Transparent. 
Speakers:
Blake A. Hawthorne, Clerk of the Supreme Court of Texas, Chief Justice Adele Hedges, Fourteenth Court of Appeals
CLE: 1 hour
Cost: $20 for Section Members, $20 for Austin Bar Association-AYLA Members, and $20 for Non-Members
RSVP by Monday, March 26, 2012.  Send your check, made payable to "Civil Appellate Law Section", to:
Matthew Ploeger
Vinson & Elkins
2801 Via Fortuna, Suite 100
Austin, Texas 78746




Civil Appellate

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Officers

D. Todd Smith, Chair
Smith Law Group
1250 Capital of Texas Highway South
Three Cielo Center, Suite 601
Austin, TX 78746
Phone: (512) 439-3230
Fax: (512) 439-3232
todd@appealsplus.com
Don Cruse, Member
Law Office of Don Cruse
1108 Lavaca Street, Suite 110-436
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: (512) 853-9100
Fax: (512) 870-9002
don@doncruse.com
Martha Newton, Member
Baker Botts
98 San Jacinto Blvd.
Ste. 1500
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: (512) 322-2500
Fax: (512) 322-2501
martha.newton@bakerbotts.com
Blake Hawthorne, Member
Supreme Court of Texas
P.O. Box 12248
Austin, TX 78711
Phone: (512) 463-1312
Blake.Hawthorne@courts.state.tx.us
Sinead M O'Carroll, Member
Reeves & Brightwell, L.L.P.
221 W. 6th Street, Ste. 1000
Austin, TX 78701-3410
Phone: (512) 334-4500
Fax: (512) 334-4492
socarroll@reevesbrightwell.com
Matthew Brian Ploeger, Secretary
Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P.
2801 Via Fortuna, Ste. 100
Austin, TX 78746-7568
Phone: (512) 542-8400
Fax: (512) 542-8612
mploeger@velaw.com
Wade C. Crosnoe, Past-Chair
Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P.
701 Brazos St., Ste. 1500
Austin, TX 78701-3232
Phone: (512) 708-8200
Fax: (512) 708-8777
wcrosnoe@thompsoncoe.com
Sarah R. Holland, Chair/Elect
Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P.
600 Congress Ave., Ste. 2400
Austin, TX 78701-3248
Phone: (512) 474-5201
Fax: (512) 536-4598
sholland@fulbright.com
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