Tarrant County Probate Bar Association

2022 Fiduciary Litigation Seminar

Friday, September 16, 2022

Tarrant County Bar Association

1315 Calhoun St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

8:00-8:25 Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:25-8:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks

8:30-9:30 Pursuit of Fraud on the Community for the Surviving Spouse 1.00 Hr

                  Natalie Brackett, Bourland Wall & Wenzel

9:30-10:30 Pre-Suit Considerations 1.00 Hr

                    Brandy Baxter-Thompson, Lan Smith Sosolik Baxter-Thompson &

                    Johnston PLLC

10:30-10:40 Break 10 minutes

10:40-11:40 The Intersection of Probate Court and District Court 1.00 Hr

                      Judge Chris Ponder, Probate Court No. 1

                      Judge Brooke Allen, Probate Court No. 2

                      Judge John Chupp, 141st District Court

                      Judge Kimberly Fitzpatrick, 342nd District Court

11:40-12:10 Lunch 30 minutes

12:10-1:10 Supercharging Your Settlement Agreements 1.00 Hr

                    Dyann McCully, The Blum Firm

                    Sarah Patel Pacheco, Jackson Walker

1:10-2:10 Adoption and Other Heirship Issues 1.00 Hr

                  F. Matthew Flores, Chamberlain Hrdlikca

2:10-2:20 Break 10 minutes

2:20-3:20 Co-Trustee Management of Trusts in Texas 1.00 Hr

                  David F. Johnson, Winstead, PC

3:20-4:20 Privileged Communication: Protected & Confidential or Not? 1.00 Hr

                  Kevin Spencer, Spencer, Johnson, & Harvell, PLLC

4:20 Closing Remarks