Municipal Traffic Safety Initiative Conference
Omni South Park
4140 Governors Row
Austin, Texas
512.448.2222
DAY 1 DAY May 27, 2009, Wednesday
10:00 – 5:00 p.m. Registration
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. OPTIONAL PRE-CONFERENCE SESSIONS: Talking to the Blank Wall: Judicial Outreach to Teens,
National Judicial College
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Preparation Course Level I- Clerk’s Certification Program: Leisa Hardin, Hardin & Robbins, LLC
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Preparation Course Level II- Clerk’s Certification Program: Pat Riffel, City of Pearland
DAY 2 May 28, 2009, Thursday
6:45 – 8:00 a.m.
8:00 – 8:05 a.m.
8:15 – 9:00 a.m.
9:00 – 10:15 a.m.
10:30 – 11:00 a.m.
11:00 – 12:00 noon
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
1:00 - 2:15 p.m.
Registration & Breakfast
Welcome & Announcements
How Municipal Courts Can Make A Difference, Ryan K. Turner, Gen. Counsel &
Director of Education, TMCEC
Why Traffic Safety is Important, Sheriff John Whetsel, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Awards Presentation, Judge Robin Smith, Midland
Driving Under the Influence, W. Clay Abbott, DWI Resource Prosecutor, Texas District
and County Attorneys Association, Austin
Lunch
Traffic
Magistration
Consequences
Administrative
Issues
Aggressive Drivers,
Bail Conditions in
DWI Cases,
Points: Driving
Responsibility
Programs, Rebekah
Ethics of Dealing
with Vendors, *
Omnibase
Program/Contract
TxDOT Registration
Suspension,
Role of Court in City
Government, *
W. Clay Abbott, DWI
Resource Prosecutor,
Texas District and County
Attorneys Association,
Austin
2:15 - 2:30 p.m.
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Judge Matt King, Tarrant
County Magistrate
Hibbs, DPS
Project Administrator
Driver Responsibility
Program, Austin
Break
Passenger Restraint,
Mark Goodner, Program
Attorney and Deputy
Counsel, TMCEC
Auto Ignition Interlock
Devices,
Judge Robin Ramsay,
Denton
Charles Brother,
President, Omnibase
& Anne Pierce, TxDOT
3:30 - 3:45 p.m.
3:45 - 5:00 p.m.
Ross Fischer, City
Attorney, Seguin
Lauren Crawford.
Legal Counsel, Texas
Municipal League,
Austin
Break
Booster Seats/
Child Safety Seats,
Mike Earney,
Law Enforcement
Coordinator,
Texas Municipal Police
Association
Blood Warrants,
W. Clay Abbott, DWI
Resource Prosecutor, Texas
District and County
Attorney’s Association,
Austin
Warrant Round-Ups &
Other Effective Collection Programs,
Rebecca Stark, Moderator, Court Administrator,
Austin
Phyllis Mathison, Court Administrator, Bastrop
Municipal Court
Don McKinley, Court Operations Manager,
Austin Municipal Court
DAY 3 May 29, 2009, Friday
6:45 – 8:00 a.m.
8:00 - 9:15 a.m.
9:15 - 9:30 a.m.
9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Breakfast
Traffic
Update
Traffic Technology
Public Education
Grand Drivers,
Texas Sure,
Innovative Traffic
Technologies,
Judges in the
Classroom, DRSR,
Red Light
Enforcement,
Judge Staci Williams,
Dallas
Resource for Public
Outreach: Law
Related Education,
Selma Sauls,
Tallahassee, FL
Judge Robin Ramsay, Denton
Young Drivers,
Custom Deferred for
At-Risk Drivers,
Judge Lester Rorick,
Pasadena
Break
Judge Gary Ellsworth,
Spearman
10:30 - 10:45 a.m.
10:45 - 12:00 p.m.
Judge Robin Smith,
Midland
Ryan Turner, General Counsel
& Director of Education,
TMCEC, Austin
Jan Miller, Law-Related
Education Director,
State Bar of Texas,
Austin
Break
Distracted Drivers,
Judge Victor Lander,
Dallas
Rules of the Road,
Melissa Pace,
Haltom City Court
Administrator
Ordinances & Cell
Phones,
Ryan Henry, Attorney
at Law, San Antonio
Courage to Live,
Judge Jan Matthews,
Lubbock
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Clerk’s Certification Test (Levels I, II, and III)
Traffic
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Masking &
Commercial Drivers
Licenses, *
Model Outreach Programs: Medium
& High Volume Courts
Motorcycles & Related
Laws
Model Outreach Programs, Low
Volume Courts
Judge William Hughes,
Canyon, &
Judge Victor Lander,
Dallas
2:00 - 2:15 p.m.
2:15 - 3:30 p.m.
Outreach
Medium Volume Panel:
Lynda Kilgore & Denise Mitrano,
LaPorte
Rhonda Scarborough, Conroe
Judge Barbara Weaver, Killeen
Johnny Brooks, Killeen
Margie Flores, Corpus Christi
High Volume Panel:
Don McKinley & Rebekah Stark,
Lakeway
Gabriela Valle, El Paso
Laura Anderson, Irving
Rodney Adams, Irving
Traffic Technology
Public Education
Science of Speed
Measurement,
Adolescent Decision
Making
Judge Kevin
Madison, Lakeway
Sara Villanueva Dixon,
Asst. Professor of
Psychology, St. Edward’s
University
Break
Judge Stewart Milner,
Arlington
3:30 p.m.
Low Volume Panel:
Judge Peggy Simon, Burnet
Judge Kevin Madison, Lakeway
TBD, Mount Enterprise
Claudia Cardenas, Shenandoah
STEP,
Ray Dittrich,
Project Coordinator,
L.E.A.D.R.S.
Texas Municipal
Police Association,
Austin
Adolescent Decision
Making Con’t.
Conference Ends

Ethics credit
Course Directors:
Funded by grants from the Texas Department of Transportation and the Texas Court of
Criminal Appeals