2015-2016 Sponsors

Platinum

Cokinos Bosien & Young

Gold

MehaffyWeber
Jackson Walker L.L.P.
Hoover Slovacek L.L.P.

Silver

Liskow & Lewis

Bronze

King & Spalding
Norton Rose Fulbright
Travis Torrence
Mynde Eisen
Theresa Mobley

Individual

Joe Epstein & Lisa Seymour
Kris & Neil Thomas
Preston Towber

Moller-Foltz Inn Annual Kick-Off Social Event

Date: September 3, 2013, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Location: Brio Tuscan Grille, 3029 Kirby, Houston, Texas 77098.

Meeting Date: September 10, 2013, 12:00-1:15 p.m. Note: Lunch Meeting
Team: Three
Speaker: Laurence Leamer, author of The Price of Justice: A True Story of Corruption and Greed in Coal Country
No written materials posted for this meeting.  

Meeting Date: October 22, 2013, 6:00-8:00.p.m.
Topic: Woodshedding the Witness - Five Simple Rules
Team: Two

 Meeting Date: November 19, 2013, 6:00-8:00.p.m.
Topic: Privilege! Privilege!  Who's Got The Privilege? (1 hour ethics CLE)
Team: One

Holiday Social: 

December 8, 2013. 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Churrasco's River Oaks, 2055 Westheimer, Suite 180, Houston, Texas 77098. 

Meeting Date: January 28, 2014, 6:00-8:00.p.m.
Topic: Respect My Authority, Please - A Moot Court Presentation on Consent to Authority of the Bankruptcy Court
Team: Five

Meeting Date: February 25, 2014, 6:00-8:00.p.m.
Topic: Homestead Exemptions
Team: Six
 
Meeting Date: March 25, 2014, 6:00-8:00.p.m.
Topic: Presenting Valuation Experts
Team: Four

Meeting Date: April 29, 2014, 6:00-8:00.p.m.
Topic: Ethical Questions Regarding Gambling and Bankruptcy
Team: Seven 

Meeting Date:  September 30, 2014, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location:  The Houston Club, 910 Louisiana, One Shell Plaza, Houston, Texas 77002.
Topic:  Belly Up To The Bar--A Comparison of British and American Advocacy

Meeting Date:  October 28, 2014, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location:  The Houston Club, 910 Louisiana, One Shell Plaza, Houston, Texas 77002.
Topic:  Bill White--America's Fiscal Constitution.

Meeting Date:  November 18, 2014, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location:  The Junior League of Houston, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane, Houston, Texas 77027.
Topic:  How Credit Bidding is Impacting Oil and Gas Bankruptcy Recoveries.

Holiday Social: 

December 14, 2014. 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
The Tasting Room, 1101 Uptown Park Blvd., Houston, Texas 77056. 

Meeting Date:  January 27, 2015, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location:  The Houston Club, 910 Louisiana, One Shell Plaza, Houston, Texas 77002.
Topic:  Bankruptcy Cases Pending Before the Supreme Court and the Fifth Circuit
CLE Certificate

Meeting Date:  February 24, 2015, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location:  The Houston Club, 910 Louisiana, One Shell Plaza, Houston, Texas 77002.
Topic:  Bankruptcy Rule Amendments to the Bankruptcy Appeal Process and Related Bankruptcy Appeal Issues.

Meeting Date:  March 31, 2015, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location:  The Junior League of Houston, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane, Houston, Texas 77027.
Topic:   Top 10 Evidence Mistakes (Hon. David Jones and Team 7); Experiences and Lessons in the Proceedings to Generate a national Chapter 13 Plan (Hon. Marvin Isgur and David Peake, Chapter 13 Trustee).

Meeting Date:  April 28, 2015, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location:  The Junior League of Houston, 1811 Briar Oaks Lane, Houston, Texas 77027.
Topic:  Magna Carta

Fall Social:

Date:  August 11, 2015, 5:15-7:15 p.m.
Location:  Pico's, 3601 Kirby Drive, Houston, Texas 77098.

September 9, 2015
Team and Topic:  To be announced

October 28, 2015
Team Two
Topic:  True Love is not Enough, Interplay between Bankruptcy Law and Marital Law 

November 18, 2015
Team Three
Topic:  Evidence Issues Arising in Bankruptcy

Holiday Social: 

December 6, 2015. 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Churrasco's Westchase, 9705 Westheimer Rd., Houston, Texas 77042. 

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January 26, 2016 
Team Four
Topic:  Oil and Gas Issues in Bankruptcy Cases

February 24, 2016 
Team Five
Topic:  Legal and Ethical Issues in Large Law Firm Bankruptcy Cases

 March 23, 2016 

Team Seven
Topic:  Rejection of Midstream Contracts:  Issues in the Sabine and Quicksilver cases.

April 27, 2016 

Team Six
Topic:  Celebrity Bankruptcy "Ethics"