Thursday, April 13
7:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 Introduction and Welcome
Overview of Day One
Sejin Brooks, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Barron, Adler, Clough & Oddo, Austin
Nick Laurent, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Barron, Adler, Clough & Oddo, Austin
Andrew York, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Barron, Adler, Clough & Oddo, Austin
8:15 Case Law Update
2022-2023
Glorieni Azeredo, Esq.
Gilstrap Law Group, Austin
Susan Desmarais Bonnen, Esq., Deputy Chief
Transportation Division, Office of the Texas Attorney
General, Austin
9:45 Proposed Legislation
Overview of Bills Filed that Touch on Eminent Domain
and Evaluation of Their Likelihood of Passage
Sarah Munson, Esq., Assistant Attorney General
Transportation Division, Office of the Texas Attorney
General, Austin
10:15 Networking Break
10:30 Special Commissioners’ Panel
Perspectives and Feedback from the Decisionmakers
Christopher Clough, Esq., Moderator
Barron, Adler, Clough & Oddo, Austin
Todd Dudley, Esq., Commissioner
Hays County
Ken Gindy, Esq., Commissioner
Bexar County
Perry Lorenz, Commissioner
Travis County
Andrew York, Esq., Program Co-Chair,
Moderator
Barron, Adler, Clough & Oddo, Austin
11:30 What is Happening in Wilco and Hays
County
High Growth and Heavy Infrastructure Buildout
Robert Daigh, PE, Senior Director of
Infrastructure
Williamson County, Georgetown
Don Childs, Esq. and Mylan Shaunfield, Esq.
Sheets & Crossfield, Round Rock
Cynthia Long, Commissioner Precinct Two
Williamson County, Cedar Park
12:30 Lunch Break (on your own)
1:45 Valuation of Trees and Landscaping
Historical Case Law; White vs. Natural Gas Pipeline;
Post-White Case Law; Exceptions to White
John Zuercher, Esq., Assistant Attorney General
Transportation Division, Office of the Texas Attorney
General, Austin
2:15 Mediation
What Helps (or Hurts) the Process; Suggestions to
Increase Your Settlement Chances
Anthony Blazi, Esq., Mediator
Blazi Mediation, Buda
3:00 Temporary Construction Easements
Not Just an Afterthought
Chris Hornsby, MAI, Principal
Hornsby and Company, Austin
Paul Hornsby, MAI, SRA, President
Hornsby and Company, Austin
3:45 Networking Break
4:00 Governmental Immunity
Exercising the Power of Eminent Domain Against a
Governmental Entity; Responding to Excessive Fees
Demanded by a Governmental Entity
John Baker, Esq.
Baker Moran, Plano
4:45 Ethics #1
Common Ethical Dilemmas: 2022-2023 Edition
Sue Ayers, Esq.
Jackson Walker, Austin
5:45 Adjourn
 Friday, April 14
7:45 Sign In and Continental Breakfast 2:15 Renewable Energy
And What It Takes to Connect It
8:15 Welcome Back
Overview of Day Two Cameron Boone, MAI, R/W-AC, Senior Vice
President
Sejin Brooks, Esq., Program Co-Chair, JLL, Houston
Nick Laurent, Esq., Program Co-Chair, and
Andrew York, Esq., Program Co-Chair David Dominy, MAI, CRE, FRICS, Managing
Barron, Adler, Clough & Oddo, Austin Director, Head of Infrastructure
JLL, Houston
8:30 Deposing the Eminent Domain Expert
3:00 Networking Break
Tips and Tactics

Billy Coe Dyer, Esq. 3:15 Dealing with TxDOT and ROW Agents
Vinson & Elkins, Houston Best Practices

9:15 Cutting-Edge Eminent Domain Issues Sejin Brooks, Esq., Program Co-Chair
Barron, Adler, Clough & Oddo, Austin
Point/Counter-Point
Silverio Garza, Jr., R/W-NAC, Practice Leader,
Noah Galton, Esq.
Land Acquisitions
Jackson Walker, Austin
Pape-Dawson Engineers, Dallas/Fort Worth
Nick Laurent, Esq.
Michael Hale, SR/WA, R/W-URAC, R/W-NAC, R/W-
Barron, Adler, Clough & Oddo, Austin
RAC, Principal | Regional Right-of-Way Manager
10:00 Networking Break Cobb, Fendley & Associates, Dallas/Fort Worth

10:15 Eminent Domain Cases Mark Janicki, Esq., PE, R/W-NAC, Vice President
A View from the Bench Halff Associates, Richardson

The Honorable Melissa Baeza, Judge Sunshine Vanover, PMP, SR/WA, Divisional
El Paso County Court at Law #3, El Paso Director
O.R. Colan Associates (ORC), Austin
The Honorable M. Sue Kurita, Judge
El Paso County Court at Law #6, El Paso 4:15 Ethics #2
Ethics for Government Lawyers and Those Who
11:15 Featured Presentation: National Work with Them

Eminent Domain and Takings Trends
What to Look for on the Horizon
Robert Thomas, Esq.
Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA
12:15 Lunch Break (on your own)
Patrick Brezik, Esq., Assistant Attorney General
Transportation Division, Office of the Texas Attorney
General, Austin
Nanette DiNunzio, Esq., Division Chief
Transportation Division, Office of the Texas Attorney
General, Austin

1:30 The Art and Science of Eminent Domain 5:15 Evaluations and Adjourn
Appraisal
The Texas Case Law You Need to Know

Chance Bolton, Senior Real Estate Appraiser

Bolton Real Estate, Austin