MEDIA ADVISORY
June 9, 2016
Contact: Amy Starnes
Public Information Director, State Bar of Texas
(800) 204-2222, ext. 1706, or (512) 427-1706
astarnes@texasbar.com
Fort Worth to host State Bar of Texas Annual
Meeting
FORT WORTH — The 2016 State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting will take
place June 16-17 at the Fort Worth Convention Center and Omni Fort
Worth Hotel.
Featured speakers include:
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Michael Morton, author of Getting Life: An
Innocent Man’s 25-Year Journey from Prison to Peace: A Memoir,
will speak on his path to peace since being released from prison
after serving nearly 25 years for a crime he did not commit. (Noon-1:30
p.m. June 16, Fort Worth Convention Center Ballroom)
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S.C. Gwynne, New York Times bestselling author,
Pulitzer Prize finalist and former executive editor of Texas Monthly.
(Noon-1:30 p.m. June 17, Fort Worth Convention Center Ballroom)
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Ken Reeves, former NFL player and now vice
president, human resources at Freese & Nichols in Fort Worth, takes
teamwork from the field to the boardroom. (7:30 a.m.-8:45 a.m. June 17,
Omni Fort Worth Hotel, Texas Ballroom A-E)
Other special events include:
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The 2016 Open Government Seminar (free and open
to the public) will feature panel discussions on “Defining Media
in the Digital Age” and “Caught on Tape: Exploring Body
Cameras and Photography of Police” (9-11 a.m. June 17, Fort Worth
Convention Center, Room 106)
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The Texas Supreme Court Historical Society and
the State Bar of Texas will present a reenactment of an oral argument
before an historic all-woman Texas Supreme Court. The event will
demonstrate how the three special justices decided Johnson v.
Darr, a 1925 insurance case Texas courts cite to this day. Texas
Supreme Court Justices Eva Guzman and Debra H. Lehrmann and Judge
Jennifer Walker Elrod of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
will portray the three justices of the all-woman court. (10-11 a.m.
June 16, Fort Worth Convention Center, Room 121AB)
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Frank Stevenson of Dallas will be sworn in as
2016-2017 president of the State Bar of Texas, and outgoing President
Allan K. DuBois of San Antonio will celebrate his
successful year. Tom Vick of Weatherford will become
State Bar president-elect. (Noon-1:30 p.m. June 17, Fort Worth
Convention Center Ballroom)
Visit texasbar.com/annualmeeting
and click on “Download the event guide” to view the full
schedule.
Media note: News media are welcome to attend
sessions, but registration is required. Contact the State Bar Public
Information Office at (800) 204-2222, ext. 1706, or at astarnes@texasbar.com to
register. Upon arrival, sign in at the State Bar Information Booth at
the Fort Worth Convention Center and pick up a media pass for access.
The official Annual Meeting hashtag is #sbot16. All media questions
concerning the Annual Meeting may be directed to Amy Starnes, State Bar
of Texas public information director, at (800) 204-2222, ext. 1706,
(512) 427-1706, or astarnes@texasbar.com
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