News and Events
Elizabeth Pratt - "Workplace Privacy - You Want to Know What? Presentation to Jefferson County Bar Young Lawyers CLE, April 21, 2010
Kathleen Kennedy - "The New Era of Motions for New Trial," Presentation to Jefferson County Bar Association CLE, Beaumont, TX, March 2010
Bill Little - "Fifth Circuit Civil Appellate Update" in The Appellate Advocate, Spring 2009
Lou Scofield - "A Word from Lou" for the American Defense Trial Attorneys' newsletter, Winter 2009 (link to http://www.adtalaw.com/)
Elizabeth Pratt, Michele Smith - "Fine Tuning Your Practice's Practice (And Watching Your Clients' Backs,) Southeast Texas Chapter, Texas Society of Certified Professional Accountants, May 19, 2009
Barbara Barron - "Trial Tactics that Work in Toxic Tort and Environmental Cases: Yes, We Can (and Do) Win!", FDCC Quarterly Masters Issue, Winter 2009
Sandra Clark - "Gee, Toto - I Don't Think We're in Kansas Anymore: Litigating in the Hell-Hole Jurisdiction." FDCC's Spring Meeting, July 2009
Elizabeth Pratt - "Employment Law - A Trial Lawyer's Guide," TADC 2009 Annual Meeting, Montréal, Quebec, October 1, 2009
Sandra F. Clark – “The Changing World of Causation – Recent Decisions and Trends Affecting Exposure and Cause” DRI Asbestos Medicine Seminar, November 2007
Sandra F. Clark – “Hang ‘Em High: Challenging Expert Witnesses, Robinson and Havner” TADC Fall Meeting, September 2007
Louis M. Scofield, Jr. – “Riding Herd on Damages –Controlling Personal Injury Damage Findings at Trial,” presentation at TADC Fall meeting, September 20, 2007
J. Matthew Marchak – Jefferson County Human Resources, “Estate Planning and Wills,” September 12, 2007
Barbara Jane Barron – 23rd Annual Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, “Toxic Tort Litigation,” –
July 18 – Dallas Marriott, Las Colinas
August 2 – San Antonio – Hyatt Hill County Resort
August 22 – Houston – Westin Oaks
Elizabeth Pratt – “Employment Law Overview,” Lamar University MBA students, June 20, 2007
Joe Broussard, Beth Turley – Estate Planning Seminar for Jefferson County Bar Association, “Avoiding Malpractice: Beyond the Basics”
Louis M. Scofield, Jr. – “Controlling Damages,” Product Liability Section, Manufacturing Alliance of Lawyers and Engineers, May 18, 2007
Elizabeth Pratt – Southeast Texas Human Resources Association with help of Dawn Tezino, “Retaliation under Title VII,” May 8, 2007
Louis M. Scofield, Jr. – “Discovery,” SE Texas Association of Paralegals, April 27, 2007
Jeremy Stone – “Permissible Ex Parte,” 2007 Texas College for Judicial Studies, Texas Center for the Judiciary, April 26, 2007
Louis M. Scofield, Jr. – Parker Hannifin Symposium, April 4, 2007
Barbara Jane Barron – Chair of Harris Martin National Asbestos and Silica Conference, March 2007
Elizabeth Pratt – “Retaliation Claims under Title VII post –Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Company vs. White: Controlling Shrapnel,” Labor and Employment Law break –out session at the DuPont PLF annual meeting in Wilmington, Delaware, March 2007
Barbara Jane Barron – Eighth Annual Conference on Women and the Practice of Law for Dupont, Wilmington, Delaware, March 2007
James E. Peacock – “Nursing & Administrative Liability, “ Lamar University, March 10, 2007
Susan Hardie Jacks – “How Creative Can You Be in Finding Assets? Thinking Outside the Box,” Panel member, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees Annual Convention, Seattle, WA, September 14, 2006
Barbara Jane Barron – Chair of Harris Martin National Silica Conference, Las Vegas, NE, September 2006
Barbara Jane Barron – State Bar of Texas, Advanced Personal Injury Seminar, “Making Sense of the MDL,” held in Dallas, San Antonio and Houston
William C. Little – “Recent Developments in the Federal Rules of Evidence,” Texas Bar CLE, in Austin, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio; April 26, May 11 and 25, and June 29, 2006
Barbara Jane Barron – “Asbestos & Silica Medical Criteria Statute – MDL and Case Management Orders,” Presented to Jefferson County Bar Association, March 2006

