Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys. Fall Conference October 8 10, 2014 Suncadia Resort Cle Elum, Washington.

Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys

Fall Conference ● October 8 – 10, 2014

Suncadia Resort

Cle Elum, Washington

Final Agenda

We have been approved for 9.75 hours of CLE credits for this conference. The 9.75 total includes up to 3.0 hours of ethics.

Wednesday ● October 8

5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Registration for Full Conference (Owens Pre-function Area)

6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Welcome Reception (Owens A & B)

Courtesy of our sponsors –  Foster Pepper

 Inslee, Best, Doezie & Ryder  K & L Gates LLP

 Keating, Bucklin & McCormack  Kenyon Disend

 Lane Powell

 Law Offices of Susan Elizabeth Drummond, PLLC  Lighthouse Law Group PLLC

 Ogden Murphy Wallace  Pacifica Law Group  Summit Law Group

 Van Ness Feldman GordonDerr

Thursday ● October 9

7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Registration Opens (Rialto A Pre-function Area) Continental Breakfast (Owens A & B)

Morning Joint Session (Rialto A, B & C)

Moderator: Nancy Isserlis, City Attorney of Spokane

8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Ethics: PRA Ethical Pitfalls of the Records Search: A Case Study Based on Neighborhood Alliance

9:30 – 10:00 a.m. Criminal Law Update

Speaker: Codee McDaniel, City Prosecutor of Kennewick 10:00 - 10:15 a.m. Break

10:15 – 10:55 a.m. OPMA Update: Focus on Which Bodies are Subject to OPMA Speaker: John Schochet, Seattle Law Department

10:55 – Noon Indigent Defense Panel: Impact of the Wilbur Case and Case-Weighting

Speakers: Joanne Moore, Director of the Office of Public Defense; Sarah Dunne, Legal Director of the ACLU; Eileen Farley, Court-Designated Public Defense Supervisor,Wilbur v. Mount Vernon, No. C11-1100RSL (W.D.Wash.)

Noon – 1:30 p.m. Luncheon (Owens A & B)

Presentation of Ernest Campbell Lifetime Achievement Award to Wayne Tanaka, Ogden Murphy Wallace

Afternoon Concurrent Sessions: Civil and Criminal

Civil Session (Rialto A, B & C)

Moderator: Heather Kintzley, City Attorney of Richland

1:30 – 2:10 p.m. A Taxing Problem: When Can a Municipality Tax Another Governmental Entity?

Speakers: Jamie Lisagor and Jessica Skelton, Pacifica Law Group 2:10 – 3:00 p.m. Water Rights – GMA Intersection

Speakers: Joe Brogan, Foster Pepper; Tom Pors, Law Office of Thomas Pors

3:00 – 3:15 p.m. Break

3:15 – 4:15 p.m. Ethics: Going Rogue: What Can or Should You Do When A City Official Rejects Legal Advice, Discloses Confidential Information, or Acts in Unlawful Manner?

Speaker: Matt Segal, Pacifica Law Group 4:15 – 5:00 p.m. Panel Discussions Topic Areas

General Municipal Law, Finance, and Torts (Panerio)

Panel Members: Milt Rowland, Foster Pepper; Jan Jutte and Cindy Evans, Office of the State Auditor; Debra Casparian, Asst. City Attorney of Tacoma

Public Works and Public Contracting (Masterson)

Panel Members: Bill Linton, Inslee, Best, Doezie & Ryder; Roger Myklebust, Ryan Swanson & Cleveland; Mike Piccolo, Asst. City Attorney of Spokane

Land Use Law (Rialto C)

Panel Members: Susan Drummond, Law Offices of Susan Elizabeth Drummond, PLLC; Julie Ainsworth-Taylor, Interim City Attorney of Shoreline

Regulating Marijuana (Rialto A & B)

Panel Members: David Galazin, Asst. City Attorney of Kent; Candice Bock, Government Relations Advocate, AWC; Steve Smith, City Attorney of Wenatchee

Criminal Law Session (Miller)

Moderator: Cherlyn Walden, City Prosecutor of Sumner

1:30 – 2:40 p.m. Ethics: Prosecutorial Misconduct for the Practicing

Prosecutor

Speaker: Kevin Benton, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Pierce County

2:40 – 2:55 p.m. Break

2:55 - 5:00 p.m. Anatomy of the Blood DUI Case: Direct Examination and Issues

Speakers: Moses Garcia, Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor, Washington State Patrol; Brian Capron, Toxicology Laboratory Supervisor

5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Hosted Reception (Owens A & B)

Courtesy of our sponsors –  Foster Pepper

 Inslee, Best, Doezie & Ryder  K & L Gates LLP

 Keating, Bucklin & McCormack  Kenyon Disend

 Lane Powell

 Law Offices of Susan Elizabeth Drummond, PLLC  Lighthouse Law Group PLLC

 Ogden Murphy Wallace  Pacifica Law Group  Summit Law Group

Friday ● October 10

Buffet Breakfast (Owens A & B)

Morning Concurrent Sessions: Civil and Criminal

Civil Session (Rialto A & B)

Moderator: Julie Norton, Ogden Murphy Wallace 8:30 – 9:20 a.m. Personnel and Labor Law Update

Speaker: Bruce Schroeder, Summit Law Group

9:20 – 10:00 a.m. Oil Trains and Federal and Local Regulation of Railroads Speaker: Eric de Place, Policy Director, Sightline Institute; Bronson Potter, City Attorney of Vancouver

10:00 – 10:15 Break

10:15 – 11:00 How Changes in Floodplain Mapping, Regulations, and Insurance Developments are Affecting Development

Speakers: Molly Lawrence, Van Ness Feldman; Kevin Rogerson, City Attorney of Mount Vernon

11:00 – 11:30 a.m. Lightning Round

Moderator: Terry Weiner, City Attorney of Ellensburg 11:30 – 12:00 Gray Areas in Land Use Law

Speaker: Mike Connelly, Michael F. Connelly, Attorney at Law, P.S.

Criminal Law Session (Rialto C)

Moderator: Bronson Faul, Asst. City Attorney of Yakima 8:30 – 9:45 a.m. Voir Dire for Domestic Violence Cases

Speaker: Brie Hopkins, Asst. City Attorney of Everett 9:45 – 10:00 a.m. Break

10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Electronic Citation Filing: SECTOR Use by Prosecutors Speakers: Pat Ramsdell, Washington State Patrol; Tania Johnson, Washington State Patrol; Gloria Cody, Legal Assistant, City of Auburn; Chris Leyba, Detective, Seattle Police Department

11:00 - Noon The Use of Electronic Evidence in Trials: Foundation plus Admissibility

Speaker: Coreen Schnepf, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Kitsap County

12:00 p.m. Adjournment

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Board of Director’s Meeting and Lunch (Sentinel Room) 1:00 p.m. Golf Scramble – Prospector Golf Course at Suncadia