Bell County Bar Association News

Save the NEW Date and Location!

June 17 at Mill Creek Country Club in Salado!

Registration and Sponsor form coming soon!

Bell County Young Lawyers invites you to Law Day 2022. Please join us on Thursday, May 5th for food, fellowship and prizes. Send your rsvp to bellyounglawyers@gmail.com by May 1st.  Cost is $35. We look forward to seeing everyone there!

11th Annual Cappy Eads Memorial Golf Tournament

June 3, 2022 @ Wildflower Country Club

$100 Per Player

Hole Sponsorships Available!!

Here are the Speaker Papers from the Spring Bench Bar.

Constitutional Carry - Thomas Franks.pptx

Preserving Error in Criminal Trials - Jani Maselli.pdf

Preserving Error in Criminal Trials Outline - Jani Maselli.pdf

Evidence Checklist - Jani Maselli.pdf

Greivance Procedures and Avoidance of Grievance - Rachel Craig.pdf

Supreme Court Update - Tyler Talbert.pdf

Immigration Law - Krista Harvey.pdf

Top 10 Trial Mistakes - Melissal Lorber Shelby O'Brien Zackery Horton.pdf

The Bell County Bar Association wants YOU...to volunteer for this year's Veteran's Clinic. Please read below and consider volunteering to help.

 

Date: April 8, 2022

Time: 1:00-4:00 p.m.

Location: Killeen Workforce Commission, 300 Cheyenne Dr., Killeen, TX

 

As a volunteer, you will interview prospective clients and determine any legal needs. If you can offer advice that will solve their problem, please do so. Otherwise, you will get the necessary information from the client so that we can refer it out to one of our many on-call volunteers. If future representation is needed, you may provide it yourself, or we will refer the matter to one of our on-call attorneys who take those specific types of cases. There is no obligation for you to ever take on a case.

If you've never volunteered before, this is a wonderful opportunity to serve those who have served our country. If you have helped before, you know how rewarding this opportunity can be. We need your help. Please consider volunteering for a half-hour, an hour, or for the full 3 hours. If you are NOT available to volunteer the day of the clinic, please email Cindi or Wade and let us know if you are willing to represent a veteran after the clinic.

 

If you would like to volunteer, please email Wade Faulkner (wade@wadefaulkner.com) and/or Cindi Parker (cynthia.parker@bellcounty.texas.gov) and indicate your areas of expertise and when you can help. Thank you for your support!

Please contact Wade Faulkner directly if you have any questions.

FORM - flyer for April 2022 clinic (02369168x9EB99).pdf

Please join us for our annual Spring Bench Bar Conference on March 24th.

Below is the flyer with the topics/speakers.

Cindi Parker

2022 Spring Bench Bar Flyer.pdf

Due to forecasted weather conditions that may present hazardous road conditions overnight and into the early morning, I am authorizing a delayed opening until 11:00 am for county offices tomorrow, Thursday, February 24^th.

THIS INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM JUDGE BLACKBURN

Below are the new Criminal Court Procedures for District Court effective 2-28-22.

All hearings will be IN PERSON (unless previously approved by the Court).

Incarcerated defendants/parties will continue to appear by video from the jail.

 27th District Court schedule will be as follows:

• 8:45am - Docket Call (Announcement / Arraignment / Pretrial / Plea without e-filed paperwork / Jury Trial Docket Call)

• 9:15am - Scheduled hearings (Plea with e-filed paperwork, Sentencing, Status Hearings / Special Hearings / Jury Trials)

• Jury Trial: March 21st

 264th District Court schedule will be as follows:

• 9:00am - Docket Call (Announcement / Arraignment / Pretrial / Plea without e-filed paperwork / Jury Trial Docket Call)

• 9:15am - Scheduled hearings (Plea with e-filed paperwork, Sentencing, Status Hearings / Special Hearings / Jury Trials)

• Jury Trial: March 7th

 426th District Court schedule will be as follows:

• 8:30am - Docket Call (Announcement / Arraignment / Pretrial / Plea without e-filed paperwork / Jury Trial Docket Call)

• 9:15am - Scheduled hearings (Plea with e-filed paperwork, Sentencing, Status Hearings / Special Hearings / Jury Trials)

• Jury Trial: February 28th (2nd on list for March 7th and March 21st)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

• Plea paperwork is required to be e-filed prior to receiving a scheduled hearing.

• Agreed announcements can still be sent by e-mail. The AGREED announcement deadline is NOON the business day before the hearing. If announcements are not submitted by deadline the attorney and defendant are required to appear for docket call.

**Attorneys to speak first and then send ONE agreed e-mail to the Court**

• Jury selection will be held in the 146th District Courtroom.

See attached Administrative Order issued by Judge Jones.

Administrative Order (dated 2-7-2022).pdf

Cindi Parker

Executive Director

All Bell County offices will be closed Friday, February 4th due to inclement weather.

Cindi Parker

Executive Director