MVLS Fall CLE 2024
October 11 – 12, 2024 | Lubbock, TX
FRIDAY PRESENETATIONS
Opening Remarks
Jon Shelburne
Overview of the Amarillo Veterans Court
Hon. Walt Weaver and Ben Gifford
PowerPoint Presentation
IDF in Gaza; Myths and Realities
Prof. Geoff Corn
PowerPoint Presentation
Lunch Presentation: A View from Behind Home Plate: Advice on the Ethics of Effective Advocacy
Hon. Gregory Fouratt
PowerPoint Presentation
Sovereign Immunity in Texas
Josh Reno
PowerPoint Presentation
Advocacy in Military Administrative Hearings
Jason Wareham
PowerPoint Presentation
Recent Developments in Military Justice
Prof. Rick Rosen
PowerPoint Presentation
Materials:
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
SATURDAY PRESENETATIONS
Appeals Modernization Act and a Day in the Life of a BVA Board Member
Bradley Hennings
PowerPoint Presentation
Christine Clemens
PowerPoint Presentation
Representing Veteran and Service Members in Family Law Matters
Dawn Laubach
PowerPoint Presentation
Lunch Presentation: The Way of the Warrior: Mental Health Mission
Paul Harrell
PowerPoint Presentation
Navigating Peace as a Warfighter
August Dannenmaier
PowerPoint Presentation
MVLS Fall CLE 2023
October 5 – 6, 2023 | Salado, TX
THURSDAY PRESENETATIONS
Welcoming Remarks
Kay M. Perry
Overview of Medical Malpractice Claims by Active Duty Servicemembers
James E. Stephenson
PowerPoint Presentation
Veterans Administration Class Action Cases
Julie Glover
PowerPoint Presentation
Recent Servicemembers Civil Relief Act Amendments and Updates
Kay M. Perry
PowerPoint Presentation
National Security Law
Professor Matthew Festa
PowerPoint Presentation
FRIDAY PRESENETATIONS
Maximize your State Bar Membership and Improve your Practice
Bob Goss
PowerPoint Presentation
Guardianship/Special Needs Trusts and Military Clients
Alison Packard
PowerPoint Presentation
VA Certification Training Part I: Required to be certified to handle VA Claims Cases
Julie Glover
Bradley Hennings
Christine Clemens
PowerPoint Presentation
VA Certification Training Part II
Julie Glover
Bradley Hennings
Christine Clemens
PowerPoint Presentation
Veterans Administration Claims Fee Issues
Bradley Hennings
PowerPoint Presentation
MVLS Fall CLE 2022
October 14-15, 2022 | San Antonio, TX
FRIDAY PRESENETATIONS
Using VA Records for Veterans in Criminal and Other Courts
Patrick McCann Bio
PowerPoint Presentation
Veterans and Violence: Forensic Psychological and Neuropsychological Evaluations of Veterans with PTSD and TBI
Dr. John Matthew Fabian
Handout – Veterans and Violence Part I
Handout – Forensic Psychologist, Forensic Neuropsychologist
Grievance Avoidance and Defense
Robert Tobey
PowerPoint Presentation
The Intersection of Mental and Physical Trauma
Dr. Katy Dondanville
PowerPoint Presentation
Handout – 2022-National-Veteran-Suicide-Prevention-Annual-Repor
Handout – Comorbid sleep and PTSD in active duty military
Handout – Concurrent Tx of SUD and PTSD Using PE
Handout – Increase risk of suicide for Justice-involved veterans
Handout – Co-occurring PTSD and AUD in US Military and Veterans
Handout – Justice-involved Veterans and Suicide
Handout – PTSD and SUD
Handout – EBT for PTSD in community Military vs civilian
Handout – Psych-Trauma
Handout – PTSD in Veterans and Service Members
Handout – Long-term outcomes of CBT Tx for PTSD in Rape Survivors
Handout – Prospective Examination of PTSD
Handout – Challenges in Tx of Pts with SUD and PTSD
Handout –Design of VA Cooperative Study #591
Handout – Comparison of Prolonged Exposure vs Cognitive Processing Therapy for Treatment of PTSD Among US Veterans
Handout – Measuring use of EBT for PTSD
Handout – TX receipt by Veterans after PTSD diagnosis
Handout – EBT and Care Quality for PTSD in VA
Handout – The Impact of Military Status on Cognitive Processing Therapy Outcomes
Handout – Hyperarousal Symptoms Linger After Successful PTSD Treatment
Handout – Substance Use Comorbidity among Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Other Psychiatric Illness
Handout – Psychotherapy for military-related posttraumatic stress disorder
Handout – Examining military population and trauma type as moderators of treatment outcome for first-line psychotherapies for PTSD
Credentialing, Privileging, and Adverse Actions in DHA: A Primer
James Stephenson
PowerPoint Presentation
Post Conviction Appeals and Lessons from the Pardon Process
John N. Maher
SATURDAY PRESENETATIONS
Article III Courts v. Military Commissions: A Comparison of Protection of Classified Information and Admissibility of Evidence in Terrorism Prosecutions
Mohamed Al-Hendy
Transgender Policy in the Military: Past, Present, and Future
Lt. Col. Dr. Josh Smalley
Greg Pavlik
PowerPoint Presentation
The Warrior Defense Project and National
Security Challenges
Jeffrey Addicott, Lt. Col. US Army, Ret.
Handout – WDP Annual Report 2021
Handout – WDP Flyer
Service, Assistance and Emotional Support Animals
Randy Turner
PowerPoint Presentation
Malpractice Prevention and Ethics
Chad Baruch
PowerPoint Presentation
The New SBOT Advertising Rules for Attorneys: Ethics Jeopardy
Claude E. Ducloux
PowerPoint Presentation
MVLS Zoom CLE – Space Force, Mandatory Military Vaccines, and Veteran Advocacy in the Law
October 29, 2021 | Zoom
The United States Space Force and International Law Applicable to Military Space Operations
Michael Hoversten Bio
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the VA Benefits Galaxy and Navigating the Prime Directive of Obtaining Benefits for Veterans
Julie Glover, Adam Luck, Amanda Ascoli Bio
PowerPoint Presentation: Benefits Guide
PowerPoint Presentation: Obtaining Benefits
Legal Issues in the U.S. Military’s Mandatory Vaccination Program
Mark Zaid Bio
PowerPoint Presentation
MVLS Zoom CLE – Modern War Crimes in the U.S. Military
May 20, 2021 | Zoom
Colby Vokey: PowerPoint Presentation
MVLS Zoom CLE – Avoiding the Terrorist Trap
April 21, 2021 | Zoom
Tom Parker: PowerPoint Presentation
MVLS Zoom CLE – International Law on Disinformation in the Cyber Age
January 15, 2021 | Zoom
Todd Huntley: PowerPoint Presentation
MVLS Zoom CLE – To Do or Not to Do: The Obligation to Follow Orders
November 20, 2020 | Zoom
Philip Cave: PowerPoint Presentation
MVLS Spring CLE 2019
March 29 – 30, 2019 | Salado, TX
Mefloquine Poisoning & VA Service-Connection
Dr. Remington Nevin
Mefloquine Poisoning and VA Service Connection
Mefloquine & Appellate Defense in US v. Bales
John Maher
SSGT Robert Bales Slide
Update: Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ)
Colonel Doug Watkins
Military Justice Act of 2016
The Current State of Sexual Assault in the Military
Colonel (Retired) Don Christensen
Current State of Sexual Assault
Update: VA Appeals Modernization & Reform
Diane Boyd Rauber
VA Appeals Modernization
VA Ancillary Benefits & the VA Caregiver Program
Diane Boyd Rauber
Ancillary Benefits Spring 2019
State of Texas Veterans Benefits
Keeyawnia (K.C.) Hawkins
TVC Vets Benefits Book 2018
State Benefits
The Use of Biometrics in US v. Lorance
John Maher
Ethics & the Texas Lawyers Assistance Program
Darren Bertin
Destruction of the Caliphate: Operational Law in Operation Inherent Resolve
Captain Cadman R. Kiker III
OIR Presentation
Captain Kiahhn’ Jackson
MVLS Spring CLE 2018
April 27 – 28, 2018 | Fredericksburg, TX
Survivor Benefits Plan & Veteran’s Benefits
Rousseau Bio
Rousseau PPT
Certification of SNT
Disabled Military Child Protection Act
HEART Act
Letter to DFAS
Sexual Assault Snafus – A Tale of Three Courts Martial
Zimmermann Bio
Zimmermann PPT
Representing Servicemembers in the Integrated Disability Evaluation System
PTSD and other Invisible Wounds Effecting our Servicemembers and Veterans
Peterson PPT
Veterans Legal Services and Pro Bono Opportunities
Impact of Military & Veteran’s Issues in Family Law Cases
Cramp Bio
Cramp PPT
Cramp, Laubach PPT
Cramp Discovery from DFAS – Exhibits
Cramp Discovery from DFAS – Paper
Cramp Drafting Military Clarification Orders – Exhibit
Cramp Drafting Military Clarification Orders – Paper
The New SBOT Sunset Legislation (SB.302) and How It Will Impact Grievances, Ethics and Your Practice
Bennett PPT
Veteran’s Benefits and Disability Claims
PPT
Rousseau Attachment 1
Rousseau Attachment 2
Rousseau Attachment 3