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The firm is pleased to provide you with a calendar featuring the attorney's speaking engagements that have been confirmed to-date in 2007. The calendar will be updated, so watch for new additions. If you would like more information about these speaking engagements or a copy of a speech, please contact Susan House, Marketing Manager at 214/744-3700.
January 2007
January 4, 2007 Josh Ungerman
East Texas Estate Planning Council
Tyler, TX
Presentation: IRS Issues Appeal Settlement Guidelines for Family Limited Partnerships
January 30, 2007 Josh Ungerman
Dallas CPA Society - Annual Meeting
Dallas, TX
Presentation: The IRS is Looking for Non-Compliant Taxpayers with Foreign Accounts: Is Your Client One of Them?
February  2007
February 16, 2007 Trey Cousins
Houston Bar Association's Annual Probate, Trust and Estate Institute
Houston, Texas
Presentation:  Circular 230 w/Updates
February 16, 2007 Todd Welty
A Tax Controversy Toolkit CLE Webcast 
co-sponsored by CLE Options Network and the State Bar of Texas Taxation Section
Dallas, TX
Panelist
February 20, 2007 Anthony Daddino
Free CPE Day 
sponsored by the Dallas CPA Society
Dallas, Texas
Presentation:  Employment Tax Controversies
February 21, 2007 Trey Cousins
Red River Valley Estate Planning Council
Fargo, North Dakota
Presentation:  Care and Feeding of Family Limited Partnerships
February 23, 2007 Trey Cousins
Houston Estate & Financial Forum
Houston, TX
Panel Presentation:  What's Working and not Working with Family Limited Partnerships
March 2007
March 9, 2007 Todd Welty 
The 31st Annual Tax Law Conference
presented by the Section of Taxation of the Federal Bar Association
Washington, DC
Panel Presentation: Current Issues in Enforcement: Hot Topics
March 13, 2007 Alan Davis
Midland Business & Estate Council (MBEC)
Midland, TX
Presentation: Planned Giving: Various Strategies and Techniques
March 15, 2007 Trey Cousins
The Council of Petroleum Accountants Society in Dallas (COPAS)
Dallas, TX
Presentation:  Care and Maintenance of Family Limited Partnerships
April 2007
April 17, 2007 Trey Cousins
San Antonio Estate Planning Council
San Antonio, TX
Presentation:  The New IRS: What Practitioners Ought Not To Do
MAY 2007
May 5, 2007 Charlie Blau
Amarillo Area Bar Association 2007 Spring Institute
Amarillo, TX
Presentation: Perils and Pitfalls of the Attorney-Client Privilege
May 8, 2007 Josh Ungerman
Midland Business & Estate Planning Council (MBEC)
Midland, TX
Presentation: IRS Issues Appeals Settlement Guidelines for Family Limited Partnerships
May 10, 2007 Charles Pulman
North American Petroleum Accounting Conference - (NAPAC) sponsored by Professional Development Institute (PDI)/Council of Petroleum Accountants Societies of Dallas
Dallas, TX
Presentations:  New Texas Business Tax
May 16, 2007
May 23, 2007
Longview, TX
Tyler, TX

Chuck Meadows
, Alan Davis and Josh Ungerman
Taxation and Estate Planning Update for Professionals 
sponsored by Texas Bank and Trust
Presentations: Case Law and Legislative Update, Estate Planning For Small Business Owners, The New IRS: Tax Controversies, Audit Processes, and What Practitioners Ought Not To Do and The Difficult Situations Practitioners Find Themselves In (A Panel To Discuss The Ethical Perspective)
May 22, 2007 Chuck Meadows 
Nonprofit Organizations Conference
sponsored by the TSCPA CPE Foundation, Inc.
Dallas, TX
Presentation: Civil and Criminal Exposure Resulting from Advising Nonprofits
May 25, 2007 David Colmenero
KRLD CPE Event 
presented by the Dallas CPA Society, ViewPoint Bank, SMU Cox of Business and KRLD
Dallas, TX
Presentation: The New and Evolving Texas Margin Tax
JUNE  2007
June19, 2007 David Colmenero
Seminar -The Texas Margin Tax: What Has the Legislature Wrought? 
sponsored by The Dallas CPA Society
Dallas, TX
June 21, 2007 Todd Welty
CPE Family Conference
sponsored by the TSCPA CPE Foundation, Inc. and the Houston Chapter/TSCPA
Galveston, TX
Presentation:  IRS Procedures and Circular 230
June 22, 2007 Trey Cousins and Todd Welty 
Annual Meeting - The Tax Section of the State Bar of Texas
San Antonio, TX
Trey Cousins-Lunch w/Legends: Questions & Answers
Todd Welty-Panel Presentation: Estate Tax: Litigating When the Best Plans Go Awry
June 25, 2007 David Colmenero
Practice Management Group
Irving, TX
Presentation: The Texas Margin Tax: What Has the Legislature Wrought? 
June 28, 2007 Charlie Blau
Dallas Bar Association Environmental Law Section
Dallas, TX
Presentation: Management of a Parallel Environmental Investigation
JULY  2007
July 14, 2007 Alan Davis
Metroplex Timber and Forestry Association
Dallas, TX
Presentation: Estate Planning for Landowners
July 24, 2007 David Colmenero
Dallas Practice Management Group
Dallas, TX
Presentation: The Texas Margin Tax: What Has the Legislature Wrought? 
AUGUST  2007
August 6, 2007 Laura Gavioli
Dallas Bar Association Tax Section Meeting
Dallas, TX
Presentation: Statutes of Limitations in Tax Litigation
August 10, 2007 Josh Ungerman
American Bar Association Tax Section Annual Meeting
San Francisco, CA
Panel Presentation: Has Your Client Engaged in Foreign Transactions?  The IRS Wants to Know
August 17, 2007 Charlie Blau
Satellite Broadcast - Federal Sentencing Update Post-Booker, Part 3 sponsored by Business Professionals' Network, Inc. and
The Continuing Legal Education Options Network (CLEON)
Dallas, TX
Satellite Broadcast Moderator
August 23, 2007 Trey Cousins
Advanced Estate Planning Conference
sponsored by the TSCPA CPE Foundation, Inc.
San Antonio, TX
Presentation:  Trends in Transfer Tax Litigation
August 23, 2007 Joel Crouch
Ft. Worth CPA Tax Institute
sponsored by the Ft. Worth Chapter/TSCPA
Fort Worth, TX
Presentation:  IRS Activity Update
August 23, 2007 David Colmenero
Unclaimed Property Reporting in Texas Seminar
sponsored by Lorman Education Services, Inc.
Dallas, TX
Presentation:  Advanced Legal Issues and Current Trends and Industry Issues
August 29, 2007 Trey Cousins and Laura Gavioli
9th Annual CPE Symposium
sponsored by the San Antonio CPA Society/CE Foundation
San Antonio, TX
Presentation:  IRS Update and Statutes of Limitations: How Long Can This Go On?
SEPTEMBER  2007
September 25, 2007 David Colmenero
Texarkana Chapter/TSCPA
Texarkana, TX
Presentation: The New and Evolving Texas Margin Tax 
September 28, 2007 David Colmenero
Prosperity Above & Beyond the Bottom Line seminar
Ft. Worth, TX
Presentation: The New and Evolving Texas Margin Tax 
OCTOBER  2007
October 1, 2007 Trey Cousins
Central Arizona Estate Planning Council
Phoenix, AZ
Presentation:  Family Limited Partnerships
October 9, 2007 Charlie Blau
Dallas Bar Association - Business Litigation Section Meeting
Dallas, TX
Presentation:  THE TRUTH WILL NOT ALWAYS SET YOUR CLIENTS FREE:  Perspectives on the Role of the Fifth Amendment in Civil Litigation
October 17, 2007 Trey Cousins and Todd Welty
Tax Controversy Tool Kit Satellite Broadcast
sponsored by Business Professionals' Network, Inc. and the Accounting Continuing Professional Education Network (ACPEN)
Dallas, TX
Presentations: Going to Tax Court and Examinations
October 18, 2007 Trey Cousins and David Colmenero
55th Annual Texas Tech University Tax Institute
Lubbock, TX
Presentations: IRS Activity Update and The New and Evolving Texas Margin Tax
October 18, 2007 Josh Ungerman
Corpus Christi Estate Planning Council
Corpus Christi, TX
Presentation: IRS Issues Appeals Settlement Guidelines for Family Limited Partnerships
October 18, 2007 Todd Welty
What You Need to Know if the IRS Special Agents Come a Calling Webcast
sponsored by the Tax Section of the State Bar of Texas
October 19, 2007 Chuck Meadows and Todd Welty 
50th Annual Tax Conference
sponsored by the Corpus Christi Chapter/TSCPA
Corpus Christi, TX
Presentation: Conspiracy, Aiding and Abetting, and Obstruction--Co-Defendants in Civil and Criminal Proceedings, and Tax Planning Under Attack 
October 19, 2007 Charles Pulman
Texas Taxes Seminar
sponsored by the Dallas CPA Society/TSCPA
Dallas, TX
Presentation:  Update of the Comptroller's Margin Tax Rules 
October 19, 2007 Alan Davis
2007 National Association of Royalty Owners Convention
Albuquerque, NM
Presentation:  Estate Planning for Royalty Interest Owners
October 19, 2007 David Colmenero
Seminar sponsored by the East Texas Chapter/TSCPA
Nacogdoches, TX
Presentation: The New and Evolving Texas Margin Tax and Administrative Law Judges have moved from the Texas Comptroller's Office to the State Office of Administrative Hearings and New Rules now Apply to Administrative Tax Appeals: What is all this About?
October 23, 2007 9th Annual Meadows Collier Taxation Conference
2007 Taxation:  Planning, Defending and Surviving
Dallas, TX
Various Firm Attorneys
October 26, 2007 Trey Cousins
Houston Estate and Financial Forum
Houston, TX
Presentation:  TBD
NOVEMBER  2007
November 2, 2007 David Colmenero
Permian Basin Chapter/TSCPA CPE Expo 
Odessa, TX
Presentation: The New and Evolving Texas Margin Tax
November 8-9, 2007

Dallas, TX and San Antonio, TX

Trey Cousins
, Todd Welty and David Colmenero
TSCPA Tax Institute
sponsored by the TSCPA CPE Foundation, Inc. 
Trey's Presentation:  An Update of the Examination Process 
Todd's Presentation: Tax Planning Under Attack
David's Presentations: Planning in the Wake of The New Texas Margin Tax
and Luncheon Panelist - Texas Margin Tax Questions and Answers
November 10, 2007 David Colmenero
Seminar -The New and Evolving Texas Margin Tax 
sponsored by The Texas Association of CPAs
Austin, TX
November 11, 2007 Todd Welty
NYU's 66th Institute on Federal Taxation
sponsored by New York University
San Francisco, CA
Panel Presentation: Strategies and Techniques in Tax Controversy and in Tax Court Litigation With U.S. Tax Court Chief Judge John O. Colvin and IRS Chief Counsel
Donald L. Korb
November 13, 2007 Trey Cousins
3rd Annual Tax and Financial Planning Institute
sponsored by the McLennan County Community College Foundation
Waco, TX
Presentation:  Current Status of Family Limited Partnerships
November 14, 2007 Alan Davis
Satellite Broadcast-Post-Mortem Planning for Small Business Owners sponsored by the Accounting Continuing Professional Education Network (ACPEN) 
Dallas, TX
Satellite Broadcast Panelist
November 26, 2007 David Colmenero
CPE Exposition 
sponsored by The Texas Society of CPAs CPE Foundation, Inc.
Houston, TX
Presentation: The New and Evolving Texas Margin Tax
November 27, 2007 Trey Cousins
CPE Exposition 
sponsored by The Texas Society of CPAs CPE Foundation, Inc.
Houston, TX
Presentation: The Family Limited Partnership: Its Continued Vitality
November 29, 2007 David Colmenero
CPE Exposition 
sponsored by The Texas Society of CPAs CPE Foundation, Inc.
San Antonio, TX
Presentation: The New and Evolving Texas Margin Tax
November 30, 2007 Trey Cousins
CPE Exposition 
sponsored by The Texas Society of CPAs CPE Foundation, Inc.
San Antonio, TX
Presentation: The Family Limited Partnership: Its Continued Vitality
DECEMBER  2007
December 3, 2007 Trey Cousins
Annual Tax Conference
sponsored by The Austin Chapter/TSCPA
Austin, TX
Presentation: FLP Litigation
December 3, 2007 David Colmenero
CPE Exposition 
sponsored by The Texas Society of CPAs CPE Foundation, Inc.
Arlington, TX
Presentation: The New and Evolving Texas Margin Tax
December 4, 2007 Trey Cousins
CPE Exposition 
sponsored by The Texas Society of CPAs CPE Foundation, Inc.
Arlington, TX
Presentation: The Family Limited Partnership: Its Continued Vitality
December 4-5, 2007 Josh Ungerman
IIR's Annual International Trusts Congress
London, England
Panel Presentation: U.S. Traps and Problems: An Overview of Non-US Trustees
December 6, 2007 Chuck Meadows
ABA Twenty-Fourth National Institute on Criminal Tax Fraud
San Francisco, CA
Panel Presentation: Successful Trial Strategies
December 11, 2007 David Colmenero
Whitley Penn In-House Seminar 
Euless, TX
Presentation: The New and Evolving Texas Margin Tax
December 18, 2007 Trey Cousins
Louisiana Tax Conference
sponsored by The Louisiana CPA Society
New Orleans, LA
Presentation: An Update of the Examination Process
January 2008
January 18, 2008

Charles Pulman and David Colmenero
New Texas Margin Tax Seminar
sponsored by the Rio Grande Valley Chapter/TSCPA  
Weslaco, TX
January 31, 2008 Chuck Meadows, Trey Cousins , Josh Ungerman and Mary Wood
Seminar Sponsored by The Dallas CPA Society
Dallas, TX
Presentations: TBD
February 2008
March  2008
March 6, 2008 Chuck Meadows
American Bar Association White Collar Crime
Miami, FL
Presentation: TBA
March 7, 2008 Chuck Meadows
Advanced Federal Criminal Law Seminar
sponsored by the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
New Orleans, LA
Presentation: Expert and Summary Witnesses: Making the Rules More Than a Speed Bump
April  2008
April 15, 2008 Trey Cousins
San Antonio Estate Planning Council
San Antonio, TX
Presentation:  TBD
May  2008
May 6, 2008 Trey Cousins
Midland Business & Estate Council
Midland, TX
Presentation:  The New IRS - What Practitioners Ought Not To Do

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