Utah Municipal Attorney's Association

Spring Conference, St. George, Utah

May 8-10, 2024

Agenda: 2024 Annual Conference Agenda (final).pdf

Certificate of Attendance: CLE Certificate (Spring 2024).pdf

Speaker Bios: Speaker Bios.pdf

Conference Materials

Wednesday, May 8

1:00      2024 Legislative Update: Utah League of Cities and Towns

              Attachments: 1. ULCT Presentation (Legislative Update).pdf

2:45      Employment Walkthrough: Kristen VanOrman - Partner at Strong & Hanni

              Attachments: 2. VanOrman Presentation (Employment).pdf

3:45      Special Districts for Public Finance - PIDs and IFDs: Matt Ence - Partner at Snow Jensen & Reece

              Attachments: 3. Ence Presentation (PIDs).pdf

Thursday, May 9

8:00      U.S. Supreme Court Update: Amanda Karras - Executive Director at the International Municipal Lawyers Association 

              Attachments: 1. Karras Presentation (US Court Update).pdf

9:00      Code Enforcement: Ryan Robinson - West Valley City, Stuart Williams - Clearfield City, Brieanne Brass - South Salt Lake City, and Kasey Wright - Wright Law Firm

              Attachments: 2. Robinson Brass Wright Williams Presentation (Code Enforecement).pdf

10:45    Negotiating, Drafting, and Defending Development Agreements: Steven Schaefermeyer - South Jordan City, Ryan Loose - South Jordan City, and Matt Church - Manning Curtis Bradshaw Bednar.

12:00    Civility – Retired Judge Paul Warner

              Attachments: 

1:00      First Amendment: Scott Young - Spencer Fane

              Attachments: 5. Young Presentation (1st Amendment).pdf

2:20      Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product as Municipal Attorneys: Kathleen Clark - Professor at Washington University.

              Attachments: 6. Clark Presentation (Attorney Client).pdf 6. Clark Article.pdf

3:45     Roundtable: Comcast - Franchise Agreements with the Mixed-Use Rule, Olympus Insurance - High Impact Trends, Lexis Nexis - Closed Source Generative AI, and UAMPS - Public Power Legal Issues.

              Attachments: 

Friday, May 10

8:00      Business Meeting: UMAA Board.

              Attachments: 2024-05-09 Final Draft UMAA Bylaws.pdf, 1. Board Meeting Presentation.pptx

8:45     Mountain West Towing v. West Jordan City: Lessons Learned from a Code Enforcement Case that Resulted in Section 1983 Litigation: Paul Dodd - West Jordan City.

              Attachments: 2. Dodd Presentation (Mountain West Case).pdf

10:00    GRAMA Update and Current Trends: David Quealy - Salt Lake City, and Todd Sheeran - Herriman City.

              Attachments: 3. Quealy Sheeran Presentation (GRAMA).pdf

11:00    Utah Case Law Update: Nate Mitchell - Hoggan Lee Hutchinson, and Dani Capernich - Spencer Fane.

              Attachments: 4. Mitchell Capernic Presentation (UT Court Update).pdf