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RULE OF LAW
DEFENSE FUND

RLDF Senior Staff Retreat Agenda
Apri/ 27-28, 2016
Grand America Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah
All Events Mountain Time

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9:00-11:00am

12:00-1:30pm

Optional: VirTra Tour and Simulator
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Vans will depart from the hotel entrance at 600 Street

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POC: Lee Rech - Cell 801.556.8423

Welcome Lunch
Location: Imperial Ballroom C/D
Speakers:
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Attorney General Scott Pmitt, State of Oklahoma

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Attorney General Sean Reyes, State of Utah

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Jason Perry, Director, Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah;
Vice President for Government Affairs, University of Utah

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1:30-2:1Spm

Boyd Matheson, President, Sutherland Institute

Criminal Justice Reform: Issues and Perspectives for the States
Location: Imperial Ballroom CjD
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Samantha Dravis, President, Rule ofLaw Defense Fund (Moderator)

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Marc Levin, Director ofthe Center for Effective Justice & Right on Crime, Texas
Public Policy Foundation

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James R. Copland, Senior Fellow; Director, Legal Policy, Manhattan Institute

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Timothy Head, Executive Director, Faith and Freedom Coalition

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Benjamin McMurray, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public
Defender for the District of Utah; Adjunct Professor, University of Utah S.J.
Quinney College of Law

2: 15-2: 30pm
2:30-3:00pm

Break
Presentation: Utah Compromise/Religious Freedom Legislation
Location: Imperial Ballroom C/D
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3:00-3:4Spm

Gregory S. Baylor, Senior Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom

Practice Tips from Judges:

Constitutional Challenges to State Law and

Challenges to Agency Rulemaking
Location: Imperial Ballroom C/D
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Parker Douglas, Chief Federal Deputy and General Counsel, State of Utah

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Judge Carolyn McHugh, U.S. Court ofAppeals for the 10th Circuit

(Moderator)

3:45-4:00pm

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Judge Dale A. Kimball, Senior Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

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Judge Clark Wadoups, U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Break

 4:00-4:4Spm

Endangered Species Act and the Takings Clause
Location: Imperial Ballroom C/D

4:45-S:lSpm

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Hugh Hewitt, Host of the Hugh Hewitt Show

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Robert O'Brien, Partner, Larson O'Brien LLP

Presentation:

Asbestos Bankruptcy Trusts:

Potential Tools to Investigate

Fraud and Recover Medical Assistance Payments
Location: Imperial Ballroom C/D

5: 15-5:30pm

6:00-6:4Spm

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Kay Winfree, CounseL Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

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Nathan Morris, Senior Director, Legislative Affairs, US Chamber of Commerce

Remarks/Discussion on AG's United for Clean Power
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David Rivkin, Partner, BakerHostetler

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Samantha Dravis, RLDF

Welcome Reception
Location: Grand Savoy Patio

6:45-8:00pm

Welcome Dinner
Location: Grand Savoy
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Attorney General Scott Pmitt, State of Oklahoma

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Hugh Hewitt, Host ofthe Hugh Hewitt Show

Thursday.April 28.2016
8:00-9:00am

Breakfast

9:00-lO:OOam

Executive Overreach and AG Pushback: The Future of the Fight to Stop the Clean
Power Plan and other Executive Abuses

Location: Imperial Ballroom C/D
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10:00-ll:OOam

Attorney General Scott Pntitt, State of Oklahoma

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David Rivkin, Partner, BakerHostetler

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Elbert Lin, Solicitor General, State of West Virginia

Supreme Court Review: The Legacy of Justice Antonin Scalia, Implications of the
Court Vacancy and What to Expect

Location: Imperial Ballroom C/D
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Patrick Wyrick, Solicitor General, State of Oklahoma (Moderator)

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Will Consovoy, Partner, Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC

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12:00-l:OOpm

Karen Harned, Executive Director, National Federation of Independent Business
Small Business Legal Center
Howard Neilsen, Partner, Cooper & Kirk PLLC

Closing Lunch

Location: Grand Salon

1:00pm

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Attorney General Sean Reyes, State of Utah

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Tim Ballard, Founder, Operation Underground Railroad

Optional Activity - VirTra Tour and Simulator
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Vans will depart from the hotel entrance at 600 Street

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POC: Lee Rech - Cell 801.556.8423

 STAFF RETREAT 2016
TENTATIVE AGENDA
AG AGENDA - Salt Lake City, UT
Wednesday, April 27 - Thursday, April 28
Wednesday, April 27
12.00PM

RLDF Welcome Lunch and working sessiOn

1:30PM - 3:00PM
3:00PM - 4:30PM
4:30PM - 5:30PM

Working Session Three

Location:

6:00PM - 6:45PM

Ballroom

RLDF Welcome Reception

Location:

6:45PM - 8:00PM

Salon

RLDF Welcome Dinner

9:00AM - !O:OOAM
!O:OOAM
ll:OOAM
12:00PM - 1:30PM

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Panel Discussion #2

Location: Imperial Ballroom C/D
Policy Lunch

Location: Grand Salon

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