2009 AAPA Port Administration and Legal Issues Seminar

April 15, 2009
Baltimore, MD

This two-and-one-half day seminar covers the latest issues in port administration and legal issues. Topics to be discussed includes: port/tenant relations, including pricing, lease provisions and how/when a port can chose its tenants; environmental issues; human resources and employment law; port insurance and risk management strategies; and legal issues in addressing port security.

Legal sessions included discussion of fact patterns applying legal principles to port scenarios.

04/15/2009
Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Kurt J. Nagle, President, American Association of Port Authorities
• Kathy Broadwater, Deputy Executive Director, Maryland Port Administration
• Tom Tanaka, Esquire, Senior Port Counsel, Port of Seattle

04/15/2009
Plenary Session: Closing the Deal on Property and Business Interruption Claims in the Wake of a Catastrophe

Discussion Leader:

• Cindi Heffernan, Managing Director, Hugh Wood, Inc.

Speakers:

• Rhonda D. Orin, Esq., Managing Partner, Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C.
• Robert M. Horkovich, Esq., Chair, Insurance Recovery Group, Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C.
• Peter Potemkin, Deputy Director, Disaster Recovery Consulting, Adjusters International Talent

04/15/2009
Plenary Session: Torts, Property Damage and Bodily Injury

Speakers:

• Lawrence I. Kiern, Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP
• H. Allen Black, Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP

04/15/2009
Plenary Session: The Shipping Act and Federal Maritime Commission Regulation

Discussion Leader:

• Cathy Orleman, Principal Counsel, Maryland Port Administration

Speakers:

• John Longstreth, Partner, K&L Gates
• Matthew Thomas, Of Counsel, Troutman Sanders LLP
  - Handout

04/15/2009
Plenary Session: Labor Law Issues

Speaker:

• Paul Heylman, Partner, Saul Ewing LLP

04/15/2009
Plenary Session: Minimizing/Avoiding Liability in Port Construction Projects
Speaker:

• William W. Warren, Jr., Partner, Saul Ewing LLP
  - Handout

04/16/2009
Plenary Session: Environmental Issues Facing Ports

• Overview
  William J. Jackson, Shareholder, Jackson, Gilmore & Dobbs, PC

• Using Insurance to Address Environmental Liabilities
  Robert M. Horkovich, Esq., Chair, Insurance Recovery Group, Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C
  Handout--A Guide to Insurance Coverage for Environmental Liability Claims

• Water Pollution, Remediation and Liability
  Steven J. Picco, Partner, Saul Ewing LLP

• Environmental Compliance Self-Audit
  Bob Munroe, Deputy Counsel, Maryland Port Administration

04/16/2009
Plenary Session: Human Resources/Employment

Discussion Leader:

• Cheryl Taylor, PPM^®, Deputy Port Director, Finance & Administration, Port of Stockton

Speaker:

• Michael Conley, Esq., Co-Managing Shareholder, Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C.

04/16/2009
Concurrent Session: Planning for Financial Downturns and Bankruptcy

Speakers:

• Robert Goodstein, Goodstein Law Group PLLC
• Margaret J. Lee, Goodstein Law Group PLLC

04/16/2009
Concurrent Session: Risk & Exposure Clinic
Speakers:

• Cindi Heffernan, Managing Director, Hugh Wood, Inc.
• Roy Wilson, Senior Vice President, Hugh Wood, Inc.

04/16/2009
Plenary Session: Liability and Risk Transfer with Respect to the Insurance of Others, including Port Service Vendors and Contractors

Speakers:

• Frank L. McNiff, Esq., Welder Leshin LLP, Corpus Christi, TX 
• David L. Alexander, Port Attorney, Port of Oakland
• Withers Davis, Account Executive, Aon Risk Services, Inc.

04/17/2009
Plenary Session: Security

Discussion Leader:

• Thomas G. Schroeter, Associate General Counsel, Port of Houston Authority

Speakers:

• Homeland Security Laws & Regulations: Current & Future Issues for the Port Attorney & Risk Manager
  Steve Roberts, Attorney at Law, Houston, Texas
• Understanding and Fully Utilizing the Benefits of the SAFETY Act
  Brian E. Finch, Counsel/Head Homeland Security Practice, Dickstein Shapiro LLP

04/17/2009
Concurrent Session: Real Estate Issues

Speakers:

•  Heather McCloskey, Deputy City Attorney, Port of Los Angeles
  - Handout
• Duane Bennett, Port Attorney, Port of San Diego
  - Handout

04/17/2009
Concurrent Session: AAPA Risk Management and Safety Committee Meeting

04/17/2009
Concurrent Session: Legal Ethics

Speaker:

• Mr. Tanaka