2011 AAPA Port Administration and Legal Issues Seminar

April 13, 2011
San Francisco, CA

This two-and-one-half day seminar covers the latest trends, challenges and risk management strategies for port administrators, finance officers, real estate managers, attorneys, and risk managers. The program will include an in depth discussion of public financing and the issuance of bonds. Other topics to be discussed include: current development in contracts and leasing, the Shipping Act and FMC regulation, port insurance and risk management strategies, employment issues, legal ethics, public records, recordkeeping and electronically stored information, and minimizing/avoiding liability in port construction projects.

Thanks to our sponsors Port of San Francisco, Saul Ewing, K&L Gates, Marron Lawyers, Jackson Gilmour & Dobbs, and Anderson Kill & Olick.

04/13/2011
Welcome and Opening Remarks

Speakers:

• Kurt J. Nagle, President & CEO, AAPA
• Tom Tanaka, Esq., Senior Port Counsel, Port of Seattle; Chairman, AAPA Law Review Committee

04/13/2011
Public Financing, Part 1: A Primer

Discussion Leader:

• Heather M. McCloskey, Deputy City Attorney, Port of Los Angeles

Speakers:

• Karl Pan, Chief Financial Officer, Port of Los Angeles
• Jessica Soltz Rudd, Esq., Senior Director, Frasca & Associates, LLC
• Michael K. Reppe, Partner, Kutak Rock LLP

04/13/2011
Public Financing, Part 2: Getting It Right

Discussion Leader:

• Heather M. McCloskey, Deputy City Attorney, Port of Los Angeles

Speakers:

• Daniel M. Deaton, Associate, Public Finance, Nixon Peabody LLP
• Travis Gibbs, Partner, Public Finance, Nixon Peabody LLP
• Lisa Greer Quateman, Esq., Quateman LLP

04/13/2011
Current Developments in Contracting and Leasing

Discussion Leader:

• Kathryn McDermott, Deputy Executive Director, Port of Los Angeles 

Speakers:

• Eric Richards, Partner, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
• Micheal Dobbs, Shareholder, Jackson Gilmour & Dobbs, PC, Houston, TX

04/13/2011
Lease Security and Certificates of Insurance

Moderator:

• Robert A. Bryan, Port General Counsel, City Attorney's Office, City and County of San Francisco 

Speakers:

• Matt Hansen, Director, Risk Management Division, City and County of San Francisco
• John Updike, Acting Director of Real Estate, City and County of San Francisco
  - Handout (RIMS Executive Report--Recents Changes to the ACORD Form--Cause and Effect)

04/14/2011
Pollution Risk as an Economic Development Tool

Moderator:

• Cindi Hefferman, Managing Director, Hugh Wood Inc., Seattle, WA 

Speakers:

• Michael R. Johnson, Senior Vice President, Hugh Wood Inc., Seattle, WA
• Steven J. Picco, Partner, Saul Ewing LLP, Princeton, NJ
• Jon W. Peeples, Vice President, ACE USA / ACE Environmental Risk, Denver, CO

04/14/2011
Legal Ethics -- Maintaining Confidentiality With Your Client

Speaker:

• Tom Tanaka, Senior Port Counsel, Port of Seattle
  - Paper

04/14/2011
Employment Issues -- The Current Reality (Part 1)

Discussion Leader:

• Thomas G. Schroeter, Associate General Counsel, Port of Houston Authority
  - First Amendment Rights in the Workplace
  - Social Media in the Public Workplace

Speaker:

• Kit Flanagan, Lawyer, Littler Mendelson, P.C., Houston, TX

04/14/2011
Employment Issues -- The Current Reality (Part 2)

Discussion Leader:

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

Speakers:

• Kit Flanagan, Lawyer, Littler Mendelson, P.C., Houston, TX
• Rob Hulteng, Shareholder, Littler Mendelson, P.C., San Francisco, CA

04/14/2011
The Shipping Act and Federal Maritime Commission Regulation

Moderator:

• Jean C. Godwin, Executive VP and General Counsel, AAPA 

Speakers:

• John Longstreth, Esq., Partner, K&L Gates LLP, Washington, DC
• Paul M. Heylman, Esq., Partner, Saul Ewing LLP, Washington, DC

04/15/2011
Minimizing/Avoiding Liability in Port Construction Projects

Speaker:

• Kevin J. Connolly, Esq., Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C., New York, NY

04/15/2011
Electronically Stored Information & Public Records Act Requests

Speakers:

• Paul Marron, Esq., Principal, Marron Lawyers, Long Beach, CA
• Steve Rice, Esq., Director of Litigation, Marron Lawyers, Long Beach, CA