2013 AAPA Port Administration and Legal Issues Seminar

April 9, 2013
Boston, MA

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. Topics to be discussed include: legal issues in port development, employment and human resources issues, the Shipping Act and FMC regulation, legal ethics, a primer on labor issues, issues in real estate, port insurance and risk management strategies, loss mitigation strategies, grant funding opportunities and pitfalls, and environmental issues.

We are very greatful to our program sponsors — Saul Ewing LLP; Thompson Coburn LLP; Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A.; K&L Gates; Anderson, Kill & Olick, P.C.; and Jackson, Gilmore & Dobbs, PC.

04/09/2013
Welcome and Opening Remarks

Speakers:

• Jean C. Godwin, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, AAPA
• Deborah Hadden, Interim Port Director, Massachusetts Port Authority
• Tom Tanaka, Esq., Senior Port Counsel, Port of Seattle; Chairman, AAPA Law Review Committee

04/09/2013
Issues in Real Estate

Discussion Leader

• Tom Tanaka, Esq., Senior Port Counsel, Port of Seattle; Chairman, AAPA Law Review Committee

Speakers

• John N. Affuso, Senior Transactions Counsel, Massachusetts Port Authority
• Peter Friedenberg, Sherin and Lodgen LLP, Boston, MA
  • Handout

04/09/2013
Intellectual Property Issues

Discussion Leader:

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

Speaker

• Phil Lam, Deputy City Attorney, City of Los Angeles

04/09/2013
Risk Management Issues: Climate Change, and the Future of Federal vs. Commercial Insurance Solutions

Discussion Leader

• Carly List, CPCU, ARM, Senior Vice President, Hugh Wood Inc., Seattle, WA

Speakers

• Vince Cozzolino, Claims Manager, Hugh Wood Inc., New York, NY
• Gregory Karales, Senior Property Claims Specialist, Hugh Wood Inc., New York, NY

04/09/2013
Employment and Human Resource Issues

Discussion Leader

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

Speakers

• Christopher B. Kaczmarek, Shareholder, Littler, Mendelson P.C., Boston, MA
• William V. Hoch, Associate Chief Legal Counsel, Ethics and Employment, Massachusetts Port Authority
• Catherine Boutch, Human Resources Director, Port of Houston Authority

04/10/2013
The Shipping Act and Federal Maritime Commission Regulation

Speakers

• John Longstreth, Partner, K&L Gates LLP, Washington, DC
• Jonathan Benner, Chairman, Maritime Reg. Practice Group, Thompson Coburn LLP, Washington, DC

04/10/2013
Ethics Issues

Moderator

• Tom Tanaka, Esq., Senior Port Counsel, Port of Seattle; Chairman, AAPA Law Review Committee

Speakers

• Deborah Hadden, Interim Port Director, Massachusetts Port Authority
• David Mackey, Chief Legal Counsel, Massachusetts Authority
  • Handout

04/10/2013
A Primer on Labor Issues

Speakers

• Paul M. Heylman, Esq., Partner, Saul Ewing LLP, Washington, DC
• Frank Randolph, Esq., Shareholder, Walstead Mertsching PS, Longview, WA

04/10/2013
Legal Issues in Port Econmic Development and Public-Private Partnership Finance

Moderator

• David O. Thompson, Partner, K&L Gates LLP, Seattle, WA

Speakers

• Donnell W. Choy, Deputy Port Attorney, Port of Oakland
• Kurt Krummenacker, VP - Senior Analyst, Moody's Investors Service, New York, NY
• John D. O'Neill, Jr., Partner, Hunton and Williams LLP, Richmond, VA

04/10/2013
Risk Management Issues: Loss Mitigation Strategies for Port Authorities

Speakers

• Rhonda D. Orin, Esq., Managing Partner, Anderson Kill & Olick, PC, Washington, DC
• Darin J. McMullen, Of Counsel, Anderson Kill & Olick, PC, Philadelphia, PA

04/11/2013
By Land, by Sea, and by Air...

Moderator

• Krista Koehl, General Counsel, Port of Portland, OR

Speakers

• Brenda L. Enos, CHMM, REM, Assistant Director, Capital Programs and Environmental Management, Massachusetts Port Authority
• John L. Fiveash, Of Counsel, Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A., Tallahassee, FL
• William J. Jackson, President, Jackson Gilmour & Dobbs, PC, Houston, TX

04/11/2013
Recent Legal Developments in International Law

Speaker

• Warren Dean, Partner, Thompson Coburn LLP, Washington, DC

04/11/2013
Creating Chassis Pools

Speaker

• Don Kassilke, Esq., Member, Cozen O'Connor, Washington, DC