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2011 ºÃÉ«TV 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.

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04/13/2011
Welcome and Opening Remarks

Speakers:

• Kurt J. Nagle, President & CEO, ºÃÉ«TV
• Tom Tanaka, Esq., Senior Port Counsel, Port of Seattle; Chairman, ºÃÉ«TV 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:

• , Chief Financial Officer, Port of Los Angeles
• , Esq., Senior Director, Frasca & Associates, LLC
• , 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:

• , Associate, Public Finance, Nixon Peabody LLP
• , Partner, Public Finance, Nixon Peabody LLP
• , Esq., Quateman LLP

04/13/2011
Current Developments in Contracting and Leasing

Discussion Leader:

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

Speakers:

• , Partner, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
• , 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:

• , Director, Risk Management Division, City and County of San Francisco
• , Acting Director of Real Estate, City and County of San Francisco
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04/14/2011
Pollution Risk as an Economic Development Tool

Moderator:

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

Speakers:

• , Senior Vice President, Hugh Wood Inc., Seattle, WA
• , Partner, Saul Ewing LLP, Princeton, NJ
• , Vice President, ACE USA / ACE Environmental Risk, Denver, CO

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

Speaker:

• , Senior Port Counsel, Port of Seattle
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04/14/2011
Employment Issues -- The Current Reality (Part 1)

Discussion Leader:

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

• , 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:

• , Lawyer, Littler Mendelson, P.C., Houston, TX
• , 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, ºÃÉ«TV 

Speakers:

• , Esq., Partner, K&L Gates LLP, Washington, DC
• , Esq., Partner, Saul Ewing LLP, Washington, DC

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

Speaker:

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

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

Speakers:

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