NTSBBA’s Blue Angels Air & Transportation Law Conference
November 8 – 12, 2011
Pensacola Beach, Florida Hilton
Cosponsored by:
The Lawyer Pilots Bar Association and
The Florida Bar Aviation Law Committee
Room Rates: $149 Standard, Gulf Front $169, 1 Bdrm Suite $189, and 2 Bdrm Suites $239
Room block currently available under NTSB BAR ASSOC., call 850-916-2999.
15 hours of CLE, 1 hour of ethics, and 1 hour of professionalism
Co-sponsored by Lawyer Pilots Bar Association and Florida Bar Aviation Law Committee
See the Blues fly in private show at Naval Air Station Pensacola prior to public show
Gala Dinner at the Naval Aviation Museum, black tie optional
Special Presentation of the Third Joseph T. Nall Safety Award, at the Gala Dinner
Info: Tony Jobe 985-845-8088
Email:jobelaw@msn.com
PROGRAM SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm Golf Outing
Tiger Point Golf Club, Gulf Breeze
4:00 pm – 8:00 pm Conference Registration – Sign In, Pick up Conference Materials
Pensacola Beach Hilton Lobby
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Poolside Welcome Reception
Pensacola Beach Hilton – Tiki Bar and Lounge
Sponsored by: SPOHRER & DODD, Jacksonville, Florida
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
7:00 am – 8:15 am Registration
Continental Breakfast
Pensacola Beach Hilton
8:15 am Welcome Remarks
Tony B. Jobe, President NTSB Bar Association
Gary Evans, President-Elect, Lawyer Pilots Bar Association
Timothy M. Ravich, Chairman, Florida Bar Aviation Law Committee
8:30 am – 9:15 am Fireside Chat – “Aviation Crash and Regulatory Litigation Part IThe
Government Perspective over the last 40 years”
Ted Ellett – Hogan & Lovells, Washington, DC
Gary Halbert – Holland & Knight, Washington, DC
Marc Warren – Chief Counsel, FAA, Washington, DC
Kerry Long – Former FAA Chief Counsel
9:15 am – 10:00 am Investigating and Litigating the Military Air Crash Case – 10 Do’s and Don’ts
Don Maciejewski – Zisser, Robison, Brown, Nowlis, Maciejewski * Cabrey, P.A.
Jacksonville, Florida
10:00 am – 10:30 am Selecting the Right Experts for Trial
Broadus Spivey, Spivey & Grigg, LLP, Austin, Texas
10:30 am Coffee Break
Sponsored by ROBSON FORENSIC,
LANCASTER, PA
10:45 am – 11:45 am Fireside Chat: Air Crash Litigation, Part II
Desmond Barry, Jr., Condon & Forsyth, New York, New York
Chuck Krause, Speiser & Krause, New York, New York
Bob Smiley, formerly Washington, DC
Bob Parks, Law Firm of Robert L. Parks, Coral Gables, Florida
11:45 am – 12:45 pm Buffet Lunch – Poolside, Pensacola Beach Hilton
Speaker: Julian McQueen,
owner of Pensacola Beach Hilton and Innsfree Jet Center
Sponsored by: CONDON & FORSYTH
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Aviation Safety Issues Arising in Insurance Claims (Panel)
Tim McSwain, Allianz (moderator);
Kevin Twiss, Global Aerospace;
Brian Smith, Aerospace Claims Management Group;
Harry Brooks, International Loss Management;
Stephen Ginger, Teledyne Continental Motors
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Indemnity Agreements in the Aviation Context
J. Arthur Mozley, Mozley, Finnlayson & Loggins LLP, Atlanta, Georgia
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Choice of Law – Fifty Years After the Revolution
Steve Pounian, Kreindler & Kreindler, New York, New York
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm FOIA – “Freedom is Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Lose”
Michael J. Pangia, Anderson Pangia & Associates,
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
3:30 pm Coffee Break
Sponsored by: MICHAEL J. PANGIA, Anderson Pangia & Associates,
Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Washington, D.C.
3:45 pm – 4:45 pm Litigating the FAA Drug and Alcohol Emergency Revocation Case
The Honorable William R. Mullins, NTSB ALJ, Arlington, Texas, Moderator
Kathleen Yodice, AOPA, Frederick Maryland
Tony B. Jobe, Madisonville, Louisiana
Gary Evans, Coates & Evans, PC, Woodlands, Texas
Dinner on your own
Thursday, November 10, 2011
8:00 am Continental Breakfast
Pensacola Beach Hilton
8:45 am – 9:30 am An Alaska Perspective on Aviation and the Law
Erin Marston, Marston & Cole, Anchorage, Alaska;
Howard Martin, FAA Regional Counsel, Anchorage, Alaska;
The Honorable George Miller, Anchorage, Alaska
9:30 am – 10:30 am Offshore Aviation Accidents – Admiralty meets Aviation
Tony Jobe, Law Offices of Tony B. Jobe, Madisonville, Louisiana (Moderator);
Roger Vaughan, Wagner, Vaughan & McLaughlin, Tampa, Florida;
Duke Williams, Williams Law Group, LLC, Houma, Louisiana;
Paul Sterbcow, Lewis, Kullman, Sterbcow & Abramson, New Orleans, Louisiana
10:30 am Coffee Break
Sponsored by: ROBSON FORENSIC,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
10:45 am – 11:45 am Fireside Chat: A Walk Down Memory Lane – Part III
Kathlynn F. Lear, McLean, Virginia
Gary Allen, Williamsburg, Virginia
Bob Parks, Law Offi ces of Robert L. Parks, Coral Gables, Florida
Jack Harrison, Bradenton, Florida
11:45 noon – 12:45 pm Lunch
Sponsored by: ZISSER, ROBISON, BROWN, NOWLIS,
MACIEJEWSKI & CABREY, P.A., Jacksonville, Florida
1:00 pm Luxury buses to PNS Safety School hosted by Matt Robinson, Maj., USMC
and McSwain Engineering, Pensacola, hosted by Richard McSwain
5:00 pm – 7:30 pm Cocktail Reception and Antique Aircraft Static Display
Innisfree Jet Center at Pensacola Regional Airport
Sponsored by: ADLER, MURPHY & MCQUILLEN
7:30 pm Luxury buses leave Innisfree Jet Center for Pensacola Beach Hilton
Friday, November 11, 2011
8:00 am Continental Breakfast
Pensacola Beach Hilton
8:30 am – 9:30 am Fireside Chat Part IV – Aviation Crash Litigation
Frank Granito, Jr., Speiser Krause, New York
Tim Cook, Speiser Krause, Los Angeles, California
Pete McGee, former V. P. Claims, Associated Aviation Underwriters, New Jersey
Mike Holland, Condon & Forsyth, New York
Jack Harrison, Former FAA Chief Counsel – Litigation
John Adler, Adler, Murphy & McQuillen, Chicago, Illinois
Gary Allen, Williamsburg, Virginia
9:30 am – 10:30 am In-House Counsel Panel
Current Trends, FAA Enforcement, Hazmat and Civil Penalties
Randy Davis, Phoenix Air Group, Cartersville, Georgia;
Mark Hansen, FedEx Express, Memphis, Tennessee
10:30 am Coffee Break
Sponsored by: MICHAEL L. DWORKIN AND ASSOCIATES
10:45 am – 11:45 am Pilots Bill of Rights and NTSB NPRM Rule Changes (Panel)
United States Congressman Sam Graves (R-MO)
Jay Wells, ALPA;
Marc Warren, Chief Counsel, FAA, Washington, DC
Kathleen Yodice, AOPA, Frederick, Maryland
Gregory S. Winton, The Aviation Law Firm, Rockville, Maryland;
11:45 am – 12:45 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Luxury buses to Forrest Sherman Field, NAS Pensacola
2:00 pm Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show
Forrest Sherman Field, NAS Pensacola
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Cocktail Reception
Cubi Bar, National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola
Sponsored by: TRIPP SCOTT, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
6:30 – 9:30 pm Gala Dinner
Atrium, National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola
Sponsored by: SPEISER & KRAUSE, New York, New York
Presentation of USN King Fisher painting by Gerry Lear to Museum
Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Christopher Hart, Vice-Chairman NTSB
Presentation of the Joseph T. Nall Award
9:45 pm Luxury buses leave NAS Pensacola for Pensacola Beach Hilton
Saturday, November 12, 2011
8:00 am Continental Breakfast
Pensacola Beach Hilton
8:45 am – 12:00 pm AOPA Legal Services Plan Seminar
John Yodice, Yodice & Associates, Washington, D.C.
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Lessons from Blackwater & Evidence Practice Pointers
Robert Spohrer & Roger Dodd, Spohrer & Dodd, Jacksonville, Florida
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Golf Outing
Tiger Point Golf Club, Gulf Breeze
