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2012 Air Law Symposium Schedule of Events


36th Annual Air Law Symposium

 

46th Annual Air Law Symposium

Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas, 221 East Las Colinas Boulevard, Irving, TX  75039

 

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2012

 

6:00-p.m. –     Early Check-In and Late Registration

9:00 p.m.

 

6:00 p.m.         Welcome Reception

 

THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2012

 

7:45 a.m. –      Check-In and Late Registration

5:00 p.m.

 

7:45 a.m.         Continental Breakfast

 

MORNING SESSION

 

Charles A. Tarpley, Presiding

 

8:30 a.m.         Welcoming Remarks

 

8:45 a.m.         Will S. Skinner

DeForest Koscelnik Yokitis Skinner & BerardinelliRecent Developments in Aviation Law – 2011

 

9:45 a.m.         Douglas H. Amster

LeClairRyanThe Legal Consequences of Undisclosed Medical Conditions on Aircraft Operator Liability

 

10:15 a.m.       Coffee Break

 

Debra D. Fowler, Presiding

 

10:35 a.m.       P. Nikolai Ehlers

Ehlers, Ehlers & Partner – Current Developments in European Aviation Regulation and Litigation Litigation

 

Charles A. Tarpley, Presiding

 

11:20 a.m.       Luncheon

 

                        Presentation of the 16th Annual John J. Tigert VI Memorial Scholarship

 

12:20 p.m.       Captain Jeffrey Skiles

First Officer on US Airways Flight 1549 – “The Miracle on the Hudson” The Miracle on the Hudson: The Revolution in Cockpit Human Factors Engineering Behind the Most Celebrated Aviation Success Story of Our Time

 

AFTERNOON SESSION

 

Ladd Sanger, Presiding

 

1:00 p.m.         John G. Sams

Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. – Legal Challenges Navigating the International Aviation Marketplace

 

1:30 p.m.         Mark D. Pierce

Slack & Davis, L.L.P. –Government Documents and Witnesses: Using FOIA & Touhy to Get What You Need in Aviation Litigation

 

2:00 p.m.         Mark A. Tomicich

Federal Aviation Administration – Responding to Requests Under FOIA and Touhy

 

2:30 p.m.         Robert F. Spohrer

Spohrer & Dodd – Legal Implications for Outsourcing Military Aviation Work

 

3:00 p.m.         Coffee Break

 

Don G. Rushing, Presiding

 

3:20 p.m.         Philip A. Rush

Martin, Bischoff, Templeton, Langslet & Hoffman LLP – Ethics and Experts

 

3:50 p.m.         Lea P. Valdivia

Podhurst Orseck, P.A. – The Impact of Amended Rule 26 on Expert Discovery

 

4:20 p.m.         John E. Scarbrough, Ph.D.

Litigation Analytics, Inc. – The Cost Effective Use of Experts With Special Emphasis on Economists

 

4:50 p.m.         Douglas A. Latto

Baumeister & Samuels, P.C. – The Use of Expert Witnesses in Aviation Disaster Litigation

 

5:20 p.m.         Charles A. Tarpley

                        Closing Remarks

Raffle Sponsored by Southwest Airlines

 

Presentation of the 9th Annual International Aviation Womens Association Scholarship

 

5:35 p.m.         Reception

 

FRIDAY, March 30, 2012

 

7:45 a.m.         Continental Breakfast

 

MORNING SESSION

 

H. Norman Kinzy, Presiding

 

8:30 a.m.         Panel: Current Aviation Insurance Claims Issues

                        Panelists:   Tracy R. Barrus, QBE North America

                                          John P. Bruen, Chartis Aerospace

                                          Clark E. Howard, United States Aviation Underwriters

                                          Naji Malek, Berkley Aviation, LLC

 

9:30 a.m.         Ross Williams

Clyde & Co. LLP – Aviation Reinsurance – From Underwriting the Risk, To Policy Issuance and On To Claims Resolution

 

10:00 a.m.       Coffee Break

 

Thea M. Capone, Presiding

 

10:20 a.m.       Mark Kleinlein

Aon Risk Solutions – Aviation Losses and Insurance Market Overview

 

10:50 a.m.       Justin T. Green

Kreindler & Kreindler LLP – Ethics of Marketing to Aviation Victims

 

11:20 a.m.       Raven M. Atchison

Anderson, Riddle & Kuehler, L.L.P. – Recent Developments in Personal Jurisdiction

 

Charles A. Tarpley, Presiding

 

11:50 a.m.       Luncheon

 

                        Presentation of the 13th Annual Wayne Vines Memorial Scholarship for

                        Aviation Safety

 

12:50 p.m.       The Honorable Michael B. Mukasey

Former Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and former U.S. Attorney GeneralReligious Extremism Encounters with the U.S.: It Didn’t Start In The Air and It Won’t End In The Air

 

AFTERNOON SESSION

 

Ladd Sanger, Presiding

 

1:30 p.m.         Frederick C. Moss

Professor Emeritus, SMU Dedman School of Law – The Ethics of Witness Preparation: A Peek Inside the Woodshed

 

2:30 p.m.         The Honorable W. Royal Furgeson, Jr.

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas – Civil Jury Trials R.I.P.? Can It Actually Happen in America?

 

3:00 p.m.         Charles A. Tarpley

                        Closing Remarks

Raffle Sponsored by Aviation Law Week

 

3:15 p.m.         Closing Reception