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Please note: All times below are EST.

Friday, June 26, 2020

8:30 AM
Conference Line Opens
 
9:00 AM
Welcome Remarks
 
9:05 AM - 10:05 AM
Legal Ethics, Technology, and Well-Being, Oh My! A Pandemic's Impact on the Practice of Law
Jan L. Jacobowitz - University of Miami School of Law, Miami, FL
10:05 AM - 11:00 AM
Recent Maritime Law Developments in the U.S. Supreme Court and the First, Second, Third and Fourth Circuits
Albert “AJ” Bilbrey, Jr. - Cooper & Bilbrey, P.C., Charleston, SC
11:00 AM - 11:10 AM
Break
 
11:10 AM - 12:00 PM
The ABC’S of the Supplemental Rules for Admiralty or Maritime Claims and Asset Forfeiture Actions
Geoffrey A. Losee - Rountree Losee LLP, Wilmington, NC
David B. Marvel - Marvel Et Al., LLC, Charleston, SC
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
Break
 
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
Luncheon & Keynote Address
David Farrell - Maritime Law Association of the United States
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Break
 
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Taking and Defending the Deposition of a “Ward of the Admiralty Court”
Michelle Otero Valdés - Chalos & Co, P.C., Miami, FL
Manuel F. Valdés, Esq. - The Law Offices of Manuel Valdes, Coral Gables, FL
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Legal Professionalism - Federal Maritime Practice and the Pandemic
Hon. Mark S. Davis - United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk, VA
3:00 PM - 3:10 PM
Break
 
3:10 PM - 4:05 PM
Salvage and Marine Firefighting Regulations - What vessel Owners (and Their Lawyers) Need to Know
David L. Reisman - Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, LA
Lieutenant Commander Salomee G. Briggs - U.S. Coast Guard, Seventh Coast Guard District (Legal), Miami, FL
Derelict and Abandoned Vessels Under State Law
Captain Alan Richard - Tallahassee, Florida
4:05 PM - 5:00 PM
Recent Maritime Law Developments in the Eleventh, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Circuits
Barrett Hails - Phelps Dunbar LLP, Mobile AL
5:00 PM
Recess
 

Saturday, June 27, 2020

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Maritime Dayworker Claims - Legal and Insurance Considerations
Pamela Milgrim - Skuld North America, New York, NY
11:00 AM - 11:55 AM
Maritime Suits Against the Government - Sovereign Immunity and the SIAA/PVA/FTCA
Ann Calabrese - United States Military Sealift Command, Norfolk, VA
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
Break
 
12:05 PM - 1:00 PM
Toxic Tort and Occupational Exposure in Maritime Law
Danielle T. Gauer - MG+M The Law Firm, Miami, FL
Matthew J. Valcourt - Valcourt and Associates, LLC, Miami, FL
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Recent Maritime Law Developments in the Fifth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits
Magdalini Galitou - Phelps Dunbar, LLP, New Orleans, LA
2:00 PM
Adjourn