Annual Seminar

  • Friday, June 24, 2011
  • Saturday, June 25, 2011
  • The King and Prince Beach and Golf Resort, 201 Arnold Road, St. Simon's Island, GA

CREDIT HOURS

All the SEALI states now have some form of mandatory CLE requirements. In Georgia, the program qualifies for 10 CLE Hours (based on a 60-minute hour), 1 hour of Ethics credit, 1 hour of Professionalism credit and 3 hours of Trial credit. 

Application will be made to all SEALI states for appro-priate credit. This program also qualifies for 4.5 Maritime Law Association credit points toward membership as Proctor in Admiralty. ICLE does not guarantee CLE credits in all states.

THURSDAY  •  JUNE 23, 2011

6:00

EARLY REGISTRATION (ENDS AT 7:30)

6:30

RECEPTION (ENDS AT 7:30)

FRIDAY  •  JUNE 24, 2011

Presiding:
Geoffrey A. Losee, Chairman, SEALI; Rountree, Losee & Baldwin, LLP, Wilmington, NC

7:30

REGISTRATION

8:00
PROFESSIONALISM FOR THE MARITIME ATTORNEY
Thomas E. Scott, Jr., Former U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Florida; Former U.S. District Judge, Southern District of Florida; Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., Miami, FL
9:00
RECENT MARITIME LAW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE 4TH, 1ST, 2ND, AND 3RD CIRCUITS AND SUPREME COURT
Bachman Smith, IV, Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., Charleston, SC
9:55
BREAK
10:10
MARITIME WORKERS’ 3RD PARTY REMEDIES
James R. Watkins, Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, LLP, Galveston, TX
11:05
PLAINTIFF AND DEFENSE PERSPECTIVES ON YACHT POLICIES: GOOD FAITH
Michael C. Black, Cassidy & Black, P.A., Miami, FL
Eric C. Thiel, Banker Lopez Gassler, P.A., Tampa, FL
12:00
LUNCHEON (INCLUDED IN REGISTRATION FEE)
Speaker: Hon. Lisa Godbey Wood, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia, Brunswick

Presiding:
Allen E. Graham, Secretary, SEALI; Phelps Dunbar LLP, Mobile, AL

1:15
DAUBERT ISSUES AND SURVEY OF STATE EXPERT QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
David B. Marvel, Prenner Marvel, P.A., Charleston, SC
2:10
RECENT MARITIME LAW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE 5TH, 9TH, AND 10TH CIRCUITS
Jacob Gardner, Fowler Rodriguez Valdes-Fauli, New Orleans, LA
3:05
BREAK
3:20
ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION
Miles A. Beam, P.E., Raleigh, NC
Bryan R. Emond, P.E., CMI, Project Engineer, SEA Limited, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
4:15
U.S. COAST GUARD / GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATIONS
Ryon L. Little, Fowler White Burnett, P.A., Miami, FL
Matthew Dursa, LT, JAGC, USN, Aviation and Admiralty Litigation, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC
5:10
GENERAL MEETING
5:30
RECESS
6:30
RECEPTION (ENDS AT 7:30)

SATURDAY  •  JUNE 25, 2011

Presiding:
Michael H. Bagot, Jr., Vice-Chairman, SEALI; Wagner & Bagot, LLP, New Orleans, LA

9:00
ETHICS: MASS TORT LITIGATIONundefinedREPRESENTING MULTIPLE PARTIES
Conrad S.P. Williams, III, Williams Law Group, Houma, LA
Donald R. Abaunza, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, LA
10:00
BREAK
10:10

BANKRUPTCY FOR THE MARITIME ATTORNEY
Trawick H. Stubbs, Jr., Stubbs & Perdue, P.A., New 
Bern, NC

11:05
RECENT MARITIME LAW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE 11TH, 6TH, 7TH AND 8TH CIRCUITS
Tonya J. Meister, Meister Law LLC, Miami, FL
12:00
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