2016 Seminar on Program Chairs: Steven Canty Timothy Groustra Transportation Law and Litigation Robert Black CHICAGO, ● JANUARY 22, 2016 The Transportation Lawyers Association is again offering a Seminar addressing a variety of topics of interest to transportation attor- neys featuring distinguished speakers from across the and Canada. The program will be held at the International Ball- room of the Fairmont Chicago- Hotel, located at 200 North Columbus Drive, Chicago, Illinois. 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast 8:00 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. Opening remarks, Comments and Introduction of Speakers • Richard A. Westley-President TLA, Westley Law Offices, S.C., Madison, WI • Steven M. Canty - Chilton Yambert Porter LLP, Chicago, IL • Timothy S. Groustra – Kitch, Drutchas, Wagner, Valitutti & Sherbrook, Mt. Clemons, MI 8:15 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Self-introduction of Participants 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. So You Represent a Transportation Client? Have You Thought About These Issues? • Rebecca Brewster – American Transportation Research Institute, Marietta, GA 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. The Anatomy of an Independent Contractor Insurance Program - Recommendations Regarding How to Structure, Administer and Use as a Driver Retention Tool • Shaun Carr - Marsh, Boston, MA • Miles L. Kavaller – Law Offices of Miles L. Kavaller, Woodland Hills, CA • Mark Wilkey - Swift Transportation Company, Phoenix, AZ • Braden K. Core – Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary, Indianapolis, IN 10:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Refreshment Break 10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Strategies for Adding Value to the Corporate Enterprise Through Proactive Initiatives, Contracts, Financing, Capital Structure and a Little Creativity • Theo Ciupitu – Jack Cooper Holdings Corp., Kennesaw, GA • Ted L. Perryman - RobertsPerryman, St. Louis, MO • Jeff Berlin – E.L. Hollingsworth & Co., Flint, MI • Abe Tabry – E.L. Hollingsworth & Co., Flint, MI 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Year 2016: Enforcement Practices and Rulemaking Proceedings Affecting the Trucking Industry • DaVina Farmer - Service Center Director, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Matteson, IL • Peter Hines - Enforcement Trial Attorney Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Matteson, IL 12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. Buffet Luncheon 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. How Far Is Too Far?...... An Analysis and Discussion of the Ethical Limits on Attorneys In the Day-to-Day Practice of Law • Sanj Sood – Aird & Berlis, LLP, Toronto, ON, Canada • Robin Squires – Borden Ladner Gervais, Toronto, ON, Canada • Daniel C. Sullivan – Sullivan Hincks & Conway, Oak Brook, IL • Honorable Judge John Z. Lee - United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Here We Go, Look Out Below, . . . It’s a (Contract) Free-For-All - Considerations in Drafting Transportation Agreements • William D. Bierman – Price Meese Shulman & D’Arminio, P.C. Woodcliff Lake, NJ • Henry E. Seaton - Seaton & Husk, Vienna, VA 2:45 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Refreshment Break 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Is there a Difference? Mediation from the Perspective of an Insurer and the Self-Insured, Along with Tips for a Winning ADR Strategy In High-Treatment Claims • Reb Dunn – Carolina Casualty Company, Jacksonville, FL • Paul F. Monicotti – Mediator, Troy, MI • Tammy Warn – C&K Trucking LLC, Chicago Ridge, IL 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Is There Coverage for This, That and the Other Cargo? Have You Considered The Recent Freight Claims Case-Law? We’ll Help You Out. • Marshal M. Pitchford – DiCaudo Pitchford & Yoder, Akron, OH • Carrie C. Wall – Bill Fralic Insurance Services , Inc., Alpharetta, GA • Thomas C. Martin – Price Meese Shulman & D’Arminio, P.C. Woodcliff Lake, NJ • David Nordt – The Gilbert Company, Keasbey, NJ 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Wine and Cheese Reception in the Gold Room There will be time allocated in each program for a question and answer session Registration. The registration fee of $275.00 ($375.00 ments. We have reserved a block of rooms at the for non-members) will cover approximately 7.5 hours Fairmont Chicago-Millennium Park Hotel under of CLE credits, a continental breakfast, buffet luncheon the name of the Transportation Lawyers Associa- and the wine and cheese reception. Each registrant tion. Please be sure to mention that you are with will have a choice between a bound copy of the course our group to be included in our room block. A materials, or a USB version. Please indicate your selec- favorable rate of $159.00 per night/double occu- tion on the registration form so the committee can plan pancy has been negotiated. The cutoff date for res- accordingly. If you cannot attend but would like to ervations is January 14, 2016. To make a reserva- purchase the materials, they will be available for tion, you may call the Fairmont National Reserva- $100.00. tion Line at 800-526-2008, or you can call the Fair- mont Chicago-Millennium Park Hotel at (312) 565- Simply complete the registration form and forward it, 8000. On-line registration is available at: together with your payment to: TLA Executive Office, https://resweb.passkey.com/go/tla2016. Valet P.O. Box 15122, Lenexa, KS 66285-5122 or fax to (913) parking is available or you can park at the adjacent 895-4652. You can also register online at Center parking structure, 200 East Randolph www.translaw.org. The cut-off for pre-registration and Drive. The guest rooms and facilities are excep- the dinner is Monday, January 11, 2016. Walk-in regis- tional, and we encourage you to come a day early trations on the day of the event will be accepted for the and stay for the weekend. Seminar but not for the dinner. Inquiries can be directed to Steven Canty at (847) 625-8200. Non- Thursday Event Speakers’ Dinner – Smith & Wol- member attendees will be eligible for a discounted lensky’s Steakhouse. All attendees and their introductory membership in TLA that will be good guests are invited to attend the Speakers’ Dinner at through July, 2016. Check the registration table for Smith & Wollensky’s Steakhouse located at 318 N. information on this valuable opportunity. State Street, Chicago, Illinois on Thursday, January Broker Claims Boot Camp. The TLA Logistics and 21st at 7:15 p.m. Come visit the “ultimate best fine E-Commerce Committee is sponsoring a Broker Claims dining Chicago steakhouse in a city that knows its Boot Camp on the afternoon before the Chicago steak.” Enjoy impressive views of the Chicago Regional Seminar (1:00 to 5:00 p.m. on January 21, River while dining in turn-of-the-century décor. 2016). This program is designed to be an overview of Located on Chicago’s bustling State Street adjacent the law and issues faced by freight brokers. The Broker to the Loop, a dining experience at this steakhouse Boot Camp is for attorneys new to this fascinating area is a must. Please be sure to include your dinner res- of the law as well as for attorneys seeking to develop a ervation when completing the Registration Form, transportation practice. Additional CLE credit will be and check the TLA website for information. A pre- available for this program. The registration fee for this dinner General Reception Social as well as a New separate event is $100.00 ($200.00 for non-members). Member Social will take place in the Moulin Rouge Please be sure to sign-up for this “camp” when com- Room of the Fairmont Chicago-Millennium Park pleting the Registration Form, and check the TLA web- Hotel from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The Corporate site for additional information. Counsel Committee will have a private reception for their members from 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. in the Continuing Legal Education. Historically, TLA Moulin Rouge Room at the Fairmont Chicago- educational programs have been fully accredited in Millennium Park Hotel. All members of the Cor- most states toward fulfilling their respective man- datory continuing legal education requirements, porate Counsel Committee are invited to attend. including ethics. This program represents an excel- Anyone not attending this event may proceed lent opportunity for lawyers to get a head start on directly to Smith & Wollensky’s. Sorry, no “walk- their CLE requirements. A form for reporting your ins” at the dinner. participation in the program will be available at the Travel Arrangements. Your Chicago Seminar registration desk, to be completed and turned in at the conclusion of the program. Certificates of Committee has arranged the program to accom- attendance will subsequently be issued directly to modate early airport arrivals as well as late depar- the attorneys, certifying the number of credits tures. For those of you who will be arriving at awarded by the participant’s state(s). It is the O'Hare Airport, the quickest way to the Fairmont attorney's responsibility to complete any other Chicago-Millennium Park Hotel is to use the Chi- state-mandated CLE requirements. cago Subway System, the Blue Line, a 35 to 40 Hotel Accommodations. You will be responsible minute ride from O'Hare to the Clark/Lake exit. for your own transportation and hotel arrange- From there it is about a 10 minute walk to the Fairmont. Take Lake Street in the direction of traf- fic (east) until it ends at a stairway which you will take up to the . The hotel is the brown building on your left with the green roof. If you fly into Midway Airport, take the Orange Line to the exit, about a 30-minute ride, and take Randolph Street three blocks to the east (against traffic) to Columbus Drive, then go left about half a block to the hotel.