SumSummermer 20 202017 COMMITTEECOMMITEE NEWS NEWS AdmiraltyCorporate Counsel and Maritime Committee Law The purpose of a newsletter is to provide specialized information to a tar- geted audience. Newsletters can be a great way to market your product or “Customer quotes, Steeringservice, and also Through create credibility the and Coronavirus build awareness for Crisis: you and the called “pull quotes,” are Aservices Beginner’s you provide. UseGander positive customer at Assessing pull-quotes as the eye-catching an excellent way to Strategicbut subtle marketing. Importance of Maritime-Lien Law in Potential Cruise-Line Bankruptcies demonstrate your suc- Tips for Producing a Newsletter cess and put emphasis I.Every Introduction time you produce your newsletter, ask yourself: on your values. They The accelerating coronavirus crisis has upended major industries across the also add visual interest globe,Q: Who but are none our more readers? so than the cruise industry.1 In the early days of the unfolding internationalA: Existing customerscatastrophe, and the potential Diamond customers, Princess became a global topic of to your newsletter...” Pierce Smith conversation as the locus of one of the first major outbreaks outside of mainland Q: What will our readers want to know about our business? China.2 In the following weeks, this crisis for the cruise industry has only intensified, The University of Texas- Carlos School Vivanco of A: Timely, helpful, problem solving information. Law Class of 2020. Pierce can be and the ultimate fate of the passengers and crew of the MS Westerdam, Grand contacted at Piercesmith6790@ Princess, MSC Meraviglia, MS Zaandam, and other possibly affected cruise ships utexas.edu. remainsAdd Value largely unknown. to Your Newsletter Keep your content as current as possible. If you publish a monthly letter, Editor’s Note: Pierce’s article was Coronavirus outbreaks aboard cruise ships have raised many legal questions that selected as the winner of the 2020 areensure likely you to be include of great content consequence from only for allthe the last stakeholders month. Also, involved. use photo- The potential ABA TIPS AMLC law student writing graphs and other visuals to add interest and enable the reader to scan competition held in conjunction with Read more on page 18 quickly for information. Gard N.A. In This Issue • InSteering This Through Issue the Coronavirus Crisis:... 1 • • ChairAdvantages Message 4 of a • EditorNewsletter Message 7 • Trade Talk: James Andrew • BlackAdd 9Value to Your • OnNewsletter Thin Ice: National and Homeland Security Implications... 12 • • InSecond Search of StoryJust and Reasonable Practices for • DemurrageAnother andStory... 13 • Damages Recoverable in Maritime Matters, Second • EditionBack Page14 Story UnitingUniting Plaintiff, Plaintiff, Defense, Defense, Insurance, Insurance, and and Corporate Corporate CounselCounsel toto Advance Advance the the Civil Civil Justice Justice System System Admiralty and Maritime Law Summer 2020 Leadership Roster Chair Membership Peter Black Grady Hurley Aaron Greenbaum Vice-Chair Mills Black LLP Jones Walker LLP 1215 19th St NW, 201 Saint Charles Ave, 48th Fl Pusateri Johnston Guillot & Chase Jansson Greenbaum Washington, DC 20036 New Orleans, LA 70170-1000 Campbell Johnston Clark LLP (562) 548-8978 (504) 582-8224 1100 Poydras St, Ste 2250 2600 Douglas Road, Ste 508 New Orleans, LA 70163-2300 [email protected] Fax: (504) 589-8224 Miami, FL 33134 [email protected] (504) 620-2500 (503) 866-9699 [email protected] [email protected] David Boyajian Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt James Koelzer Chair-Elect 1211 SW 5th Ave, Ste 1900 Clyde & Co LLP Plaintiff Portland, OR 97204 355 S Grand Ave, Ste 1400 Juliette McCullough Vice-Chair (503) 796-2943 Los Angeles, CA 90071 Cox Wootton Lerner Fax: (415) 227-4255 (317) 413-8158 900 Front St, Ste 350 Jessica Ibert Lewis Kullman Sterbcow [email protected] Fax: (310) 229-5800 San Francisco, CA 94111-1427 [email protected] (415) 398-6000 & Abramson [email protected] 601 Poydras Street, Ste 2615 Philip Brickman New Orleans, LA 70130 Degan Blanchard & Nash Max Malvin (504) 262-8345 400 Poydras St, Fl 26 643 Magazine St, Ste 405 Immediate Fax: (504) 588-1514 New Orleans, LA 70130-3245 New Orleans, LA 70130-3433 Past Chair [email protected] (504) 529-3333 (504) 323-5885 Stephanie Penninger Fax: (504) 529-3337 [email protected] XPO Logistics Inc Social Media [email protected] 11215 N Cmnity Hse Rd, Fl 9 Vice-Chair, Jessica Martyn Charlotte, NC 28277-4960 Michael Daly Link Martyn PLLC (704) 323-7647 Technology Pierce Atwood LLP 1407 S Leithgow Terrace Fax: (312) 767-9192 Vice-Chair 1 Financial Plz, Fl 16 Philadelphia, PA 19147 [email protected] Allison Skopec Providence, RI 02903-2485 (757) 6154753 Winston & Strawn LLP (401) 588-5113 [email protected] Council 200 Park Ave, #40 Representative, New York, NY 10166-0005 Robert Gardana David McNeal (212) 294-3278 Robert L Gardana PA McNeal Law Group PLLC Newsletter Editor [email protected] 12350 SW 132nd Ct, Ste 204 2950 North Loop W, Ste 500 Christopher Nolan Miami, FL 33186-6458 Houston, TX 77092--8830 Holland & Knight LLP Vice-Chairs (562) 544-0168 (832) 819-3281 31 W 52nd St, Fl 11 Fax: (305) 358-1680 [email protected] New York, NY 10019-6111 Kirby Aarsheim [email protected] (212) 513-3307 Farrell Smith O’Connell LLP 27 Congress Street, Ste 109 Matthew Moeller Fax: (212) 341-7237 Danielle Gauer Moeller Firm LLC [email protected] Salem, MA 01970 (617) 508-9891 M G & M Law Firm 650 Poydras St, Ste 1207 [email protected] 600 Brickell Ave, Ste 1400 New Orleans, LA 70130-7215 Diversity Miami, FL 33131-3068 (571) 882-0472 Vice-Chair (305) 537-3422 [email protected] Yaakov Adler [email protected] Jeanne Amy Freehill Hogan & Mahar Llp Jones Walker LLP 80 Pine Street, 25 Fl Jeanne Noonan 201 Saint Charles Ave, Fl 48 New York, NY 10005-1759 Sarah Gayer Willcox & Savage New Orleans, LA 70170-1000 (832) 236-6109 Thompson Bowie & Hatch LLC 440 Monticello Ave, Ste 2200 (713) 283-2484 Fax: (212) 425-1901 PO Box 4630 Norfolk, VA 23510 [email protected] [email protected] Portland, ME 04112-4630 (757) 628-5554 (207) 774-2500 [email protected] Fax: (207) 774-3591 Law Student Daniel Bentson [email protected] Vice-Chair Bullivant Houser Bailey PC Scott Olson 925 4th Ave, Ste 3800 Markel Surety Holli Packer Seattle, WA 98104-1129 Christopher Hamilton 9737 Great Hills Trl, Ste 320 2301 Joseph St, (206) 292-8930 Shutts & Bowen Austin, TX 78759-6418 New Orleans, LA 70115-6513 [email protected] 4301 W Boy Scout Blvd, Ste 300 (512) 732-0099 (201) 873-4244 Tampa, FL 33607 Fax: (512) 732-8398 [email protected] (813) 229-8900 [email protected] Fax: (813) 227-8211 [email protected] *Former Chairs of TIPS AMLC americanbar.org/tips 2 Admiralty and Maritime Law Summer 2020 Leadership Roster | continued Pamela Palmer Catherine Saylor Sarah Sweet Christine Walker Clark Hill PLC Munch & Munch, P.A. 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