| Sunday, February 20 |
| 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. |
Registration |
| 10 – 11:30 a.m. |
Legislative and Regulatory Initiatives from the U.S. Department of Transportation |
| 11:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. |
Lunch & Roundtable Discussion
Chair, Charles A. Spitulnik, chair, APTA Legal Affairs Committee and partner, Kaplan, Kirsch, and Rockwell, Washington, DC
Dorval Carter, chief counsel, Federal Transit Administration, Washington, DC (2:00 – 3:00 p.m.)
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6 – 7:30 p.m.
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Opening Reception
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| Monday, February 21 |
| 7 – 8 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast
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| 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. |
Registration |
| 8 – 8:15 a.m. |
Welcome & Seminar Overview
Michael J. Scanlon, chair, APTA; general manager/chief executive officer, San Mateo County Transit District; and executive director, Caltrain, San Carlos, CA
Chair, Charles A. Spitulnik, chair, APTA Legal Affairs Committee and partner, Kaplan, Kirsch, and Rockwell, Washington, DC |
| 8:15 – 9:15 a.m. |
Current Issues in Civil Rights
Nancy Lowenthal, attorney, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, Oakland, CA
Linda Ford, acting deputy director, Office of Civil RIghts, Federal Transit Administration, Washington, DC
Anthony Anderson, partner, Thompson Coburn LLP, Washington |
| 9:15 – 10:45 a.m. |
Rail Transit & Commuter Rail Update
Chair, Charles A. Spitulnik, chair, APTA Legal Affairs Committee and partner, Kaplan, Kirsch, and Rockwell, Washington, DC |
| 10:45 – 11 a.m. |
Break |
| 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
The View from the Federal Transit Administration
Dorval Carter, chief counsel, Federal Transit Administration, Washington, DC |
| 12:30 – 2 p.m. |
Working Lunch: Lessons Learned from the Central Subway Project of San Francisco
Robin Reitzes, vice chair, APTA Legal Affairs Committee and deputy city attorney, City and County of San Francisco, CA
John Funghi, senior program manager, Central Subway Project, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
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| 2:15 p.m. – 5 p.m. |
Procurement Developments
Edward J. Gill, Jr., partner, Thompson Coburn LLP, Washington, DC
Jayme L. Blakesley, attorney-advisor, Federal Transit Administration, Washington, DC
Madeline Chun, partner, hanson Bridgett LLP, San Francisco, CA
Steve D. Miller, senior counsel, Hanson Bridgett LLP, San Francisco, CA
Wib Gulley, general counsel, Triangle Transit, Research Triange Park, NC
James P. LaRusch, chief counsel, APTA, Washington, DC |
| 3:30 - 3:45 p.m. |
Break
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| Tuesday, February 22 |
| 7 – 8 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8 - 11 a.m. |
Registration |
| 8 – 8:30 a.m. |
Legal Affairs Committee Meeting
Chair, Charles A. Spitulnik, chair, APTA Legal Affairs Committee and partner, Kaplan, Kirsch, and Rockwell, Washington, DC |
| 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. |
13(c) Developments
Jane Sutter Starke, partner, Thompson Coburn LLP, Washington, DC |
| 9:30 - 9:45 a.m. |
Break |
| 9:45 a.m. – 10:45 p.m. |
Critical Legal Ethics for Transit Lawyers
Robin Reitzes, vice chair, APTA Legal Affairs Committee and deputy city attorney, City and County of San Francisco, CA |
| 11a.m. - noon |
TCRP Research Paper Presentations
Bruce Smith, attorney, Apperson, Crump & Maxwell, Memphis, TN
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| noon |
Seminar Close |