Speakers
Co-Chairs
Michael K. Bell
Partner
Blank Rome LLP (Houston, TX)
Gary English
Senior Counsel
Maersk Line, Limited (Norfolk, VA)
Speakers
Krista Fowler Acuña
Partner
Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel LLP (Miami, FL)
Hon. Carl J. Barbier
District Judge
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana (New Orleans, LA)
Michael K. Bell
Partner
Blank Rome LLP (Houston, TX)
Allen Black
Partner
Winston & Strawn LLP (Washington, D.C.)
Gavin R. Black
Corporate Counsel
Moran Shipping Agencies, Inc. (Providence, RI)
Hon. Walter Brudzinski
Chief Administrative Law Judge
U.S. Coast Guard (New York, NY)
Daniel Carr
Assistant General Counsel
Stolt-Nielsen (Houston, TX)

Kathleen Charvet
Director
Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith
Conte Cicala
Partner
Clyde & Co US LLP (San Francisco, CA)
John C. Cox
Owner
Law Offices of John Cox (Oakland, CA)
Joseph A. Devall
Partner
Deutsch Kerrigan, L.L.P. (New Orleans, LA)
Ted Dimitry
First Vice President
Alliant Insurance Services (Houston, TX)
Susan Dorgan
Specialty Lines Recovery Lead Global Recovery Services
AIG (New York, NY)
Kenneth G. Engerrand
President
Brown Sims (Houston, TX)
Gary English
Senior Counsel
Maersk Line, Limited (Norfolk, VA)

Boriana Farrar
Vice President-Counsel Senior Claims Executive
American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association, Inc.
Erik D. Garza
Associate General Counsel
American Bureau of Shipping
Frank J. Gonynor
Senior Claims Adviser
Gard (North America) Inc. (Houston, TX)
Jason Harris
Partner
Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP (Wilmington, NC)
Keith W. Heard
Partner
Lennon, Murphy & Phillips LLC (New York, NY)
Marc C. Hebert
Partner
Jones Walker LLP (New Orleans, LA)
Hon. David Hittner
District Judge
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas (Houston, TX)
Joseph Hughes
Owner, Chairman and CEO
The American P&I Club (New York, NY)
Dana LeDoux-Cortex
Senior Counsel
Phillips 66
Glenn Legge
Partner
Holman Fenwick Willan LLP (Houston, TX)
Utsav Mathur
Attorney
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (Houston, TX)
Kalliopi Michalopoulou
Director, Claims & Insurance
Guardian Navigation Services Inc. (Scarsdale, NY)

John A. Miklus
President
American Institute of Marine Underwriters (AIMU)
Marios J. Monopolis
Partner
Simms Showers LLP (Baltimore, MD)
André J. Mouledoux
Member
Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand & Brackett LLC

Conor J. Murray
Head of Global Lines Claims – North America
AXA XL
Mike Nicaud
Senior Counsel
Hornbeck Offshore (Covington, LA)
Katharine F. Newman
Senior Counsel – Maritime
ConocoPhillips (Houston, TX)

Christopher Nolan
Partner
Holland & Knight LLP
Tony Odak
Chief Operating Officer
John W. Stone Oil Distributor LLC
