General Counsel Symposium Sessions

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This schedule is for the General Counsel Symposium sessions only.
For breaks, meals, general sessions and networking activities, view the full Fall Super Regional Meeting schedule here.

CLE Credits

Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits are available for the sessions listed below. 7.1 hours credit in 50-min states and 5.9 credit in 60-min states.

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Monday, October 5

1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. — General Counsel Committee Meeting (open to committee members only)

2:30 p.m.-3:20 p.m. — Defending the Rails: Scene Investigations to Jury Verdicts
Rod Payne and Jim Turner, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

4:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m. — STB Update
David Rifkind, Partner, Stinson LLP

Tuesday, October 6

12:20 p.m.-2:10 p.m. — Combined HR/Legal Super Session: Workplace Investigations with Mock Investigation
Tracey Donesky, Partner, Stinson LLP

3:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m. — Colocation of Power Lines in Railroad ROW
Karin Stamy, Founder, Power & Rail Law Office; James Hoecker, Former FERC Chairman, Hoecker Energy

Wednesday, October 7

11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. — General Counsel Panel
Aimee Nolan, Chief Legal Officer, Anacostia Rail Holdings; Miller Grumley, VP - General Counsel, Paducah & Louisville Railway, Inc.; Onna Houck, General Counsel, Iowa Interstate Railroad, Ltd.; Katherine Bourdon, General Counsel, New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway


GCS Speakers


Katherine Bourdon


Tracey Donesky


James Hoecker


Miller Grumley


Onna Houck


Aimee Nolan


Rod Payne


David Rifkind

 


Karin Stamy


Jim Turner