September 14–17, 2008Caesars Palace HotelLas Vegas, Nevada

IMLA’s 73rdAnnual Conference

“Laws” Vegas

VIVA!

I N T E R N A T I O N A L M U N I C I P A L L A W Y E R S A S S O C I A T I O N

High Stakes in Uncertain Times: Winning Strategies For Municipal Lawyers

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Welcome ........................................................................ 1

Las Vegas Host Committee ............................................. 1

Sponsors and Contributors .............................................. 2

exhibitors ....................................................................... 4

2008 Program Planning Committee ................................. 4

General Information ........................................................ 4

Program ......................................................................... 5

Plan Your Day ............................................................... 15

Program-at-a-Glance ..................................................... 16

Speakers’ Biographies .................................................. 20

IMLA’s Local Government Fellows ................................. 30

Charles S. Rhyne Award Recipients ............................... 30

Canadian Scholarship Fund ........................................... 31

Regional Vice Presidents 2007–2008 ........................... 31

IMLA Future Conferences & Seminars ........................... 31

IMLA Communications Corner ....................................... 31

IMLA State Chairs 2007–2008...................................... 32

IMLA Past Presidents ................................................... 33

IMLA badge required for admissionto all social and professional events.

Mary Ellen BenchCity Solicitor

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Sheryl King BenfordGeneral Counsel

Cleveland Regional Transit AuthorityCleveland, Ohio

Daniel P. BlondinCity Attorney

Highwood, Illinois

Stephen P. ChinnCity Attorney

Fairway, Kansas

Wayne EsannasonVillage Attorney

Scarsdale, New York

Dennis J. HerreraCity Attorney

San Francisco, California

Bradford R. JerbicCity Attorney

Las Vegas, Nevada

G. Foster MillsManaging Corporation

CounselNew York City, New York

Steven W. MooreCity AttorneyYuma, Arizona

Andrew L. Romanet, Jr.General Counsel

North Carolina Leagueof Municipalities

Raleigh, North Carolina

Andrew J. Whalen, IIICity Attorney

Griffin, Georgia

DIReCtoRSImmediate Past President

James L. AbshierCity Attorney (Retired)

Sioux City, Iowa

General Counsel and executive DirectorCharles W. Thompson, Jr.

Bethesda, Maryland

First Vice PresidentSusan C. Rocha

City AttorneyCibolo, Texas

Second Vice PresidentDeWitt F. McCarley

City AttorneyCharlotte, North Carolina

third Vice PresidentThomas W. KeltyGeneral CounselBuffalo, Illinois

treasurer and SecretaryJay B. DoegeyCity Attorney

Arlington, Texas

PresidentRobert M. WhiteCity AttorneyAlbuquerque, New Mexico

2007–2008 IMLA BoARD oF DIReCtoRS

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to the Entertainment Capital of the World!

We are honored that the Board of Directors chose our city to host IMLA’s 73rd Annual Conference. Las Vegas continues to capture the imagination of more than 39 million visitors from around the world every year. With world-class hotels, restaurants, spas, shopping, golf courses, spectacular entertainment and a Downtown that is undergoing a dramatic renaissance, Las Vegas is the place to live, work and play! In 2005, Las Vegas celebrated its 100th birthday. Spanish for “The Meadows,” Las Vegas has a rich and diverse history which includes Mormon settlements, mining, the railroad, gaming, organized crime, nuclear and atomic testing, a strategic military facility and one of the largest federal public works projects ever undertaken—Hoover Dam. While you are visiting our city, make it yours. Take advantage of all that Las Vegas has to offer. Not just the excitement and bright lights of the Strip, but go explore the surrounding areas and discover Red Rock Conservation Area, Mount Charleston, Hoover Dam and Lake Mead. At 550 square miles, Lake Mead is the nation’s largest man-made lake and Las Vegas’ main source of water. Have a great conference!

Bryan K. Scott, Assistant City Attorney

Teresita Ponticello, Chief Deputy City Attorney

James B. Lewis, Deputy City Attorney

Esther Boyter, Management Analyst

Ceceli Green, Executive Assistant

Jack Eslinger, Volunteer Coordinator

Betsy Comella, Legal Assistant

Jeff Andrews, Legal Assistant

Viva “Laws” Vegas

The success of our Las Vegas Conference is directly attribut-able to the hard work of our host committee. Each played an important role and dedicated a lot of time and energy to making our Conference not only a suc-cess, but great fun. Please join us in thanking this year’s host committee.

LAS VeGAS HoSt CoMMIttee

In addition to this program booklet, you have received a handy small pocket program to carry easily in your badge holder. This pocket program was made possible by the generous support of Municipal Code Corporation.

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$25,000Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority

$10,000City of HendersonCity of Las Vegas

City of North Las Vegas Comcast

Cox CommunicationsThomson Reuters

$5,000Mayor Oscar B. Goodman

Forest CityNevada Power

Swendseid & Stern

$4,000City of Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency

$3,000BMI

$1,500Miller & Van Eaton, PLLC

Nick NiarchosSantoro, Driggs, Walch, Kearney, Holley & Thompson

UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law

$1,272Nashville

$1,000Ed Lubbers

$500Republic Service

$100Bryan Scott

In Kind DonationsStation Casinos

IMLA extends its sincere appreciation to the following sponsors of the Host Committee

for the 73rd Annual Conference in Las, Vegas:

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IMLA wishes to thank the following generous contributors to the International Municipal Lawyers Association

and its 73rd Annual Conference:

Adrian Herbst / Baller Herbst Law Group

In AppreciationThe success of IMLA’s conferences

and seminars is due in large part

to the contributions of IMLA

members and other municipal and

government practitioners who

volunteer their time and energy

to prepare papers and make

presentations. IMLA is grateful to

these dedicated individuals who

share their expertise with us.

We are especially grateful to

those speakers who are not IMLA

members, but who contribute their

time as panelists and share with us

their knowledge of issues affecting

local governments.

Due to the tireless efforts of all

our volunteers, we anticipate

an extremely successful and

informative Annual Conference.

Mark Hayes, ChairGeneral CounselArkansas Municipal LeagueLittle Rock, Arkansas

MembersBarbara AdamsVillage AttorneyKenilworth, Illinois

Mary Ellen BenchCity SolicitorMississauga, ON, Canada

Stephen P. ChinnCity AttorneyFairway, Kansas

Robert S. CroomAssistant Director of LLASouth Carolina Association of CountiesColumbia, South Carolina

Sam H. EdwardsLegal CounselGreater Nashville Regional CounselNashville, Tennessee

Timothy S. HollisterTown AttorneyColchester, Connecticut

Frank B. Gummey, IIICity AttorneyNew Smyrna Beach, Florida

James B. LampkeTown CounselHull, Massachusetts

DeWitt F. McCarleyCity AttorneyCharlotte, North Carolina

Karen M. McDonaldCity AttorneyFayetteville, North Carolina

Susan J. MooreGeneral CounselGeorgia Municipal LeagueAtlanta, Georgia

Bryan ScottAssistant City AttorneyLas Vegas, Nevada

Ken SmithDeputy Executive DirectorAlabama League of MunicipalitiesMontgomery, Alabama

Randall Van VleckGeneral CounselNew Mexico Municipal LeagueSanta Fe, New Mexico

Eileen WellsCity AttorneyMankato, Minnesota

Please visit our exhibitors’ booths located near the IMLA Registration Desk.

American Legal Publishing CorporationCincinnati, Ohio

Cycom Data Systems, Inc.Long Beach, California

FoIA SystemsGeneva, Illinois

General CodeRochester, New York

International Sign AssociationAlexandria, Virginia

Legal Files Software, Inc.Springfield, Illinois

Lexis NexisBellevue, Washington

Municipal Code CorporationTallahassee, Florida

Pinnacleone, Inc.Middletown, Connecticut

ProLaw a thomson Reuters BusinessEagan, Minnesota

thomson ReutersEagan, Minnesota

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2008 PRoGRAM PLANNING CoMMIttee

General InformationWelcome to IMLA’s 73rd Annual Conference. If you have any questions or need assistance at any time during the Conference, an IMLA staff member will be happy to assist you. IMLA staff members are wearing blue name badges. The IMLA registration desk will open at 8:00 a.m. Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, September 14–16 and close at 5:00 p.m. The registration desk hours will be from 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon on Wednesday, September 17. IMLA registration is located at the Tiberius Registration Desk. For your convenience, a message board has been placed near the IMLA registration desk. Messages for attendees will be posted on the message board throughout the Conference. For speaker paper access, go to www.imla.org for instructions.

CLeTo receive CLE credits for attending this Conference, it is imperative that you return the CLE Questionnaire and the Certification of Attendance form (available at the IMLA registration area) to the IMLA CLE table located at the Tiberius Registration Desk by 12:00 noon on Wednesday, September 17, 2008. CLE credits for the Conference have been requested from every state with mandatory continuing legal education requirements. For more information about certification, please contact your appropriate state agency. For questions while you are attending the Conference, see Trina Shropshire-Paschal at the IMLA registration desk.4

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Saturday, September 13, 2008

Board of Directors Meeting8:00 a.m. – 12 NoonImperial Boardroom

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Golf7:30 a.m. teeNOTE: This event requires separate registration and pay-ment. BUS DEPARTS at 6:00 a.m. by Coliseum Entrance. Look for Volunteers in Gold Shirts to help direct you to buses.

Registration & exhibitorstiberius Registration Desk8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Communications Corner12 Noon – 5:00 p.m.RegaliumComplimentary e-mail and computer service

Institute for Local Government LawyersFaculty Breakfast8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.Majestum

In-Depth Presentation telecommunications (Part I)8:45 a.m – 10:15 a.m.tiberius 1,2,5,6

Moderator: John Pestle City Attorney Grandville, Michigan

Municipal Wi-Fi—How to Draft an “Anchor Tenant” ContractBrian T. GroganMoss & Barnett, P.C.Minneapolis, Minnesota

A Look at the Springfield Case from the 8th Circuit and an Update on the Pending Missouri Gross Receipts Tax Class ActionHoward PapernerCity AttorneyWinchester, Missouri

Broadcast Digital Television TransitionJuan OteroSenior Director Government AffairsCOMCAST CablePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

Counties and Special Municipal Districts Department9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.tiberius 4

Chair: Herbert W.A. Thiele County Attorney Leon County, Florida

Honest Services and Misuse of OfficeHerbert W.A. ThieleCounty AttorneyLeon County, Florida

Institute for Local Government Lawyers (Part I)9:00 a.m. – NoonClaudius I

This event requires separate registration and payment. Lunch is included for ILGL registered attendees. Sponsorship for the Institute for Local Government Lawyers (ILGL) is generously provided by the Municipal Code Corporation.

Moderator: William I. Thornton, Jr. City Attorney (Retired) Durham, North Carolina

The Cold Sweats—You’ve Just Been Appointed the City/County AttorneyHenry W. Underhill, Jr. Former Executive Director/General Counsel (Retired)International Municipal Lawyers AssociationSeattle, Washington

2008 ANNuAL CoNFeReNCeSeptember 14-17, 2008 • Caesars Palace Hotel • Las Vegas, Nevada

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NOTE: To find your way around the Conference Hotel, please refer to the comprehensive map provided during your hotel check-in and/or during IMLA Conference Registration. In order to make your Conference a smooth and pleasant

experience, also look for IMLA Event Volunteers in GOLD SHIRTS to help guide you to your destination.

Public Records/Open MeetingsDavid M. LawrenceAssistant DirectorInstitute of Government University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Municipal FinanceJ. Rita McNeilVice President of Government AffairsCincinnati USA Regional ChamberCincinnati, Ohio Dealing with the PressDeWitt F. “Mac” McCarley City AttorneyCharlotte, North Carolina

IMLA orientation—Ready, Set, Go!9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.tiberius 3

A familiarization session on IMLA services and attending an annual conference.

Warren P. KraftCity AttorneyMcFarland, Wisconsin

Coffee Break—Networking10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.tiberius Foyer

environmental Section and Land use SectionJoint Meeting10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.Majestum

Chairs: Martha Rupp Carter Attorney Tulsa Health Department Tulsa, Oklahoma and Barbara A. Adams Village Attorney Kenilworth, Illinois

In-Depth Presentations (3 options)10:30 a.m. – Noon

Water, Water, Everywhere!tiberius 4

Moderator: Adrian Gardner General Counsel Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission Riverdale, Maryland

An Epidemic of Pinhole Leaks in Copper Pipe— A Water Utility’s ResponseJoel A. KramerOffice of General CounselWashington Suburban Sanitary CommissionLaurel, Maryland

Legal Concerns Associated with Large Diameter Water Main BreaksLaura SwisherOffice of General CounselWashington Suburban Sanitary CommissionLaurel, Maryland

Telecommunications (Part II) tiberius 1,2,5,6

The Future of Cable Franchising / FCC and 6th Circuit FederalizationJoseph Van EatonMiller and Van EatonWashington, D.C.

How to Improve Local Rights-of-Way Controls While Ensuring Fairness Among Conflicting Broadband CompetitorsAdrian E. HerbstBaller Herbst Law Group, P.C.Minneapolis, Minnesota

Personnel and Employment: Retaliation, Harassment, and Accommodationtiberius 3

Moderator: Martha Sepeda Deputy City Attorney San Antonio, Texas

Sunday, September 14, 2008 continued

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Retaliation Claims Beyond Title VII: Practice TipsFrank WaiteThompson and Knight LLPDallas, Texas

An Update on Harassment and Discrimination Retaliation in Employment RelationsDaniel D. CreanLegal Consultant – Primex3 New Hampshire Public Risk Management Exchange, Concord, New HampshireCrean Law Office, Pembrooke, New Hampshire

ADA Accommodation Claims UpdateAndrew ChingCity AttorneyTempe, Arizona

State League Counsel and Municipal Attorneys Association Department10:30 a.m. – Noontiberius 7

Chair: Susan Moore General Counsel Georgia Municipal Association, Inc.

Institute for Local Government Luncheonand First time Attendee LuncheonNoon – 1:00 p.m.Claudius II

Institute for Local Government Lawyers (Part II)1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.Claudius I

Ordinance DraftingWilliam J. Kearns, Jr. General CounselNew Jersey State League of Municipalities Willingboro, New Jersey

ZoningJudith WegnerProfessorUniversity of North Carolina School of LawChapel Hill, North Carolina Personnel LawEunice Gibson Attorney at LawMadison, Wisconsin

Parliamentary ProcedureA. Fleming Bell, IIProfessor of Public Law & GovernmentSchool & Institute of GovernmentUniversity of North CarolinaChapel Hill, North Carolina

Mobile Land use Workshop1:00 – 4:00 p.m.NOTE: Separate registration required. BUSES BOARD at 12:30 p.m. for departure from the Coliseum in Caesars Palace hotel. A bag lunch will be provided. Look for Volun-teers in gold shirts to help direct you to buses.

“Gaming” Instructions3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. tiberiusNOTE: A chance to learn from the “experts” in Vegas.See IMLA Registration Desk for details.

Welcome Reception7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.Garden of the Gods Pool Area at Caesars Palace

LoVe by Cirque de SoleilShowtime 10:00 pm. at the MIrageTicket Information Note: This event required advance ticket purchase. Please pick up your tickets at the IMLA Registration Desk before 5:00 p.m.

Registration & exhibitors8:00 am – 5:00 p.m.tiberius Registration Desk

Speaker’s Green RoomImperial BoardroomSpeakers for Monday Session Only

Communications Corner8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.RegaliumComplimentary e-mail and computer service

opening Ceremonies8:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.tiberius 1,2,5,6

Monday, September 15, 2008

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American Anthem and Canadian AnthemBruce Noble, Q.C.City SolicitorFredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

Work Session I: Homelessness and Housing— Municipal Strategies for Preventing, Managing, and ending Homelessness8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. tiberius 1,2,5,6

This broad-brush overview will include Ten Year Plans to end homelessness, strategies to prevent the loss of homes through foreclosures, creating affordable housing, and strategies to managing panhandling, homeless encamp-ments, services and facilities for homeless people, criminal enforcement.

Moderator: George A. Nilson City Solicitor Baltimore, Maryland

Anna KinastowskiCity SolicitorToronto, Ontario, Canada

Tulin OzdegerCivil Rights DirectorNational Law Center on Homelessness & PovertyWashington, DC

Orlando SanchezDeputy City ManagerLas Vegas, Nevada

Work Session II: Law office Management—New Challenges and Best Practices8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. tiberius 3,4,7,8

Moderator: Wayne Esannason Village Attorney Scarsdale, New York

Performance Evaluations—How to Conduct a Successful Evaluation G. Foster MillsManaging Corporation Counsel

New York City, New YorkFlexing Forward: What’s Your Vision? Mary Ellen BenchCity SolicitorMississauga, Ontario, Canada

Coffee Break—Networking 10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.tiberius Foyer

Work Session III: Homelessness & Housing10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.tiberius 1,2,5,6

A review of “Street to Home” and the “Housing First” model for ending homelessness: What is the model, and what have city experiences been implementing it?

Moderator: Suzanne Sangree Chief Solicitor Baltimore, Maryland

Jose EgurbideAssistant Supervising Deputy City Attorney Los Angeles, CaliforniaandJuanita MaginleyProgram Manager–Outreach STI/HIV Prevention ControlBritish Columbia Center for Disease ControlVancouver, British Columbia CanadaandRebecca “Becky” Kanis Common GroundDirector of InnovationsNew York, New York

Work Session IV: Hot, Hot, Hot! Nuclear Waste and Breaking News10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.tiberius 3,4,7,8

Moderator: Timothy S. Hollister Town Attorney Colchester, Connecticut

Yucca Mountain: A Bad Bet for AmericaMarta AdamsSenior Deputy Attorney GeneralState of NevadaCarson City, Nevada

Monday, September 15, 2008 continued

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Municipalites’ Efforts to Ban or Otherwise Regulatethe Transportation of Hazardous MaterialsBarry S. NeumanCarter Ledyard & Milburn, LLPWashington, D.C.

Rapidly Emerging Municipal Securities Market IssuesRobert W. DotyPresidentAmerican Governmental Financial Services CompanySacramento, California

Luncheon11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.Augustus Ballroom

Luncheon Speaker: The Honorable Mayor Oscar B. Goodman Las Vegas, Nevada

telecommunication Work Session1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.Claudius 1,2

“700MHz—coming soon to your location.” This is a tutorial on the technology, policy and legal problems associated with the rebuilding of public safety radio networks into mod-ern, high capacity, interoperable systems using the newly available 700 MHz spectrum. These systems will be able to serve public safety as well as other mobile local government requirements. But they are expensive, complex and require understanding and thoughtful implementation.”

700 MHz Public Safety Wireless System Buildouts: Big Systems, Big Costs, Big Opportunities for CitiesNicholas Miller Miller & Van EatonandGregory A. Munchrath, P.E.Sr. Vice President & Western Div. ManagerRCC Consultants, Inc.Houston, Texas Six Concurrent Work Sessions & Panel Discussions 1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.NOTE: To allow you more flexibility, the following six ses-sions will take place from 1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. and will be repeated from 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

1. Election Laws tiberius 1Co-Sponsored by the ABA’s Section on State and Local Government Law

Vincent FontanaThe Firm of Vincent Fontana, LLPGarden City, New YorkandBenjamin E. GriffithGriffith & GriffithCleveland, Mississippi

2. Large Population Centerstiberius 2

Chairs: Dennis J. Herrera City Attorney San Francisco, California G. Foster Mills Managing Corporation Counsel New York City, New York

3. Music Licensing & Your Local Governmenttiberius 3

Jeff BurrowDirector of Legal and Business AffairsBMINashville, TennesseeandLarry StevensAVP General LicensingBMINashville, Tennessee

4. Trademark—Nuts and Bolts:How to Trademark Your City’s Slogan or Signtiberius 4

Holly O. WhatleyColantuono & LevinLos Angeles, California

5. Municipal Landfill Issues and Resolutionstiberius 5

Robert J. KerwinTarlow, Breed, Hart & Rodgers, P.C., Boston, MassachusettsandKerry T. RyanTarlow, Breed, Hart & Rodgers, P.C.Boston, Massachusetts

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6. Fourth Amendment “Use of Force” Modeltiberius 6

Luis RoblesRobles, Rael & Anaya, P.C.Albuquerque, New Mexico

Coffee Break—Networking2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.tiberius Foyer

Repeat Prior Six Concurrent Work Sessions and Panel Discussions (see above)2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

IMLA/Municipal Code Corporation (MCC)ListServ Get-together3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. tiberius 7

Four Concurrent Work Sessions and Panel Discussions3:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.NOTE: These sessions will NOT be repeated.

1. Code Enforcement Against Foreclosed Properties tiberius 1

John “Kelly” AddyDeputy City AttorneyBillings, Montana

James B. LampkeTown CounselHull, Massachusetts

Brad D. BaileyAssistant City AttorneyLittleton, Colorado

2. Group Homes: Transitional Housing/Group Home Complaint Investigationstiberius 5

Gregory P. PriamosCity AttorneyRiverside, California

3. Mediation Strategy: ADR Techniques and Strategies for the Local Government Lawyertiberius 3

Daniel P. Dozier Press, Potter & DozierBethesda, Maryland

4. Traffic Cameras tiberius 4

Jane E. DuekerOf CounselStinson Morrison Hecker LLPSaint Louis, Missouri

Kory NelsonDeputy City AttorneyDenver, Colorado

MYSteRe by Cirque du SoleilShowtime 9:30 p.m. at treasure IslandTicket Information Note: This required advance ticket purchase. Please pick up your tickets at the IMLA Registration Desk before 5:00 p.m.

*The Canadian Department Programming will run concur-rently all day on Tuesday—see below for program details.

Past President’s Breakfast7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.Senate Boardroom

Registration and exhibitors8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.tiberius Registration Desk

Communications Corner8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Regalium

Speaker’s Green Room Imperial BoardroomTuesday Speakers Only

Monday, September 15, 2008 continued

tuesday, September 16, 2008

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Work Session V: Local Governments and Gaming8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.tiberius 1,2,5,6

Moderator: Susan Segal City Attorney Minneapolis, Minnesota

Secondary Effects of Gambling UsesMichael J. WatzaKitch Drutchas Wagner Valitutti & SherbrookDetroit, Michigan

American Indian Sovereignty and GamingRobert J. MillerProfessor of LawLewis & Clark Law SchoolPortland, Oregon

Work Session VI: Construction Law update8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.tiberius 3,4,7,8

Moderator: Roy Cooper, P.E. Assistant Vice President PinnacleOne, Inc. Middletown, Connecticut

Improving the House Odds—Risk Allocation in Construction ContractsEdwin LevySenior CounselCommercial Real Estate LitigationNew York City, New YorkandJohn MarkovsAssociate County Attorney Montgomery County MarylandandChristopher J. PetriniTown CounselFramingham, MassachusettsandJohn RannestadSenior Consultant PinnacleOne, Inc.Middletown, Connecticut

Canadian Department Program8:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.Majestum

8:45 a.m.Introductory Remarks

Ralph HildebrandCanadian Department ChairCorporate CounselGreater Vancouver Regional DistrictBritish Columbia

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.Municipal Bidding Prohibitions Against Litigating Bidders: The York Region Experience Dan Kuzmyk Senior CounselThe Regional Municipality of YorkOntario

9:30 a.m. – 10 a.m.New Trends in Building Department Liability: Class Actions and Subrogated ClaimsChristine G. Carter Paterson MacDougallToronto, Ontario

Coffee Break—Networking10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.tiberius Foyer

10:20 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.The Ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada in Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick, and its Implication for MunicipalitiesBasile Chiasson, Q.C. Chiasson & RoyBathurst, New Brunswick

10:50 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.The Challenge of Downtown Improvement—Who Wins, Who Loses, and is There Any Win-Win Solution?George Wilkki City SolicitorWindsor, Ontario

11:20 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.Short Snappers: open Forum Discussion (time Permitting)

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Coffee Break—Networking10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.tiberius Foyer

Work Session VII: Defending the Police10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.tiberius 1,2,5,6

The panel discussion will include an historical analysis of constitutional use-of-force models and presentation of legal issues/strategies to consider when defending excessive force cases including an update on recent legal issues associated with the TASER (r) Electronic Control Device.

Moderator: Lawrence Cooper City Attorney Birmingham, Alabama

Patricia P. ViaChief, Division of LitigationMontgomery County, Maryland

Michael A. Brave National Litigation CounselTASER International, Inc.Scottsdale, Arizona

Mark NewboldDeputy City Attorney B PoliceCharlotte, North Carolina

Work Session VIII: Water Law: Looking to the Future10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.tiberius 3,4,7,8

Moderator: Ronald Sharp City Attorney Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Policy Agenda Connecting Energy, Climate & WaterAdell AmosAssistant ProfessorUniversity of Oregon School of LawEugene, Oregon

Planning for a Sustainable Nevada: Cooperative Solutions and Responsible Water Resource DevelopmentKen Albright, P.E.Director of Groundwater Resources Southern Nevada Water Authority Las Vegas, Nevada

Water Adequacy Law and Conservation MeasuresEdward G. RheinheimerCounty AttorneyCochise County, Arizona

tuesday Luncheon and Presentation of Awards11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.Augustus Ballroom

Canadian Department Program (Afternoon) 1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.Majestum

1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.The Carbon Tax Act and “Cap and Trade” LegislationCraig MacFarlaneCity SolicitorSurrey, British Columbia

2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.Municipal Interests and the Rights of First Nations: An Extension of the Duty to ConsultSachin Persaud Boghosian and AssociatesToronto, Ontario

2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.The Use of Municipal Corporations and Service BoardsJennifer Smout Solicitor, City of LondonLondon, Ontario

3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.Municipal Regulation of Signs and the Charter of RightsNaomi Brown (Canadian Scholarship Recipient 2008)City of Toronto, Legal Services Litigation DivisionToronto, Ontario

3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.Stretch Break 3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.Municipal Law Cage Match

tuesday, September 16, 2008 continued

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tuesday Afternoon Concurrent Work Sessions and Panel Discussions

Work Session IX: telecom1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.tiberius 1, 2

Update on Recent 47 –USC Section 253 Litigation and Issues Local Governments Need to ConsiderKenneth BrunettiMiller & Van EatonSan Francisco, California

FCC and Current Telecommunications IssuesKathy ZachemVice President of Regulatory AffairsCOMCASTWashington, D.C.

Work Session X: Fences and Foreigners: Illegal Immigration Issues of the 21st Century1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.tiberius 3, 4This session will continue from 2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.

Moderator: Benjamin E. Griffith Griffith & Griffith Cleveland, Mississippi

Policy Discussion: Update on the Case Law—Why Laws Like In Hazelton, Pleasant Valley and Farmers Branch are Good and Why They Are BadNina Perales Southwest Regional CounselMexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)San Antonio, Texas

Changing Landscape of Day Laborer Regulations Scott HowardCity AttorneyGlendale, California

Authority of Local Police to Arrest for Non-Criminal Immigration ViolationsLeon RodriguezCounty Attorney Montgomery County, Maryland

The Authority of Local Governments to Enact Ordinances that Discourage Illegal ImmigrationKris W. KobachProfessor of LawUniversity of Missouri–Kansas City Law SchoolKansas City, Kansas

Coffee Break—Networking2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.tiberius Foyer

Six Concurrent Work Sessions and Panel Discussion 2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. NOTE: To allow you more flexibility, the following six ses-sions will take place from 2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. and will be repeated, except Session 6, from 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Session 6 will NOT be repeated.

1. Sex Offenders & Residency Restrictionstiberius 5

Dwight H. MerriamRobinson & Cole, LLPHartford, Connecticut

2. ADA: Title II of the ADA; Constructing Accessible Public Rights-of-Way and Reducing Exposure for Plaintiffs’ Attorney Fees in the Processtiberius 6 Abigail EliasChief Assistant City AttorneyAnn Arbor, Michigan

3. Animal Control: Regulating Dangerous Dogs—To Ban or Not to Bantiberius 7

John JoyePolice AttorneyCharlotte, North Carolina

4. Parliamentary Procedure and Other Rules and Procedures for Municipalitiestiberius 8

Moderator: A. Fleming Bell, II Professor of Public Law and Government University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Government Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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4. Parliamentary Procedure continues

John “Kelly” AddyDeputy City AttorneyBillings, Montana

Brad D. BaileyAssistant City AttorneyLittleton, Colorado

Dottie PalumboCity AttorneyHighland Village, Texas

5. Regulating Political SIgns and Related First Amendment IssuesClaudius 3

Deborah J. FoxMeyers NaveLos Angeles, California

Douglas C. HaneyCity AttorneyCarmel, Indiana

6. Illegal Immigration Issues—Continuation of Work Session Xtiberius 3,4

Repeat of Afternoon Work Sessionsand Panel Discussions(Except Session 6, Illegal Immigration)4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

International Committee Business Meeting4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.tiberius 5

Softball5:30 p.m.NOTE: This requires separate registration. The BUS DEPARTS at 4:30 p.m. from the hotel by Coliseum. Look for volunteers in gold shirts to help direct you to buses.

Cher—the ShowShowtime 7:30 p.m. at Caesars PalaceTicket Information Note: This required advance ticket purchase. Please pick up your tickets at the IMLA Registration Desk before 5:00 p.m.

Registration & exhibitors7:30 a.m. – Noontiberius Registration DeskNOTE: Please turn in your CLE Evaluation Form to the Registration Desk by Noon.

Communications Corner8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Regalium

Speaker Green RoomImperial BoardroomWednesday Speakers Only

Business Meeting7:30 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.tiberius

Work Session XI—ethics: Anatomy of a Hoax: the Duke Lacrosse Case and a Public Lawyer’s Duty8:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.tiberius

James Cooney, Esq.* Mr. Cooney successfully represented one of the young men charged in the Duke Lacrosse Case. In the course of doing so, Mr. Cooney and the defense team proved that the players were not only innocent, but that the charges against them were fabricated. The case demonstrates the power a public official can wield and the crucial role ethical behavior plays in a criminal prosecution and can be extrapolated into a thought provoking discussion of the role of public lawyers and their duty under the Rules of Profes-sional Conduct and to the public.

Moderator: DeWitt “Mac” McCarley City Attorney Charlotte, North Carolina

James P. Cooney, III *Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLCCharlotte, North Carolina

Bradford R. JerbicCity AttorneyLas Vegas, Nevada

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Darrel HuenergardtCity AttorneyKimball, Nebraska

Helen ValkavichAssistant City AttorneySan Antonio, Texas

4. Parliamentary Procedure (continued)

Marion J. RadsonCity AttorneyGainesville, Florida

Carie TorrenceCity AttorneyNorth Las Vegas, Nevada

Work Session XII: Planning and Zoning10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.tiberius

Moderator: Deborah J. Spinner City Attorney Mesa, Arizona

“You Want What?” Three Development Agreement Provisions that Are Very Important to Municipalities, but are Always Hotly NegotiatedTodd A. LaSalaStinson Morrison Hecker LLPKansas City, Missouri

The 13th Annual Thomson West Zoning and Planning Law Report Awards—The Most Remarkable, Unusual and Often Humorous Land Use Cases of The Last YearDwight H. MerriamRobinson & Cole, LLPHartford, Connecticut

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7:30 a.m. teeGolf NOTE: This event requires separate registration and payment. BUS DEPARTS at 6:00 a.m. by Coliseum Entrance. Look for Volunteers in gold shirts to help direct you to buses.

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Registration & exhibitorstiberius Registration Desk

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.Institute for Local Government Lawyers Faculty BreakfastMajestum

12 Noon – 5:00 p.m.Communications CornerRegalium

8:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.In-Depth Presentation telecommunications (Part I)tiberius 1,2,5,6

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.Counties and Special Municipal Districts Departmenttiberius 4

9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.IMLA orientation—Ready, Set, Go!tiberius 3

9:00 a.m. – NoonInstitute for Local Government Lawyers (Part I)Claudius I

10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.Coffee Break—Networkingtiberius Foyer

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10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.environmental Section and Land use Section Joint Meeting Majestum

10:30 a.m. – NoonIn-Depth Presentations

Water, Water, everywhere!tiberius 4

telecommunications (Part II) tiberius 1,2,4,6

Personnel and employment: Retaliation, Harassment, and Accommodationtiberius 3

10:30 a.m. – NoonState League Counsel and Municipal Attorneys Association Department Meetingtiberius 7

Noon – 1:00 p.m.Institute for Local Government Luncheon and First time Attendee LuncheonClaudius II

1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.Institute for Local Government Lawyers (Part II)Claudius I

Mobile Land use Workshop NOTE: Separate registration required. BUSES BOARD at 12:30 p.m. for departure from the Coliseum in Caesars Palace hotel. A bag lunch will be provided. Look for Volunteers in gold shirts to help direct you to buses.

3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. “Gaming” Instructionstiberius

7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Welcome Reception Garden of the Gods Pool Area at Caesars Palace

10:00 p.m. — Mirage HotelLoVe by Cirque de SoleilThis event required advance registration. Please pick up your tickets at the IMLA Registration Desk before 5:00 p.m.

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8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Registration & exhibitorstiberius Registration Desk

Speaker’s Green RoomImperial Boardroom Speakers for Monday Session only

Communications CornerRegalium

8:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. opening Ceremoniestiberius 1,2,5,6

8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Work Session I: Homelessness and Housing—Municipal Strategies for Preventing, Managing, and ending Homelessnesstiberius 1,2,5,6

Work Session II: Law office Management—New Challenges and Best Practicestiberius 3,4,7,8

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.Coffee Break—Networking tiberius Foyer

10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.Work Session III: Homelessness & Housingtiberius 1,2,5,6

Work Session IV: Hot, Hot, Hot! Nuclear Waste and Breaking Newstiberius 3,4,7,8

11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.Monday LuncheonAugustus Ballroom

1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.telecommunication Work SessionClaudius I/II

Six Concurrent Work Sessions & Panel Discussions NOTE: These will be repeated again at 2:30 p.m.

1. Election Laws tiberius 1

2. Large Population Centerstiberius 2

3. Music Licensing and Your Local Governmenttiberius 3

4. Trademark—Nuts and Bolts: How to Trademark Your City’s Slogan or Sealtiberius 4

5. Municipal Landfill Issues and Resolutionstiberius 5

6. Fourth Amendment Use of Force Model tiberius 6

2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.Coffee Break—Networkingtiberius Foyer

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.Repeat Prior Six Concurrent Work Sessions and Panel Discussions

3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.IMLA/Municipal Code Corporation (MCC)ListServ Get-togethertiberius 7

3:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.Four Concurrent Work Sessions and Panel Discussions

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2. Group Homes: Transitional Housing/Group Home Complaint Investigationstiberius 5

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3. Mediation Strategy: ADR Techniques and Strategies for the Local Government Lawyertiberius 3

4. Traffic Cameras tiberius 4

7:30 p.m. — treasure IslandMYSteRe by Cirque du SoleilNOTE: This required advance ticket purchase. Pick up tickets at the IMLA Registration Desk before 5:00 p.m.

7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.Past President’s BreakfastAsk Registration Desk for Room.

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Registration and exhibitortiberius Registration Desk

Communications CornerRegalium

Speaker’s Green Room Imperial BoardroomTuesday Speakers Only

8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.Work Session V: Local Governments and Gamingtiberius 1,2,5,6

8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.Work Session VI: Construction Law updatetiberius 3,4,7,8

8:45 – 10:00 a.m. Canadian Department ProgramMajestum

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.Coffee Break—Networkingtiberius Foyer

10:20 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.Canadian Department Program (Continued)Majestum

10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.Work Session VII: Defending the Policetiberius 1,2,5,6

Work Session VIII: Water Law: Looking to the Futuretiberius 3,4,7,8

11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.tuesday Luncheon and Presentation of AwardsAugustus Ballroom

1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.Canadian Department Program (Afternoon)Majestum

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.tuesday Afternoon Concurrent Work Sessions and Panel Discussions

Work Session IX: telecomtiberius 1, 2

Work Session X: Fences and Foreigners: Illegal Immigration Issues of the 21st Centurytiberius 3, 4This session will continue from 2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.

2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.Coffee Break—Networkingtiberius Foyer

2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Six Concurrent Work Sessions and Panel Discussion NOTE: These will be repeated at 4:00 p.m., with the exception of Session 6.

1. Sex Offenders & Residency Restrictionstiberius 5

2. ADA: Title II of the ADA: Constructing Accessible Public Rights-of-Way the Right Way and Limiting Liability for Plaintiffs’ Attorney Feestiberius 6

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3. Animal Control: Regulating Dangerous Dogs: To Ban or Not to Bantiberius 7

4. Parliamentary Procedure and Other Rules and Procedures for Municipalitiestiberius 8

5. Regulating Political Signs and Related First Amendment IssuesClaudius 3

6. Illegal Immigration Issues—Continuation of Work Session X

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.Repeat of Afternoon Work Sessions and Panel Discussions(Except Session 6, Illegal Immigration)

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.International Committee Business Meetingtiberius 5

5:30 p.m.SoftballNOTE: This requires separate registration. The BUS DEPARTS at 4:30 p.m. from the hotel by Coliseum. Look for Volunteers in gold shirts to help direct you to buses.

7:30 p.m.Cher—the ShowNOTE: This required advance ticket purchase. Pick up tickets at the IMLA Registration Desk before 5:00 p.m.

7:30 a.m. – NoonRegistration & exhibitorstiberius Registration Desk

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Communications CornerRegalium

Speaker Green RoomImperial BoardroomWednesday Speakers Only

7:30 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.Business Meeting tiberius

8:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.Work Session XI—ethics: Anatomy of a Hoax: the Duke Lacrosse Case and a Public Lawyer’s Dutytiberius

10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.Work Session XII—Planning and Zoning tiberius

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Mayor oscar B. GoodmanCity of Las VegasHe’s brutally honest, not afraid to speak his mind, and he loves his constituents just as much as they love him. Whatever you say about Las Vegas Mayor Oscar B. Goodman, no one can doubt the love he has for this community and his overwhelming desire to make it even better. When he decided to run for Mayor in 1999, most said he could never win. The local newspaper headline read “Anybody but Oscar” the day after he filed for office. But the residents embraced Goodman’s no-nonsense, tell it like it is style, and elected him in a landslide. He says to anyone who will listen that he’s the “Happiest Mayor in the Universe.” In April of 2007, Mayor Oscar Goodman captured 84 percent of the vote in his re-election effort to a third 4-year term. The final vote tally is one of the largest margins of victory ever for a large city mayor in a major election. Mayor Good- man often jokes that he’s “still looking for the other 16 percent!” Mayor Goodman now serves as the Chairman of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and feverishly works to promote the enticing destination of Las Vegas. Mayor Goodman has also started OPAC, Oscar’s Political Action Committee, to promote and protect the interests of Las Vegas. His first action was to donate $50,000 to the Keep Memory Alive Foundation, the “Think Tank” foundation for the Lou Ruvo Brain Institute. Mayor Goodman has been responsible for many great accomplishments in the heart of downtown. As Mayor, he was successful in acquiring a large piece of urban real estate in the city without resorting to eminent domain. Union Park, a phenomenal 61-acre planned development, will include the Lou Ruvo Brain Institute, designed by renowned architect Frank Gehry, a 350,000 square- foot Performing Arts Center, boutique hotels, multiple high residential units, business, medical, and retail opportunities. Downtown is undergoing a dramatic change, a renaissance. It is evolving into a vibrant place for living, working, and being able to enjoy entertain- ment and art venues. Bounding Union Park are the World Market Center, the Chelsea Properties mall, and an office complex which is LEED certified. The World Market Center is a state-of-the-art home furnishings trade show facility. When completed, the complex will exceed 12 million square feet with 8 buildings. The Chelsea Properties discount mall is the most successful of its kind for dollar per square foot income. A jewelry mart, 50 plus stories in height, is also in the developmental state. In addition, there are almost 18,000 living spaces being planned for construction in the downtown. Also, for the first time in many years, multi-million dollar casino and hotel renovations and expansions are currently underway. The Mayor’s mother, Laura, was a renowned sculptor and had a great influence on the Mayor. Her appreciation for art is reflec-tive of the Mayor’s efforts to enhance culture and the arts in Las Vegas. You can currently visit an emerging eclectic mix of live- work artist residences and galleries known as the 18b Arts District. You can always catch the Mayor at an event called First Friday, which the Mayor describes as “a sense of place in an artistic environment.” Thousands of people now flock downtown to this once a month event. It’s known as a huge block party for art perusal and appreciation. Mayor Goodman also managed to acquire a beauti-fully historic downtown post office from the General Service Administration, which he plans to refurbish as a museum of Las Vegas, showcasing his city’s colorful history. Fremont East Entertainment District continues the synergy of downtown featuring trendy new gathering places for dining, dancing, cocktails and enjoyment. An intellectual marketplace is being designed in a historical Spanish-styled elementary school and will be home to the University of Nevada Las Vegas’ School of Architecture, UNLV Modern Letters Program and the Nevada School of the Arts. Goodman has always been a downtown kind of guy. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he graduated from Haverford College and received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He and his wife of 45 years, Carolyn, who was a Manhattanite and alumna of Bryn Mawr College, moved to Las Vegas in 1964 “with $87 in our pockets,” he’s fond of saying. They grew up with the town, utilizing their great educations and establishing an extremely successful law practice. He made a name for himself by tak-ing on some of the toughest cases and winning them, as told in the recent publication of John L. Smith’s biography, Of Rats and Men. Goodman is now representing the City with the same fervor he brought to every case he tried as a criminal defense attorney. For his legal work, the National Law Journal has recognized him as one of the “15 Best Trial Lawyers in America.” Because of his unique client list, his exploits were the subject of a British documentary titled, Mob Law. He also played himself in the movie, Casino. Carolyn is the founder and President of the first non-profit, non-sectarian private school in Nevada, The Meadows. The Mayor also has a few personal reasons for wanting to keep Las Vegas strong. Carolyn and he have four grown children, all of whom have acquired college degrees and graduate degrees in law, medicine and human resources, with all now calling Las Vegas their home. He wants for them the same thing he wants for every resident—the ability to make your dreams come true. “When Carolyn and I came here, Las Vegas was truly the land of milk and honey,” he says. “You could establish a career, make something for yourself, and enjoy a great quality of life. I want to make sure that never changes.”

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Marta Adams is Senior Deputy Attorney General Marta Adams has practiced law for thirty years with a focus on environmental, land use and water law issues. She is primarily responsible for representing Nevada’s Agency for Nuclear Projects, the agency charged with blocking development of the proposed high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain. She oversees other high-profile litigation involving water and environmental issues.

John “Kelly” Addy has been a Deputy City Attorney handling civil matters for the City of Billings, Montana (pop., 100,000) for the past eight years. A 1974 Georgetown Law graduate and a member of the District Columbia Bar, he served in the Army JAG Corps in Huntsville, Alabama and Pyongtaek, Korea before returning home and being admitted to the State Bar of Montana in 1979. He was in private practice for 20 years before coming to work for the City of Billings and has served four terms in the Montana House of Representatives, the last as Speaker Pro Tempore, and two terms as the Chair of the Montana Democratic Party. His daughter, Amanda, is a freshman at the University of Montana and his son, Caleb, is a freshman at Skyview High School in Billings. This spring he married his Army sweetheart and the love of his life, Mary Alice Brinkley, of Huntsville, Alabama. He also a licensed local pastor appointed as pastor to Huntley United Methodist Church in Huntley, Montana. His municipal law practice focuses on Public Works, Aviation and Transit, Human Resources, and Public Records Requests, with other duties as assigned.

Ken Albright is the Director of the Groundwater Resources department for the Southern Nevada Water Authority. As Director, he is responsible for the acquisition, development and environmental compliance of new and existing groundwater resources for the Authority. Prior to joining the Authority in November of 2002, Ken worked for the city of North Las Vegas, where his most recent assignments were as the Assistant Director of the Public Works Department and Director of the Parks and Recreation Department. Ken attended the University of Minnesota where he received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering. His professional asso-ciations include the National Society of Professional Engineers, American Public Works Association, American Water Works Association, National Water Resources Association and Nevada Water Resources Association. He holds professional engineering licenses in Illinois and Nevada. Ken is married, has three sons, and has been a resident of Las Vegas since 1989.

Adell L. Amos is an Assistant Professor of Law and the Director of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program at the University of Oregon School of Law in Eugene, Oregon. Amos joined the law school faculty after practicing environmental and natural resources law for six years with the Solicitor’s Office at the United States Department of the Interior. Amos represented and advised the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service on state and federal water rights issues including work involving the Klamath, Snake, Columbia, Middle Rio Grande, and Gunnison River Basins. Additionally, she provided legal advice on the interaction of water law with other environmental statutes including the ESA, CWA, and NEPA. Amos teaches Water Resources Law, Wildlife Law, Oregon Water Law and Policy, Environment and Energy, Environmental Conflict Resolution, and Civil Procedure. Her scholarship addresses citizen participation in water rights adjudications, the relationship between federal and state governments on water resource management, and the role of administrative agencies in setting national and local water policy. Amos recently published an article entitled, “The Use of State Instream Flow Laws for Federal Lands: Respecting State Control While Meeting Federal Purposes” in Environmental Law. She has a forthcoming article in the Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation on hydropower reform and the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Amos earned

her B.A. in 1995 from Drury College, her J.D. in 1998 from the Uni-versity of Oregon (Coif ). After law school, Amos clerked on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for Judge Proctor Hug Jr. She is a member of the Missouri bar, admitted 1999.

A. Fleming Bell, II is a professor of public law and government in the School of Government, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Some of his specialties are local government law; ethics and conflicts of interest in government; parliamentary and other procedural issues; and office-holding questions. Bell earned an AB magna cum laude and a JD with High Honors from Duke University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was first in his law school class. He also holds a master’s degree in regional planning from UNC at Chapel Hill.

Mary ellen Bench joined the City of Mississauga in May, 2001 as City Solicitor. She was called to the Bar in Ontario in 1986. In 2003 the Inter-national Municipal Lawyers Association (“IMLA”) conferred upon her the designation of Local Government Fellows in recognition of demonstrat- ed excellence in the field of local government law. In 2006 she achieved the designation of certified Specialist (Municipal Law—Local Government / Land Use Planning and Development Law) from the Law Society of Upper Canada. Mary Ellen is a member of the IMLA Board of Direc-tors since 2006, and is a frequent speaker on municipal topics, speaking before a wide range of audiences.

Brad D. Bailey is a graduate of Gonzaga University School of Law where he was the Technical Editor of the Gonzaga Law Review. Mr. Bailey has practiced local government law since 1987 starting in the City Attorney’s Office in Longmont, Colorado as the City Prosecutor. Mr. Bailey was co-counsel in City of Littleton v. Z.J. Gifts, 541 U.S. 774 (2004). He was counsel of record for IMLA, NLC et al. as amicus curie in Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales, 545 U.S. 748 (2005). Mr. Bailey has been a previous speaker for the Colorado County Attorney’s Association, the National Association of County Civil Attorneys, the City Attorneys Association of Kansas, the Colorado Municipal League and IMLA. Mr. Bailey is currently the Assistant City Attorney for Littleton, Colorado.

Michael Brave is the President of LAAW International, Inc., and the former President of the International Force Institute, Inc. He has been involved in a wide-range of comprehensive law enforcement and private security risk/liability management services including: training programs, policy development and review, liability/risk assessments, training appraisals, department audits, post-incident analysis, etc. He has been a litigation consultant and an expert witness in federal civil rights issues; sudden unexpected death; positional asphyxia; restraint; handcuffing; pepper spray, impact tools, neck restraints, law enforcement policy, training, supervi-sion, discipline, and retention; use of force (including deadly force); vehicle operations (including pursuits, roadblocks, and emergency operation); canines; correctional/jail issues (including suicides); and other cases.

Naomi Brown has been employed as a solicitor with the City of Toronto’s Legal Services Division, Litigation Section, since July of 1997. Prior to that, Ms. Brown practiced criminal law. Ms. Brown was called to the bar in 1996, having received her LL.B. from the University of Toronto in 1994. At the City, Ms. Brown’s practice includes an emphasis on building-related matters, and she has spoken at seminars in respect of building negligence claims. Ms. Brown’s practice has also included sign litigation, personal injury and property damage claims, appeals from the Ontario Municipal Board respecting planning matters, police defence, public health issues, property and business tax issues, property standards matters, by-law enforcement, and applications for judicial review. Ms. Brown has appeared before all levels of court in Ontario as well as the Supreme Court of Canada.

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Kenneth A. Brunetti is a principal with the San Francisco office of Miller & Van Eaton. Mr. Brunetti represents municipalities in tele- communications, right-of-way management and cable television matters, specializing in complex litigation and bankruptcy. He has represented municipalities in forums through out the nation, including state and fed-eral courts as well as state regulatory commissions. He was lead counsel for the City of St. Louis in its successful defense of its right-of-way licensing requirements. Level 3 Communications, LLC v. City of St. Louis, 477 F. 3d 528 (8th Cir. 2007). Mr. Brunetti has also represented communities in several major bankruptcy proceedings involving telecommunications and cable television companies, including Aldelphia Communications. Mr. Brunetti received his law degree magna cum laude, from the University of California, Hastings College of Law in 1991 and his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1986.

Jeffrey J. Burrow, Director, Business Affairs, BMI General Licensing negotiates, drafts and analyzes new license agreements; educates customers regarding music licenses; and provides expertise on music and copyright matters. Burrow attended the University of Memphis Law School and received his Juris Doctorate in 2000. He holds a B.A. in Broadcast Communications from Western Kentucky University.

Christine G. Carter is a partner with Paterson, MacDougal LLP where she practices extensively in the area of municipal defence litigation. She has appeared before the Superior Court of Justice, the Divisional Court and the Court of Appeals for Ontario. She is the author of a chapter on environmental liability in the text “The Law of Municipal Liability in Canada” and a number of articles touching on municipal issues in Butterworths’ Municipal Liability Risk Management Newsletter. She is a frequent speaker at conferences such as the Canadian Institute’s Provincial /Municipal Liability Conference, the Ontario Municipal Insurance Exchange’s Annual Conference and the Society of Public Insurance Administrators of Ontario.

Basile Chiasson, Q.C., practices law in Bathurst, New Brunswick, with the law firm of Chiasson & Roy. He was called to the Bar in 1983 and practices mostly in general civil litigation, municipal law, and planning law. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2004 and has been awarded the Distinguished Service Award of the New Brunswick Branch of the Canadian Bar Association. He publishes regularly and speaks at events and seminars, including at the Canadian Department meeting of the IMLA Annual Conference. He is the author of the Rules of Court of New Brunswick Annotated, first published in 1989 and updated six times, with the last update released in 2005. Mr. Chiasson is currently pursuing a LL.M. in municipal law from Osgoode Hall Law School.

Andrew Ching started his legal career with the Tempe, Arizona City Attorney’s Office first as a volunteer, then served as a law clerk and later an attorney. He left briefly to work in the Mesa, Arizona City Prosecutor’s Office, where he was named Prosecutor of the Year in 1997. Returning to Tempe, Mr. Ching worked as Assistant City Attorney from 1998 to 2005, and was named Senior Assistant City Attorney in 2004. He left the city in 2005 to join the Phoenix firm Moyes Storey, practicing in the areas of civil and land use litigation, zoning law and local govern- ment law. He was subsequently appointed Tempe City Attorney in August, 2006. Mr. Ching received a BA in Political Science from the University of Arizona in 1991 and his law degree from Arizona State University in 1994.

James P. Cooney, III has represented individuals and businesses in some of the most difficult and high-profile cases in North Carolina, in-cluding successfully defending Reade Seligmann, one of the wrongfully charged lacrosse players in the “Duke Lacrosse Rape Case,” by securing a dismissal of the charges and a declaration by the Attorney General of North Carolina that Reade Seligmann was innocent. Mr. Cooney is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and a Permanent Member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference. He has been selected as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” since 2000 in both civil and criminal litigation. He is the only attorney selected as one of the top trial lawyers in North Carolina in civil and criminal work; in 2006, he was selected as one of the top ten civil attorneys in North Carolina and in 2007, was the top vote recipient for criminal attorneys in North Carolina.

Roy J. Cooper, P.e. is Associate Vice President for PinnacleOne and leads PinnacleOne’s Dispute Avoidance and Resolution practice in the eastern United States. Mr. Cooper’s 20 years of construction experience includes consulting to sureties dealing with troubled projects and the analysis and review of complex construction claims from the beginning stages through trial support and expert testimony. Mr. Cooper is a registered professional engineer in Connecticut and Florida. He is based in PinnacleOne’s Middletown, Connecticut office.

Daniel D. Crean, Legal Consultant, New Hampshire Public Risk Manage-ment Exchange (Primex3) Concord, NH and Crean Law Office, Pembroke, New Hampshire was Legal Counsel for the NH Municipal Association and maintained a municipal law practice for twenty years before assuming his current post as Legal Consultant for a local government risk manage- ment pool. He has also been Senior Attorney with New Hampshire and Wisconsin legislative service agencies and has served in many local gov-ernment positions. Dan also maintains a part-time legal practice and is an adjunct faculty member at Franklin Pierce Law Center. A graduate of Wisconsin Law School and Yale, he has chaired the NH Bar Asso-ciation Municipal/Governmental Law Section, currently chairs the NH Municipal Lawyers Association and is IMLA State Chair and Personnel Section Vice-Chair.

Robert Doty is president of American Governmental Financial Ser-vices Company, a private financial advisory firm in Sacramento. He is Vice President of the National Association of Independent Public Finance Advisors, and has served as Chair of IMLA’s Section on Economic Development, Taxation, and Finance; General Counsel to the Government Finance Officers Association; and principal drafter of IMLA’s Financing Procedures Guidelines. He received IMLA’s Most Outstanding Associate Member Award.

Daniel Preston Dozier is a partner in Press, Potter and Dozier, LLC, a law firm with practice areas in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Aviation Law, Business Law, Commercial Finance, Commercial Real Estate, Creditors Rights, Estate Planning, Government Contracts, and Non-Profit Corporations, Organizations and Associations. Dozier’s practice is focused on providing the full range of ADR services. He has mediated hundreds of complex multiparty environmental, public policy, and land use disputes and has been appointed by United States District Courts from around the Nation to mediate cases. He is listed on rosters of mediators maintained by state and federal courts, the roster of senior environmental mediators of the U.S. Institute of Environmental Conflict Resolution (www.ecr.gov); and other rosters of senior mediators. Dozier was an adjunct professor at the Vermont Law School where he taught Environ- mental Dispute Resolution from 1989 to 2000. He has been admitted to the practice of law in Michigan, the District of Columbia, and Maryland.

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Jane Dueker is in the Governmental Solutions Practice Group of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP in St. Louis, Missouri. Jane is a 1992 graduate of St. Louis University School of Law. Jane is a former Assistant Missouri Attorney General, Chief Legal Counsel and Chief of Staff for the Governor of Missouri and focuses her practice on governmental law.

Joe A. egurbide, Deputy City Attorney, Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney, is a graduate of Yale University and Pepperdine School of Law. He’s been a Deputy City Attorney 13 years. Jose’s current work involves daily interaction with many Skid Row stakeholders. Jose is also develop-ing several court diversion pilots aimed at steering homeless addicts/ mentally ill individuals arrested for misdemeanor crimes into housing plus treatment environments in lieu of incarceration.

Abigail elias is Chief Assistant City Attorney for the City of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Since getting her J.D. from Harvard Law School, her law career has included work in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department, the City of Detroit Law Department, including six years as Deputy Corporation Counsel, and a private firm in Detroit doing commercial litigation.

Deborah H. Fox is one of California’s foremost experts on First Amend- ment issues affecting the public sector. Her practice includes trial and ap-pellate work in both state and federal courts and involves First Amendment and civil rights issues relating to sings, billboards and banners. She was named one of California’s 2007 Top Women Litigators by the Daily Journal for her career achievements and overall contributions to the profession.

eunice Gibson served the City of Madison as Assistant City Attorney for 17 years and as City Attorney for 11 years before retiring in 2002. In 2001 she was designated an IMLA Fellow in local government law and in 2003 as the most outstanding individual IMLA member. She now teaches law courses at Madison Area Technical College and at the William Kellett School of Business Administration, Lakeland Col-lege, Madison. Mrs. Gibson received her B.S. University of Wisconsin Madison, 1956 and J.D. University of Wisconsin Law School, 1973.

Benjamin e. Griffith’s federal & state civil litigation practice focuses on representation of state & local governments, agencies, boards & officials in the areas of election law, voting rights, civil rights, public sector insurance coverage, premises security & construction defect litigation, & environ-mental law. He chairs IMLA’s International Committee & is an IMLA Local Government Fellow and IMLA State Chair. He is Immediate Past Chair of the ABA Section of State and Local Government Law, a member of the ABA Standing Committee on Election Law, and has served as Presi-dent of the National Association of County Civil Attorneys, President of the Mississippi Association of County Board Attorneys, and Chair of IMLA’s Counties and Special Municipal Districts Department. Board Certified in Civil Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, he earned his Juris Doctor in 1975 from the University of Mississippi Law Center, and is a partner in the Cleveland, MS law firm of Griffith & Griffith. He served as county board attorney for 21 years and serves as board attorney for a 17-county water management district, a position held since 1989. He and his wife, Kathy, are the parents of two children, Clark, age 27, and Julie, age 25.

Brian t. Grogan is a shareholder with the Minneapolis law firm of Moss & Barnett practicing in the firm’s communications law department. Since 1988 Brian has worked with governmental entities throughout the country on a variety of cable, telecom, wireless and broadband com-munications issues. Brian appears before state utility commissions and the FCC and recently assisted Minneapolis draft its Wireless Broadband Agreement.

Douglas C. Haney has been City Attorney for the City of Carmel, Indi-ana, since 1997. Mr. Haney’s educational credits include a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree (with distinction) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a Master of Arts (M.A.) degree from Butler University, a Doctor of Law (J. D.) degree (cum laude) from the University of Wisconsin and a Master of Laws (L. LM.) degree from Georgetown Law Center. Prior to his employment with the City of Carmel, Mr. Haney served in the U.S. Army, as a Special Assistant U. S. Attorney and as a private practitioner. He has appeared before many federal and state courts and administrative agencies, including the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He has authored numerous legal articles and is a frequent speaker at legal seminars. Mr. Haney is also an adjunct professor at Indiana University (Indianapolis), where he has received a “Best Instructor” award. He serves as Chair of the Governmental Practice Section of the Indiana State Bar Association, as a member of the ISBA House of Delegates, and as a member of the Legislative Committee of the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns. He is also the International Municipal Lawyer’s Association State Chair for Indiana and former Chair of IMLA’s Litiga-tion and Risk Management Section. In 2006, IMLA designated Mr. Haney a “Local Government Fellow” in recognition of his demonstrated excellence in the field of local government law. He is believed to be the first Indiana attorney to be so distinguished. Mr. Haney resides in Carmel with his wife, Tammy, and their three daughters, Elizabeth, Carolyn and Katherine. He is very active in his community, serving on the boards of several not-for-profit cultural organizations and even posing as the “jolly old elf ” himself at Carmel’s winter festival.

Adrian e. Herbst is a principal with the Washington, D.C. based firm The Baller Herbst Law Group, P.C., in charge of its Minneapolis, Min-nesota office. He has over 30 years of experience in municipal and govern- mental work. Adrian has been extensively involved in representing lo-cal governments throughout the country on cable television matters, including franchise renewals, transfers of ownership, governmental own-ership alternatives, local I-Nets and PEG access, franchise compliance audits, rate regulation issues, and federal and state legislative and FCC regulatory proceedings. He has also been extensively involved in rights-of- way management, telecommunications regulations, development of fiber optic networks, municipal websites, wireless zoning, and public radio system 800 MHz rebanding. He is a frequent presenter on these subjects at various state and national conferences. Adrian was a City Council Member for the City of Bloomington, Minnesota and its City Attorney. He has served as President of the Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association and Vice President of the League of Minnesota Cities. Adrian is a charter member of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA), as well as various other legal organizations including the International Municipal Lawyers Association (IMLA), the Federal Communications Bar Association, and the Telecommunications Committee of the Minnesota State Bar Association.

Ralph G. Hildebrand is the Corporate Counsel for the Greater Vancou-ver Regional District, Vancouver, British Columbia. Prior to becoming GVRD Corporate Counsel he was the Deputy City Solicitor for the City of Surrey, British Columbia. He is a graduate of Simon Fraser University (B.A.) and University of British Columbia (LL.B.). He is currently the Chair of the Canadian Department of IMLA, and former Chair of the Municipal Section – C.B.A., B.C.

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Scott Howard has been practicing municipal law for over 31 years, the past 18 years as the in-house City Attorney for Glendale providing advice on a full range of issues. Scott is a 1976 graduate of Southwestern University School of Law and received his Bachelor’s of Science degree from the University of Southern California in 1972; Graduate of the FBI National Law Institute (1989); Past President of the City Attorney’s Association of Los Angeles County (1995); Past President of the Glendale Bar Association (1994). Mr. Howard has served as past state chair for the International Municipal Lawyer’s Association (IMLA) and is the current regional vice president 9th Circuit for IMLA. He has completed the Josephson Institute of Ethics program for Ethics in Public Service and provides training to elected and appointed officials in Open Meetings laws, Conflicts of Interest, and general ethics. As a former litigator, Scott defended a number of cases including first amendment challenges to newsrack ordinance (Socialist Labor party v. City of Glendale–depublished); preemption (Housemoving Contractors Assn. v. City of Glendale (1981) 123 Cal.App.3d673); discrimination (Jauregui v. City of Glendale (1988) 852 F. 2d 1128); land use (Tensor Group v. City of Glendale (1993) 14 Cal.App. 4th 154): and a first amendment challenge to a nuisance abatement order (City of Glendale v. George (1989) 208 Cal.App.3d 1394).

Darrel J. Huenergardt is principal in Huenergardt Law Office in Kimball, Nebraska and Pine Bluffs, Wyoming. Mr. Huenergardt is a graduate of Union College, Lincoln, Nebraska and University of Nebraska College of Law. He was appointed City Attorney of Kimball, Nebraska in December 1972; and he also serves as Village Attorney for Dix and Bushnell, Nebraska. Mr. Huenergardt is the attorney for Mid-America Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and a member of Kimball Wednesday Group.

John Joye is a former state prosecutor that has been with the City of Charlotte for over eight years. He was originally a police attorney with Charlotte and is now the lead Senior Assistant City Attorney with the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS). He is a class of ’97 graduate of UNC-Law.” Rebecca “Becky” Kanis joined Common Ground to launch the Street to Home Initiative that reduced street homelessness by 87% in Times Square. Essential to her work is reframing homelessness as an urgent public health issue—helping communities across the country identify and then prioritize homeless individuals who are at the greatest risk of dying for housing and health care.

William J. Kearns, Jr. is a partner in the firm of Kearns, Vassallo & Kearns in Willingboro, NJ. He is admitted to practice before the trial, appellate and Supreme Courts of New Jersey, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. He focuses his practice on local government, municipal land use, and business clients. He is a graduate of St. Peter’s College and the Rutgers University School of Law [Newark]. He is General Counsel for the New Jersey State League of Municipalities, a Senior Trustee of the New Jersey Institute of Municipal Attorneys and a Past President of the International Municipal Lawyers Association. He is a former Chair of both the Local Government Law Section and the Women’s Rights Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association. He has earned the Diplomate in Local Government Law designation from the New Jersey Institute of Local Government Attorneys and was one of the original attorneys to earn the designation as a Fellow in Local Government Law from the International Municipal Lawyers Association. He is an Instructor in the Diplomate in Local Gov-ernment Law program and is a frequent author of articles in legal and local government publications. He regularly lectures nationally on local

government and land use issues. Mr. Kearns is a Past President of the Burlington County Bar Association. He is a Past President and Director Emeritus for Life of the Burlington County Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Kearns serves as attorney for and supervises the defense of claims on behalf of two municipal joint insurance funds. He is the Municipal Attorney for Beverly City, Delanco Township and Edgewater Park Township and Florence Township and served for 22 years as the Municipal Attorney for Willing-boro Township. He has served as counsel to various other municipalities, Planning Boards and Zoning Boards of Adjustment. He has held public office as a member of the Willingboro Township Council and as Mayor of Willingboro.

Robert J. Kerwin is the immediate past President of the Massachu-setts City Solicitors and Town Counsel Association and an IMLA Local Government Fellow. Together with his partner, Kerry Ryan, Mr. Kerwin has been litigation counsel in two matters that have resulted in multi- million dollar awards to municipalities in connection with landfill and host community agreements.

Anna Kinastowski received a B.A. in geography from McMaster Univer-sity and graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto. She has over 20 years of experience in municipal government with the former Cities of Toronto and Scarborough and since 1998, the amalgamated City of Toronto. In the former City of Scarborough, she held the positions of Director of Land Development and Director of General Legal Ser-vices and Administration. At amalgamation, Anna was appointed Director, Planning and Administrative Tribunal Law where she oversaw the successful amalgamation of five planning law units from the former municipalities. On March 18, 2002, Anna was appointed City Solicitor of the City of Toronto and is responsible for the provision of legal services to City Council, staff and City agencies, boards and commissions. Anna oversees the largest municipal legal division in Canada consisting of over 250 staff, of which over 100 are lawyers. Anna is a frequent speaker on matters relating to municipal law and was recently certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Municipal Law: Local Gov-ernment / Land Use Planning and Development. She is the Canadian Regional Vice President of the International Municipal Lawyers Association (IMLA). She has a special interest in encouraging young lawyers to choose the public service as a rewarding and fulfilling career.

Kris W. Kobah teaches Constitutional Law and Immigration Law at the University of Missouri (Kansas City) School of Law. He received his BA from Harvard, 1988; D.Phil. from Oxford, 1992, and his JD from Yale Law School, 1995. He served as Counsel to US Attorney Gen-eral John Ashcroft, 2001-03. He represents Hazleton, Pennsylvania, Valley Park, Missouri, the state of Arizona, and other cites and counties in pending preemption cases. He is a regular guest on The O’Reilly Factor and Lou Dobbs Tonight.”

Joel A. Kramer is an Associate Counsel with the Washington Subur-ban Sanitary Commission, one of the country’s largest water/wastewater utilities. Joel graduated from University of Maryland with a degree in zoology (1975), withdrew from University of Maryland School of Dentistry with a degree of relief, and graduated from University of Maryland School of Law with a degree of uncertainty (1982).

Dan Kuzmyk joined the Region in August 2004 following several years specializing in municipal litigation. As Senior Counsel, Dan represents the Region and its local boards in all aspects of civil litigation. Dan advises Regional departments and York Regional Police on a variety of operational, strategic and risk management issues, as well as issues and

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claims relating to tendering and procurement. Dan oversees all exter-nal litigation handled by outside counsel. In addition, Dan advises the Region on a variety of regulatory matters, including prosecutions, investi-gations and inspections.

todd A. LaSala is a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Division and concentrates his practice on representing commercial real estate owners, brokers and developers. He has represented both municipalities and developers in the development and redevelopment of recent major projects in the Kansas City area. Todd also has significant experience in representing landlords and tenants in commercial leasing matters involving office, retail and industrial property. He has represented sellers and purchasers in the conveyance of commercial property, as well as lenders and borrowers on loans secured by real estate. He has expertise in drafting and negotiating leases, contracts, easements, mortgages and deeds of trust, options, license agreements, and other transactional real estate documents. He received his J.D., 1996 University of Kansas and his B.S., 1993 from Regis University.

James B. Lampke, esq. is engaged in the general practice of law with the Hingham/Hull firm of Lampke & Lampke, Mr. Lampke con-centrates in the area of municipal law, real estate and civil litigation. He is the Town Counsel for the Town of Hull and serves as special counsel for a number of municipalities and as agency counsel. He also serves as an Independent Hearing Officer. Mr. Lampke is a graduate of the School of Public and International Affairs of The George Washington University and received his Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from New England School of Law. A frequent speaker on municipal legal issues, he is the Executive Director of the City Solicitors and Town Counsel Association and a past Chairman of the Public Law Council of the Massachusetts Bar Association. He received the “1996 President’s Award” from the City Solicitors and Town Counsel Association. Mr. Lampke is certified in lo-cal government law as a Local Government Fellow by the International Municipal Lawyers Association and was the first attorney in Massachusetts to be certified. He is also the State Chair for IMLA. Attorney Lampke is the co-editor and a contributing author of MCLE’s, Massachusetts Munici-pal Law Manual. In 2005, he was presented with a Distinguished Public Service Award by a Municipal Attorney at the annual convention of the IMLA for his dedication to public and community service.

David M. Lawrence is William Rand Kenan, Jr., Professor of Public Law and Government in the School of Government, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. At the School he focuses on local govern-ment law and particularly has written and consulted on open meetings and public records, issues involving local government property, governing board procedures, annexation and incorporation, economic development, utility services and organization, and local government reorganization. Lawrence is a native of Portland, Oregon. He is a graduate of Princeton Univer-sity and Harvard Law School and has been at the School of Government since 1968.

edwin M. Levy is a Senior Counsel, specializing in construction litigation among other areas, in the Commercial & Real Estate Litigation Division of the New York City Law Department, Office of the Corporation Counsel, where he has practiced for 20 years. He attended the University of Chicago as an undergraduate and Brooklyn Law School.

Craig MacFarlane is the City Solicitor of Surrey, British Columbia; BA (HONS.) and LL.B. Queen’s University. He has previously served as York Regional solicitor and with the City of Toronto’s Legal Department. He is the author of Land Use Planning, Practice Procedure and Policy,

Thompson Professional Publishing 1992, and serves on the Canadian Bar Association Advisory Committee to the Judicial Council of British Columbia and the Canadian Bar Association Government Relations Committee.

DeWitt F. “Mac” McCarley is the City Attorney of Charlotte, NC. He received a BA in Religion and his law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to serving in Charlotte he was City Attorney in Greenville, NC after starting his career at the NC League of Municipalities. He is a past president of the NC Association of Municipal Attorneys and is currently the Second Vice President of IMLA.

Julia “Rita” McNeil recently joined the Cincinnati USA Regional Cham-ber and serves as Vice President for Government Affairs. She graduated cum laude with a Bachelors of Business Administration from Howard University, and received her Juris Doctorate from the Ohio State University College of Law. Prior to joining the Chamber, Ms. McNeil served as the City Solicitor for the City of Cincinnati. She also served in a variety of private and public sector capacities, including Director of Law for the City of Dayton, Ohio; Section Chief for the Civil Rights Section for the Ohio Attorney General’s Office; juvenile referee/magistrate in the Franklin County Courts of Com-mon Pleas; associate with the law firms of Crabbe, Brown, Jones, Potts & Schmidt, and Schottenstein, Zox & Dunn; Chief Legal Counsel for the Ohio Department of Commerce; and Assistant Deputy Legal Counsel for Ohio Governor George Voinovich. Ms. McNeil is a member of the Ohio State and Cincinnati Bar Associations, and serves on Ohio’s Minority Develop-ment Finance Advisory Board and Board of the International Municipal Lawyers Association. She was honored as one of Business First Magazine’s “Forty Under 40” and as a distinguished alumni of The Ohio State University College of Law Black Law Students Association.

Juanita Maginley, RN, BSN, MA, is the Outreach Program Manager for the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. The Outreach Program is an innovative public health nursing program focused on vulnerable populations. Street Nursing is one of the outreach programs that work with people who are homeless, and live with mental health and addictions issues. Juanita has worked in urban health, women’s health, and international health projects. She is one of the co-producers of the DVD, Bevel Up:

John P. Markovs is an Associate County Attorney for Montgomery County, Maryland and he serves as agency counsel to Department of Gen-eral Services, Division of Building Design and Construction. Mr. Markovs attended the State University of New York at Albany (BA) and American University, Washington College of Law (JD). While at American University, he was Managing Editor of the Administrative Law Review and Dean’s Fel-low to Professor Barlow D. Burke. Mr. Markovs is admitted to the bars of Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia. He is also admitted to the United States District Court of Maryland, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Virginia, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Markovs is a member of the American Bar Asso-ciation (Sections on Litigation, Construction, and Public Contract Law). Mr. Markovs currently serves on the Maryland State Bar Association’s Liti-gation Section Council. Mr. Markovs joined Montgomery County’s Office of the County Attorney in January 2007 after 18 years in private practice handling complex construction, commercial and bankruptcy litigation.

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Dwight H. Merriam of Robinson & Cole LLP is a Fellow and Past President and of the American Institute of Certified Planners, a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a Counselor of Real Estate and a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers. Dwight has published four books and over 200 articles. He received his J.D. from Yale.

Nicholas P. Miller is an expert in the law and policy governing cable television and telephone regulation, and in the legislative aspects of communications law. He is a well-known advocate for the interests of local governments, airports, and national local government associations in cable television and telecommunications matters. He served as the U. S. Senate Communications Counsel and as a special consultant to the White House on telephone deregulation issues. He has worked extensively with international multilateral agencies engaged in telecommunications policy advice to developing countries. Mr. Miller is widely recognized for his lobbying experience with the Cable Act of 1984 and 1992, the AT&T divestiture, and the Telecommunications Act of 1996. He currently repre-sents the coalition of local governments which is challenging the FCC’s preemption of local cable franchise authority in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Mr. Miller is admitted to practice in Washington State and the District of Columbia Bar Associations. He received his law degree in 1973, and his undergraduate degree in 1966, both from the University of Washington where he was a member of the Washington Law Review. He is a member of the American and Federal Communications Bar Associations and an honorary life-time member of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors, where he was their 1995 Member of the Year. He is also a member of the International Municipal Lawyers Association. Mr. Miller was a founding partner of the Washington, D.C. law firm Miller & Holbrooke. Prior to law school, Mr. Miller served in the U.S. Navy in Vietnam where he saw extensive combat. Mr. Miller holds the Silver Star, the Purple Heart and other combat commendations.

Robert J. Miller is a professor at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon, the Chief Justice of the Grand Ronde Tribe, and a citizen of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma. He received his J.D. in 1991 from Lewis & Clark Law School and he clerked for the Ninth Circuit in 1991-92.

G. Foster Mills is the Managing Attorney of New York City Law Department and a member of the Law Department’s Executive Staff. Mr. Mills oversees the Administration, Information Technology, Operations, Worker’s Compensation and Legal Recruitment Divisions. His responsibilities include administration of the Law Department’s $125 million annual budget and management of the Department’s more than 1,300 employees. Mr. Mills has been with the Law Department since 1985, and he has held the position of Managing Attorney for the past ten years. In 2003, he was awarded the “Corporation Counsel Award for Distinguished Legal Service”—the office’s most prestigious award. Before being appointed to his current position, Mr. Mills served as a Deputy Davison Chief for the Contracts and Real Estate Division. Under former Mayor David Dinkins, Mr. Mills was appointed as the Direc-tor of New York City’s Office of Contracts and simultaneously held the position of New York City’s Chief Procurement Officer. In these positions, Mr. Mills oversaw the City’s $7 billion annual procurement budget. He is currently Vice President of the Country Attorneys Association of the State of New York and a Director of IMLA. He received a B.A. in Economics from S.U.N.Y Stony Brook in 1975 and his J.D. from Boston University in 1978.

Gregory A. Munchrath, P.e. is a Senior Vice President of RCC Con-sultants, Inc. (RCC) and is responsible for RCC’s wireless communication system projects for cities, counties, and states in the western half of the United States. He has 28 years of experience in the development and implementation of Public Safety and Local Government radio communica-tion systems. He is located in RCC’s Houston, Texas office and has been with RCC for 18 years. RCC is an international telecommunications consulting, integration, and outsourcing firm that has served the Public Safety, Critical Infrastructure, and commercial wireless sectors for 25 years. RCC is an independent firm and is not affiliated with any manufacturers or providers of such systems. RCC has assisted over 1,000 cities, counties and states in the development of their wireless voice and data systems. Mr. Munchrath can be reached in their Houston office at (281) 999-1441 or via e-mail at gmunchrath@rcc.com. Additional information about RCC can be found at www.rcc.com.

Kory A. Nelson has been an Assistant City Attorney for Denver, Colorado since 1989, where he is counsel for Denver’s photo traffic enforcement program. He was born and raised in Fremont, Nebraska. Mr. Nelson graduated from Arizona State University’s Criminal Justice Program in 1985, after serving three years in the U.S. Army. He graduated from the A.S.U. College of Law in 1989, and was the recipient of the Truman Young Memorial Prosecutorial Fellowship. Mr. Nelson was the lead counsel in the successful litigation against the State of Colorado in defending Denver’s state constitutional home rule authority over Denver’s pit bull ban ordinance in 2004-07. He was a guest speaker on pit bulls at IMLA’s annual conference in 2005 in Charleston, S.C. He lives in Parker, Colorado with his wife, Kim, a school teacher, their 4-year old daughter, Alyssa, and two dogs—Heidi, a German Shepherd, and Sunny, a Golden Retriever.

Barry S. Neuman, Counsel in the D.C. office of Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP, has practiced environmental law and litigation for 34 years before courts and agencies nationwide, representing public and private sector clients. He received his J.D. Degree from UC Berkeley. Recognized for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America, Barry currently represents Lincoln County, Nevada in connection with Yucca Mountain. He writes and lectures frequently on environmental law.

Mark H. Newbold is currently the Police Attorney for the Charlotte- Mecklenburg Police Department, Charlotte, NC. Prior to moving to Charlotte he was the legal advisor to the Tulsa Police Department where he was a police officer.

Juan otero is currently Senior Director of Government Affairs for Comcast Cable in Philadelphia where he works with a myriad of intergov-ernmental associations that include the National Governors Association, the US Conference of Mayors and the National League of Cities. Juan has more than 10 years of experience in lobbying, policy development, program management, and holds a law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and a Master of Public Administration from American University.

tulin ozdeger directs the Civil Rights Project at the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty. Goals of the project are combating the criminalization of homelessness, protecting homeless persons’ voting rights, and protecting homeless persons from hate crimes. Ms. Ozde-ger received her B.S. from Northwestern University and her J.D. from George Washington University Law School. Before joining NLCHP, she worked as a staff attorney at Arnold & Porter.

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Howard Paperner has been the City Attorney of Winchester, Missouri since 1980. He is the City Attorney of Maryland Heights, Missouri, since its incorporation in 1985. From 1979 until 1981 he was the City Attor-ney of Times Beach, and represented the City in the Superfund “buyout.” Since 1989 he has been a Hearing Examiner for the Missouri Depart-ment of Natural Resources. He is also, the City Attorney of Breckenridge Hills and Crystal Lake Park, Missouri. He graduated from the University of Missouri-St. Louis (BA 1970) and the University of Missouri-Kansas City (JD 1973). Previously he served as an Assistant Public Defender in the City of St. Louis, an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for St. Louis County, and, as an Adjunct Assistant Professor, Administration of Justice Department of the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He is a past President of the Missouri Municipal Attorneys Association.

Nina Perales is the Southwest Regional Counsel for MALDEF in San Antonio, Texas. In that role, she directs MALDEF’s litigation, advocacy and public education in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, and six additional southern and western states. Ms. Perales specializes in voting rights litiga-tion, including redistricting and vote dilution challenges. She served as lead counsel for Latino plaintiffs in the redistricting cases in Texas in 2001 which secured a Texas House of Representatives redistricting plan containing an increase of four Latino-majority districts. Ms. Perales was lead counsel for Latino interveners in Arizona in 2003 and successfully defended the Latino-majority Congressional District 4 against an attempt to dismantle it. On March 1, 2006, Ms. Perales successfully argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in LULAC v Perry, a Latino vote-dilution challenge to the 2003 Texas congressional redistricting plan. In June, 2006 the Court struck down the redistricting plan as a violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In addition to her own cases, Ms. Perales supervises the work of six staff attorneys who conduct impact litigation and advo-cacy on behalf of Latinos throughout the Southwest in the areas of educa-tion, immigrant rights, employment discrimination and political access. Ms. Perales received a Bachelor’s degree from Brown University and earned her J.D. from Columbia University School of Law in 1990.

Sachin Persaud, LL.B., Queen’s University (2005); B.Econ, Queen’s University (2003). Joined Boghosian + Associates in 2007. Focuses exclu-sively on municipal litigation matters and has conducted trials on behalf of a number of municipalities. Periodic speaker at in-house legal educa-tion programs for municipalities. Contributor to The Law of Municipal Liability in Canada.

Christopher J. Petrini is founder and principal of Petrini & Associ-ates, P.C., a public law firm in Framingham, Massachusetts. Mr. Petrini’s practice focuses on municipal law and public construction law and litiga-tion. Mr. Petrini is Town Counsel to the Town of Framingham and serves as special counsel to various municipalities and public owners on issues relating to public construction. Mr. Petrini is a cum laude graduate of Georgetown University (A.B.), and a graduate of Duke University School of Law (J.D.) with high honors. Mr. Petrini currently is the Vice-President and a member of the Executive Committee of the Massachusetts City Solicitors and Town Counsel Association and a member of IMLA.

Gregory Priamos has been the City Attorney of Riverside, California since 2001. He is responsible for the City’s Transitional Housing Task Force which has brought over ninety properties into compliance over the past three years. He has testified before the Governor’s High Sex Offender Task Force on sex offender residency and the state legislature on transitional housing legislation.

Marion J. Radson is the City Attorney of Gainesville, Florida. He is Board Certified by The Florida Bar in City, County and Local Govern- ment Law. He is a recipient of the 2002-3 Paul S. Buchman “Municipal Attorney of the Year” Award from the Florida Municipal Attorneys Asso- ciation. He currently serves as a member of the Florida Bar’s Attorney- Client Task Force, and is Chair of the Public Sector Subcommittee.

John S. Rannestad, P.e. is a Senior Consultant for PinnacleOne with over 18 years of experience in the engineering and construction industry. He is a construction claims expert who has successfully assisted own-ers, contractors, and engineers. Mr. Rannestad has been involved with numerous transportation projects, including those involving the construc-tion of roads, bridges, rail facilities, and airports as well as a variety of other project types. He is based in PinnacleOne’s Middletown, Connecti- cut office.

edward G. Rheinheimer is the County Attorney for Cochise County, Arizona. He graduated from Elmira College in Elmira, New York in 1975 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and is a 1979 graduate of Gonzaga University School of Law in Spokane, Washington. He began his legal career in 1980 as a Captain in the U.S. Army Jude Advocate General’s Corps. In 1987, he left active duty with the Army and entered private practice where he remained until 1992. In 1992, Mr. Rheinheimer joined the Cochise County Attorney’s Office as a prosecutor with the Southwest Border Alliance Group Anti-Narcotics Task Force. In 2002, he was promoted to the role of lead prosecutor with the task force and in 2004 he as elected to the position of Cochise County Attorney.

Luis Robles has defended numerous police misconduct and prisoner rights cases in both federal and state courts, Mr. Robles is a trial lawyer with considerable expertise in Section 1983 and New Mexico Tort Claims Act litigation. Both as an Assistant City Attorney with the City of Albuquerque and in private practice, he has litigated claims involving high speed vehicle pursuits, warrantless arrests, search warrant procure- ment and execution, use of less-lethal force, police K-9 apprehension (bite), and police shooting cases.

Leon Rodriguez has been the County Attorney in Montgomery County, Maryland, since May 2007. From May 2001 until his appointment, he was a shareholder in the Washington, D.C. office of Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver, where he was a litigator specializing in white collar criminal defense and health care law. For thirteen years prior to entering private practice, Mr. Rodriguez was a federal and state prosecutor in various jurisdictions. From 1997 to 2001, he was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, serving as the First Assistant U.S. Attorney from 1999-2001, and as the Chief of the White Collar Crimes Section from 1998-1999. Throughout his service as an Assistant United States Attorney, Mr. Rodriguez handled white collar matters with particular emphasis on health care, securities and tax fraud matters. From 1994–1997, Mr. Rodriguez served as a trial attorney in the Criminal Section of the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, where he handled a variety of criminal civil rights matters involving human trafficking, hate violence and law enforcement misconduct. Mr. Rodriguez was the lead prosecutor in the case of United States v. Miguel Flores, et al., which resulted in convictions of three individuals for involuntary servitude and smuggling of migrant agricultural workers from Mexico and Guate-mala. Prior to joining the Justice Department, Mr. Rodriguez was an Assistant District Attorney in Brooklyn, NY. Mr. Rodriguez received a B.A. in History from Brown University in 1984 and his law degree from Boston College Law School in 1988.

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Kerry t. Ryan has handled complex legal matters as special municipal counsel on landfills, contracts and environmental issues. Kerry is a member of the Solid Waste Association of North America, Massachusetts Chapter and the Environmental Business Council New England, Inc. He has practiced law in both California and Massachusetts.

orlando Sanchez was named to fill a newly-created third deputy city manager position within the City Manager’s Office in May 2006. He oversees the departments of the City Clerk, Human Resources, Neighbor-hood Services, Information Technologies, Leisure Services and Finance and Business Services. Prior to being named deputy city manager, Or-lando served as the Neighborhood Services Department director, where he spearheaded many key, innovative plans and programs such as the 10- year Plan to end Homelessness; the Homeownership For Educators Program to assist teachers with housing costs; the Abandoned and Vacant Buildings Program to eliminate visible blight in neighborhoods; the EVOLVE Program to reintegrate ex-felons into productive lives; and a pilot program to help chronic inebriates. Orlando has significant knowl-edge and experience with the city dating back to 1988, when he served as a management analyst with the then Department of Economic and Urban Development. As a Development Officer in Economic and Urban Development, he worked to promote and develop the Las Vegas Technology Center, the Spectrum of Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Enter-prise Park that brought jobs to where people lived, to reinvigorate eco- nomically lagging areas and cut commute times. Since then, he has demon-strated his versatility and progressive leadership style with several departments in the city. As a facilities manager, he saved the city substantial money by standardizing and streamlining operations. His experience also includes work on the city’s long-term, comprehensive facility master plan. Orlando chairs the 2008 Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition’s Committee on Homelessness. He is a Leadership Las Vegas 2007 graduate from the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce. In 2005, he was recognized as the “Emerg-ing Public Administrator of the Year” by the American Society for Public Administration. Prior to joining the city of Las Vegas, Orlando served in the private sector as a branch manager for a financial institution. A native of Belen, New Mexico, Orlando graduated from New Mexico State University with a bachelor’s degree in economics.

Suzanne Sangree has been a Chief Solicitor in the Baltimore City Department of Law since March 2007. Her non-litigation work includes low income energy assistance, foreclosure prevention and relief, and homelessness. She is counsel on Baltimore v. Wells Fargo, O8-CV- 062 (D. Md.), a novel Fair Housing Act claim alleging racially discriminatory predatory lending. Previously, Ms. Sangree was Appellate Director at the Public Justice Center and taught at the University of Maryland School of Law and West Virginia University College of Law.

Jennifer A. Smout is a solicitor with the Corporation of the City of London practising in the areas of municipal law, licensing, privacy law and corporate governance. She has recently returned to the City of London after serving as an adjudicator with the Ontario Municipal Board for four and a half years. Prior to her appointment to the OMB, she was a solicitor for the City of London where her areas of practice included land develop- ment, land use planning and zoning, expropriation law, real estate law, municipal law and corporate and commercial law. In addition to her public roles, Jennifer has private experience gained from her association with three prominent London law firms. Jennifer is an active participant in many professional associations and community organizations. She has

been a guest speaker for many continuing education programs for the Ontario Bar Association, the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Canadian Institute, the UWO Faculty of Law and the Ivey Business School. Jennifer is the co-author of a book on land use planning and development law. She is a gradu- ate of McMaster University and the University of Western Ontario.

Larry Stevens, BMI Assistant Vice President, General Licensing-based at BMI’s office in Nashville, Tennessee, oversees the management of BMI General Licensing sales and marketing activities. BMI’s general licensing department is responsible for developing and executing sales and marketing plans as well as developing and enhancing long-term relationships with customers who use music. Stevens first joined BMI in June of 1981 as licensing executive and advanced through the organization.

Laura Swisher is Associate Counsel for the Washington Suburban Sani-tary Commission, one of the ten largest water and wastewater utilities in the country. Laura graduated from University of Baltimore Law School in 1987, and is active in many organizations, including the Maryland- District of Columbia Utilities Association and the State and Local Government Law Section of the Maryland State Bar Association.

Herbert W.A. thiele has served as County Attorney for Leon County, Florida, since 1990. Prior to becoming County Attorney, Mr. Thiele was the City Attorney for the City of Delray Beach, Florida, for over eight years, and an Assistant City Attorney in Delray Beach, as well as in pri-vate practice, for the three years preceding. Mr. Thiele graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a B.A. in government and interna-tional studies and received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Florida. He is admitted before the Florida Supreme Court, the United States Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida and the Southern District of Florida (both in the General Bar and in the Trial Bar), the United States Court of Ap-peals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits, and the United States Tax Court. He currently serves as Chairman of the Counties and Special Municipal Districts Department of IMLA; was a member of the Board of Directors and Secretary/Treasurer of the Florida Municipal Attorney’s Association; is a former Chairman of the Local Government Law Section of the Florida Bar, has served on the Board of Directors of the Florida Asso-ciation of County Attorneys, and held the Offices of Secretary, Treasurer, Vice-President, and on three occasions, as President of FACA. He is a past-Chairman of the Board of Directors of FACA. He is a member of the American Bar Association (Urban, State, and Local Government; Labor and Employment Law; and Litigation Sections; Government & Public Sector Lawyers Division); and the City, County, and Local Govern-ment Law (serving as an ex-officio member of the Executive Council), Envi-ronmental and Land Use Law, Labor and Employment Law, Administrative Law, and Trial Practice Sections of the Florida Bar. He was a member of the Florida Bar Long Range Planning Committee, and is also a past member of the Individual Rights and Responsibilities Committee and the Continuing Legal Education Committee of the Florida Bar. Mr. Thiele also holds mem-bership in the Association of Trial Lawyers of America; the ASPA Section on Environmental and Natural Resources Administration; and, the Inter-national Municipal Lawyers Association. He was chosen Florida Municipal Attorney of the Year for 1987-1988, and was awarded the Ralph A. Mar-sicano Award in 1991 by the Florida Bar Local Government Law Section for significant contributions to the development of local government law in Florida. In addition, he was honored to receive the Ethics in Gov-ernment Award in 1998 and in 2001, as well as The President’s Award in 2004 from the Florida Association of County Attorneys. In 2000, he received the prestigious Paul S. Buchman Award for outstanding contribu-

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tions in the area of legal public service from the City, County and Local Government Law Section of The Florida Bar, and in 2005 he received The Chair Service Award from the City County & Local Government Law Section of The Florida Bar, in appreciation of his outstanding service to The Section and The Florida Bar. He has served as Vice Chair of the Second Judicial Circuit Bench/Bar Committee since 2003. He is also listed in the Who’s Who in American Law and named one of the Outstanding Young Men in America. Mr. Thiele has lectured and writ-ten numerous articles on Florida and national local government matters, including public records and sunshine laws; personnel matters, including public employee drug testing programs; public finance; and zoning, land use, and comprehensive planning matters.

Henry W. underhill, Jr. received his BA degree in History and English, Belmont Abbey College; LLB, University of North Carolina School of Law. He was the Assistant City Attorney for Charlotte, NC from 1965-1968, and Charlotte City Attorney, 1968–1995. Mr. Underhill was IMLA (NIMLO) Executive Director/General Counsel from 1995–2006. In 1981, he received the Outstanding Boss of the Year–Charlotte Legal Secretaries Association award; President, North Carolina Association of Municipal Attorneys; 1994 recipient of the Ernest L. Ball Awardfor Outstanding Public Service, North Carolina Association of Municipal Attorneys; National Institute of Municipal Law Officers Treasurer and member of the Board of Directors; NIMLO President—1982–1983; 1983 recipient of the NIMLO Distinguished Public Service Award; 2006 recipient of the IMLA Charles S. Rhyne Lifetime Achievement in Municipal Law Award; and recipient of the North Carolina Order of the Long Leaf Pine in 2006 conferred by NC Governor Michael Easley. Now retired, he and his wife, Mary, live in Seattle, Washington.

Helen Valkavich is Assistant City Attorney advisor on Ethics and Open Records issues, served as primary staff support to the Mayor’s Committee on Integrity and Trust in Local Government, and provides ethics training to city staff and officials. From September 1996 through October 2000 she served as Special Prosecutor, State of Alaska Attorney General’s Office. Investigated and prosecuted white-collar offenses, election code violations and official misconduct offenses. From September 1990 through July 1995, she was Assistant District Attorney, Anchorage, Alaska. Ms. Valkavich prosecuted felony offenses, including homicides, narcotics offenses, and sexual assaults. She is a member of the Texas and New York Bar Asso- ciations and Federal District of Alaska. Helen is also member of the Bexar County Women’s Bar Association. She received a Bachelor of Science in Geology from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas (1984), J.D. from the University of Texas in Austin (1987).

Joseph Van eaton is a Partner with the Washington, D.C. and California-based firm of Miller and Van Eaton, P.L.L.C. and received his law degree, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania in 1979, and his under- graduate degree, magna cum laude, in 1975 from Syracuse Univer-sity. For 25 years, he has specialized in assisting local governments on cable, telephone, Internet and wireless issues in courts and at the nego- tiating table. He is representing municipalities in a pending appeal chal- lenging recent FCC cable franchising orders.

Patricia P. Via is the Chief of the Division of Litigation, Office of the County Attorney for Montgomery County, Maryland. She attended the University of Maryland School Law (JD 1985) and the University of Maryland (BA 1982-cum laude). She currently manages and super- vises attorneys who litigate tort and civil rights claims in defense of Mont-gomery County, other local governments, and their employees.

Frank Waite is Of Counsel in the Labor and Employment and Govern- ment Litigation Practice Groups in the Dallas office of Thompson & Knight LLP. He has more than 20 years of experience defending local govern-ments on matters involving constitutional, employment, and tort claims. His practice is focused on representation of local government entities and public officials in litigation. Mr. Waite received his J.D. in 1984 from Texas Tech University School of Law and his B.A. in Sociology and Psy-chology in 1979 from the University of Wisconsin. He was an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Dallas and for the City of Arlington, Texas. He has been an IMLA Local Government Fellow since 2000.

Michael J. Watza is a commercial litigation/governmental affairs group co-chair at the Kitch Firm in Detroit Michigan concentrating on litigated, legislative and regulatory solutions on behalf of municipal, non profit and private sector clients. He represents clients in State and Fed-eral trial and appeals courts, regulatory agencies and legislatures regarding commercial, telecommunications, local government and mass torts. Mr. Watza is also a Michigan Gaming Control Board Member.

Judith Welch Wegner is Burton Craige Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She received her BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her J.D. from UCLA. After joining the UNC law faculty in 1981, she served as dean from 1989-99. She served as an elected member of the Carrboro, NC Board of Aldermen from 1985-89. Wegner teaches property law, state and local government law, and land use law, and assists with UNC’s Community Development Clinic. She is co-author of State and Local Government Law in a Fed-eral System (6th ed., Lexis-Nexis 2006) and Educating Lawyers (Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching) (Jossey-Bass, 2007) among other publications.

Holly Whatley is Senior Counsel at Colantuono & Levin, P.C., where she provides advice to, and litigates on behalf of, public agencies on a broad range of issues, including intellectual property, election law, CEQA and land use. Holly received her B.A. cum laude (1988) and her J.D. (1992) both from the University of Texas.

George A. Wilkki, City Solicitor for Windsor, Ontario is a Windsor Law graduate, a Sessional Lecturer for 5 years, called to the Bar in 1979. He practiced as a Barrister and Solicitor in four Windsor firms, joining the City in 1997. He is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, Professional Engineers, Ontario, the Essex Law Association and IMLA.

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1991John H. LarsonLos Angeles, California

1992Daniel CurtinMcCutchen, Doyle Brown & EnersenWalnut Creek, California

1993J. LaMar ShelleyFormer General Counsel League of Arizona Cities and TownsFormer City Attorney of Mesa, Arizona

1994Benjamin L. BrownFormer Executive Director of NIMLOFormer City Solicitor of BaltimoreBaltimore, Maryland

1996Roy D. BatesFormer City AttorneyColumbia, South Carolina

1997Claude L. MullisJacksonville, Floridaand William H. thornton, ,Jr.Former City Attorney of DurhamDurham, North Carolina

2000John e. GothermanGeneral Counsel, Ohio Municipal LeagueColumbus, OhioandWilliam H. SteudeFormer General CounselMichigan Municipal LeagueAnn Arbor, Michigan

Marianne Landers Banks David L. BarberMary ellen BenchSheryl King BenfordLori Grigg BluhmStephen J. BurgPhyllis Leah Carlylethomas M. CarpenterMartha J. Rupp CarterStephen P. ChinnWanda J. Cochran Mariilyn D. CraigMathias W. DelortJay B. Doegey Melanie S. DonohueKathleen A. DooleyJohn e. DormanScott Brandt-erichson William D. Gearyeunice GibsonBenjamin e. GriffithFrank B. Gummey, IIIDouglas C. Haneytimothy S. HollisterRose J. Humway-WarmuthGarry e. HunterWilliam J. Kearns, Jr. Robert J. KerwinAlice teresa KowalishinJames Burton Lampke elizabeth Ann LutonWilliam Clark Mann, IIIMartin R. McCulloughSusan emery McGannonJeanene C. McIntyre Brad NeighborStephen C. NickBruce A. Noble, Q.C.James W. Porter, IIIHerbert L. Prouty Barbara Lee QuirkMiles K. RisleyLori M. RiordanGary e. RebenstorfDavid Neil Robertson, Q.C.Susan C. RochaGeorge H. Rust-D’eyeteris SolisHoward D. SwansonCharles W. thompson, Jr.Randall D. Van VleckFrank R. Waite Robert J. Watson Diane Callander WetherbeeNancy K. YendesCharles e. Zech

IMLA’S LoCAL GoVeRNMeNt FeLLoWS

CHARLeS S. RHYNe AWARDS

2001Robert J. ManglerFormer City AttorneyWilmette, Illinois

2003the HonorableWilliam A. McClainVillage AttorneyLincoln Heights, Ohio

2005William. F. SueppelGeneral CounselIowa League of Cities

2006Henry W. underhill, Jr.Former Executive Director of IMLAFormer City AttorneyCharlotte, North CarolinaandMarvin J. GlinkAncel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, Dicianni, and Rolek, P.C.Former City AttorneyNaperville, Illinois

2007James H. epps, IIICity AttorneyJohnson City, Tennessee

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1st Circuit(ME, MA, NH, PR, RI)William H. SolomonTown CounselStoneham, Massachusetts

2nd Circuit(CT,NY,VT)Joseph E. McNeilCity AttorneyBurlington, Vermont

3rd Circuit(DE, NJ, PA, VI)John Gillespie Township SolicitorChesterfield, New Jersey

4th Circuit(MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)Fred P. BaggettCity AttorneyHigh Point, North Carolina

5th Circuit(LA, MS, TX)Diane C. WetherbeeCity AttorneyPlano, Texas

6th Circuit(KY,MI,OH,TN)Stephen J. SmithLaw DirectorDublin, Ohio

7th Circuit(IL, IN, WI)Warren P. KraftCity AttorneyMcFarland, Wisconsin

8th Circuit (North)(MN, ND, SD)Howard D. SwansonCity AttorneyGrand Forks, North Dakota

8th Circuit (South)(AR, IA, MO, NE)Bruce E. BergmanCity AttorneyDes Moines, Iowa

9th Circuit (North)(AK, ID, MT, OR, WA)Edward J. SullivanCity AttorneyOregon City, Oregon

IMLA 2007–2008 ReGIoNAL VICe PReSIDeNtS

9th Circuit (South)(AZ, CA, HI, NV)Scott HowardCity AttorneyGlendale, California

10th Circuit (North)(CO, UT, WY)Claybourne M. DouglasCity AttorneyLongmont, Colorado

10th Circuit (South)(KS, NM, OK)Neil R. ShortlidgeCity AttorneyRoeland Park, Kansas

11th Circuit(AL, FL, GA)James E. Elliott, Jr.City AttorneyWarner Robins, Georgia

Canadian Regional Vice PresidentAnna KinastowskiCity SolicitorToronto, Ontario

Canadian Scholarship FundIMLA is very pleased to announce the continuation of the Canadian Scholarship Fund based on a proposal by Sylvia Watson, who many will remember as the dy-namo behind the very successful IMLA Conference in Toronto, Canada. The fund, financed from the excess proceeds raised by the City for IMLA’s 1999 Conference in Toronto, will be used annual to underwrite the expenses of young (under 40) Cana-dian lawyer’s trip to an IMLA Annual Conference. In turn, the successful applicant will be required to present a paper on a municipal law topic at the Conference.

This year’s recipient is the sixth to be chosen. The 2008 Canadian Scholarship recipient is Naomi Brown with the City of Toronto Legal Services Litigation Division, Toronto, Ontario Canada. Naomi will present a paper at the 2008 Annual Conference on Sign By-Law Litigation and its Impact on Municipalities.

FutuRe CoNFeReNCeSAND SeMINARS

IMLA’s 74th Annual ConferenceMiami, FloridaOctober 18–21, 2009

IMLA’s 75th AnniversaryConferenceSan Francisco, CaliforniaOctober 10–13, 2010

IMLA’s 76th Annual ConferenceChicago, IllinoisSeptember 11–14, 2011

★★★★

IMLA’s Mid-Year SeminarWashington, D.C.

April 19–21, 2009

April 18–20, 2010

If you are interested in presenting a paper at one of these future conferences or seminars, please mail information to IMLA or contact IMLA at info@imla.org.IMLA Communications Corner

and e-mail for Conference Attendees

IMLA’s communication corner will provide high speed Internet access.

the Communications Corner is located in Regalium.

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ALABAMARobert W. EnnisCity AttorneyTuscaloosa, Alabama

ALASKARhonda Fehlen WestoverDeputy City AttorneyAnchorage, Alaska

ARIZoNAStephen M. KempCity AttorneyPeoria, Arizona

ARKANSASKit WilliamsCity AttorneyFayetteville, Arkansas

CALIFoRNIARonald R. BallCity AttorneyCarlsbad, California

CoLoRADoRichard P. BradyCity AttorneyGreeley, Colorado

CoNNeCtICutTimothy BatesTown AttorneyPlainfield, Connecticut

DeLAWAReRoger A. AkinCity SolicitorNewark, Delaware

FLoRIDAMarion J. RadsonCity AttorneyGainesville, Florida

GeoRGIAJeff ToddCity AttorneyLaGrange, Georgia

HAWAIICarrie K.S. OkinagaCorporation CounselHonolulu, Hawaii

IDAHoDale W. StorerCity AttorneyIdaho Falls, Idaho

ILLINoISBarbara A. AdamsVillage AttorneyKenilworth, Illinois

INDIANADouglas C. HaneyCity AttorneyCarmel, Indiana

IoWAGregory S. JagerCity AttorneyBettendorf, Iowa

KANSASCindy HarmisonCity AttorneyLenexa, Kansas

KeNtuCKYIrv MazeCounty AttorneyJefferson County, Kentucky

LouISIANACharles C. GrubbParish AttorneyCaddo Parish, Louisiana

MAINeMary KahlCorporation CounselSouth Portland, Maine

MARYLANDErnest A. CrofootAssistant County AttorneyCaroline County, Maryland

MASSACHuSettSJames B. LampkeTown CounselHull, Massachusetts

MICHIGANPeter LetzmannAttorneyLowell, Michigan

MINNeSotACorrine A. HeineAssistant City AttorneyBrooklyn Park, Minnesota

MISSISSIPPIBenjamin E. GriffithBoard AttorneyYazoo-Mississippi DeltaCleveland, Mississippi

MISSouRIB. Allen GarnerCity CounselorIndependence, Missouri

MoNtANADavid V. GlikoCity AttorneyGreat Falls, Montana

NeBRASKAPaul D. KratzCity AttorneyOmaha, Nebraska

NeVADACarie TorrenceCity AttorneyNorth Las Vegas, Nevada

NeW HAMPSHIReDaniel D. CreanLegal ConsultantPrimexConcord, New Hampshire

NeW JeRSeYKristina P. HadingerMontgomery Township AttorneyPrinceton, New Jersey

NeW MeXICoJay BurnhamCity AttorneyFarmington, New Mexico

NeW YoRKArthur GutekunstSr. Asst. Corporation CounselWhite Plains, New York

NoRtH CARoLINAL. Ashley SmithCity AttorneyGastonia, North Carolina

NoRtH DAKotABrian D. NeugebauerCity AttorneyWest Fargo, North Dakota

oHIoGary A. EbertDirector of LawBay Village, Ohio

oKLAHoMAMartha Rupp CarterAttorneyTulsa Health DepartmentTulsa, Oklahoma

oReGoNJeffrey G. ConditCounselMiller Nash Wiener & HagerPortland, Oregon

PeNNSYLVANIAVacant

RHoDe ISLANDJoseph J. Nicholson, Jr.City SolicitorNewport, Rhode Island

SoutH CARoLINAKenneth E. GainesSenior Assistant City AttorneyColumbia, South Carolina

SoutH DAKotASteven J. BritzmanCity AttorneyBrookings, South Dakota

teNNeSSeeKaren BeykeAttorneyFranklin, Tennessee

teXASArthur PertileAttorneyOlson & OlsonHouston, Texas

utAHDavid CarlsonCity AttorneySouth Salt Lake City, Utah

VeRMoNtChristopher P. SullivanCity AttorneyRutland, Vermont

VIRGINIAJoseph L. HowardCounty AttorneyStafford County, Virginia

WASHINGtoNLori RiordonCity AttorneyBellevue, Washington

WeSt VIRGINIARose Humway-WarmuthCity SolicitorWheeling, West Virginia

WISCoNSINJames G. GodlewskiCity AttorneyNeenah, Wisconsin

WYoMINGKathleen HuntGeneral CounselWyoming Associationof MunicipalitiesLaramie, Wyoming

IMLA 2007–2008 StAte CHAIRS

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RHoDe ISLANDJoseph J. Nicholson, Jr.City SolicitorNewport, Rhode Island

SoutH CARoLINAKenneth E. GainesSenior Assistant City AttorneyColumbia, South Carolina

SoutH DAKotASteven J. BritzmanCity AttorneyBrookings, South Dakota

teNNeSSeeKaren BeykeAttorneyFranklin, Tennessee

teXASArthur PertileAttorneyOlson & OlsonHouston, Texas

utAHDavid CarlsonCity AttorneySouth Salt Lake City, Utah

VeRMoNtChristopher P. SullivanCity AttorneyRutland, Vermont

VIRGINIAJoseph L. HowardCounty AttorneyStafford County, Virginia

WASHINGtoNLori RiordonCity AttorneyBellevue, Washington

WeSt VIRGINIARose Humway-WarmuthCity SolicitorWheeling, West Virginia

WISCoNSINJames G. GodlewskiCity AttorneyNeenah, Wisconsin

WYoMINGKathleen HuntGeneral CounselWyoming Associationof MunicipalitiesLaramie, Wyoming

1935–1936Henry E. FoleyBoston, MA

1936–1937Raymond J. KellyDetroit, MI

1937–1939Barnet HodesChicago, IL

1939–1940Joe W. AndersonChattanooga, TN

1940–1942William C. ChanlerNew York, NY

1942–1943Horace H. EdwardsRichmond, VA

1943–1944Ray L. CheseboroLos Angeles, CA

1944–1945Fred T. Van LiewDes Moines, IA

1945–1946William E. KempKansas City, MO

1946–1947Herman C. WilsonGreensboro, NC

1947–1948Anne X. AlpernPittsburgh, PA 1948–1949Alexander G. BrownPortland, OR

1949–1950Robert D. MorrisonLynchburg, VA

1950–1951William H. EmersonRochester, NY

1951–1952Thomas N. BiddisonBaltimore, MD1952–1953David M. ProctorKansas City, MO

1953–1954A.C. Van SoelenSeattle, WA

1954–1955Henry B. CurtisNew Orleans, LA

1955–1956Dion R. HolmSan Francisco, CA

1956–1957Barnett I. ShurPortland, ME

1957–1958J. Elliot DrinardRichmond, VA

1958–1959Ralph S. LocherCleveland, OH

1959–1960Roger ArneberghLos Angeles, CA

1960–1961John C. MelaniphyChicago, IL

1961–1962 Henry P. KuceraDallas, TX

1962–1963Leo A. Larkin New York, NY

1963–1964Fred W. AleyWichita, KS

1964–1965John J. FlemingMilwaukee, WI

1965–1966George E. MurphyBeaumont, TX

1966–1967William M. MadisonJacksonville, FL

1967–1968Robert ReeseDetroit, MI

1968–1969Thomas M. O’ConnorSan Francisco, CA

1969–1970Herbert C. HoffmanKansas City, MO

1970–1971J. Lee RankinNew York, NY

1971–1972A. L. NewbouldSeattle, WA

1972–1973Robert T. AndersonHercules, CA

1973–1974Marvin J. GlinkNaperville, IL

1974–1975N. Alex BickleyDallas, TX

1975–1976Eugene N. CollinsChattanooga, TN

1976–1977Conard B. Mattox, Jr.Richmond, VA

1977–1978T. Emmet WalshSpartanburg, SC

1978–1979Samuel GorlickBurbank, CA

1979–1980Aaron A. WilsonKansas City, MO

1980–1981John DekkerWichita, KS

1981–1982James B. BrennanMilwaukee, WI

1982–1983Henry W. Underhill, Jr.Charlotte, NC

1983–1984Benjamin L. BrownBaltimore, MD

1984–1985J. LaMar ShelleyMesa, AZ

1985–1986John W. WittSan Diego, CA

1986–1987Roger F. CutlerSalt Lake City, UT

1987–1988Roy D. BatesColumbia, SC

1988–1989William H. TaubeChebanse, IL

1989–1990Marva Jones BrooksAtlanta, GA

1990–1991William I. Thornton, Jr.Durham, NC

1991–1992Analeslie MuncyDallas, TX1992–1993Robert J. AlftonMinneapolis, MN

1993–1994Joseph I. MulliganBoston, MA

IMLA PASt PReSIDeNtS

1994–1995Robert J. ManglerWilmette, IL

1995–1996Joseph N. deRaismes, IIIBoulder, CO

1996–1997Frank B. Gummey, IIIDaytona Beach, FL

1997–1998Robert J. WatsonOverland Park, KS

1998–1999Patricia A. LynchReno, NV

1999–2000William J. Kearns, Jr.Willingboro, NJ

2000–2001Iris J. JonesPrairie View, TX

2001–2002John J. ZimmermannPark Ridge, IL

2002–2003James H. Epps, IIIJohnson City, TN

2003–2004Garry E. HunterAthens, OH

2004–2005Bruce A. Noble, Q.C.Fredericton, New BrunswickCanada

2005–2006Gary E. RebenstorfCity Attorney andDirector of LawWichita, Kansas

2006–2007IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENTJames L. AbshierCity Attorney (Retired)Sioux Falls, Iowa

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