Hospitalitylawyer.Com Announces the Second Annual Hospitality Law Conference Focusing on Legal, Safety, and Security Issues to be Held at University of Houston
Houston, The Second Annual Hospitality Law Conference will be held on Thursday, January 22 - Friday, January 23, 2004 at the Conrad N. Hilton College, located in the Hilton Conference Center, at the University of Houston. The conference is designed for general counsel and executives of lodging, restaurant, and club operations; risk managers; safety & security directors; legal practitioners in the hospitality industry; and hospitality law...
The conference was jointly developed by:
- The Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel & Restaurant Management, University of Houston
HospitalityLawyer.com - The American Bar Association's Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
- The Loss Prevention Management Institute
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is the conference underwriter. Gallagher & Co. is the fourth largest insurance broker in the world, specializing in hospitality insurance needs via Gallagher Real Estate & Hospitality Services and Restaurant First.
Stephen Barth, attorney, professor at the Hilton College, and founder of
The conference steering committee includes:
- Richard Clark - Co-Managing Director, Hospitality, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
- Raymond Ellis - Director, the Loss Prevention Management Institute; Lecturer, Conrad N. Hilton College
- Chava Genet - Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.; Executive Board, American Bar Association Committee on Hotels, Resorts & Tourism
- Christian Hardigree - Assistant Professor of Hotel Management, University of Nevada Las Vegas
- Scott Joslove - President & CEO, Texas Hotel & Motel Association
- Peter Kilgore - General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Operations, National Restaurant Association
- San San Lee - Chan Law Group LC; Former Co-Chair of the Hotels, Resorts & Tourism Committee of the Real Property Section of the American Bar Association
- David Moseley - Moseley Martens LLP
- Joseph Pereles - Vice President & General Counsel, Drury Inns, Inc.
- Albert Pucciarelli - Hooker Pucciarelli Clemen & Tibbs, LLP
- Irvin Sandman - Graham & Dunn; Co-Chair, American Bar Association Committee on Hotels, Resorts & Tourism; Chair, Executive Board
- Kris Schloemer - Senior Attorney/Corporate Counsel, Best Western International, Inc.
- Kenneth Siegel - Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
- Roger Thomson - General Counsel, Brinker International
Insurance concerns, hospitality premises liability issues, wage & hour update, immigration processes, legal employee selection, and recent developments in franchising will be addressed in the morning general session. Afternoon attendees will have the option of attending breakout sessions in the following areas: food & beverage legal issues, lodging legal issues, and safety & security. Participants can earn Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit, education credits for the Club Managers Association of America (CMAA), and the Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA).
Early registration for the First Annual Hospitality Law Conference is $195.00 if received on or before Friday, January 10, 2003.
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