ARE YOU READY?
What Lawyers Need to Know About Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Recovery
Sponsored by ABA Section of State and Local Government Law and the ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education with support from the Public Entity Risk Institute.
Program Chairs:
Ernest B. Abbott, FEMA Law Associates, Washington, D.C.
Anita P. Miller, Albuquerque, NM
Program Faculty:
Ernest B. Abbott, FEMA Law Associates, Washington, D.C.
Nick Bakas, Chief Public Safety Officer, City of Albuquerque
Martin J. Chavez, Mayor, City of Albuquerque
Jeffrey S. Green, Former General Counsel, Port Authority of NY and NJ, New York, NY
Mike Hirsch, FEMA, Arlington, VA
Janet Lander, County Attorney, Escambia County, FL
Megan Lee, Law Department, Port Authority of NY and NJ, New York, NY
Tamara S. Little, Ohio Attorney General’s Office, Columbus, OH
Wilfredo Lopez, General Counsel for Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY
Stephen A. MacIsaac, County Attorney, Arlington County, VA
Brigadier General Annette L. Sobel, Former Director of Homeland Security, State of New Mexico, Director of Intelligence, National Guard Bureau
Robert M. White, City Attorney, City of Albuquerque, NM
Richard D. Williams, Law Department, Port Authority of NY and NJ, New York, NY
Laurence W. Zensinger, Dewberry and Davis LLC, Fairfax, VA
Produced to help local communities, and the lawyers who advise them, become better able to plan for, manage, respond to, and recover from potential disasters, this documentary-style video program addresses key legal issues in emergency preparedness, response and recovery. It brings together lawyers and other experts from around the nation with experience in responding to catastrophic events. They describe in simple but powerful ways how lawyers can help prepare their communities and the nation for the effects of natural disasters, such as hurricanes, floods, earthquakes or tornados, and man-made disasters, such as terrorist attacks or biological warfare. Whether discussing the response to an urban forest fire in Albuquerque, the challenge of continuing operations after a disaster on the scale of the World Trade Center collapse or the destruction caused by a hurricane in Florida, their advice has a practical edge.
Topics addressed are:
- The Role of the Lawyer
- Prevention and Mitigation
- Preparedness and Response
- Continuity of Operations
- Organizing Resources for Response
- Recovery
The program aims to stimulate audience members to enhance their ‘pre-event’ emergency planning, and to increase awareness of the legal resources that are available in planning for and coping with disaster.
Duration: 70 minutes
Credit Hours: 1.17 hours in a 60-Minute State, 1.4 hours in a 50-Minute State
Produced: 2005
MCLE credit is subject to each state's regulations. Some states do not approve online courses for MCLE credit or do not approve online courses for specialty credit such as ethics credit or have specific rules regarding who may earn credit or the maximum number of credit hours that may be earned through online CLE. Please contact your state if you have any questions.
