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11th Annual National Firearms Law Seminar
Louisville, Kentucky
Friday, 16 May 2008
Location: Kentucky International Convention Center

8:00 - 8:20 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:20 - 8:30 Introductory Remarks M. Carol Bambery, Law Seminar Steering Committee Chair
8:30 - 9:50 PANEL ONE :  UNDERSTANDING D.C. V. HELLER
 
GLENN HARLAND REYNOLDS
Professor of Law
The University of Tennessee College of Law

NELSON LUND
Professor of Law
George Mason University School of Law
9:50 - 10:00 Break
10:00 - 11:20 PANEL TWO - D.C. V. HELLER: AFTER THE SMOKE CLEARS

ROBERT J. COTTROL
Professor of Law
The George Washington University Law School

ROBERT DOWLUT
General Counsel
National Rifle Association of America
Topic: § 1983 and Bivens actions
 
11:20 - 11:50 PANEL THREE - FEDERAL FIREARMS LAWS

MICHAEL BLAZ
Assistant General Counsel
National Rifle Association of America
Topic: 18 U.S.C. §§ 921 & 922 27 C.F.R. Part 478
11:50 - 12:50 LUNCHEON

LT. COL. OLIVER NORTH
Guest Speaker
Topic: American Military Personnel and the Rules of Engagement
 
12:50 - 2:00 PANEL FOUR - CIVIL RIGHTS MATTERS

STEPHEN P. HALBROOK, ESQ.
Topic: Firearms confiscations during emergencies

STEFAN TAHMASSEBI
Deputy General Counsel
National Rifle Association of America
Topic: Gun Control and Racism

2:00- 2:50 PANEL FIVE - VIEWS FROM THE FEDERAL AGENCIES, PART I

FBI NICS Division
Current Operations and the NICS Improvement Act of 2007

FANNY L. HASLEBACHER
NICS Attorney Advisor

BOBBY P. HAMIL, JR.
NICS Section Chief

LISA A. VINCENT
Unit Chief, Appeal and Liaison Services Unit

2:50- 3:00 Break
3:00- 3:50 PANEL SIX - VIEWS FROM THE FEDERAL AGENCIES, PART II

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
1968 Gun Control Act and Pending Cases

TERESA FICARETTA
Deputy General Counsel

AUDREY STUCKO
Deputy Assistant Director
Enforcement Programs and Services

JAMES ZAMMILLO
Deputy Assistant Director
Field Operations
 

3:50 - 4:20 PANEL 7 - PROTECTING GUN CLUBS AND RANGES FROM LIABILITY

EVAN NAPPEN, ESQ.

4:20 - 4:30 Break
4:30 - 5:30 PANEL 8 - ETHICS

THE HONORABLE CHARLES W. WELCH, III
Kent County Court of Common Pleas
Topic: The Ethical Obligation of Lawyers Possessing Incriminating Physical Evidence

JUSTICE WILL T. SCOTT
Deputy Chief Justice
Kentucky Supreme Court
Topic: Judicial Ethics and Constitutional Application after Republican Party of Minnesota v. White

5:30 - 7:00 QUESTION & ANSWER - POST COURSE COCKTAIL RECEPTION
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