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Complying with Indiana Fire Protection and Building Codes
On-DemandMay 4, 2022Kendall H. Nightlinger
Speakers
Kendall H. Nightlinger
Senior Code Specialist at Ino-Tek
Kendall H. Nightlinger is a nationally-recognized expert in the application of building and fire codes to the safe design and operation of commercial and industrial facilities. He possesses over 40 years of mechanical trade experience and has been a fire protection, mechanical plans examiner/inspector since 1992. Mr. Nightlinger has been a code instructor since 1994 and is designated as a lifetime state of Michigan code instructor (#1952). He participates in the International Code Council Action Committees (FCAC, BCAC) and work groups regarding hazardous material, fire protection and life safety issues. Mr. Nightlinger speaks regularly to architects and engineers about code compliance and life safety design issues. He also speaks before building, mechanical and fire inspector associations promoting a higher level of understanding about the challenges of safety around hazardous materials. Mr. Nightlinger’s passion for his trade, and his professionalism, engages his audience, empowering many of them as ambassadors for code compliance. He joined Ino-Tek in 2018 as a senior code specialist and consultant for hazardous materials.
$329.00

Determining Land Ownership and Access Rights
On-DemandMay 4, 2022Wendy Lathrop
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Wendy Lathrop, PLS, CFM, CFS
President and Owner of Cadastral Consulting, LLC in PennsylvaniaMs. Lathrop is licensed as a professional land surveyor in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, and as a professional planner in New Jersey. She holds a master’s degree in Environmental Policy and has been involved in surveying since 1974 in projects ranging from construction to boundary to environmental land use disputes. Ms. Lathrop is also a certified floodplain manager through the Association of State Flood Plain Managers (ASFPM) and a Certified Floodplain Surveyor through the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors. A former adjunct instructor at Mercer County College in New Jersey, she has also taught as part of the team for the licensing exam review course at Drexel University in Pennsylvania. Ms. Lathrop has been teaching seminars for surveyors since 1986 and has been writing articles for surveyors since 1983. She is a contributing editor for The American Surveyor magazine, and she has four articles included in the American Bar Association’s text, Land Surveys: A Guide for Lawyers and Other Professionals. She and Stephen V. Estopinal, PLS, PE co–authored a book titled Professional Surveyors and Real Property Descriptions: Composition, Construction, and Comprehension, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in 2011. She is also on the faculty of GeoLearn, a web-based educational provider. Ms. Lathrop is a past president of the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors and of the National Society of Professional Surveyors, and she has served on the Board of Directors for the American Association for Geodetic Surveying.
$329.00

New York State Structural Design Loads under the ASCE 7 Standard
On-DemandMay 4, 2022Robin M. Closs
Speakers
Robin M. Closs
Robin M. Closs has 15 years of experience as a structural engineer designing and analyzing anything from pipes to multistory buildings in fields such as commercial, power, government, institutional, nuclear, industrial, and residential. She traveled to Long Island in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy as part of a Code Enforcement Disaster Assistance Response Team. Her engineering knowledge in timber, concrete, steel, masonry, aluminum, and light gauge metal has helped her design new buildings, complete renovations and additions, demolish existing structures, produce mechanical platforms, and design appropriate repairs to roofs, walls, floors, and spillways. Ms Closs is the president of The Engineering Society of Buffalo and currently creates, writes, and edits their newsletter. She also regularly spends time tutoring and greatly enjoys assisting young minds to see the benefits of engineering. She has also acted as the principal coordinator for 80-person volunteer teams, judged inventions, and mentored winners of engineering city competitions. Ms Closs graduated from the Milwaukee School of Engineering with a BS degree in Architectural Engineering with a Structural Specialty. She is a licensed professional engineering in multiple states, is a licensed structural engineer in Illinois, and is certified as a NCEES Model Law Structural Engineer. Her goal is to meet client needs in a positive and timely fashion.
$329.00

HVAC Primer for Design Professionals
On-DemandMay 3, 2022Blair Richardson
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Blair Richardson, P.E., CEM, CGD, CLEP, LEED
Mr. Richardson has over 12 years of experience in building design and construction. His focus has been bringing energy efficiency, sustainability, and resiliency together in every project. Reducing energy use through strategic and targeted energy conservation measures Mr. Richardson have been able to show clients how sustainability can improve their bottom line; utilizing tax credits, rebates, and incentives to reduce the cost of capital projects. He has a strong background in design-build and the integrated design process. Throughout his career he has worked with architects, engineers, contractors, commissioning agents, and owners to facilitate successful projects. Mr. Richardson earned his B.S. degree from the University of Maine in Mechanical Engineering Technology. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in five states, a Certified Energy Manager, and LEED accredited professional (in addition to other certifications). He serves on the board of directors for the Connecticut Chapter of ASHRAE, as well as heading several committees; is an active member of the National Society of Professional Engineers; Past Director for a regional non-profit; is a corresponding executive committee member for the Housatonic Boy Scout Council; and is an avid outdoorsman.
$329.00

Family Law Practice for Georgia Paralegals
On-DemandMay 2, 2022Marcy Millard + 4 Other Speakers
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Marcy Millard
Lead Attorney and Owner of The Millard Law Firm
Ms. Millard manages the firm and helps clients navigate the confusing and painful process of litigating a family law case. A child of divorce herself, she is passionate about helping the children affected by the cases she litigates. Ms. Millard earned her B.S. degree from the State University of New York at Potsdam and her J.D. degree from Georgia State University College of Law. Ms. Millard is admitted to practice before the State Bar of Georgia, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Georgia Court of Appeals and Georgia Supreme Court. She is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta Bar Association (Family Law Division), Georgia Association for Women Lawyers, Judicial Applicant Review Committee, Cobb County Bar Association, Atlanta Bar Association and Women in the Profession Division.
Christine M. Palmer, Esq
Partner at Oxendine Law, LLC in Suwanee, GAMs. Palmer earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama then attended law school at Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville, Florida. She previously worked as in-house counsel for a real estate investment company and was the managing attorney of a law firm in Midtown Atlanta. Ms. Palmer is a partner at Oxendine Law, LLC, practicing in all areas of domestic litigation, divorce, child custody, paternity and legitimation, and modification actions. She is a member of the State Bar of Georgia Family Law Section and the Gwinnett County Bar Association Family Law Section.
Rachel Platt
Founding Family Law Attorney, The Platt Law Firm, Atlanta, GA
For the last several years, Ms. Platt has been selected as a Georgia Super Lawyer in the field of family law. Additionally in 2018, 2019 and 2020, Georgia Super Lawyers named her to the Top 100 Attorneys and to the Top 50 Women Attorneys for the State of Georgia. She was recognized as one of Georgia’s Legal Elite in 2009, 2012, 2016, 2018 and 2019 in the area of family law by Georgia Trend magazine. Ms. Platt graduated cum laude from the University of Georgia, and obtained her Juris Doctor degree at the University of Colorado, School of Law. She became a member of the Georgia Bar in 2004. Ms. Platt is an active member of the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers (Foundation President 2010 – 2011) and the Atlanta Bar Association. Ms. Platt has been practicing law for the last 15 years and is currently concentrates her legal practice in the areas of family law and special education law.
Paul S. Simon, Esq.
Partner at Hedgepeth Heredia LLC in Atlanta, GA.Mr. Simon was named as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers in the area of family law, He has exclusively practiced family law for the entirety of his legal career. Mr. Simon is a member of the Family Law Section of the Atlanta Bar Association and the Family Law Section and Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia. Mr. Simon has been published in the Daily Report, the legal organ of Fulton County, Georgia, and in the American Journal of Trial Advocacy. He has also spoken at continuing legal education conferences on topics germane to family law cases.
Savannah N. Steele, Esq.
Attorney with Lennon, Giovinazzo & SteeleMs. Steele is a graduate of Florida State University where she received a B.A. degree in Communications and a B.A. degree in Psychology. She graduated from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University earning her J.D. degree and a Graduate Diploma in Comparative Law, being trained in both the civil and common law. Following graduation, Ms. Steele moved to Atlanta and worked for a general practice litigation firm, where she specialized in family law practice and eventually grew into an all-family practice. She now works at the boutique (and all female!) family law firm of Kaye, Lembeck, Hitt & French Family Law. Ms. Steele has served as an Emerging Leader for the American Bar Association and is privileged to continue her service to the American Bar Association.
$329.00

Structural Design Loads under the ASCE 7 Standard Interactive Workshop for Pennsylvania
On-DemandMay 2, 2022Robin M. Closs
Speakers
Robin M. Closs
Robin M. Closs has 15 years of experience as a structural engineer designing and analyzing anything from pipes to multistory buildings in fields such as commercial, power, government, institutional, nuclear, industrial, and residential. She traveled to Long Island in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy as part of a Code Enforcement Disaster Assistance Response Team. Her engineering knowledge in timber, concrete, steel, masonry, aluminum, and light gauge metal has helped her design new buildings, complete renovations and additions, demolish existing structures, produce mechanical platforms, and design appropriate repairs to roofs, walls, floors, and spillways. Ms Closs is the president of The Engineering Society of Buffalo and currently creates, writes, and edits their newsletter. She also regularly spends time tutoring and greatly enjoys assisting young minds to see the benefits of engineering. She has also acted as the principal coordinator for 80-person volunteer teams, judged inventions, and mentored winners of engineering city competitions. Ms Closs graduated from the Milwaukee School of Engineering with a BS degree in Architectural Engineering with a Structural Specialty. She is a licensed professional engineering in multiple states, is a licensed structural engineer in Illinois, and is certified as a NCEES Model Law Structural Engineer. Her goal is to meet client needs in a positive and timely fashion.
$329.00

Illinois Structural Design Loads under the ASCE 7 Standard
On-DemandApril 29, 2022Robin M. Closs
Speakers
Robin M. Closs
Robin M. Closs has 15 years of experience as a structural engineer designing and analyzing anything from pipes to multistory buildings in fields such as commercial, power, government, institutional, nuclear, industrial, and residential. She traveled to Long Island in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy as part of a Code Enforcement Disaster Assistance Response Team. Her engineering knowledge in timber, concrete, steel, masonry, aluminum, and light gauge metal has helped her design new buildings, complete renovations and additions, demolish existing structures, produce mechanical platforms, and design appropriate repairs to roofs, walls, floors, and spillways. Ms Closs is the president of The Engineering Society of Buffalo and currently creates, writes, and edits their newsletter. She also regularly spends time tutoring and greatly enjoys assisting young minds to see the benefits of engineering. She has also acted as the principal coordinator for 80-person volunteer teams, judged inventions, and mentored winners of engineering city competitions. Ms Closs graduated from the Milwaukee School of Engineering with a BS degree in Architectural Engineering with a Structural Specialty. She is a licensed professional engineering in multiple states, is a licensed structural engineer in Illinois, and is certified as a NCEES Model Law Structural Engineer. Her goal is to meet client needs in a positive and timely fashion.
$329.00

International Building Code Significant Changes: Administration and Building Planning
On-DemandApril 29, 2022Jared Agee
Speakers
Jared Agee, MCP CBO
Division Director of Building and Code Enforcement for St. Charles County, MissouriMr. Agee is the director of Building and Code Enforcement for St. Charles County, Missouri. Previously, he worked in urban and suburban municipal governments managing building code enforcement, facilities, and information technology. Prior to his public sector positions, Mr. Agee worked in the construction industry in design and project management.
He has an undergraduate degree in Architectural and Mechanical Design and a graduate degree in Public Administration and Policy Analysis. As a Master Code Professional, Mr. Agee is one of approximately 800 people to obtain the highest level of certification from the International Code Council. He currently holds a total of 28 certifications in building, energy, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, and accessibility areas.
Mr. Agee is a former president of the Missouri Association of Building Officials and Inspectors (MABOI). In addition, he founded Regimen Consulting LLC, which provides code training and technology consultation to various organizations across the country.
$229.00

Kansas Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Design, Construction and Maintenance
On-DemandApril 29, 2022Tom Fritts
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Tom Fritts
Vice President Residential Sewage Treatment Company (RSTC)
Mr. Fritts is vice-president of Residential Sewage Treatment Company, Inc., in Grandview, Missouri where they design, sell and service alternative onsite wastewater systems. He is past president of the Missouri Smallflows Organization (MSO), the Kansas Small Flows Association (KSFA) and the National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association (NOWRA). He is an approved instructor for NOWRA, the Consortium of Institutes for Decentralized Wastewater Treatment, and for several states across the country. Mr. Fritts is the 2016 recipient of the NOWRA “Dick Otis Industry Achievement Award” and the 2015 Kansas Small Flows Association “Raymond Peat Industry Achievement Award.”
$329.00

National Electrical Code 2017 of Ohio
On-DemandApril 28, 2022JD White
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JD White
Professor of Electrician Education, Freelance Electrical System Design and DraftingMr. White is a Professor of Electrician Education, Freelance Electrical System Design and Drafting Professor White’s 48 years’ experience in the electrical industry, 25 years of teaching apprentices, and CEU courses for Electrical Contractors, Architects, & Engineers has provided perspectives he enjoys sharing. He has written and revised more than 150 college course syllabi. Transitioned the entire Skilled Trades Catalog of courses from Quarter hours to Semester Hours. Professor White has created and changed numerous College Programs of Study for associate degrees and various trade certificates. He has taught for IEC Central Ohio, Columbus State Community College, and most recently Midlands Technical College Columbia, SC. Professor White has also been teaching CEU Seminars for various Training Agencies and private companies since 2007. He has a strong understanding of the National Electric Code, tries to create interactions with seminar attendees. Regarding Electrical System Design, he has completed over one hundred projects from simple single buildings, multiple occupancy strips, and multiuse buildings.
$329.00

New Developments in Small Wind Energy Systems
On-DemandApril 28, 2022Michael Bergey
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Michael Bergey
President & CEO, Bergey Windpower Co.A co-founder of Bergey Windpower Co. and its president since 1987, Mr. Bergey is a mechanical engineer (Univ. of Oklahoma) and an internationally recognized expert in the fields of small wind systems, distributed generation, and green telecom. He has twice served as president of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and served on the AWEA Board of Directors from 1981 to 2007. Mr. Bergey chaired the AWEA Small Wind Turbine Committee for more than 20 years and authored AWEA’s 2002 U.S. Small Wind Turbine Industry Roadmap: A 20-year Industry Plan for Small Wind Technology. In 1994 he was recognized as the “Wind Industry Man of the Year” by AWEA. He is the recipient of the 2012 Small Wind Conference “Wind Advocate Award”. In 1981 Mr. Bergey was recognized by AWEA for development of the “AWEA Performance Rating Standard”, which was the basis for the IEC 61400-12 performance testing standard used for all wind turbines worldwide. He chaired the AWEA Small Wind Standards Committee and led the development of the 2008 AWEA certification standard (also adopted in the U.K., Japan, and Canada). Mr. Bergey is the first president of the Distributed Wind Energy Association (DWEA), which represents the U.S. small and community wind industry. He also co-chairs the DWEA Federal Policy Committee. In 2003 Mr. Bergey served on Oklahoma Governor Henry’s EDGE Committee, which prepared a strategic plan for economic development in Oklahoma. He then served two terms on the Governor’s Council for Workforce and Economic Development. Mr. Bergey was Workforce Oklahoma’s “Cleveland County Businessman of the Year” in 2005. He served on the Norman Chamber of Commerce Board from 2003 – 2010 and was the Chamber president in 2008. He has served on the boards of numerous civic and charitable organizations in Norman and Central Oklahoma.
$329.00

Wildfire Management on Rural Lands
On-DemandApril 28, 2022John Bailey + 1 Other Speaker
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John Bailey
John Bailey is a professor of Silviculture and Fire Management in the College of Forestry at Oregon State University. He obtained his BS and MF degrees from Virginia Tech in the 1980s, then he worked for 6+ years with the Environmental Protection Agency in Corvallis, Oregon, on forest stressors. He completed a PhD degree at Oregon State University and joined the faculty at Northern Arizona University in 1996, where he worked in ponderosa pine silviculture, fuels management and ecological restoration. Professor Bailey returned to OSU in 2006 to continue research on fuels/fire management and sustainable forestry in drier fire-prone forest types, as well as multi-story management in mixed forest types for broad ecosystem objectives. His recent research and outreach focus is on landscape-scale wildfire risk and how to use sustainable forest management to minimize the adverse impacts of future wildfire in uncertain climatic times.
Daniel Leavell
Daniel Leavell is an associate professor of practice in Forest and Fire Science at Oregon State University’s College of Forestry. As of last June, he was given the job of lead in developing a fire-based education, training, and experience program for the College. Mr. Leavell has worked in various locations throughout the northwest and Rocky Mountains as a forester, silviculturist, botanist, program manager and NF staff. He has worked from Florida to Alaska on wildfire, hurricane, flood, and other emergency incidents as a firefighter (held all NWCG operation section positions, safety officer, line EMT, field observer, situation unit leader, infrared interpreter, BAER team, and other positions), fire and emergency incident manager (Type 1 and 2 Operations Section Chief, Incident Commander Type 3), and forest/fire ecologist – for the Forest Service, States and various academic/state institutions (1973 to 2012).
Mr. Leavell has also been a private consultant in forestry and ecology (2010 to 2014), a volunteer fire chief for a NW Montana structure fire dept. (2006 to 2012), an assistant professor of practice and forest/fire extension agent for Oregon State University, College of Forestry Extension in Klamath and Lake County, Oregon (2014 to 2020), a volunteer firefighter/EMT for a county fire department in Klamath Falls (2015 to 2018). He was also severed in the Navy from 1969 to 1974 and earned BS and MS degrees in Forestry/Forest Science at Oregon State University (1977 and 1992 respectively) and a PhD from University of Montana in Landscape, Community, And Disturbance Ecology (2000).
$329.00

How to Design for Snow and Ice Loads
On-DemandApril 27, 2022Robin M. Closs
Speakers
Robin M. Closs
Robin M. Closs has 15 years of experience as a structural engineer designing and analyzing anything from pipes to multistory buildings in fields such as commercial, power, government, institutional, nuclear, industrial, and residential. She traveled to Long Island in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy as part of a Code Enforcement Disaster Assistance Response Team. Her engineering knowledge in timber, concrete, steel, masonry, aluminum, and light gauge metal has helped her design new buildings, complete renovations and additions, demolish existing structures, produce mechanical platforms, and design appropriate repairs to roofs, walls, floors, and spillways. Ms Closs is the president of The Engineering Society of Buffalo and currently creates, writes, and edits their newsletter. She also regularly spends time tutoring and greatly enjoys assisting young minds to see the benefits of engineering. She has also acted as the principal coordinator for 80-person volunteer teams, judged inventions, and mentored winners of engineering city competitions. Ms Closs graduated from the Milwaukee School of Engineering with a BS degree in Architectural Engineering with a Structural Specialty. She is a licensed professional engineering in multiple states, is a licensed structural engineer in Illinois, and is certified as a NCEES Model Law Structural Engineer. Her goal is to meet client needs in a positive and timely fashion.
$169.00

Illinois Easements, Land Use, and Eminent Domain
On-DemandApril 27, 2022Nicole Castillo + 4 Other Speakers
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Nicole Castillo
Nicole Castillo is a partner at Neal & Leroy, LLC. She concentrates her practice in the areas of eminent domain, commercial litigation, real estate transactions, construction disputes and mechanics’ lien litigation. Ms. Castillo represents various governmental agencies in all matters associated with property development including site selection due diligence, property designation, property acquisition, and construction-related disputes. She was counsel to the City of Chicago and Chicago Park District for the Bloomingdale Trail Project: The 606, which dedicated railroad right of way into a public park. Ms. Castillo has also been counsel to numerous property owners in eminent domain matters against the Illinois Department of Transportation. She currently serves as co-chair on the CBA Civil Practice Committee.
Carl A. Gigante
Carl A. Gigante is a partner at Figliulo & Silverman, P.C. His legal expertise in the field of eminent domain in the Chicago area spans three decades and eight Illinois counties as well as the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He has been recognized by his peers as one of the leading lawyers in eminent domain in Illinois. His clients include large corporations, small business owners, commercial tenants, public bodies and homeowners. Mr. Gigante also has represented large and small commercial tenants who have lost all or a portion of their leased premises. He has been involved in litigation on the loss or infringement of air rights, sub-surface rights and access rights. Mr. Gigante has lectured and written for the American Business Institute and the American College of Real Estate Appraisers.
J. Cole Helfrich
Principal Land Surveyor with Koru Group PLLCMr. Helfrich has been principal land surveyor with Craig R. Knoche & Associates, P.C. and its successor Koru Group PLLC in the Chicago area for the last 30 years. Mr. Helfrich first picked up a plumb bob in 1971 for Webster & Associates. From tape-and-transit to GPS, mortgage surveys to shopping centers, he has his seal on billions of dollars of commercial, residential and institutional developments and transactions in 23 counties in Illinois together with consulting and managing projects in 15 other states. Mr. Helfrich has enjoyed working with countless prominent developers, attorneys and other professionals in the field and the office. His specialties include real estate law, boundaries and boundary law, easements, rights-of-way and other encumbrances and servitudes, statutory and common-law plats, ALTA surveys, topography, building and site layout, construction- and project-management as well as land development consulting. He has presented classes and co-written manuals with the Illinois Institute For Continuing Legal Education along with classes at the University of Illinois and HalfMoon Education. Mr. Helfrich is a member of the National Society of Professional Surveyors and the Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Association.
Bryan P. Lynch
Bryan P. Lynch, owner of the Law Office of Bryan P. Lynch, P.C., concentrates his practice on representing owners of commercial, industrial, residential, and agricultural property affected by the power of eminent domain and the condemnation legal process. In his role protecting property owners’ rights, Mr. Lynch routinely opposes state, county and municipal taking agencies, such as IDOT, the Illinois Tollway, CTA, City of Chicago, and Public Building Commission of Chicago. In addition to being a leading Illinois eminent domain attorney, Bryan P. Lynch has presented seminars for organizations such as the Chicago Farmers workshop and National Business Institute and was appointed by several presidents of the Illinois State Bar Association to serve on its Real Estate Section Council. He has been interviewed by the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Business Journal regarding eminent domain and has written articles published in such periodicals as the Chicago Law Bulletin.
Daniel C. Shapiro
Daniel C. Shapiro, founder of Shapiro & Associates Law, has 30 years of experience in the areas of land use, zoning, governmental relations, municipal law, and civil litigation. He has represented a wide variety of clients including: developers, businesses as well as governmental entities and closely advises his clients on complex matters including, securing zoning entitlements before plan commissions, zoning boards, village, towns, and critics. In litigation matters, Mr. Shapiro has also represented his clients at all judicial levels in Illinois and Federal courts. Mr. Shapiro has been a frequent lecturer on issues such as of land use, public/private partnerships, zoning, and local government relations. He is currently the mayor of the Village of Deerfield, Illinois, and was previously a village trustee. He has served as an adjunct professor at Chicago Kent College of Law where he taught land use to 2nd and 3rd year law students.
$329.00

Pennsylvania Water Laws and Regulations
On-DemandApril 27, 2022Kate Campbell + 12 Other Speakers
Speakers
Kate Campbell
Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP
Ms. Campbell is a Chambers-ranked litigation partner at the firm focusing on environmental, toxic tort and class action litigation and Superfund and RCRA remediation matters. In addition to her litigation and remediation practice, she has also been involved for many years in activities involving Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for toxic pollutants, advocating on behalf of individual clients and a regional coalition of industrial and municipal dischargers. Through this work, Ms. Campbell has been able to develop a detailed understanding of the nuances of the Clean Water Act and the TMDL regulatory program, and the contours of TMDL litigation at the federal and state levels.
Stephen Daly
Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP
Mr. Daly concentrates his practice on environmental litigation and has broad experience litigating a wide variety of environmental and administrative matters including responding to and defending against agency enforcement actions, as well as defending against citizen suits under the federal Clean Water Act and the Pennsylvania Clean Streams law, among other environmental statutes.
Michael Dillon
Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP
Mr. Dillon works in the firm’s complex industrial and regulatory practices, with a particular focus in the areas of air, water quality, and endangered species regulation. He has worked with a wide array of clients, including those in the manufacturing, waste, power generation, commercial development, transportation, education, and municipal sectors. Mr. Dillon counsels clients on environmental matters at both the state and federal level, including permitting, agency enforcement, and regulatory compliance involving air emissions, wastewater, stormwater, impacts to endangered species, and solid and hazardous waste.
Bryan Franey
Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP
Mr. Franey has experience in counseling and representing clients on a range of environmental and energy matters. His practice has focused on regulatory compliance and transactional matters, particularly in the areas of air and water quality, redevelopment, sustainability, permitting, energy efficiency and renewable energy development. Over the last several years, Mr. Franey has primarily worked with complex regulated industries, notably including petroleum refining, chemical processing, oil and gas operations, metal manufacturing, and electric generating facilities.
Spencer Hill Jr.
Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP
Mr. Hill concentrates his practice on environmental litigation. Prior to joining MGKF, he began his career at a large national firm based in Philadelphia where he gained extensive experience in white collar criminal defense, internal investigations, and complex commercial litigation. He also advised and represented clients in corporate governance and securities matters along with breach of contract claims and charter school law.
Will Hitchcock
Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP
Mr. Hitchcock brings nearly a decade of experience to the firm from his time spent in the chemical manufacturing sector. With degrees in both Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, he has a diverse skill set that allows him to advise clients on complex technical and regulatory issues. He can explain complex technical arguments in ways that are easily understandable to decision-makers who may not have extensive scientific backgrounds or familiarity with the subject matter.
Jessica D. Hunt
Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP
Ms. Hunt concentrates her practice in environmental regulatory compliance and permitting matters, with a particular focus in the areas of air and solid waste. Prior to joining MGKF, she was an assistant counsel for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Protection where she counseled the Department’s Air Quality and Solid Waste programs since 2014. In law school, Ms. Hunt was a law clerk for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a law clerk for the Philadelphia Water Department, and a legal intern for Aqua America.
Brenda Hustis Gotanda
Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP
Ms. Hustis Gotanda has over 25 years of experience representing and counseling business clients on environmental matters, including regulatory compliance, permitting, transactions, project development, and enforcement. Her practice addresses a broad range of complex issues involving the regulation of water, waste, air, and chemical substances and she has handled significant ma tters involving wastewater discharge and stormwater permitting, total maximum daily load (TMDL) development, and water allocation; site remediation and brownfield redevelopment; waste handling, treatment and disposal; business and real estate transactions, due diligence and contracting; occupational safety and health (OSHA); and spill prevention and emergency response.
Todd Kantorczyk
Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP
Mr. Kantorczyk has extensive experience advising clients on complex issues related to regulatory compliance, litigation, and transactional matters, particularly in the areas of wetlands and stormwater permitting, chemical regulation, air, climate change, and energy. His practice has included matters related to chemical regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act, as well as natural gas production in the Marcellus Shale Region and associated infrastructure development, including cutting-edge issues affecting the regulation of upstream and midstream natural gas operations under federal and state air quality and water resource programs.
Zachary Koslap
Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP
Mr. Koslap concentrates his practice in regulatory compliance and transactional matters, with a particular focus on water, waste, brownfield redevelopment, permit compliance, agency enforcement and environmental justice matters. Prior to law school, he was a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Republic of Macedonia, where he specialized in local government and community development. Mr. Koslap also completed service with AmeriCorps, working in small business development at the Lower Manhattan Business Solutions Center.
Michael Nines P.E. LEED AP
Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP
Mr. Nines serves as one of the firm’s senior technical consultants and is a licensed professional engineer with diverse environmental engineering experience gained through previous employment in the manufacturing sector, environmental consulting, and with an international chemical manufacturing trade association. He focuses on the intricacies of the firm’s client’s complex manufacturing facilities, development projects, and related technologies to fully comprehend relevant multi-media regulatory concerns while maintaining a corporate management perspective to problem solving. Mr. Nines has specifically supported the firm’s clients in various water quality issues such as stormwater permitting, wastewater utility permitting, sewer planning, and stormwater fee mitigation among others.
Diana Silva
Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP
Ms. Silva concentrates her practice in environmental litigation, including statutory contribution and cost recovery actions, toxic tort claims, contractual disputes, and administrative enforcement actions. She also counsels clients on environmental regulatory compliance matters, as well as permitting related to land development issues. Ms. Silva has helped represent one of the largest international pipeline entities with environmental compliance counseling project management support in addition to litigation defense in several forums. She is also experienced in the defense and resolution of claims asserted under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, the Clean Water Act, the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law, and many other state and federal regulations.
Jonathan Spergel
Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP
Mr. Spergel handles a wide variety of environmental legal issues, including the environmental aspects of commercial transactions and brownfields sites, environmental insurance procurement and coverage issues, public funding opportunities, regulatory compliance counseling, and litigation for commercial, industrial, residential, and individual clients. He is the former Managing Partner of Manko, Gold, Katcher and Fox and served as general counsel for a regional real estate development company that focused on the redevelopment of brownfield sites early in his legal career.
$329.00

South Carolina Wetlands Law and Compliance
On-DemandApril 27, 2022Dr. James T. (Jim) Anderson + 2 Other Speakers
Speakers
Dr. James T. (Jim) Anderson
Director of the James C. Kennedy Waterfowl and Wetland Center, and a faculty member in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation at Clemson University
Dr. Anderson arrived at Clemson in August 2021. Until August 2021 he was a Professor of Wildlife and Fisheries Resources and the Davis-Michael Professor of Forestry and Natural Resources at West Virginia University (WVU). Dr. Anderson started at WVU in January 1999 as an assistant professor, became associate professor in 2004, and full professor in 2009. He earned a B.S. in wildlife from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (1991), an M.S. in range and wildlife management through the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (1994), and a Ph.D. in wildlife science from Texas Tech University (1997). Dr. Anderson’s research centers on wetland and riparian wildlife ecology and wetland/ riparian management. He has published >150 scientific articles, has mentored over 50 graduate students, and garnered >$28 million in grants and contracts. He has taught or co-taught a diversity of courses including Waterfowl Ecology, Introduction to Wildlife and Fisheries Resources, The Tradition of Hunting, Renewable Resources Policy and Governance, Applied Wetlands Ecology and Management, and Restoration Ecology. He has received multiple department and college awards for outstanding researcher, teacher, and service provider and has received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at Texas Tech University and the Outstanding Faculty Award from the West Virginia University Forestry Alumni Association.
Tony Greco PWS
Nutter & Associates, Inc., Athens, Georgia
Mr. Greco is a principal at Nutter & Associates and an aquatic ecologist and hydrologist focusing on wetland ecology, water quality assessment, watershed planning, water resource projects, and aquatic biology. Throughout his career, he has used geographic information systems (GIS), in conjunction with field and laboratory data collection, to support critical environmental assessments. Mr. Greco is an active member on the Technical Advisory Committee of the Georgia Environmental Restoration Association and is a certified Professional Wetland Scientist by the Society of Wetland Scientists.
John Adams Hodge
Hodge and Associates, LLC
Mr. Hodge has practiced both environmental law and aviation law for over 35 years, representing Fortune 500 companies, medium to small businesses, and individuals in environmental matters in virtually all regulatory programs involving South Carolina and federal environmental law and regulations. He has been involved in a number of significant projects that involved environmental permitting associated with wetlands, including preservation, mitigation, and restoration projects. He is a frequent speaker on topics involving environmental law, geology, and planetary science. Recognized as one of The Best Lawyers in America in the field of environmental law, Mr. Hodge was also formerly an adjunct professor at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, where he taught a graduate level class for 18 years on Environmental Regulations and Planning. He is also licensed as a registered professional geologist in North and South Carolina. His education includes Duke University (B.S. – Geology), University of South Carolina (M.S. – Marine Science), University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D.), and Birkbeck College of the University of London (Certificate in Planetary Geology). In addition to being an aviation lawyer, Mr. Hodge also holds an FAA Airline Transport Pilot Certificate and other pilot and instructor ratings.
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Communication and Leadership Skills for Engineers
On-DemandApril 26, 2022Shoots Veis P.E.
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Shoots Veis P.E.
Mr. Shoots Veis is an experienced and engaging public speaker, having given hundreds of public presentations at professional conferences, college courses, public meetings, TEDx and service clubs. He served a five-year term on the Billings, Montana city council, where he took an interest in getting presenters to engage with the audience. Mr. Veis spent several years appearing as an actor in dozens of productions at Billings Studio Theatre and hosts the Your County, Your City and Your Schools programs on Community 7 Television.
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Decentralized Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems: Ongoing Innovation for the 21st Century
On-DemandApril 26, 2022A. Robert Rubin
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A. Robert Rubin
A.R. Rubin and Associates in Pittsboro, North CarolinaDr. Rubin is an emeritus professor in the Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department at North Carolina State University. He has published in scientific journals and popular press on issues related to wastewater and biosolids treatment, solid waste management, stormwater management and ISO 14000 environmental management systems addressing the animal industry. Dr. Rubin was a visiting scientist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington D.C. from 1999 through 2005. He was active in development of guidelines for wastewater and biosolids management at USEPA. Dr. Rubin is currently president of A.R. Rubin and Associates, a consulting firm dedicated to evaluation and assessment of sustainable resource management and recovery solutions.
$329.00

Designing and Constructing a Net-Zero Energy Home
On-DemandApril 26, 2022Jason LaFleur Sr.
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Jason LaFleur Sr.
Program Manager, GTI Energy
Mr. LaFleur joined GTI in 2017 as a program manager for the Emerging Technologies team, and manages emerging technology programs, working with clients such as the Department of Energy’s Building America program and the Department of Defense to improve energy efficiency and create resilient energy systems and infrastructure. Prior to joining GTI, he founded Eco Achievers, a nationally-active zero energy consulting firm. He has extensive experience working with emerging technologies in the building sector, helping project teams through design, construction and delivery of several zero energy buildings and dozens of high-performance single- and multi-family buildings. He has certified hundreds of homes to LEED, ENERGY STAR, and Passive House standards. Mr. LaFleur is a voting member of ASHRAE 227 Passive Building Standard.
$329.00

Designing to Withstand Tornadic Loads on Buildings with ASCE 7-22
On-DemandApril 26, 2022Vincent F. Fratinardo
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Vincent F. Fratinardo, P.E. S.E. RRC
Civil/Structural Engineer and Roof ConsultantMr. Fratinardo is a civil/structural engineer and roof consultant. His over 20 years of experience includes civil and structural engineering analysis, design, construction administration, field investigation, and project management, and 13 years of experience specific to forensic engineering and the investigation and analysis of building damage and failures. Mr. Fratinardo has designed numerous new buildings, building additions, building renovations, and mechanical platforms and supports. He has designed and analyzed roof, wall and floor framing systems utilizing steel, concrete, masonry, and wood construction. Mr. Fratinardo has vast expertise in commercial, industrial, agricultural, municipal, educational and residential building damage investigations, including on-site investigations after 25 different tornado events, and Hurricanes Irene, Sandy, Matthew, Harvey, Irma, Maria and Florence. He has legal experience in depositions, arbitration hearings and trials. He has prepared and performed numerous continuing education presentations, including on an array of topics in forensic engineering, structural engineering and building codes for HalfMoon Education Inc., in multiple states since 2014. Mr. Fratinardo graduated from Michigan State University with a bachelor of science degree in Civil Engineering, and he also holds a master of engineering degree in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University. He is a registered professional engineer in multiple states and a licensed structural engineer in Illinois.
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