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When the Levees Broke: Lessons Learned From Judicial and Governmental Response to Hurricane Katrina



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Federal, state and local governments face unique challenges when faced with a disaster, as do members of the judiciary. This program will include speakers who have faced these issues in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and will discuss what they learned in the process.


This session is recorded from the ABA-TIPS live event, "Disasters Caused by the Acts of Negligence."

Throughout our history, past and recent, we have been plagued by disasters caused by negligence. If you were to Google this subject today, the search results would include "Katrina Flooding Caused by Army Corps of Engineers' Negligence", "Three Causes of BP's Oil Disaster", and among others "Readying for Trouble: Yearlong Initiative By TIPS Focuses On..." Please register today and join us for this educational, timely and extremely worthwhile program during the ABA Midyear Meeting.

This program is not available for CLE credit.



Practice Areas: Administrative Law & Regulation, Complex Litigation, Government Claims & Military Law, Litigation & Appeals
Online Media Type: Video
Production Date: 02/03/2012
Level: Intermediate
Category: Standard
Duration: 1 Hours, 23 Minutes
Online Format: On Demand
Course Type: Public

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Speakers:
Hon. Madeleine Landrieu - Judge, Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana
Karen Wells Roby - Magistrate Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Jennifer Kilpatrick - Degan, Blanchard & Nash; New Orleans, LA
Kathleen Strickland - Partner, Ropers, Majeski, Kohn and Bentley; Chair of ABA-TIPS Task Force on Disaster Preparedness and Response; San Francisco, CA
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