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FACULTY
JAMES M. GOLDBERG is a principal in the Washington
law firm of Goldberg & Associates, PLLC, where his
practice focuses on representing trade associations and
professional societies. He served as General Counsel to
the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association for
35 years until stepping aside in 2015. He received a B.S.
degree from Syracuse University and a J.D. degree from
The George Washington University School of Law.
J. NEAL INSLEY is In-House General Counsel for the National
Alcohol Beverage Control Association (NABCA). Mr. Insley
has worked in the area of beverage alcohol law, legislation
and/or policy at the state, national and international level. research and development of policy, best practices, and
In the private practice of law, he focused on hospitality
and beverage alcohol law and policy, government affairs,
administrative law and regulatory/policy issues. Mr. Insley
also served as the Chairman of the Virginia Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board (Va. ABC) and as Chairman of the
National Alcohol Beverage Control Association (NABCA).
He began his career in law enforcement and held the
position of Special Agent with the Va. ABC while attending
law school part-time at nights and on weekends. Within
the beverage alcohol industry, Mr. Insley has served as a
regulator, attorney, administrative law judge, and business
leader.
LAUREL IRON CLOUD is Chief of the Division of Tribal
Government Services in the Bureau of Indian Affairs. An
enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Ms. Iron Cloud
has a wide range of experience working in Indian Country
and in her present position she oversees the approval of
alcohol beverage control ordinances adopted by Native
American tribes. She received an undergraduate degree
from Georgetown University and a J.D. degree from the
University of Colorado Law School.
NINA MCDERMOTT is currently the Director of Licensing
and Compliance for Utah’s Department of Alcoholic
Beverage Control. Previously, Ms. McDermott was a Senior
Attorney for Catholic Legal Immigration Network, a non-
profit organization in Washington, DC. A native Virginian,
her husband’s graduate studies brought them to Utah just
over four years ago. Nina herself is a graduate of Duquesne
University of Law in Pittsburgh and received a Bachelors of
Science from Greensboro College in North Carolina. She
is currently licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and
Utah.
EUGENE M. PAK is a partner at the law firm Wendel, Rosen,
Black & Dean LLP (Oakland, CA) and heads the firm’s craft
beer law practice. Eugene has been practicing law for
over twenty years, and represents breweries and other
clients in a wide variety of areas including trademarks and
copyrights, advertising, entity formation, litigation, real
estate, and regulatory matters. He has been a speaker
at the Brewers Association’s Craft Brewers Conference
and the California Craft Brewers Association conference,
and has been quoted by CBS Radio, Paste Magazine,
Brewbound, All About Beer, Entrepreneur.com, and other
media outlets on legal issues affecting the craft beverage
industry. He writes on legal issues affecting the industry
at his blog www.beerandlaw.com and Twitter account @
BeerAttorney. Eugene is a graduate of the University of
California at Berkeley, School of Law, and the University of
Michigan.
STEVEN L. SCHMIDT is Senior Vice President of Public Policy
and Communications for the National Alcohol Beverage
Control Association (NABCA). Presently, he oversees the
communication strategies to help states manage control
and regulatory systems and prevent alcohol related
harm. Previously, he was Director of Alcohol Education
for the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, where he was
responsible for the vision and development of statewide
initiatives to reduce underage drinking and high risk
college drinking; creation of innovative education/
prevention programs for local communities; establishment
of grant programs that funded college and community
prevention efforts; and a comprehensive Responsible
Alcohol Management Program. He has consulted with
state and national organizations; authored several
articles; and presented at numerous national and state
conferences on a variety of alcohol related issues. He
has been professionally employed for over 30 years in
positions responsible for addressing alcohol related issues
at local, state and national levels.
DEBORAH SKAKEL is the managing partner of Dickstein
Shapiro’s New York office. Debbie’s practice focuses on a
wide array of complex civil litigation matters, representing
a diverse group of both corporate and individual clients.
With a significant amount of her practice in the arbitration
arena, she not only litigates sophisticated commercial
cases, but also arbitrates various disputes. Moreover,
Debbie has substantive experience handling regulatory
and other issues relating to the alcohol beverage industry,
as well as accounting and auditing issues, and real estate
matters.
MARC E. SORINI is a partner at McDermott Will &
Emery LLP, resident in the firm’s Washington, DC office.
He concentrates on issues facing the alcohol beverage
industry, with a particular focus on the supplier tier and
non-beverage alcohol users. He heads the Firm’s Alcohol
Regulatory & Distribution Group and is recognized as
one of the leading lawyers in his field. Marc represents
companies that require focused counsel from a lawyer
with in-depth experience in the specific laws regarding
alcohol and in beverage industry best practices. His work
spans a number of traditional areas of legal practice that
affect beverage companies, including corporate, food
and beverage, government affairs, intellectual property,
litigation, and tax.