President
HospitalityLawyer.com
P.O. Box 22888
Houston, Texas 77227
(713) 963-8800 – Phone
(713) 627-9934 – Fax
Email: SBarth@HospitalityLawyer.com
Web Address: www.HospitalityLawyer.com

Stephen Barth, author of Hospitality Law and coauthor of Restaurant Law Basics, is an attorney and the founder of HospitalityLawyer.com. As a professor at the Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, University of Houston, he teaches courses in hospitality law and leadership. Prior to joining the faculty at the Conrad N. Hilton College, Stephen was an adjunct professor at Texas Tech University. He has over twenty years of experience in hospitality operations, including line positions, management, and ownership.

He is a member of a select group of instructors worldwide designated by the Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Lodging Association to teach its Certified Hospitality Educator (CHE) program.

Stephen is the legal editor for Lodging Hospitality magazine. His articles on legal issues in the hospitality industry also appear regularly in Club Management magazine and Midwest Foodservice News. He speaks regularly on many issues for the National Restaurant Association, the American Hotel & Lodging Association, the Club Managers Association, the National Association of Catering Executives, the Texas Hotel and Motel Association, the Texas Restaurant Association, and many other hospitality associations and hospitality management companies, including Four Seasons, Hyatt, Hilton, Westin, and Choice Hotels

Stephen earned his Law degree, Master of Arts in communications and a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in economics from Texas Tech University. He is an honorary member of the Golden Key National Honor Society. In 1995 he was recognized by the City of Houston for his accomplishments as a faculty member at the University of Houston, and in 1996 he received the Dean’s award for Teaching Excellence at the Conrad N. Hilton College, University of Houston. In 1998 Stephen was awarded the University Teaching Excellence Award, the highest recognition of teaching bestowed by the University of Houston. In 2000 he received the University of Houston’s Distance Education Award

1331 Lamar, Suite 1180
Houston, TX 77010
(713) 739-1302 – Phone
(713) 739-1702 – Fax
Email:
Web Address:

Current Employer-Title Self-employed - Texas Counselor at Law; Hankamer Commercial Brokers, LLC., Houston, TX - Commercial Associate; Cayuga Hospitality Advisors - Regional Director

Profession Franchise Lawyer, Mediator, Arbitrator; International Hotel Real Estate Broker; Consultant - Hotel/Resort/Restaurant/Tourism, Management and Development

Work History Attorney, Mediator and Arbitrator, Self-employed, 1992-present; Commercial Associate, Hankamer Commercial Brokers, LLC, Hotel Real Estate Brokers, 2007-present; RE/MAX Broker/Owner, Grupo Inmobiliario, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 2002-07; Regional Director, Cayuga Hospitality Advisors, 1993-present; President/Chief Executive Officer, Belize Hotel Developments, Ltd., 1987-98; President, Hoteles Camino Real de Guatemala, S.A. (a subsidiary of Westin Hotels, Inc.), 1967-87; General Manager, Hotel Camino Real-Biltmore, 1964-67; Vice President, International Western Hotels, Inc., 1964-65.

Experience Franchise law practice; international and U.S. mediation and arbitration. Hotel real estate brokerage throughout Southwest U.S., Mexico, Central America. Engaged in hotel, resort, and marina development planning and management. Responsible for market and feasibility analysis; site selection; project planning; financing; development; construction; and operation of several hotels, resorts, restaurants, bars, and marinas located in Central America and Caribbean. Former owner of gift shops, rental car companies, and private aviation fixed base operator. Served as consultant to World Bank's International Finance Corporation. Also a licensed commercial pilot.

Alternative Dispute Resolution Training ICDR International Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Conference, 2006; AAA Chairing an Arbitration Panel: Managing Procedures, Process & Dynamics (ACE005), 2005; AAA Arbitration Awards: Safeguarding, Deciding & Writing Awards (ACE001), 2004; AAA Arbitrator Update, 2001; AAA Commercial Arbitrator II Training: Advanced Case Management Issues, 2001;

Professional Licenses Admitted to the Bar: Texas, 1969; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Texas Real Estate Salesperson License, 2007.

Professional Associations State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association (Forum on Franchising); Inter-American Bar Association; Cornell Hotel Society; Houston Association of Realtors.

Languages Spanish

Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Two Commerce Square
2001 Market Street Suite 2700
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 988-7833 – Phone
(215) 988-7801 – Fax
Email: griesingf@gtlaw.com
Web Address: www.gtlaw.com

Ms. Griesing, a Shareholder in Greenberg Traurig and a member of its Litigation, Hotel, Resort and Club, and Government Affairs practice groups, has over 25 years of experience handling complex business and litigation matters, including representing clients in the tourism, hospitality, restaurant/foodservice, gaming, and manufacturing industries. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Ms. Griesing's experience included serving the City of Philadelphia as Litigation Chair of the City's Law Department, under former Mayor Edward G. Rendell, current Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As the City's lead litigator, she handled matters involving the City's most popular tourist venues. including Veterans Stadium, the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Penn's Landing/Delaware Avenue, Fairmount Park, historic Olde City and Main Street Manayunk. She advised the Mayor, ranking administration officials and members of City Council on cutting-edge legal issues, while managing over 2,000 matters, supervising 75 lawyers, attendant support staff and overseeing outside counsel. As the City's lead attorney on several high-profile matters, she is accustomed to working with a diverse constituency and performing under public scrutiny.

She has represented clients in alternate dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration, and serves as a neutral arbitrator and mediator, particularly in hospitality industry disputes. Ms. Griesing in listed on the American Arbitration Association Roster of Neutrals.

Ms. Griesing has been recognized for her professional and community leadership, having served on numerous bar association and civil projects. She has taught at Temple University's Beasley School of Law and Fox School of Business Management; additionally, she has been a guest lecturer at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She writes and lectures on business and legal topics, including crisis readiness, security and continuity of business operations, e-commerce and information technology, negotiation and presentations skills, and professional ethics.

McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, L.L.P.
40 West Ridgewood Avenue
Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450 US
(201) 493-3718 – Phone
(201) 445-5376 – Fax
Email: apucciarelli@mdmc-law.com
Web Address: WWW.mdmc-law.com

ALBERT J. PUCCIARELLI is admitted to practice law in both New York and New Jersey. His practice is concentrated in the areas of hotel and resort development and hotel operations, aviation law, general corporate law and real estate law. In 1999, he co-founded the law firm of Hooker Pucciarelli & Tibbs, L.L.P. in which he was a partner until joining McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP in 2005 as Chair of the firm's Hotels and Resorts Practice Group. From 1988 through 1998, he was Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Inter-Continental Hotels & Resorts with over 200 hotels in 70 countries. He served on the Board of Directors of Inter-Continental, was chair of the company's Life Safety and Security Committee and a member of the Development Committee and the Pension and Benefits Committee. Prior to joining Inter-Continental, Mr. Pucciarelli served as Vice President and Counsel to Grand Metropolitan (U.S.) and its publicly owned (NYSE) predecessor, Liggett Group, Inc. He has served as Chair of the Hotels, Restaurants and Tourism Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (2001-2004) and as Chair of the Aeronautics Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (1998-2001). He has served as a member of the Hospitality Law Council of the Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel & Restaurant Management, University of Houston (2003-2004), and is a member of the Hotel Industry Liaison Committee of the ABA Committee on Hotels, Resorts and Tourism. He has taught International Business Law as an adjunct professor at the Fordham University Graduate School of Business, and was member of that school's Advisory Board (1996-2004).

Mr. Pucciarelli is fluent in Russian. He is an instrument-rated commercial pilot, an FAA certified advanced ground instructor and an aircraft owner. He serves his local community as a member of the Ridgewood, New Jersey, Planning Board and the Board of the Ridgewood Public Library Foundation. Until 1998, he was Vice Chair of the Ridgewood, New Jersey, Zoning Board of Adjustment on which he served for ten years.

Mr. Pucciarelli's clients include the owners and developers of Marriott, Courtyard, Ritz-Carlton, Mandarin Oriental, Hyatt, St. Regis and Westin mixed-use hotel and resort projects, hotel management companies and owners, several closely held companies in a variety of businesses, including hotels and restaurants, the second largest dealer of Cessna aircraft in the U.S. and purchasers and sellers of general aviation aircraft.

Robertson & Vick , LLP
26050 Mureau Rd. Suite 102
Calabasas, CA. 91302
(818) 878-1800 – Phone
Email: arobertson@rvcdlaw.com
Web Address: www.rvcdlaw.com

Alex has maintained a national construction law practice for the past 21 years. He has handled over

1,000 construction project disputes as an attorney, specializing in multi-party complex construction

defect and construction claims cases. He possesses extensive litigation and trial experience with cases involving construction defects, contractor terminations, delay/acceleration damage claims, change orders, mechanic’s liens, landslides, subsidence/expansive soils, environmental contamination, mold, personal injuries, wrongful death claims arising from the Northridge Earthquake, construction site accidents, catastrophic hurricane damage, class actions, failure to disclose in the sale of real property, and insurance coverage matters. He has also handled such claims for both public and private construction works, including high-rise hotels and casinos in Las Vegas and Biloxi, luxury high-rise condominiums in Miami, commercial and manufacturing facilities, courthouses, prisons, dams and flood control channels, and single family homes.

In addition, Alex gained valuable firsthand construction experience in both field and management positions with a large heavy engineering general contractor prior to becoming a construction attorney.

Alex has presided over construction arbitrations since 1997 and mediated construction and real estate disputes in both Nevada and California since 2004. He received his formal mediation training from Pepperdine University’s Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution, ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the No. 1 dispute resolution program in the country.

With an impressive record of successfully resolving complex disputes Alex is known as a “straight shooter” and is able to give parties a “reality check” on the strengths and weaknesses of their case.