The Executive Committee has scheduled the following dates for its 2008-2009 luncheon meetings.

October 17, 2008
FALJC Members Luncheon*
Channel Inn, 650 Water St., S.W.
Washington, DC
Speaker: Vicki Gottlich, Senior Policy Attorney, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.
Subject:Developments in Medicare Administrative Process

November 14, 2008
FALJC Members Luncheon*
Chinatown Garden Restaurant, 618 H St., N.W.
Washington, DC
Speaker: Hon. Tyrone T. Butler, Chief Administrative Law Judge, D.C. Office of Administrative Hearings
Subject: History, Description and Current Status of the DC Office of Administrative Hearings

January 16, 2009
FALJC Members Luncheon*
USDA Dining Room, USDA Whitten Bldg. (3rd Floor), Independence Ave., S.W.
(between 12th and 14th Streets., S.W.)
Washington, DC
Speaker: Baruch Weiss, Esq. of the law firm of Arent Fox LLP
Subject: The AIPAC Espionage Act Case: Its Impact on the First Amendment and the Fashioning of Foreign Policy

February 13, 2009
FALJC Members Luncheon*
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Conference Room 3, 888 First St., N.E.
Washington, DC
Speaker: Professor Jeffrey Lubbers, Washington College of Law, American University, Washington, DC
Subject: Agency Internal Review Boards and Officers

March 13, 2009
FALJC Members Luncheon*
Chinatown Garden Inn, 618 H St., S.W.
Washington, DC
Speaker: Bert Brandenburg, Executive Director, Justice at Stake Campaign
Subject: Developments in Judicial Independence

April 17, 2009
FALJC Members Luncheon to Honor Retirees*
Maggiano's Little Italy Restaurant, 5333 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC
Speaker: Julia Akins Clark, General Counsel, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, AFL-CIO & CLC
Subject: ITFPTE: Who We Are and What We Do for Administrative Law Judges

May 15, 2009
FALJC Members Luncheon*
Channel Inn, 650 Water St., S.W.
Washington, DC
Speaker: to be announced
Subject: to be announced

*Executive Committee Meetings begin at 11:00 a.m.
and receptions/luncheons follow at 12:00 Noon.