On May 30, 2014 at the Bar Association of San Francisco Conference Center located in the former Federal Reserve building, Avialex Law Group's John T. Van Geffen and Michael L. Dworkin, together with Robson Forensic, AeroPodium and several distinguished aviation industry speakers put together a one day workshop on accident investigations, SMS, family assistance, Emergency Response Plans and the numerous legal issues surrounding an aviation catastrophe. Two additional speakers discussed both the aviation industry and human perspective of living through an aircraft accident to tie the day's presentations together.