Attorney Michael Chalos, who successfully defendedValdez master Captain Joseph Hazelwood against criminal charges in 1990, toldan audience at Heidmar’s annual pools seminar that more threats loom.

Chalos spoke days before a landmark anniversary of the24 March 1989 Valdez spill, which saw the Exxon VLCC spill 11 million gallonsof crude into Alaska’s Prince William Sound after grounding on a reef andgashing its hull.