Event Registration - National Employment Lawyers Association/New York
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Fall Virtual Conference on Representing Employees
10/1/2021
8:45 AM - 5:00 PM EST

Event Description
Fall Virtual Conference on Representing Employees
October 1, 2021
6.5 CLEs

Fall Conference Rates: Non-Members: $250; Members $200; Non Profit Lawyer (Member) $100; Materials ONLY $50; Student/Para $25

8:45 - 9:00 AM    Opening Remarks/Welcome: Locksley Wade, Co-Chair of Conference Committee

9:00 - 10:00 AM    Winning Isn’t Everything: A Guide to Judgment Enforcement (Areas  of Professional Practice 1.0)
  • Adam Sackowitz, Katz Melinger PLLC
10:00 - 11:00 AM    Working with the Press (Ethics .5) (Law Practice Management .5)    
  • Patricia Kakalec, Kakalec Law PLLC (Moderator)
  • Janet Falk, Ph.D., Falk Communications & Research
  • Christina Giorgio, Esq., Christina Giorgio Attorney at Law
  • Daniel Werner, of counsel, Radford & Keebaugh, LLC 
11:00 - 11:15 AM Break

11:15 AM - 12:45 PM    Tidbits from Other Practice Areas that Every Employment Lawyer Should Know (Areas of Professional Practice 1.5)
  • Robert Finkel, Morritt Hock & Hamroff LLP
  • Cora Ann Pestaina, Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners
  • Carla Prosper, Law Offices of Carla Prosper
  • Megumi Saito, The Legal Aid Society
  • Leslie Tilles, The Klein Law Group
  • Marcia S. Wagner, The Wagner Law Group
12:45 - 1:15 PM    Lunch Break

1:15 - 2:15 PM "Systemic Racism in Organizations: Re-(defining) Allyship" (Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias 1.0)
  • Sonal Bhatia, Keenan & Bhatia, LLC
  • Dr. Tsedale M. Melaku, Sociologist and Author of You Don't Look Like a Lawyer: Black Women and Systemic Gendered Racism

2:15 - 3:15 PM Second Circuit Update (Areas  of Professional Practice 1.0)
  • Stephen Bergstein, Bergstein & Ullrich, LLP
  • Rita Sethi, Law Office of Rita Sethi
3:15 - 3:30 PM Break

3:30 - 4:30 PM    Bringing NYC Fair Workweek Actions for Fast Food or Retail Workers (Areas of Professional Practice 1.0) 
  • Sally Abrahamson, Werman Salas, P.C.
  • Lorelei Salas, Open Society Foundations Fellow;Former Commissioner, NYC Dept of Consumer and Worker Protection (Moderator)
  • Elizabeth Wagoner, NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection
  • Autumn Weintraub, Fast Food Director, 32BJ
4:30- 5:00 PM    Face to Face- "Wine" Down with Friends (Bring your own glass)

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Please contact Executive Director Roseni Plaza at nelany@nelany.com to: (1) request a disability accommodation or provision of the materials in an alternative format; (2) receive information on law firm sponsorship opportunities; or (3) request financial assistance to attend the conference.