National Employment Lawyers Association/New York

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Fall Conference on Representing Employees at Fordham Law
9/8/2023
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM EST

Event Description
Rates: Members $315; Non-members $395; Non-profit Attorney $145; Students/Para $105, Virtual Rates:
Non-Member Rate: $200; Member Rate $150; Non-Profit Attorney $75; Students/Para FREE
If you would like to apply for financial aid, please email nelany@nelany.com for the application.
 Breakfast, snacks, lunch and happy hour is included in your registration!


Hybrid Fall 2023 Conference on Representing Employees (4.5 CLE Areas of Professional Practice, 1 Skills Credit, 1 Cybersecurity General & .5 Ethics CLE = 7 credits)

8:30 - 8:55 AM Breakfast

8:55- 9:00 AM Welcome, Locksley Wade, Chair of Conference Committee

9:00- 10:30 AM Case Law Developments in Employment Law: Steven Bergstein and Professor Rita Sethi review recent decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court and Second Circuit Court of Appeals.​ (1.5 area of prof. practice)
  • Stephen Bergstein, Esq., Bergstein & Ulrich, LLP
  • Professor Rita Sethi, Esq., Special Professor of Law, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
10:30 – 11:30 AM Pitfalls of Remote Mediations: Best Practices for Effective Outcomes. (.5 ethic .5 area of prof. practice)
  • Darren P.B. Rumack, Esq., The Klein Law Group P.C.
  • Robyn Weinstein, Esq., Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law 
11:30-11:45 AM Break

11:45-1:15 PM Nuts & Bolts of Hostile Work Environment Cases: Legal experts discuss hostile work environment cases – from case selection to trial techniques.
This comprehensive panel will cover, sources of corroborating evidence; handling ESI (electronically stored information); discovery techniques; mediation/settlement strategies and use of medical records and expert testimony, as well as trial strategies..  (1 skills, .5 area of prof. practice)
  • Joshua Friedman, Esq., Friedman & Houlding LLP
  • Rebecca Houlding, Esq.,Friedman & Houlding LLP
  • Shilpa Narayan, Esq., Friedman & Houlding LLP
  • Giselle Schuetz, Esq., Friedman & Houlding LLP
1:15-2:15 PM Lunch
 
2:15- 3:15 PM Emerging Tech Issues for Employees: Artificial Intelligence/Employee Monitoring and How You can Best Use Tech in Wage and Hour Cases: Artificial intelligence and data analytics can help and hurt. More employers are now using AI to recruit, hire, evaluate and monitor their employees. Wage and hour lawyers use data analytics to develop and support their cases. Experts discuss what you need to know. (1 General Cybersecurity)
  • Jonathan Ben-Asher, Esq., Ritz Clark & Ben-Asher LLP
  • Scott Workman, Data Analyst at Getman Sweeney & Dunn, PLLC
  • Karen Yau, Esq. (Moderator), Getman Sweeney & Dunn PLLC

3:15 – 4:10 PM  Challenging Forced Arbitrations and SOL Shortening Provisions: Learn from legal experts on how to challenge forced arbitration provisions and SOL-shortening provisions in employment contracts. You will walk away with the tips and tools necessary to fight back on these hot topics. (1 area of prof. practice)
  • Meredith Miller, Esq., Professor of Law, Touro University, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
  • Hugh Baran, Esq., Kakalec Law PLLC
4:10- 5:05 PM  Class or Collective Actions (1 area of prof. practice)
  • Orin Kurtz, Esq. Gardy Notis, LLP
  • John Tatully, Esq., Law Offices of John R. Tatulli
  • Rebecca Pattiz, Esq., Outten & Golden LLP
5:05- 6:00 PM Social Hour