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9/20/2024
8:30 AM - 5:45 PM EST

Fall 2024 Conference Full Day Conference
September 20, 2024 (8:30 AM - 5:45 pm Eastern)
Fordham Law School
Rates: Member $315; Non-member $395; Non-profit Attorney $145; Student/Para $105
Virtual (Zoom Webinar) Rates: Non-Member $200; Member $150; Non-Profit Attorney $75; Student/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 are all included in your in-person registration fee!

4.5 areas of Professional Practice; 1 Ethics & Professional Responsibility; 1 DEI = 6.5 credits
 

Agenda

8:30 - 8:55 AM     Breakfast

8:55 - 9:00 AM    Welcome

9:00 - 10:00 AM   Shattering the "Non-litigious Stereotype" and Other Myths about Asian American Employees (1.0 DEI)

How many times have you been passed over for a promotion despite excellent performance reviews? Excluded from client-facing presentations or important meetings? Have you been unfairly criticized for lacking leadership skills or pigeon-holed as the technical worker bee? The “model minority” myth and overrepresentation of Asian Americans at entry and mid-levels among professional ranks mask the prevalence of workplace discrimination against Asian Americans. It is so misunderstood that many Asian Americans internalize both overt and more subtle, insidious racism they face. But as borne out in recent research by McKinsey, Bain, Ascend and Coqual, Asian Americans are among the least represented at the executive and senior management levels, feel the least inclusion out of all demographics at work, and 36% of Asian professionals have reported experiencing racism at work.

This panel puts a focused lens on workplace discrimination faced by Asian American employees. The panel will provide guidance on how to identify the often subtle forms of racial discrimination as experienced by many Asian Americans, and provide information on employees’ rights and practical tools to combat such discrimination. Join discussions with employment and civil rights attorneys to understand the broader implications of workplace discrimination as a reflection of societal perception of Asian Americans, use of social media as a great equalizer in fighting workplace discrimination and understand the deep, psychological impact of experiencing workplace discrimination.

Panelists:

• Vaishnavi J., Founder of Vyanams Strategies 
• Michelle Lee, President & General Counsel of Stand with Asian Americans 
• David Mou, Mou Legal PLLC 
• Brian Pang, COO & Head of Partnerships of Stand with Asian Americans 
• Shannon Prince, attorney at Quinn Emmanuel

10:00 - 11:00 AM    Employment Law Mediations for Plaintiffs' Lawyers  (1.0 Professional Practice Credit)

An experienced panel of employment law mediators guides practitioners through best practices for employment law mediations, from mediation preparation issues: mediator selection issues, drafting effective mediation statements and preparing clients and attorneys for mediation; and then through issues arising at the mediation itself: avoiding impasse, mediator’s proposals, inability to pay issues, Rule 68 vs. Cheeks, and more.

Panelists:

• Darren P.B. Rumack, Rumack Dispute Resolution // The Klein and Cardali Law Group PLLC
• Holly Weiss, HWH Mediation LLC
• Danielle Shalov, NYED ADR Administrator

11:00 - 11:15 AM    Break

11:15 - 12:15 PM     “Show Us the Money:" Putting a Value on Damages (1.0 Professional Practice Credit)

This panel will provide an overview of remedies available under a variety of federal and state statutes, including the NYLL, Whistleblower Law, Title VII, Title IX, ADEA, ADA, Rehabilitation Act, FLSA, NYSHRL and NYCHRL, including look-back periods for back pay, liquidated damages, damages caps, and the ranges for defensible emotional distress awards, including defending “garden variety” awards that are $200,000-$400,000+. 

Panelists:

• Rebecca Houlding, Friedman & Houlding
• Nina Pirotti, Garrison Law
• Zoe Salzman, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP

12:15 - 1:15 PM    LUNCH

1:15 - 2:15 PM    Federal Employment Case Law Developments (1.0 Professional Practice Credit)

Review of recent decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court, including Muldrow v City of St. Louis and Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raymond and key Second Circuit of Appeals rulings.

Panelists:

• Stephen Bergstein, Bergstein & Ullrich, LLP
• Rita Sethi, Special Professor of Law at Maurice Deane School of Law at Hofstra University

2:15 - 3:45 PM    Workforce Mobility: Immigration Considerations During Mass Tech Layoffs & the Era of Noncompetes (1.5 Professional Practice Credit)

A presentation by lawyers specializing in employment, immigration, and intellectual property law addressing the intersectionality of IP technology protections and non-compete clauses in contracts and the impact on U.S. and foreign workers. IP protection in the technology industry is impacted when there is an economic downturn or layoffs due to financial fluctuations in the market. This sets a chain reaction of events where mass layoffs leave employees scrambling to find new employment while navigating non-competes, and foreign workers have limited time to secure employment before their visa lapses. 

This panel will cover the common issues arising for lawyers protecting IP, the status of noncompetes and NDAs, and the impact on foreign workers.

Panelists:

• Milana Dostanitch, Lipsky Lowe LLP
• Kalpana Nagampalli, KI Legal
• Dana DiRaimondo, DiRaimondo & Schroeder LLP

3:45-4:45 PM     Ethics Panel (1.0 Ethics Credit)

This panel will examine a variety of thorny issues related to employment law, including case referral fees, fee sharing/co-counsel agreements, representing groups, joint representation retainers, and attorney advertising.

Panelists:

• Jeffrey Cunningham, McAngus Goudelock & Courie lLC
• Paul Knight, Sanford Heisler Sharp

4:45 - 5:45 PM    Happy Hour