Bridging the Gap – April 2021
Transitional courses are designed to help newly admitted attorneys develop a foundation in the practical skills, techniques, and procedures that are essential to the practice of law.
To receive skills credit, newly admitted attorneys must take accredited transitional CLE courses in traditional live classroom settings, or through attendance at fully interactive video conference locations that have been approved by the CLE Board for use by newly admitted attorneys. For more information about the CLE Rules, please go to www.nycourts.gov/Attorneys/CLE….
Topics Include:
Workers Compensation | Key Skills in Client Counseling
Client Counseling and Consumer Bankruptcy
Automobile Litigation in New York State | Taking and Defending Depositions | Key Skills and Strategy
Judgment Enforcement | Best Practices and Skills
Risk Management and Ethical Considerations for New Lawyers
Addressing Wellbeing, Mental Health and Substance Use in the Legal Profession
Divorce Law 101
Landlord Tenant Law Update for 2021 | What Lawyers Need to Know
Wills, Health Care Proxies, and Powers of Attorney
Handling DWI Cases in New York State
Basics of Unemployment
- April 15, 2021
- April 16, 2021
- 8:45 AM
- 4:00 PM
- 7.0
- 3.0
- 6.0
- 16.0
- Virtual Participation
Day One | Thursday April 15, 2021
8:45 a.m. Welcome and Introductions | Administrative Announcements
9:00 – 10:15 a.m. Workers Compensation | Key Skills in Client Counseling During COVID
Robert E. Grey, Esq.
Grey & Grey, LLP
Farmingdale, NY
(1.5 Skills)
10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 – 11:45 a.m. Client Counseling and Consumer Bankruptcy
Ronald Friedman, Esq.
SilvermanAcampora LLP
Jericho, NY
(1.5 Skills)
11:45 – 12:00 Break
12:00 – 1:15 pm. Automobile Litigation in New York State | Taking and Defending Depositions | Key Skills and Strategy
Robert A. Glick, Esq.
Brand, Glick & Brand
Garden City, NY
(1.5 Skills)
1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Break
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Judgment Enforcement | Best Practices and Skills
Robert Ansell, Esq.
Vice President and General Counsel
Power-Flo Technologies Inc.
New Hyde Park, NY
(1.5 Skills)
2:45 – 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 – 4:15 p.m. Risk Management and Ethical Considerations for New Lawyers
William T. McCaffery, Esq.
L'Abbate, Balkan, Colavita & Contini, LLP
Melville, NY
(1.5 Ethics)
4:15 – 4:30 p.m. Break
4:30 – 5:45 p.m. Addressing Wellbeing, Mental Health and Substance Use in the Legal Profession
Lawyer Assistance Committee
(1.5 Ethics)
Day Two | Friday April 16, 2021
8:45 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
9:00 – 9:50 a.m. Divorce Law 101
Chris Chimeri, Esq.
(1.0 Areas of Professional Practice)
9:50 – 10:00 a.m. Break
10:00 – 11:15 a.m. Landlord Tenant Law Update for 2021 | What Lawyers Need to Know
Massimo F. D’Angelo, Esq.
Akerman LLP
New York, NY
(1.5 Areas of Professional Practice)
11:15 – 11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 – 12:45 p.m. Wills, Health Care Proxies, and Powers of Attorney
Patricia J. Shevy, Esq.
The Shevy Law Firm, LLC
Albany, NY
(1.5 Areas of Professional Practice)
12:45 – 1:00 p.m. Break
1:00 – 2:15 p.m. Handling DWI Cases in New York State
Jonathan D. Cohn, Esq.
Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang
Albany, NY
(1.5 Areas of Professional Practice)
2:15 – 2:30 p.m. Break
2:30 – 3:45 p.m. Basics of Unemployment
Victorine Froehlich, Esq.
Law Office of Victorine Froehlich
Nyack, NY
(1.5 Areas of Professional Practice)
Day One
9.0 MCLE credits | 6.0 Skills, 3.0 Ethics
Day Two
7.0 MCLE credits | 7.0 Areas of Professional Practice
- Robert E. Grey, Esq., Grey & Grey, LLP
- Ronald Friedman, Esq., SilvermanAcampora LLP
- Robert A. Glick, Esq., Brand, Glick & Brand
- Chris Chimeri, Esq., Law Offices of Christopher J. Chimeri, Esq.
- Victorine Froehlich, Esq., Law Office of Victorine Froehlich
- Jonathan D. Cohn, Esq., Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang
- William T. McCaffery, Esq., L'Abbate, Balkan, Colavita & Contini, LLP
- Robert Ansell, Esq., Power-Flo Technologies Inc.
- Massimo F. D’Angelo, Esq., Akerman LLP
- Patricia J. Shevy, Esq., The Shevy Law Firm, LLC
- Thomas E. Schimmerling, Esq., Thomas E. Schimmerling, Esq.
- Webinar
- 0KG21
- Young Lawyers Section
