Event Overview
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
12:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
2.0 MCLE Credits
1.0 Ethics and Professionalism; 1.0 Skills
LGBTQ Section Chair
Christopher R. Riano, Esq., President of the Center for Civic Education & Scholar in Constitutional and Public Law, Columbia University, New York, NY
Program Chair:
Richard Saenz, Esq., Senior Attorney, Criminal Justice & Police Misconduct Strategist, Lambda Legal, New York, NY
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
12:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
2.0 MCLE Credits
1.0 Ethics and Professionalism; 1.0 Skills
This program is transitional and is suitable for all attorneys including those newly admitted.
LGBTQ Section Chair
Christopher R. Riano, Esq., President of the Center for Civic Education & Scholar in Constitutional and Public Law, Columbia University, New York, NY
Program Chair:
Richard Saenz, Esq., Senior Attorney, Criminal Justice & Police Misconduct Strategist, Lambda Legal, New York, NY
12:30 p.m. – 12:35 p.m.
Welcome and Introduction
Speaker:
Richard Saenz, Esq. Lambda Legal New York, NY12:35 p.m. – 1:25 p.m.
Representing LGBTQ Clients and Ethical Considerations
Panel:
Hon. Lewis A. Silverman Judicial Hearing Officer Suffolk County District Court Samuel W. Buchbauer, Esq. Law Offices of David A. Caraway, PLLC New York, NY Sarah M. Telson, Esq. Deputy Director of Legal Services LGBTQ Anti-Violence Project New York, NY Erin Harrist, Esq. Supervising Attorney Legal Aid Society Law and Policy Unit Brooklyn, NY 1.0 Credit in Ethics1:25 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Break
1:30 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.
New York LGBTQ Policy Update and the Federal Equality Act
Panel:
Richard Saenz, Esq. Senior Attorney Lambda Legal New York, NY Chinyere Ezie, Esq. Senior Staff Attorney Center for Constitutional Rights Charlie Arrowood Name Change Project Counsel Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund 1.0 Credit in Skills2:20 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Q&A
2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Presentation of the LGBTQ+ Vanguard Award
Virtual Programming Pricing
Virtual Meeting General Registration Fee
$25
Required to attend any virtual CLE programs
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EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION (Before 12/31/21)
$99: Section Member | $130: NYSBA Member | $255: Non-NYSBA Member
REGULAR REGISTRATION (1/1/22 and after)
$140: Section Member | $185: NYSBA Member | $350: Non-NYSBA Member
Speakers coming soon!
Michele Kahn
2022 LGBTQ+ Vanguard Award Winner
Michele Kahn is a well-known and respected attorney who solves real life problems and works tirelessly to achieve the best possible results for her clients. Within her general practice, she handles a wide variety of LGBTQ matters, including prenuptial, postnuptial and co-habitation agreements; co-parenting (pre-conception) agreements; second parent adoptions; and litigated and uncontested divorces, breakups between unmarried partners, and custody disputes.
The breadth of Michele’s knowledge of various areas of law within her general practice is evidenced by her recognition as a Super Lawyer in both family law and in business litigation. Michele has numerous reported decisions, and has tried over twenty five cases to verdict. She is a sought after speaker for continuing legal education courses and other panels. Michele has been quoted frequently in The New York Times, The Associated Press, and The New York Law Journal.
Michele has been a member of the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association, and served as the first chairperson of the New York State Bar Association Committee on LGBT People and the Law, which has now become the LGBTQ Law Section. Michele is a past president of LeGaL and is a recipient of LeGaL’s Community Vision Award. She served as a member of The Town School Board of Trustees and is currently president of her condominium board of managers. She is an honors graduate of the Boston University School of Law. Michele is the senior partner of Kahn & Goldberg, LLP in Manhattan.
