Bridging The Gap – April 2022
The New York State Bar Association is pleased to offer newly admitted attorneys a two-day Bridging the Gap CLE program. 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.
Newly admitted attorneys must complete at least 16 transitional CLE credit hours in each of the first two years of admission to the Bar. The first set of 16 transitional CLE credit hours must be completed by the first anniversary of admission to the Bar, in the designated categories of credit. The second set of 16 transitional CLE credit hours must be completed between the first and second anniversaries. 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:
Intellectual Property
Alternative Dispute Resolution: Mediation and Arbitration Programs in New York
Drafting 101 – Wills, POAs and Health Care Proxies
Real Property | Housing Discrimination and the Real Estate Broker
Handling DWI Cases and Vehicle and Traffic Law Matters in NYS | Client Counseling
Ethical Considerations of Marketing Your Law Firm
Client Counseling in Workers Compensation
Depositions | Ten Tips for New Lawyers
Employment Law
The New York SHIELD Act | What Lawyers Need Know
Addressing Wellbeing, Mental Health and Alcohol and Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession
Faculty:
George R. McGuire, Esq.
Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC
Syracuse, NY
Patricia J. Shevy, Esq.
The Shevy Law Firm LLC
Albany, NY
Andrew M. Lieb, Esq., MPH
Lieb at Law, P.C.
Smithtown, NY
Joseph Gerstenzang, Esq.
Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang
Albany, NY
Clifford R. Ennico, Esq.
Law Office of Clifford R. Ennico
Fairfield, CT
Robert E. Grey, Esq.
Grey & Grey, LLP
Farmingdale, NY
Scott Occhiogrosso, Esq.
Block O’Toole & Murphy
New York, NY
Hon. Ronald J. Hedges (Ret.)
(Ret.) United States Magistrate Judge
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Senior Counsel, Dentons
Eileen Travis, Executive Director
Lawyer Assistance Program | NYC Bar
Meredith Heller, Esq.
Law Office of Meredith S. Heller PLLC
New York, NY
- April 26, 2022
- April 27, 2022
- 8:00 AM
- 4:00 PM
- 7.0
- 3.0
- 6.0
- 16.0
- Virtual Participation
Day One | Tuesday, April 26, 2022
8:45 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions | Administrative Announcements | Young Lawyers Section Chair
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Intellectual Property
George R. McGuire, Esq.
Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC
Syracuse, NY
1.5 Areas of Professional Practice
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Alternative Dispute Resolution: Mediation and Arbitration Programs in New York
Ross J. Kartez, Esq.
Partner, Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C.
New York, NY
1.5 Areas of Professional Practice
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Break
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Drafting 101 – Wills, POAs and Health Care Proxies
Patricia J. Shevy, Esq.
The Shevy Law Firm LLC
Albany, NY
1.5 Skills
1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Break
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Real Property | Housing Discrimination and the Real Estate Broker
Andrew M. Lieb, Esq., MPH
Lieb at Law, P.C.
Smithtown, NY
1.5 Areas of Professional Practice
2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Break
3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Handling DWI Cases and Vehicle and Traffic Law Matters in NYS | Client Counseling
Joseph Gerstenzang, Esq.
Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang
Albany, NY
1.5 Skills
4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Ethical Considerations of Marketing Your Law Firm
- the differences between “marketing” vs. “advertising”
- knowing your clients and identifying their “hot buttons”
- your firm name, address, business cards, stationery
- other “brand/name recognition” activities
- your involvement in organizations and community activities
- your personal interaction with potential clients and referral sources and your “elevator pitch”
- your public speaking strategy
- your law firm website and social media
- online client generation through FindLaw and other “lawyer search” sites
Clifford R. Ennico, Esq.
Law Office of Clifford R. Ennico
Fairfield, CT
1.5 Ethics
Day Two | Wednesday, April 27, 2022
8:45 a.m.
Administrative Announcements
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Client Counseling in Workers Compensation
Robert E. Grey, Esq.
Grey & Grey, LLP
Farmingdale, NY
1.5 Skills
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Depositions | Ten Tips for New Lawyers
Scott Occhiogrosso, Esq.
Block O’Toole & Murphy
New York, NY
1.5 Skills
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Break
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Employment Law 101
Sheryl Galler, Esq.
Moskowitz & Book, LLP
New York, NY
1.5 Areas of Professional Practice
1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
The New York SHIELD Act | What Lawyers Need Know
Hon. Ronald J. Hedges (Ret.)
(Ret.) United States Magistrate Judge
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Senior Counsel, Dentons
1.0 Areas of Professional Practice
2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Break
2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Addressing Wellbeing, Mental Health and Alcohol and Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession Lawyer Assistance Committee
Eileen Travis, Executive Director
Lawyer Assistance Program | NYC Bar
Meredith Heller, Esq.
Law Office of Meredith S. Heller PLLC
New York, NY
1.5 Ethics
4:00 p.m.
Adjournment
- Ross J. Katez, Esq., Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C, New York, NY
- George R. McGuire, Esq., Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC, Syracuse, NY
- Sheryl Galler, Esq., Moskowitz & Book, LLP, New York, NY
- Hon. Ronald J. Hedges (Ret.), United States Magistrate Judge, United States District of New Jersey, Senior Counsel, Dentons US LLP
- Patricia J. Shevy, Esq., The Shevy Law Firm LLC, Albany, NY
- Robert E. Grey, Esq., Grey & Grey, LLP, Farmingdale, NY
- Joseph Gerstenzang, Esq., Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang, Albany, NY
- Scott Occhiogrosso, Esq., Partner, Block O’Toole & Murphy, New York, NY
- Clifford R. Ennico, Esq., Law Office of Clifford R. Ennico, Fairfield, CT
- Meredith S. Heller, Esq., Law Office of Meredith S. Heller PLLC, New York, NY
- Eileen C. Travis, Lawyer Assistance Program | NYC Bar
- Andrew M. Lieb, Esq., MPH, Lieb at Law, P.C, Smithtown, NY
- Webinar
- 0LV51
- Committee on Continuing Legal Education
- Young Lawyers Section
