Environmental & Energy Law Section 2024 Fall Meeting

Environmental & Energy Law Section 2024 Fall Meeting

4.0 MCLE Credits

4.0 Areas of Professional Practice

This program is transitional and is suitable for all attorneys including those

newly admitted.

Wednesday, September 25

4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Executive Committee Meeting

Battenkill Room – Main Hotel

5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Conference Check-In / Registration

Main Hotel Lobby

6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Reception

Lincoln Garden & Terrace

Beer, wine, cocktails and light refreshments

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Dinner

Colonnade

Speaker

Julie Moore | Secretary, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Montpelier, VT

Post Dinner Gathering

Falcon Bar – Main Hotel

Join us for an after-dinner drink! Self-Pay

Thursday, September 26

7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast Buffet

Rockwell Foyer

7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Registration/CLE Sign

Rockwell Foyer

8:30 a.m. – 8:35 a.m.

Welcome and Introductions

Rockwell Ballroom

Speaker

Michael J. Hecker, Esq. | Hodgson Russ LLP, Buffalo, NY

8:35 a.m. – 9:35 a.m.

New York State Environmental Priorities

Speakers

Thomas S. Berkman, Esq., | Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel, NYSDEC, Albany, NY

Michael J. Myers, Esq. | Senior Counsel for Air Pollution and Climate Change Litigation, Environmental Protection Bureau, New York State Attorney General, Albany, NY

Moderator

Karen L. Mintzer, Esq. | Partner, Mintzer Mauch PLLC, New York, NY

1.0 MCLE Credits Areas of Professional Practice

9:35 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.

Environmental Cross-Border Hot Topics

Speakers:

Matthew Gardner | Partner & Certified Specialist in Environmental Law by The Law Society of Ontario Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP

Alessia Petricone-Westwood, Esq. | Associate, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP, Toronto, Ontario, CA

Rock Vitale, CEAC | National PFAS Leader, Senior Principal Chemist Montrose Environmental Group, Phoenixville, PA

Quentin Chiotti | Technical Director, Climate Risk & Resilience, Matrix Solutions Inc. (a Montrose company), Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

1.0 MCLE Credit Areas of Professional Practice

10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Coffee Break (Coffee available until 11:30 a.m.)

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

The RAPID Act

Speakers:

Robert Rosenthal, Esq. | General Counsel, New York State Public Service Commission, Albany, NY

Jessica Waldorf | Interim Executive Director, Office of Renewable Energy Siting, Albany, NY

Moderator

Yvonne E. Hennessey, Esq., | Partner, Barclay Damon LLP Albany, NY

1.0 MCLE Credit Areas of Professional Practice

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of ESG

Speaker

Jeff Standish, PhD | Senior Sustainability Consultant Geosyntec, Minneapolis, MN

Meaghan A. Colligan, Esq. | Partner, Holland & Knight Washington, D.C.

1.0 MCLE Credit Areas of Professional Practice

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Lunch & Networking

Colonnade

SPONSORS:

Platinum Lunch

Platinum Dinner

Happy Hour Sponsor

https://www.geosyntec.com/

Gold

Silver