Local and State Government Law Section 75th Anniversary Meeting – Fall 2022
Join us live in Washington D.C. at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, October 14-16, for the Local and State Government Law Section 75th Anniversary Meeting!
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
400 New Jersey Ave NW
Washington, D.C., 20001
To book at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill please utilize this link: https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/hotel/washington-dc/hyatt-regency-washington-on-capitol-hill/wasrw?src=adm_sem_crp_chico_crp_ppc_NAM-UnitedStates-DC-Washington-HR-WASRW_google_Evergreen2022_e_hyatt%20regency%20washington&gclid=CjwKCAjw4c-ZBhAEEiwAZ105RXuR7l39n3GMeJK1c5-vmq-FOmgNSba1yWIZ-X3xfo1DV9q69Z2vGBoCVJEQAvD_BwE
Or call (202) 737-1234
We are looking forward to reuniting with our colleagues in this historical city. Here are some of the highlights you can expect:
– 8.5 MCLE Credits
- 6.5 Credits in Areas of Professional Practice
- 1.0 Credit in Ethics
- 1.0 Credit in Diversity, Inclusion, and Elimination of Bias
– Welcome Reception at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on Friday Evening
– Saturday evening spent touring the exhibits and a plated dinner reception on the Veil Landing of the International Spy Museum! https://www.spymuseum.org/
– More details to come!
Please Note: You must be vaccinated for COVID-19 to attend a live NYSBA meeting, program, or event.
Preregistration is required for this program. View Program Brochure!
Attorney Registration Fees:
- Section Member: $250.00
- NYSBA Member: $300.00
- Non-NYSBA Member: $395.00
- Friday Registration Only: $125.00
- Saturday Evening at the International Spy Museum: $150.00
- Newly Admitted NYSBA Member: (5 years or less): $200.00
- Guest/Spouse: $175.00
NYSBA Section Destination Meeting Cancellation Policy:
Cancellations before October 3rd, 2022 can receive a full refund
Cancellations received between October 3rd – 13th are eligible for a 50% refund
Any Cancellations received the day of or after the scheduled event date are ineligible to receive a refund.
Scroll down and click the Agenda tab to view the full program agenda.
Thank You to our Sponsors!
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- October 14, 2022
- October 16, 2022
- 12:00 PM
- 10:40 AM
- 6.5
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 8.5
- Outside NYS
- Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
400 New Jersey Avenue Northwest
Washington, DC 20001
- Pickup at the Hyatt Regency (400 New Jersey Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001) to bring attendees to the International Spy Museum (700 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Washington , DC 20024)
Agenda
Friday, October 14, 2022
(3.5 MCLE Credits)
12:00 p.m. Registration - Columbia B - Ballroom Level
1:00 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. Welcome and Introduction - Columbia B - Ballroom Level
Michael Kenneally, Esq.
Section Chair
Executive Director
NYS Municipal Workers' Compensation Alliance
Albany, NY
1:10 p.m. - 2:25 p.m. U.S. Supreme and Seismic Shifts: An Update for States and Local Governments - Columbia B - Ballroom Level
The U.S. Supreme Court made history last term in the abortion, guns and Clean Power Plan cases. What's more, local governments lost two cases last term because the Supreme Court changed its Establishment Clause jurisprudence. As the current docket indicates, our new 6-3 conservative Court is only getting started! In the next few months it will decide whether affirmative action in college admissions is unconstitutional and may adopt the independent state legislature theory. Discuss the most interesting and important cases for states and local governments and current SCOTUS trends with Lisa Soronen, former Executive Director of the State and Local Legal Center.
Speaker:
Lisa Soronen, Esq.
Executive Director
State and Local Legal Center
Washington D.C.
1.5 MCLE Credits in Areas of Professional Practice
2:25 p.m. - 2:35 p.m. Break
2:35 p.m. - 3:25 p.m. Investigating Discrimination Claims - Columbia B - Ballroom Level
This program will be an interactive discussion of best practices for conducting workplace investigations.
Panelists:
Josephine Greco, Esq.
Founding Partner
Greco Trapp, PLLC
Buffalo, NY
Sharon N. Berlin, Esq.
Lamb & Barnosky, LLP
Melville, NY
1.0 MCLE Credit in Areas of Professional Practice
3:25 p.m. - 3:35 p.m. Break
3:35 p.m. - 4:25 p.m. Handling Article 78 Proceedings in the Land Use Context: Procedure and Governing Principles - Columbia B - Ballroom Level
The program will provide an overview of the procedures and legal standards which apply to and the questions that can be reviewed in Article 78 proceedings in the land use context, while highlighting some limitations and pitfalls that may await the unwary practitioner.
Panelists:
Adam Wekstein, Esq.
Founding Partner
Hocherman, Tortorella & Wekstein, LLP
White Plains, NY
Michael Caruso, Esq.
Special Counsel
Cuddy & Feder LLP
White Plains, NY
1.0 MCLE Credits in Areas of Professional Practice
*Regular & Decaffeinated Coffee, Tazo Tea, Regular, Diet, & Decaffeinated Pepsi Soft Drinks, and Hydration Station with Daily Infused Water provided daily*
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Reception - Columbia A - Ballroom Level
Join us for a reception from 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. with the passing of hors d'oeuvres and signature cocktails, beer and wine
Dinner on Your Own
Saturday, October 15, 2022
(3.0 MCLE Credits)
7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Breakfast - Columbia C - Ballroom Level
8:50 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
Speaker:
Michael Kenneally, Esq.
Section Chair
Executive Director
NYS Municipal Workers' Compensation Alliance
Albany, NY
9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Federal Funding for Local Governments - Columbia B - Ballroom Level
We will discuss ARPA and IIJA and highlight key programs that will help localities address their infrastructure priorities.
Speakers:
Irma Esparza Diggs, Esq.
Director of Federal Advocacy
National League of Cities
Washington D.C.
Jennifer Imo, Esq.
Managing Partner of Client Services
The Ferguson Group
Washington D.C.
1.5 MCLE Credits in Areas of Professional Practice
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Cannabis in the Communities and Local Considerations - Columbia B - Ballroom Level
This CLE program focuses on municipal considerations related to New York’s adult use cannabis legalization. The presentation will include a discussion of zoning implications, time, place and manner restrictions, and permitting. The program will also highlight social equity and family considerations for communities.
Presenters:
Kristen Motel, Esq.
Cuddy & Feder LLP
Michele D'Ambrosio, Esq.
Drew Gamils, Esq.
Keane & Beane P.C.
1.5 MCLE Credits in Areas of Professional Practice
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Executive Committee Meeting
12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Lunch on your own / Sightseeing
5:00 p.m. Arrival of Shuttle to International Spy Museum
Shuttle Sponsored by Wallace & Wallace LLP
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Tour of the International Spy Museum Exhibits
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. 75th Anniversary Dinner at the International Spy Museum's Veil Landing
Conference Casual Attire
Dinner Speaker:
Richard Lewis, Esq.
President-Elect
NYSBA
Sunday, October 16, 2022 (Day 3)
(2.0 MCLE Credits)
7:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
8:50 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
Speaker:
Lisa Cobb, Esq.
Chair-Elect
Wallace and Wallace LLP
Poughkeepsie, NY
9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. Community Building Through Municipal Led Incentive Programs
This program will look at municipal incentive programs from student debt and housing support to advanced grants and infrastructure packages. Examples of pitfalls (e.g Niagara Fall’s student debt forgiveness program) and successes (e.g. Buffalo’s 43North) will be provided and suggestions has to how to craft programs given NYS Law and the various conditions of NYS Communities. Finally, we as lawyers must take the utmost care in crafting incentive structures offered by municipalities as our disadvantaged citizens are reliant upon for socioeconomic mobility (i.e., the attainability of the American Dream).
Speaker:
Joseph G. Trapp, Esq.
Greco Trapp PLLC
1.0 MCLE Credit in Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias
9:50 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. How to Analyze an Ethics Problem: Recognizing Common Law Conflicts of Interest
The program will discuss the three-step process for analyzing government ethics problems, with a particular focus on common law principles, including recent case updates.
Speaker:
Steven Leventhal, Esq.
Leventhal, Mullaney & Blinkoff, LLP
Roslyn, NY
1.0 MCLE Credit in Ethics
10:40 a.m. Conclusion of the Program
- Michael Kenneally, Esq., Section Chair, Michael Kenneally Household
- Lisa Cobb, Esq., Program Chair, Lisa Cobb Household
- Sharon N. Berlin, Esq., Speaker, Sharon Berlin Household
- Michael V. Caruso, Esq., Speaker, Michael Caruso Household
- Irma Esparza Diggs, Esq., Speaker
- Michele D'Ambrosio, Speaker, Michele D'Ambrosio Household
- Drew Gamils, Esq., Speaker, Michele D'Ambrosio Household
- Josephine A. Greco, Esq., Speaker, Josephine Greco Household
- Jennifer Imo, Esq., Speaker
- Steven G. Leventhal, Esq., Speaker, Steven Leventhal Household
- Kristen M. Motel, Esq., Speaker, Kristen Motel Household
- Lisa Soronen, Esq., Speaker, Lisa Soronen Household
- Joseph Trapp, Esq., Speaker, Joseph Trapp Household
- Adam L. Wekstein, Esq., Speaker, Adam Wekstein Household
- In-Person
- LSGLFA22
- Local and State Government Law Section
- Committee on Continuing Legal Education
