Bridging the Gap – August 2023

Topics Include:

• Cybersecurity, Ethics and Data Privacy (Live)
• Law Office Technology | What New Lawyers Need to Know (Live)
• Estate Planning 101 | Key Skills for New Practitioners (Live)
• Attorney Escrow Accounts 101 (Video Replay)
• Divorce 101 (Video Replay)
• Lawyer Assistance | Addressing Stress, Wellbeing, Mental Health and Alcohol and Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession (Live)
• Automobile Litigation 101 | Key Skills in Client Counseling (Live)
• Handling DWI Cases in NY | Key Skills (Live)
• NY Labor Law Refresher (Video Replay)
• Non-Compete Agreements and Antitrust Law (Live)
• Managing Attorney Stress | Using Mindfulness Tools to Support Lawyers Well-being (Live)
• Representing the Small Business in New York | Client Counseling Skills (Live) 

Speakers

Hon. Ronald J. Hedges, Former, United States Magistrate Judge, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, Principal, Ronald J. Hedges LLC

Marissa J. Moran, J.D., Professor, Department of Law & Paralegal Studies, CUNY – New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY

William S. Friedlander, Esq., Friedlander & Friedlander, P.C., Ithaca, NY

Michelle Rudderow, Esq., Rudderow Law, PLLC, Syracuse, NY

Patricia J. Shevy, Esq., The Shevy Law Firm LLC, Albany, NY 

Scott W. Bush, Esq., Corrigan, McCoy & Bush, PLLC, Rensselaer, NY

Rosalia Baiamonte, Esq., Gassman Baiamonte Gruner, P.C. Garden City, NY

Eileen Travis, Executive Director, Lawyer Assistance Program | NYC Bar

Meredith S. Heller, Esq., Law Office of Meredith S. Heller PLLC, New York, NY

Joseph Milowic, III, Esq., Director of Well-Being and Of Counsel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP , Co-founder, Lawyers Depression Project

Robert A. Glick, Esq., Brand Glick Brand, P.C., East Meadow, NY

Joseph Gerstenzang, Esq., Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang, Albany, NY

Jeff Marchese, Esq., Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, New York, NY

Jay Himes, Esq., Served nearly two years in the New York Attorney General’s office as Special Litigation Counsel responsible for Meta (formerly known as Facebook) matters. Served as the Antitrust Bureau Chief in the NYAG’s office

Jennifer Clayton, Program Manager, NYSBA Attorney Well-Being, Albany, NY

Lisa Podemski, Esq., Senior Attorney for Children at the Legal Aid Society, New York, NY

Clifford R. Ennico, Esq., Law Office of Clifford R. Ennico, Fairfield, CT