http://events.nysba.org/annual-meeting-expo-2020-local-and-state-government-law-section/

Date: Thursday, January 30, 2020

Meeting Program: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Rendezvous Ballroom, 3rd Floor | 6.0 MCLE Credits

(This program is transitional and is suitable for all attorneys including those newly admitted.)

9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introduction

Section Chair: Sharon N. Berlin, Esq., Lamb & Barnosky, LLP, Melville, NY

Co-Chairs: Adam L. Wekstein, Esq., Hocherman Tortorella & Wekstein, LLP, White Plains, NY; Mindy L. Zoghlin, Esq., The Zoghlin

9:10 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. State and Local Regulation of Cannabis and Vaping (1.0 Credit in Areas of Professional Practice)

Speaker: Patrick J. Hines, Esq., Hodgson Russ, Buffalo, NY

10:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. Break

10:10 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Local Issues Regarding the Development and Siting of Wind and Solar Energy Projects (1.0 Credit in Areas of Professional Practice)

Speakers: Benjamin E. Wisniewski, Esq., The Zoghlin Group, PLLC, Rochester, NY; Bridget A. O’Toole, Esq., The Zoghlin Group, PLLC, Rochester, NY

11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. What’s New in 2020? What You Need to Know About Public Sector Labor and Employment Law (1.0 Credit in Areas of Professional Practice)

Speakers: Sharon N. Berlin, Esq., Lamb & Barnosky, LLP, Melville, NY; Richard K. Zuckerman, Esq., Lamb & Barnosky, LLP, Melville, NY

11:50 a.m. – 11:55 a.m. Presentation of the Carol Van Scoyoc Scholarship

Speaker: Sharon N. Berlin, Esq., Lamb & Barnosky, LLP, Melville, NY

11:55 a.m. – 1:10 p.m. Lunch (on your own)

1:10 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. United States Supreme Court Update: Cases of State and Local Interest (1.0 Credit in Areas of Professional Practice)

Speaker: Richard P. Dearing, Esq., New York City Law Department, New York, NY

2:00 p.m. – 2:50 a.m. Lead in Drinking Water: Its Environmental and Social Impacts (1.0 Credit in Areas of Professional Practice)

Moderator: Frances M. Kabat, Esq., The Zoghlin Group, PLLC, Rochester, NY

Speakers: Bridget A. O’Toole, Esq., The Zoghlin Group, PLLC, Rochester, NY; Clement Chung, P.E., LaBella Associates, Rochester, NY; Dr. David Carpenter, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY

2:50 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Break

3:10 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Ripped from the Headlines – Hypotheticals Regarding Governmental Ethics (or Lack thereof) (1.0 Credit in Ethics)

Speakers: Steven G. Leventhal, Esq., Leventhal, Mullaney & Binkoff, LLP, Roslyn, NY; Mark Davies, Esq., Former Executive Director of the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board, Tarrytown, NY

Section Chair: Sharon N. Berlin, Esq., Lamb & Barnosky, LLP, Melville, NY

Program Chairs: Adam L. Wekstein, Esq., Hocherman Tortorella & Wekstein, LLP, White Plains, NY; Mindy L. Zoghlin, Esq., The Zoghlin Group, PLLC, Rochester, NY

LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT LAW SECTION SCHEDULE

HOTEL INFO

NEW YORK HILTON MIDTOWN
1335 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NY 10019
212-586-7000

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