Hello Family Law Section members,
On May 13-15, the New Jersey State Bar Association will present the 2020 NJSBA Virtual Annual Meeting.
This first-ever annual meeting virtual symposium will offer fully interactive continuing legal education, with tracks covering areas of law including family law, ethics and professionalism, diversity and inclusion, presidential initiatives, and more.
As always, attendees can earn up to 16 CLE credits over the course of the three days.
The annual meeting will have innovative ways to network and connect with colleagues, and attendees will be able to peruse a virtual exhibit hall to learn more about the services and offerings companies have to support you.
NJSBA President-Elect Kimberly A. Yonta, and the officers and trustees of the Association, will be sworn in during a special live-streamed event that everyone can attend to hear her message of perseverance and hope for the future.
Register today for the NJSBA 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting.
CLICK HERE to read all the educational programming
(Additional speakers and programs are being added daily)
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EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR FAMILY LAW ATTORNEYS
Wednesday, May 13
9 - 10:15 a.m.
Presidential Powers During Times of Crisis
PRESIDENTIAL INITIATIVE TRACK
Join judges, lawyers and Constitutional Law experts as they explore the evolving scope of presidential powers during the Trump presidency through the lens of impeachment, the Coronavirus and other additional current events.
Moderator/Speaker
Elie Honig, Esq.
Lowenstein Sandler LLP, Roseland
Speakers:
Hon. Harriet Derman (Ret.)
DeFrancesco Bateman, Warren
Lawrence Lustberg, Esq.
Gibbons P.C., Newark
NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 1.5 credits (50 minute hour)
NY CLE (Transitional & Non-transitional): 1.5 professional practice credits
PA CLE: 1.0 substantive credit pending ($4.00 check payable to NJICLE)
11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Security and Privacy Basics and Beyond
TECHNOLOGY TRACK
Cosponsored by Cybersecurity Task Force
This program will provide you with a basic, yet solid working knowledge of the core strategies you need to effectively protect yourself by implementing a simple yet powerful cybersecurity plan for your law firm and your family while working from home. You will review a functional and solid "cybersecurity playbook" you can use to protect your firm, the key issues you need to be aware of, common ways that organizations and individuals are exploited, and more.
Please join us for this insightful and informative discussion, which will be an invaluable tool for your practice.
Moderator/Speaker:
Robert Spangler, PhD., Associate Executive Director, Operations and IT
New Jersey State Bar Association
Speakers:
Sajeed Naseem, Chief Information Security Officer
Administrative Office of the Courts, Trenton
Karen Painter Randall, Esq.
Connell Foley, Roseland
NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 1.5 credits (50 minute hour)
NY CLE (Transitional & Non-transitional): 1.5 practice management credits
PA CLE: 1.0 substantive credit pending ($4.00 check payable to NJICLE)
1 - 2:15 p.m.
Income Approach vs. Market Approach in Business Valuations
FAMILY LAW TRACK
Cosponsored by the Family Law Section
Many small businesses are owned by spouses. The divorce becomes even more complicated when the small business breaks up in addition to the marriage. This panel will explore the issues that business valuators use in determining the value of partnerships, closely held corporations, and sole proprietorships.
Moderator/Speaker:
Megan Murray, Esq.
The Family Law Offices Of Megan S. Murray, Hazlet
Speakers:
Lizanne J. Ceconi, Esq.
Ceconi & Cheifetz, LLC, Summit
Ronald G. Lieberman, Esq.
Adinolfi Lieberman Burick Falkenstein Roberto and Molotsky, P.A., Haddonfield
Dina M. Mikulka, Esq.
Morris Downing & Sherred, Newton
Kevin J. Baldwin, CPA/ABV
DLA Litigation Services, Shrewsbury
Sandra R. Klevan, CPA/ABV, CFF
Financial Research Associates, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Matrimonial Law Certification: 1.5 general credits
NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 1.5 credits (50 minute hour)
NY CLE (Non-transitional): 1.5 professional practice credits
PA CLE: 1.0 substantive credit pending ($4.00 check payable to NJICLE)
3 - 4:15 p.m.
Issues at the Crossroads: Where Elder Law and Family Law Meet
ELDER AND DISABILITY LAW TRACK AND FAMILY LAW TRACK
Cosponsored by the Elder and Disability Law Section
Panelists will discuss family law issues from an elder law perspective. What should the family law attorney consider when drafting a pre-nup for seniors who are entering a second marriage? Medicaid divorces, child support issues and Special Needs Trusts for the disabled child will also be discussed.
Moderator/Speaker:
Crystal West Edwards, Esq., CELA
Porzio, Bromberg & Newman P.C., Morristown
Speakers:
Beth L. Barnhard, Esq.
Stark & Stark, Lawrenceville
Eugene Rosner, Esq.
Fink Rosner Ershow-Levenberg, Clark
Lynn E. Staufenberg, Esq.
Zager Fuchs, Red Bank
Matrimonial Law Certification: 1.5 general credits
NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 1.5 credits (50 minute hour)
NY CLE (Non-transitional): 1.5 professional practice credits
PA CLE: 1.0 substantive credit pending ($4.00 check payable to NJICLE)
Thursday, May 14
1 - 2:15 p.m.
Custody Fatigue During a Pandemic
FAMILY LAW TRACK
Cosponsored by the Family Law Section
A complicated, emotionally-charged issue has become even more so in recent weeks. The panel will discuss custody problems such as what happens when teenage children refuse to follow a parenting time schedule and the children become "pawns" between the parents, all with the pandemic as a backdrop.
Moderator/Speaker:
Derek Freed, Esq.
Ulrichsen Rosen & Freed LLC, Pennington
Speakers:
Jeralyn L. Lawrence, Esq., NJSBA Second Vice President
Lawrence Law, LLC, Watchung
Ronald G. Lieberman, Esq.
Adinolfi Lieberman Burick Falkenstein Roberto and Molotsky, P.A., Haddonfield
Sheryl Seiden, Esq.
Seiden Family Law, Cranford
Michael A. Weinberg, Esq.
Weinberg Kaplan & Smith, PA, Marlton
Matrimonial Law Certification: 1.5 custody credits
NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 1.5 credits (50 minute hour)
NY CLE (Non-transitional): 1.5 professional practice credits
PA CLE: 1.0 substantive credit pending ($4.00 check payable to NJICLE)
3 - 4:15 p.m.
The Supreme Court Year in Review
In this yearly program moderated by Hon. Peter F. Bariso Jr., A.J.S.C., Supreme Court Justices share their insights into the most important procedural and evidentiary issues for litigators.
Moderator/Speaker:
Hon. Peter F. Bariso Jr., A.J.S.C. (Hudson)
Speakers:
Justice Barry T. Albin
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Justice Anne M. Paterson
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Justice Lee A. Solomon
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Hon. Jeanne T. Covert, A.J.S.C. (Burlington)
Hon. Deborah Venezia, P.J.F.P. (Middlesex)
NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 1.5 credits (50 minute hour)
NY CLE (Transitional & Non-transitional): 1.5 professional practice credits
PA CLE: 1.0 substantive credits pending ($4.00 check payable to NJICLE)
Friday, May 15
10 - 11:15 a.m.
The Many Closets of a Diverse Profession
DIVERSITY TRACK
Cosponsored by the LGBT Rights Section
This program will look at diversity through the personal first experience lens of diverse attorneys. In a candid and transparent manner, attorneys will share these narrative experiences as learning moments to engage those in attendance around conversations of implicit bias, micro-aggression, differential treatment, and sometimes outright discrimination. Attendees will also be encouraged to participate in a diversity and inclusions "self-audit" to become more aware of their known and unknown understanding of themselves and how that may be manifested in the form of bias. Attendees walk away with actionable steps to reduce bias, discrimination, and intolerance in their workplace settings and the profession in general.
Moderator/Speaker:
Jeffrey Fiorello, Esq.
Fiorello Puccio & Fiorello LLC, Wayne
Speakers:
Arielle B. Adler, Esq.
Lowenstein Sandler, LLP, Roseland
Shawn M. LaTourette, Esq., Chief of Staff
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 1.5 credits (50 minute hour)NY CLE (Non-transitional): 1.5 diversity, inclusion & elimination of bias creditsPA CLE: 1.0 substantive credit pending ($4.00 check payable to NJICLE)
11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Family Law Bench Bar Conference
FAMILY LAW TRACK
Cosponsored by the Family Law Section
Learning how family part judges from across the state address procedural matters and hearing how attorneys think about those procedural differences.
Moderator/Speaker:
Robin Bogan, Esq.
Pallarino & Bogan LLP, Morristown
Speakers:
Hon. Charles W. Dortch Jr., P.J.F.P., Camden
Hon. Harold U. Johnson Jr., P.J.F.P., Cumberland
Hon. Peter J. Melchionne, P.J.F.P., Bergen
Hon. Richard J. Nocella, P.J.F.P., Burlington
Hon. Kimarie Rahill, P.J.F.P., Somerset
Hon. Tara Schillari Rich, J.S.C, Hudson
Ronald G. Lieberman, Esq.
Adinolfi Lieberman Burick Falkenstein Roberto and Molotsky, P.A., Haddonfield
Sheryl Seiden, Esq.
Seiden Family Law, Cranford
Matrimonial Law Certification: 1.8 general credits
NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 1.8 credits (50 minute hour)
NY CLE (Non-transitional): 1.5 professional practice credits
PA CLE: 1.5 substantive credits pending ($4.00 check payable to NJICLE)
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ETHICS CREDIT
Thursday, May 14
11 a.m. -12:15 p.m.
The Art of Avoiding Conflicts
ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM TRACK
Topics include:
• Ghostwriting – seems innocuous and a chance to make some easy money but are you assisting the unauthorized practice of law?
• Joint Defense Agreements (usually an issue in civil)
• Fee sharing – applies to all practice areas and there are some vagueries about it
• Clients who have diminished capacity, mental disability or addiction – when you realize this, what can you do about it without breaching ethical duties?
• Doing business deals with clients, formal (actual business ventures) or informal (advancing money or making loans)
• "Funny business" with the clients – getting too personally involved (emotionally or physically)
• Ethical pitfalls for ex-prosecutors – revolving door issues,
• Ethical traps for neutrals – don't blur the lines between being neutral and being an advocate
Speakers:
Hon. Patricia K. Costello, A.J.S.C. (Ret.)
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi, PC, West Orange
Hon. Jeffrey R. Jablonski, P.J.Ch., Jersey City
Hon. Mary Costello, J.S.C., Hudson
Grace Dennigan, Esq.
Dennigan Cahill Smith, Princeton
Ronald L. Israel, Esq.
Chiesa, Shahinian & Giantomasi, West Orange
Brian J. Neary, Esq.
Law Offices of Brian J. Neary, Hackensack
NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 1.5 ethics/professionalism credits (50 minute hour)
NY CLE (Transitional & Non-transitional): 1.5 ethics credits
PA CLE: 1.0 ethics credit pending ($4.00 check payable to NJICLE)
11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Ethical Billing for New Jersey Attorneys: The Rules, Ethical Considerations and Practicalities of Billing Your Clients That You Need to Know Now
ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM TRACK
Cosponsored by the Civil Trial Bar Section
This seminar will cover New Jersey Court Rules on retainer agreements, client billing and the practical aspects of both.
Moderator/Speaker:
Anthony Carlino, Esq.
McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP, Morristown
Speakers:
Susan Miano, CPA/ABV, CFF
Friedman LLP
Florina Moldovan, Esq.
McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP, Morristown
NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 1.5 ethics/professionalism credits (50 minute hour)
NY CLE (Transitional & Non-transitional): 1.5 ethics credits
PA CLE: 1.0 ethics credit pending ($4.00 check payable to NJICLE)
11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Not Worth the Gamble: What Every Lawyer Should Know About Ethics and Malpractice
ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM TRACK
Speakers:
Gawain Charlton-Perrin, Esq.
The Hanover Insurance Group
Robert B. Hille, Esq., NJSBA Past President
Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis, LLP, Roseland
Mike Mooney, Senior Vice President – Professional Liability Practice Leader
USI Affinity
NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 1.5 ethics/professionalism credits (50 minute hour)
NY CLE (Transitional & Non-transitional): 1.5 ethics credits
PA CLE: 1.0 ethics credit pending ($4.00 check payable to NJICLE)
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CLICK HERE to register today.
Best regards always,
Barbara
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Barbara Straczynski
Director of New Media and Promotions
New Jersey State Bar Association
New Brunswick NJ
(732) 937-7524
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