New York City Bar Association Podcasts -NYC Bar

We discuss what the immigration community should know about the Executive Orders the Trump Administration issued on January 25 and the ICE raids that have followed. City Bar President Bret Parker spoke with City Bar Justice Center attorneys Danny Alicea and Laura Berger.

This three hour training on professional responsibility will look at three primary areas of legal services practice - limited scope representation, group representation and the unique ethical issues that come up when working with non-lawyer professionals such as social workers, case managers and physicians. The material will be suitable for new lawyers, as well as more experienced advocates whose work is affected by newer models of service. There will be an opportunity to examine case problems and ask questions of the panelists.

Panelists:Beth Breslin, Staff Attorney, LegalHealth, New York Legal Assistance Group Marika Dias, Director, Anti-Displacement Project, Legal Services NYCSamar Katnani, Deputy Director, Housing Unit, Brooklyn Legal ServicesRandye Retkin, Director, LegalHealth, New York Legal Assistance GroupNakeeb Siddique, Supervising Attorney, Housing Help Program, Brooklyn Neighborhood Office, The Legal Aid Society Civil Practice Liliana Vaamonde, Managing Attorney, The Legal Aid Society Civil Practice

Moderator:Mary Zulack, Clinical Professor of Law and Co-Director, Lawyering in the Digital Age Clinic, Columbia School of Law

Sponsoring Association Committees: Social Welfare Law Committee, Susan Welber, Chair Professional Ethics Committee, Bruce Green, ChairPro Bono & Legal Services Committee, Alison King, Chair

Co-Sponsoring Organizations:New York Legal Assistance GroupLegal Services NYC The Legal Aid Society

Zoos have long attracted visitors, inviting them to view and learn about wild and exotic animals. At the same time, zoos have generated controversy, with differing opinions as to their mission as well as to the welfare of animals in captivity. Our panel of experts in their fields on zoos and animal captivity discuss positive and negative aspects of present day zoos and the roles of zoos in the future.

Speakers: Dale Jamieson, Chair, Environmental Studies Department and Affiliated Professor of Law, New York UniversityRon Kagan, Executive Director and CEO, Detroit ZooDelcianna Winders, Academic Fellow, Animal Law & Policy Program, Harvard Law SchoolJames F. Gesualdi, Special Professor of Law, Hofstra University School of Law

Moderator: Mikki Golar, Member, New York City Bar Association Animal Law Committee

Sponsoring Association Committee:Animal Law Committee, Lori Barrett, Chair

This panel discussion focuses on recent policing reforms in New York City, what reforms are working well and what aren't, and what further reforms should take place and why.

Panelists:Lawrence Byrne, Deputy Commissioner, New York City Police DepartmentHon. Antonio Reynoso, New York City Council MemberAlvin Bragg, Executive Deputy Attorney General, New York State Attorney General’s OfficeJenn Rolnick Borchetta, Deputy Director, Impact Litigation, Bronx DefendersMonifa Bandele, Steering Committee, Communities United for Police ReformMaya Wiley, Chair, Civilian Complaint Review Board

Moderator:Rocco Parascandola, Police Bureau Chief, New York Daily News

Sponsoring Association Committee: Civil Rights Committee, Philip Desgranges, Chair

Co-Sponsoring:Criminal Courts Committee, Kerry Ward, ChairDrugs & Law Committee, Zarah Levin-Fragasso, ChairMinorities in the Profession Committee, Rakhi Bahadkar-Rajpaul, ChairTask Force on Mass Incarceration, John Savarese, ChairAsian American Bar Association of New YorkAssociation of Black Women AttorneysDominican Bar AssociationFederal Defenders of New York, Inc.Metropolitan Black Bar AssociationNew York County Lawyer's Association, Civil Rights and Liberties CommitteeNew York Urban League1844

Allegations of parental alienation in custody/visitation cases in which one parent alleges domestic violence are commonplace and impactful. Often a parent alleging domestic violence is accused of being an alienating parent, and the domestic violence allegations are portrayed as fabrications deliberately concocted to exclude the other parent from the child or children’s lives. This panel explored the history of “parental alienation syndrome,” its relation to the unfriendly parent standard in the best interest of the child determination, actual cases in which charges of parental allegation have been levied, relevant psychological and psychiatric research, and ways in which attorneys representing victims of domestic violence can best respond to such charges.

Panelists:The Honorable Judge Diane Kiesel, Former Presiding Judge of the Bronx Integrated Domestic Violence Court and Author, Domestic Violence: Law, Policy, and PracticeStephanie Brandt, MD, Child Psychiatrist, Forensic Expert in Custody and Hague Convention CasesMichael Scherz, Director, Domestic Violence Project, Lawyers for ChildrenDorchen A. Leidholdt, Director, Center for Battered Women's Legal Services, Sanctuary for Families, and Co-Editor, The Lawyer’s Manual on Domestic Violence, Sixth Edition

Moderator:Flore F. Blaise Williams, Member, Women in the Courts Task Force

Sponsoring Association Committee: Women in the Courts Task Force, Barbara Graves-Poller, Chair

Co-Sponsoring Association Committee:Family Courts & Family Law Committee, Glenn Metsch-Ampel, ChairChildren & the Law Committee, Sara L. Hiltzik, Chair

This program will explain the impact of ratification of the Hague Convention by the United States on current practices under Articles 8 and 9 the Uniform Commercial Code. It will focus on the circumstances in which it would be prudent for new clauses to be inserted into securities account agreements and securities account control agreements and in which the location for perfection of a security interest in a securities account by the filing of a financing statement may change. Transition issues will also be discussed.

Panelists:Sandra M. Rocks, Counsel, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLPEdwin E. Smith, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPCarl S. Bjerre, Kaapcke Professor of Business Law, University of Oregon School of Law

Sponsoring Association Committee:Commercial Law and Uniform State Laws Committee, Victor Chiu, Chair

In the past five years, electric vehicle technology has matured to offer a viable alternative to internal combustion engine vehicles. The Zero Emissions Vehicle Mandate adopted by ten states including New York, as well as rapid advances in battery storage technology have contributed to their rapid development. This program explores the policy, regulatory and implementation issues surrounding electric vehicles, and discuss the challenges and opportunities for them that lay ahead.

Speakers:Karsten Barde, Program Manager, New Energy Solutions, National GridBritta K. Gross, Director, Advanced Vehicle Commercialization Policy, General Motors, Inc.John Markowitz, Lead R&TD Engineer II, Integrated Grid, New York Power AuthorityKevin George Miller, Director of Public Policy, ChargePoint

Sponsoring Association Committee:Energy Committee, Daniel W. Rosenblum, Chair

In the last ten years 13 hospitals have shuttered their doors in New York City. Meanwhile outpatient care continues to grow at rapid rates. There are many reasons for this change including the use of new technologies, better prescription medications, improved case management, and reforms to inpatient reimbursement. Yet sufficient resources have not been deployed to address the growing need for outpatient care. The first panel discusses the technological, legal, and labor challenges of transitioning from inpatient to outpatient treatment. The second panel identifies alternative vehicles to finance the capital infrastructure.

Welcome:Letitia James, Public Advocate for the City of New York

Panel One:Stacey Gulick, Partner, Garfunkel WildFred Hyde, MD, Consultant and Instructor, Columbia Business SchoolSalvatore J. Russo, General Counsel, New York City Health + HospitalsJ. Phillip Thompson, PhD, Associate Professor, MIT and Advisor to 1199 SEIU President George Gresham

Moderator :Donald Ashkenase, MHA, Board Member, Primary Care Development Corporation Panel Two:David Altshuler, Partner, StepStone GroupMeghan Burke, Member, Mintz Levin P.C.Stephanie Wiggins, Chief Investment Officer, AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust 

Moderator:Larry Schimmel, Representative Trustee, NYC Employees' Retirement System

Sponsoring Association Committee:Health Law Committee, Kathleen Mary Burke, Chair

Co-Sponsoring:Office of New York City Public Advocate Letitia James

This program features several respected election lawyers, as well as members from the Board of Elections and the Campaign Finance Board who speak about the process by which a person who wants to run for office can do so. It provides an overview of what is sometimes an intimidating process, break it down to basics, and provide attendees with an understanding of what is necessary to run for office in New York City.

Speakers will discuss topics ranging from evaluating for which offices you are qualified to run, the mechanics of petitioning, the administrative process of filing and defending your petitions at the Board of Elections, an overview of why and how petitions wind up as the subject of court battles, and what happens when they do. There is also information on a candidate's responsibility to comply with Campaign Finance law, and a review of best practices for setting yourself up for a successful experience with those filings.

Speakers:Martin E. Connor, Private Election Law practitioner; Former NYS Senate Minority LeaderSarah K. Steiner, Private Election Law practitionerRaphael Savino, Deputy General Counsel, Board of Elections in the City of New YorkMatt Sollars, Director of Public Relations, Campaign Finance BoardDan Cho, Director of Candidates Services, Campaign Finance Board

Sponsoring Association Committee:Election Law Committee, Martin E. Connor, Chair

New York voters have a big decision to make this November – whether to vote for or against convening a constitutional convention to examine the New York State Constitution. For many New Yorkers, this will be their first time seeing a constitutional convention question on the ballot; others may remember being asked that question in 1997 because in New York, every 20 years, the voters get to decide if a convention should be held. A yes vote would lead to an election for delegates in 2018 for a convention that would convene in April 2019. The delegates at that convention can debate whether New York’s Constitution—the document that determines the structure of New York State government and the rights of its citizens—should be changed.

This event will focus on the pros and cons of holding a convention and will feature panels of experts in areas including, among other topics, government ethics, LGBTQ rights, education, social welfare, and the judiciary.

Panelists:Barbara Bartoletti, Legislative Director, League of Women Voters of New York StateMichael Cardozo, Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP Dick Dadey, Executive Director, Citizens Union Evan Davis, Senior Counsel, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLPHenry 'Hank' Greenberg, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig LLPHelen Hershkoff, Professor of Constitutional Law and Civil Liberties, NYU School of Law Adriene Holder, Attorney-in Charge, Civil Practice Legal Aid Society of NYCRoberta Kaplan, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLPArthur 'Jerry' Kremer, Chairman, Empire Government Strategies

This program is part of a pair of events the City Bar is co-sponsoring with John Jay College of the City University of New York. The next event will take place on Tuesday, March 21, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at John Jay College, 524 West 59th Street. The event will feature a reporter roundtable discussion regarding a range of issues and the historical context relevant to holding a constitutional convention in New York.

Sponsoring Association Committee:Task Force on the New York State Constitutional Convention, Margaret A. Dale, Co-Chair and Hon. Michael R. Sonberg, Co-Chair (For more information on the Task Force, click here)

Co-Sponsored by:John Jay College of the City University of New York, Office of External Affairs and Department of Public Management