4th Annual Employment Law Institute

Friday, March 9, 2018 | 8:15 am – 5:40 pm

Networking Lunch| 12:35 pm – 1:35 pm

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• Description
• Faculty
• Agenda
• CLE Credit
• Sponsors

• This institute will examine recent trends, developments, and cutting-edge issues in employment law.  Topics to be discussed include the re-emergence of sexual harassment as a headline issue; common ethical pitfalls for employment lawyers; legal issues arising both in the hiring process and dismissal of an employee; hot topics in executive compensation; developments in wage and hour law; and strategies for negotiating employment contracts and severance agreements. There will also be break-out sessions that focus on employment issues that arise in workplace and government investigations and litigating trade secret and restrictive covenant disputes. The panels will include in-house counsel for several large New York corporations and financial institutions, representatives from governmental agencies, and top practitioners from both the plaintiffs’ and defense bar.

  Live Program: $399 Member | $499 Nonmember
  In House Counsel: $299 Member | $399 Nonmember
  Small Law Firm: $249 Member

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• Rebecca Berkebile
  Assistant General Counsel
  Mount Sinai Health System

  Rod Biermann
  Practice Group Head, Employment Law Group       
  Dorf & Nelson LLP

  Dino Capasso
  Vice President & Deputy Chief Compliance Officer
  PGIM Investments LLC

  Michael Carlinsky
  Partner
  Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

  Miriam F. Clark
  Partner
  Ritz Clark & Ben-Asher LLP

  Randi (Melnick) Cohen
  The Law Office of Randi M. Cohen

  Chris D’Angelo
  Partner
  Michelman & Robinson, LLP

  Lauren S. Elfant
  Chief of Staff
  NYC Commission on Human Rights

  Ali David Fawaz
  Proskauer Rose LLP

  Richard B. Friedman
  Managing Attorney
  Richard Friedman PLLC

  Mark J. Goldberg
  Partner
  Loeb & Loeb LLP

  Peter Goodman
  Peter G. Goodman, PLLC

  Tracy Richelle High   
  Sullivan & Cromwell

  Barbara E. Hoey
  Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

  Julia M. Jordan
  Partner
  Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

  Veronica S. Jung
  The Law Offices of Veronica S. Jung PLLC

  Valdi Licul
  Partner
  Vladeck, Raskin & Clark, P.C.

  Elizabeth Spector Louden
  Proskauer Rose LLP

  Marc A. Mandelman
  Epstein Becker and Green

  Frank Martinez
  Vice President, Legal Affairs
  LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Inc.

  Lillian Marquez
  Pechman Law Group PLLC

  Ravi Motwani
  Vice President & Associate General Counsel – Employment Law
  Sirius XM Radio Inc.

  Gena Palumbo
  Vice President
  Goldman Sachs & Co.

  Nicholas J. Pappas
  Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP

  Kathleen Peratis
  Outten & Golden LLP

  Lauren J. Resnick
  BakerHostetler

  Sarah Rice
  The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.

  Susan Ritz
  Ritz Clark & Ben-Asher LLP

  Douglas T. Schwarz
  Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

  George B. Schwab
  Kraus & Zuchlewski LLP

  Wendy Stryker
  Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, P.C.

  Howard M. Wexler
  Partner
  Seyfarth Shaw LLP

  Scott R. Wilson
  Boies Schiller Flexner LLP

  Maryana Zubock
  Senior Corporate Counsel, Litigation
  Pro Bono Lead, Legal Division Pfizer, Inc.

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• 8:15 am – 8:30 am	Introduction & Program Overview Joe Hamid & Jeremiah Iadevaia
  8:30 am – 9:45 am	Track 1A: Legal Issues Arising in the Hiring Process Panelists: Lauren S. Elfant, Mark J. Goldberg & Valdi Licul Track 1B: Critical Elements of Executive Compensation Panelists: Rod Biermann, Ali David Fawaz & Sarah Rice
  9:45 am – 9:55 am	Break
  9:55 am – 11:10 am	Track 2A: Leaves of Absence & Reasonable Accommodations Moderator: Wendy Stryker Panelists: Rebecca Berkebile, Marc A. Mandelman, Susan R. Ritz Track 2B: Employment Law Issues Arising in Workplace and Government Investigations Panelists: Dino Capasso, Richard B. Friedman, Lauren J. Resnick, Douglas T. Schwartz, Scott R. Wilson & Maryana Zubock
  11:10 am – 11:20 am	Break
  11:20 am  – 12:35 pm	Track 3A: Legal Issues Arising from Employee Dismissals Panelists: Veronica S, Jung, Elizabeth Spector Louden, Frank Martinez & George B. Schwab Track 3B: Litigating Trade Secret & Restrictive Covenant Disputes Panelists: Michael Carlinsky, Richard B. Friedman, Julia M. Jordan, Gena Palumbo & Nicholas J. Pappas
  12:35 pm – 1:35 pm	Networking Lunch
  1:35 pm – 2:50 pm	Plenary Session: The Re-Emergence of Sexual Harassment as a Headline Issue A panel discussion with Barbara E. Hoey & Kathleen Peratis, moderated by Joe Hamid
  2:50 pm – 3:00 pm	Break
  3:00 pm – 4:15 pm	Track 4A: Developments in Wage & Hour Law Moderator: Peter Goodman Panelists: Lillian Marquez & Howard M. Wexler Track 4B: Employment Contracts: Onboarding, Severance & The Art of Negotiation Moderator: Chris D’Angelo Panelists: Randi (Melnick) Cohen, Veronica S. Jung & Ravi Motwani
  4:15 pm– 4:25 pm	Break
  4:25 pm – 5:40 pm	Ethics for Employment Lawyers Moderator: Jeremiah Iadevaia Panelists: Miriam F. Clark & Tracy Richelle High

   

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• NY, NJ & CA: 7.5 credit total
  PA: 6.0 credits total

  *CLE breakdown depends on breakout sessions attended and will be available at the program.

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  Sponsoring Association Committee
  Labor & Employment Law, Jyotin Hamid, Chair

  Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! Please Contact:
  Maricela Alfonso, Membership and CLE Relations Associate
  (212) 382-6608
  MAlfonso@nycbar.org

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