Legal Issues Affecting Veterans With Disabilities: Caring for Those Who Have “Borne the Battle”

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 | 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Program Chair:
John W. Egan Seyfarth Shaw LLP

• Description
• Faculty
• Agenda
• CLE Credit
• Sponsors

• On returning home from active duty, veterans with disabilities and health conditions are often faced with myriad of challenges.  With Veterans Day around the corner, this program seeks to shed light on a number of important issues impacting veterans with disabilities, including benefits, accommodations, and the practical challenges of reintegrating into day-to-day life.  The goal of this program is to empower lawyers interested in helping those who, in the words of Abraham Lincoln, have “borne the battle.”

  Program Fee: Free for Members | $50 for Nonmembers & Non-Attorneys

  Newly admitted New York attorneys (attorneys admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less) cannot earn CLE credit in the category of Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias.

• Colonel Matthew Bogdanos US Marine Corps (Ret.) Assistant District Attorney New York County District Attorney’s Office	Art Cody Director of Criminal Law Veteran Advocacy Project
  Kent Eiler Project Director City Bar Justice Center Veterans Assistance Project	Peter Ivan Alumni of the Veterans Court Combat Medic Deployed to Afghanistan
  Peter Kempner Legal Director & Elderly Project Director Volunteers of Legal Service	Hon.  Juan M. Merchan Acting Justice Supreme Court  – Judge Court of Claims Presiding Justice – Manhattan Mental Health Court Presiding Justice – Manhattan Veterans Court
  Hon. Ruth Pickholz Justice New York County Supreme Court, Criminal Term, First Judicial District of New York	Hon. Carol Sharpe Supervising Judge New York City Civil Court, New York County
  Anne-Marie Whelan Assistant District Attorney Manhattan District Attorney’s Office

• 9:00 am – 9:25 am	Breakfast
  9:25 am – 9:30 am	Program Introduction John Egan, DLC Chair
  9:30 am – 10:20 am	Keynote Presentation Colonel Matthew Bogdanos Presentation regarding various issues veterans with disabilities face upon reintegration into civilian life followed by a Q&A session moderated by John W. Egan and Justice Ruth Pickholz
  10:20 am – 10:30 am	Break
  10:30 am – 11:20 am	Veterans Court Panel Discussion moderated by Justice Carol Sharpe and will feature a judge, prosecutor, and defense attorney of the New York City Veteran’s Treatment Court, which is a criminal diversion program for veteran-defendants suffering from addition, mental illness, and/or co-occurring disorders. The panel will cover how the Veterans’ Treatment Court is critical in reintegrating veterans with disabilities into civilian life, and preventing them from either remaining in the criminal justice system or becoming reoffenders.
  11:20 am – 11:30 am	Break
  11:30 am – 12:20 pm	Veterans Benefits Presentation Discussion by experienced practitioners before the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and dedicated advocates for veterans with disabilities in their pursuit of compensation for their service-connected disabilities. The presentation will give a primer on the procedure for veterans obtaining service-connected compensation and the myriad obstacles that veterans with disabilities face, and will seek to encourage increased pro bono representation of veterans with disabilities.
  12:20 pm – 1:00 pm	Networking

• CLE Credit
  New York: 2.0 Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias
  New Jersey: 2.0 General
  California:  2.0 General
  Pennsylvania: 1.5 General

• This program has been generously sponsored by:
  
  

  

  

  Sponsoring Association Committees:
  Disability Law | John W. Egan, Chair
  Military Affairs & Justice | Erik L. Wilson, Chair

  Co-Sponsoring Organization:
  City Bar Justice Center Veterans Assistance Project | Kent Eiler, Project Director

  Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! Please Contact:
  Angie Avila, Manager, Membership Outreach and Sponsorships | (212) 382-6608 | aavila@nycbar.org