(Live/In-Person) Employment Law Institute

Friday, March 4, 2022 | 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

• Description
• Faculty
• Agenda
• CLE Credit
• Sponsors

• This year’s Employment Law Institute will examine recent trends, developments, and cutting-edge issues in employment law. Topics to be discussed include pay equity, new developments regarding independent contractor classifications, wage and hour issues, non-competes and other restrictive covenants, as well as the ethics of internal investigations. Learn about laws taking effect in 2022 affecting the workplace that were enacted while we were quarantining, including notice of digital workplace monitoring, extended whistleblower protection, COVID-19 developments, and the addition of domestic workers as covered employees under NYC HR law. Panelists will discuss New York Department of Labor guidance on adult cannabis use and the workplace, as well as the 2021 amendments to the Fair Chance Act (FCA). Attendees will learn tips on how to draft employee handbooks (including required policies and training), offer letters, as well as employment and separation agreements. The Institute will also feature a plenary session on navigating the path of reasonable accommodations related to religion and disability, including leaves of absence and reassignments as accommodations. The panels will include esteemed in-house counsel, representatives from governmental agencies, and top practitioners from both the plaintiffs’ and defense bar.

  Program Fee:
  $399 For Members | $499 For Nonmembers
  In-House Counsel: $299 for Members | $399 for Nonmembers
  Small Law Firm Member: $249

• Keji Ayorinde
  Associate General Counsel, Facebook

  Zachary Russell Bergman
  Stulberg & Walsh LLP

  Jonathan Blumstein
  Charles River Associates

  Andrew Botwin
  Strategy People Culture Consulting

  Jenifer M. Bologna
  Jackson Lewis P.C.

  Kimberly E. Carson
  Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP

  Celine J. Chan
  Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

  Randi M. Cohen
  The Law Office of Randi M. Cohen

  Gianfranco Cuadra
  Pechman Law Group PLLC

  Kimberly N. Dobson
  Littler Mendelson P.C.

  Eric Eingold
  Staff Attorney, Brooklyn Defender Services

  Alek Felstiner
  Levy Ratner, P.C.

  Richard B. Friedman
  Richard Friedman PLLC

  Amanda M. Fugazy
  Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP

  Sandra D. Grannum
  Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

  Robin Gise
  JAMS – The Resolution Expert

  Chaya M. Gourarie
  Amabile & Erman, P.C.

  Brian Heller
  Schwartz Perry & Heller, LLP

  Robert N. Holtzman
  Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

  Paul F. Keefe
  Supervising Attorney, NYC Commission on Human Rights

  Jody Klipple
  Director of Research & Policy and Collective Bargaining Departments, Service Employees International Union Local 721

  Patrick J. Lamparello
  Proskauer Rose LLP

  Joan C. Lenihan
  Attorney at Law

  Jason B, Levin
  Jackson Lewis P.C.

  Teresa Lewi
  Covington & Burling, LLP

  Brittani McDonald
  Diageo

  Anthony A. Mingione
  Blank Rome LLP

  Bisha Nurse
  Senior Employment Counsel, MongoDB

  Natalie A. Phillips
  Senior Counsel, Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.

  Hillary J. Raimondi
  Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry LLP

  Melissa Rodriguez
  Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

  Darren P.B. Rumack
  The Klein Law Group P.C.

  Ivie A. Serioux
  Littler Mendelson

  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
  Debvoise & Plimpton

  Evan J. Spelfogel
  Phillips Nizer

  Wendy Stryker
  Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC

  Susan Venditto Wallace
  U.S. Army JAG Corps (retired)

  Kaylin L. Whittingham
  Whittingham Law

• 9:00 am – 9:15 am
  Welcome, Introduction & Program Overview
  Tanya N. Blocker, Mark J. Goldberg & Tracey Salmon-Smith

   

  9:15 am – 10:05 am
  Track 1A: COVID Current Events
  Panel Leader: Brittani McDonald
  Panelists: Jenifer M. Bologna & Alek Felstiner  

  
  
  Track 1B: Recent Developments in the New York Law on Non-Competes
  Panel Leader: Richard B. Friedman
  Panelists: Kimberly E. Carson, Celine J. Chan, Robert N. Holtzman, Jason B Levin & Teresa Lewi

   

  10:05  am – 10:10 am
  Break

   

  10:10 am – 11:00 am
  Track 2A: Know Your Forum for Discrimination Cases
  Panel Leader: Brian Heller
  Panelists: Zachary Russell Bergman, Robin Gise & Melissa Rodriguez
  
  Track 2B: Employee Handbooks
  Panel Leader: Mark Goldberg
  Panelists: Jody Klipple & Wendy Stryker

   

  11:00 am – 11:10 am
  Break

   

  11:10 am – 12:25 pm
  Track 3A: Pay Equity Pitfalls
  Panel Leader: Keji Ayorinde
  Panelists:  Jonathan Blumenstein, Patrick J. Lamparello & Natalie Phillips

  Track 3B: Drafting Offer Letters, Employment and Separation Agreements
  Panelists: Randi Cohen, Joan C. Lenihan, Anthony A. Mingione & Darren P.B. Rumack

   

  12:25 pm – 1:25 pm
  Lunch

   

  1:25 – 2:40 pm
  Plenary: Navigating the Path of Reasonable Accommodations
  Panel Leader: Tanya N. Blocker
  Panelists: Robin Gise, Ivie A. Serioux, Evan J. Spelfogel & Damion K.L. Stodola

   

  2:40 pm – 2:50 pm
  Break

   

  2:50 pm – 4:05 pm
  Track 4A: While We Were Quarantining
  Panel Leader: Bisha Nurse
  Panelist: Kimberly N. Dobson & Eric Eingold
  
  Track 4B: Wage and Hour
  Panel Leader: Gianfranco Cuadra
  Panelists: Amanda M. Fugazy, Chaya M. Gourarie & Hillary J. Raimondi

   

  4:05 pm – 4:10 pm
  Break

   

  4:10 – 5:00 pm
  Ethics Plenary
  Panel Leader: Kaylin Whittingham
  Panelists: Andrew Botwin, Sandra D. Grannum & Susan Venditto Wallace

   

• New York: 7.5 TBD
  New Jersey: 7.5 TBD
  California: 7.5 TBD
  Pennsylvania: 6.0 Total, 5.5 General & .5 Professional Responsibility

• Thank You To Our Sponsors.

  Platinum Sponsors:

  

  

  Sponsoring Association Committee:
  Labor & Employment, Tracey Salmon-Smith, Chair

  Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! Please Contact:
  Senior Director, Membership & Customer Relations | (212) 382-6685 | abein@nycbar.org