New York Court of Appeals Roundup, 2020-2021 Term

Originally held on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 | 1:00 pm – 4:15 pm

• Description
• Faculty
• Agenda
• CLE Credit
• Sponsors

• This program will provide practitioners with updates about the most significant decisions issued by the New York Court of Appeals during its 2020-2021 term.

  Program Fee:
  $149 for Members | $249 for Nonmembers

  Members who are Recent Law Graduates, Newly Admitted Lawyers (admitted for the first time in any state or country 2019-2021), In-House/Corporate Counsel, Judges, and attorney members who practice within the Government, Academic or Not-for-Profit sectors attend this program for free.

• Moderators:

  Hon. Susan Philips Read
  (ret. NYCA)

  Hon. John Leventhal
  (ret. AD2)
  Aidala, Bertuna & Kamins, PC

  Faculty:

  John Castellano
  Counsel to Melinda Katz
  District Attorney of Queens County

  Professor Patrick Connors
  Albany Law School

  Alan Gadlin
  Deputy N.Y. County District Attorney

  Hon. Caitlin Halligan
  Selendy & Gay

  Rosemary Herbert
  Supervising Attorney
  Office of the Appellate Defender

  Hon. Robert Smith
  (ret. NYCA)
  Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP

  Steven Wu
  Deputy Solicitor General
  New York Office of the Attorney General

  Barbara Zolot
  Supervising Attorney
  Center for Appellate Litigation

• 1:00 pm – 1:10 pm
  Introduction

  1:10 pm – 2:40 pm
  Civil Roundup
  Panel discussion about the most significant civil cases decided by the Court during the 2020-2021 Term, and the most significant cases pending before the Court for possible decision in the 2021-2022 Term.

  Moderator: Hon. Susan Philips Read
  Speakers: Patrick Connors, Hon. Caitlin Halligan, Hon. Robert Smith, Steven Wu

  2:40 pm – 2:45 pm
  Break

  2:45 pm – 4:15 pm
  Criminal Roundup
  Panel discussion about the most significant criminal cases decided by the Court during the 2020-2021 Term, and the most significant cases pending before the Court for possible decision in the 2021-2022 Term.

  Moderator: Hon. John Leventhal
  Speakers: John Castellano, Alan Gadlin, Rosemary Herbert, Barbara Zolot

• New York: 3.5 Professional Practice
  New Jersey: 3.6 General
  California: 3.0 General
  Pennsylvania: 3.0 General
  Connecticut: Available to Licensed Attorneys

• Sponsoring Association Committees:
  Council on Judicial Administration, Michael P. Regan, Chair
  State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction, Bart J. Eagle, Chair

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