(Webcast)16-Hour Bridge-the-Gap: Corporate & Litigation

Friday, January 21, 2022 | 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Friday, January 28, 2022 | 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

• Description
• Faculty
• Agenda
• CLE Credit
• Sponsors

• Earn all of your annual New York MCLE credits while obtaining crucial knowledge on a variety of areas. This Bridge-the-Gap program fulfills a full year’s credit requirements for those who are newly admitted, while providing invaluable information and credits for more experienced attorneys. A skilled faculty will guide you through the day-to-day practice of law and cover topics of interest to all attorneys, including legal ethics. This program is unique because we offer one day of litigation-focused topics and one day of corporate; you can purchase both days, or just one. In order to fulfill the New York MCLE Bridge-the-Gap requirements for newly admitted attorneys, you must attend both days.

  Program Fee:
  Live Program (both days): $499 Member | $699 Nonmember
  Live Program (per day): $399 Member | $599 Nonmember
  Recent Law Graduates (not yet admitted) & Newly Admitted Lawyers (admitted less than 2 years) (Both Days): Free for Members

• Day 1

  Daniel S. Alterbaum
  Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

  James Batson
  Senior Investment Manager | Director of Business Development and Structuring – US
  Omni Bridgeway

  William Belmont
  The Belmont Group, LLC

  James Borkowski
  Arbitrator and Mediator
  NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation)

  Jay C. Carlisle II
  Professor of Law Emeritus
  Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University

  Hon. Jeffrey A. Cohen (Ret.)
  Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, 2nd Dept., New York
  Arbitrator and Mediator, NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation)

  David Paul Horowitz
  McNamara & Horowitz, LLP

  Hon. Peter B. Skelos (Ret.)
  Associate Justice, Appellate Division, 2^nd Dept., Nassau
  Arbitrator and Mediator, NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation)

  Sarah Tsou
  Investment Manager, Legal Counsel
  Omni Bridgeway

  Day 2

  Joseph Barbiere
  Cole Schotz P.C.

  James J. Fishman
  Professor of Law Emeritus
  Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University

  Robert C. Kern
  Rivkin Radler LLP

  James T. Kim
  Cole Schotz P.C.

  Michael A. Lehmann
  Dechert LLP

  Elise G. Liebowitz
  Real Estate and Trusts & Estates

  David Rabinowitz
  Moses & Singer LLP

  Avi Sinensky
  Rivkin Radler LLP

  Seth B. Weinberg
  Weinberg Zareh Malkin Price LLP

• Friday, January 21, 2022
  Day 1- Litigation Day

   

  9:00 am – 10:15 am
  Effective Appellate Advocacy: A Law Clerk’s Perspective
  Daniel S. Alterbaum

                         

  10:15 am – 10:20 am
  Break

   

  10:20 am – 12:00 pm
  NY CPLR Update
  Prof. Jay C. Carlisle II & David Paul Horowitz

                                     

  12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
  Lunch  (on your own)

   

  1:00 pm – 2:40 pm
  Inside the Mind of A Mediator: Avoiding Impasse and Maximizing Outcomes in Mediation
  James Borkowski, Hon. Jeffrey A. Cohen (Ret.) & Hon. Peter B. Skelos (Ret.)

   

  2:40 am – 2:45 am
  Break

   

  2:45 pm – 3:35 pm
  The Use of Investigators in Litigation Matters                    
  William Belmont 

   

  3:35 pm – 3:45 pm
  Break

   

  3:45 pm – 5:00 pm
  Navigating the Ethics of Litigation Finance
  James Batson & Sarah Tsou

   

  
  Friday, January 28, 2022
  Day 2 – Corporate Day

   

  9:00 am – 10:15 am
  Introduction to Non-Profit Organizations Law
  Prof. James Fishman & Michael A. Lehmann 

   

  10:15 am – 10:20 am
  Break

   

  10:20 am – 12:00 pm
  Anatomy of an Operating Agreement
  Robert C. Kern & Avi Sinensky               

   

  12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
  Lunch  (on your own)

   

  1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
  The Nuts & Bolts of Commercial Real Estate Foreclosure
  Joseph Barbiere & James T. Kim

   

  2:15 pm – 2:20 pm
  Break

   

  2:20 pm – 3:35 pm
  Retail & Restaurant Leasing: What New Attorneys Need to Know
  Elise G. Liebowitz & Seth B. Weinberg

   

  3:35pm – 3:45 pm
  Break

   

  3:45 pm – 5:00 pm
  Ethics for the Negotiating Lawyer
  David Rabinowitz

• Per Day:
  New York: 8.0 Total: 3.5 Professional Practice, 3.0 Skills & 1.5 Ethics
  New Jersey: 8.0 Total: 3.5 Professional Practice, 3.0 Skills & 1.5 Ethics
  California: 8.0 Total: 3.5 Professional Practice, 3.0 Skills & 1.5 Ethics
  Pennsylvania: 6.0 Total:  5.0 General & 1.0 Ethics

  Both Days:
  New York: 16.0 Total:  7.0 Professional Practice, 6.0 Skills & 3.0 Ethics
  New Jersey: 16.0 Total:  7.0 Professional Practice, 6.0 Skills & 3.0 Ethics
  California: 16.0 Total:  7.0 Professional Practice, 6.0 Skills & 3.0 Ethics
  Pennsylvania: 12.0 Total: 10.0 General & 2.0 Ethics

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