Electronically in Touch

January 2014

Dear Young Lawyers Section Members:

Welcome to the latest edition of Electronically-In-Touch, the e-publication of the NYSBA Young Lawyers Section. The current issue includes a message from our section chair, review of our district events and upcoming events.

Electronically-In-Touch is a member driven publication and as such we welcome submissions from members on any relevant topic including practice tips, substantive legal articles, case updates, work/life balance, and information regarding upcoming meetings and events. Please keep your articles coming by submitting them by the 20th of each month to Erin Flynn at Erin.K.Flynn@gmail.com or Brian Doyle at doylebm@gmail.com.

The Officers of YLS and the Editors of Electronically-In-Touch also wish to make clear that the thoughts and opinions expressed in the articles that follow are those of the respective authors alone, and do not represent the opinions of the NYSBA Young Lawyers Section, or its Officers or Executive Committee.

Erin K. Flynn, Esq.
Editor in Chief, Electronically-In-Touch
Erin.K.Flynn@gmail.com

Brian M. Doyle, Esq.
Managing Editor, Electronically-In-Touch
doylebm@gmail.com

Happy New Year! Welcome to the January 2014 edition of the YLS Electronically-In-Touch publication. It is hard to believe that half of our 75th anniversary year has gone by. We had a couple of very successful Toys for Tots Holiday Parties throughout the State. We are proud to be involved in gathering toys for such a great cause while also providing our members with the ability to network with one another during the holiday season. Pictures from some of those events are included below.

NYSBA's Annual Meeting will take place at the New York Hilton during the week of January 27th. The Young Lawyers Section will be holding both its half-day CLE program as well as its two-day Bridging the Gap program at that time. On Wednesday, January 29th, our half-day CLE program will focus on consumer and corporate bankruptcy issues. The program is co-chaired by Erica Weisgerber, Esq. and Nathan Kaufman, Esq. For further details and to register for the program, please see below.

Once the CLE program is complete, we are excited to present the Outstanding Young Lawyer award to Muhammad U. Faridi, a young attorney who has already demonstrated a strong commitment to both the community and the legal profession. Our Executive Committee meeting will immediately follow the award presentation. During the meeting we will be electing the 2014-2015 Officers and Executive Committee.

On Thursday and Friday, January 30th and 31st, we will hold our annual Bridging the Gap CLE Program, which is being co-chaired by Courtney Radick, Esq. and John Christopher, Esq. The program will provide 16 CLE credits and will cover a variety of substantive legal topics, including intellectual property, personal injury, appeals, matrimonial law, estate planning, ethics and much more! Please see below for further details and to register for the program.

We are excited that our membership continues to grow. We now have more than 4,350 members and are one of the largest sections of NYSBA.

Our last event for the 75th anniversary term will be our Fifth Annual Trial Academy, being held at Cornell Law School, in Ithaca, New York, from March 29 through April 2, 2014. After that, YLS will have the now-annual U.S. Supreme Court Admissions Program in Washington, D.C., on June 8-9, 2014 - the first program of the 2014-2015 Term - during which Sarah Gold, our current Chair-Elect, will be Chair.

We are extremely proud to have a very active Executive Committee. If you are interested in becoming more involved with YLS, please feel free to email me at lschoenfeld@soklaw.com.

Lisa R. Schoenfeld, Esq.
Section Chair
Schlissel Ostrow Karabatos, PLLC
lschoenfeld@soklaw.com

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

The program will focus on consumer and corporate bankruptcy issues. It will begin with a session on Bankruptcy 101 that will provide an introduction to bankruptcy and key concepts for young practitioners. The panels also will include a discussion of consumer debtor intake, the meeting of the creditors, and an overview of bankruptcy litigation arising in the consumer and corporate contexts.
Meeting 8:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

View Program Flyer

Register Now!

Thursday, January 30 and Friday, January 31, 2014

Bridge the Gap 2014: Intellectual Property; Personal Injury; Appeals; ABC Law; Estate Planning; Environmental, Land Use/Zoning; Criminal Law; Family Law; Matrimonial Law; Work/Life Balance; Ethics; Landlord/ Tenant Residential Real Estate; Social Media.
Meeting 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Thursday and Friday)

View Thursday's Program Flyer

View Friday's Program Flyer

Register Now!

The 10th District held their holiday party at Eleanor Rigby's in Mineola on December 5th. They event was well attended with over 40 members participating.We had 3 USMC officers attend the event to collect the toys being donated to the Toys for Tots foundation. We were able to collect 2 large boxes of toys for donation.

2013 Young Lawyers Section 3rd/4th District Toys for Tots Holiday Event

On December 5, 2013, the third and fourth judicial districts of the NYSBA Young Lawyers Section co-sponsored, together with the Real Property Law Section and the Torts Insurance and Compensation Law Section, the annual Toys for Tots Holiday Event at the C.H. Evans Brewing Company at the Albany Pump Station. Approximately seventy people attended the event, which was organized by YLS district representatives Erica Hines and Teige Sheehan on behalf of the third judicial district, and Lauren Palmer and Brett Blair on behalf of the fourth judicial district. All attendees brought an unwrapped toy to be donated to the Toys for Tots charity program. The well-attended event was a successful and fun night of networking for all. The event led to a very large donation of toys to benefit less fortunate children in the area.

Electronically-In-Touch is the monthly electronic news-publication of the NYSBA Young Lawyers Section (YLS). It is a member driven publication, encouraging YLS members to write articles, and as such we would welcome submissions from members on any relevant topic, including practice tips, substantive legal articles, case updates, work/life advice, and information regarding upcoming meetings and events. Please submit articles to Erin K. Flynn, Esq., at erin.k.flynn@gmail.com, no later than the 20th of the month.

Chair's Message

Welcome to the October edition of Electronically-In-Touch. Our 75thanniversary year is flying by, but we still have a ton of exciting events and programs coming up. For those of you that were not able to join us, we went to see the Syracuse homecoming football game against Clemson. It was a very fun event that allowed networking opportunities outside of a formal professional setting. This past Saturday, we had a wine tasting event throughout the North Fork of Long Island. The event provided another great opportunity to mingle with peers and colleagues in different (and perhaps the same) areas of practice.

We will soon have our CLE plans finalized for both our half-day CLE program, which will take place on January 29, 2014, and our two-day Bridging-the-Gap program, which will take place on January 30 and 31, 2014. Both programs are part of NYSBA's Annual Meeting, which will be held at the New York Hilton. The half day CLE program will focus on bankruptcy issues and the two day Bridging-the-Gap program will focus on a variety of substantive legal topics, including but not limited to intellectual property, personal injury, appeals, estate planning, environmental law, land use/zoning, criminal law, family law, ethics and much more. It is a great opportunity to get a substantial amount of your CLE requirements complete.

As I mentioned last month, we are still accepting nominations for the 2014 Outstanding Young Lawyer Award. The deadline is November 8th, so if you believe you or a colleague are qualified to receive the award, please submit a nomination before then. You can find further details and the application at the following website: http://www.nysba.org/oyl/.

We look forward to seeing everyone in January!

Lisa R. Schoenfeld, Esq.
Section Chair
Schlissel Ostrow Karabatos, PLLC
lschoenfeld@soklaw.com

The 10th District had a wonderful tour of 3 Long Island wineries on October 27th. Below are photos from this great event.

We began our third year of the YLS's mentoring program at Cardozo Law School on October 21, with a great panel of speakers: Anne Nicholson, Chair and Founder of the YLS Mentoring Program, Paul Sarkozi, Chair-Elect of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, Douglas Tabachnik, Chair of the Committee on Bankruptcy Litigation for the Commercial And Federal Litigation Section, and Dana Syracuse, Co-Chair of the Mentoring Committee for the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section. The panel was organized and moderated by Erica Weisgerber, the Young Lawyers Section liaison to the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section. Through the last two years, over 40 members of the Young Lawyers Section have been mentoring a group of Cardozo Law students. We are always looking for additional mentors for our program, and you do not need to be an alumnus of Cardozo to participate. If you are interested, please contact Anne Nicholson at anicholson@fzwz.com.