Practice Management CLE

iPads for Lawyers
June 6, 2013 ~ 12:30 -2:00pm & 6:00-7:30pm (2 opportunities)

1.5 MCLE Credits (Practice Management)
Brooklyn Bar Association
123 Remsen Street

Presented by:
Michael Glasser, Owner of Glasser Tech LLC; Partner with Time & Billing Associates
Sponsored by:
BBA’s Technology Committee
LexisNexis

Course Description:
Unleash the Power of your iPad
Untether yourself from the office and increase productivity and billable hours. Learn how to use the iPad for document creation, collaboration, legal research, connecting to your office, as well as applications that are legal specific and so much more… Current and prospective iPad owners will walk away empowered to increase their productivity immediately.
Some of the topics include:
• Best apps for attorneys
• Courtroom applications
• Legal research
• Hardware and web browsing tips
• Managing mail, calendar and contacts
• Multitasking and iTunes
• Adding files and synching
• Document creation
• Connecting to your office

For more information, contact Meredith Symonds at
msymonds@brooklynbar.org, or 718-624-0675, ext 206.

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Forensic Accounting in Family Law
Lost and Found: How to Find the Money When They Say It’s “Gone”
Monday, May 20, 2013 ~ 6:00-8:00pm
2MCLE Credits (Practice Management)
Presented by:
Robert I. Schindler, CPA, CFF, Partner in Charge: Forensic Accounting Services, Litigation Support and Assurance Services at Cavalcante & Company, LLC, CPAs and Business Advisors
Sponsored by:
•BBA’s Family Law Section-RoseAnn Branda, Esq., Chair
•East Coast Appraisal Services

Course Description:
Learn how forensic accountants assist attorneys in representing their clients in family law engagements.  Acquire the tools and techniques used in discovering hidden assets or unreported or under reported income. Learn about methods used in valuing closely held businesses. The presentation will include examples from actual cases and will conclude with a question and answer period.

For more information, please contact Meredith Symonds at
msymonds@brooklynbar.org, or 718-624-0675, ext. 206

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Bankruptcy Update 2012 – Part 2
Originally Presented Live on: September 20, 2012

Credits: 2.5 Credits Professional Practice

Presentations by:
David J. Doyaga, Esq., Doyaga & Schaefer, and
Gregory Messer, Esq., Law Office of Gregory Messer, PLLC

 Part II –Intermediate Level – This Course is a perfect follow up to Part I. Topics will include: How to get the difficult or high earning debtor under the means test cap for Chapter 7; Discharge and Dischargeability actions and how to defend them; reaffirmation of Debts and the alternatives thereto; The new exemptions – an overview.

For more information contact:
E-mail: lfeldman@brooklynbar.org
Phone: 718-624-0675 ext. 209

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Bankruptcy Update 2012 – Part 1
Originally Presented Live on: September 13, 2012

Credits: 2.5 Credits Professional Practice

Presentations by:
David J. Doyaga, Esq., Doyaga & Schaefer, and
Gregory Messer, Esq., Law Office of Gregory Messer, PLLC

Part I – Bankruptcy Basics – This Course is for the beginning attorney who has done 5 or less bankruptcies and is excellent for sending your staff and paralegals to learn or re-learn the Basics of Bankruptcy and Chapter 7. Topics will include: How to properly complete and amend Schedules and other required filings; How to convert to other Chapters; The basics of how to complete the means test form; How to get the Meeting of Creditors closed in one visit; Basic client interviewing; Using the new electronic delivery system for certain trustees.

For more information contact:

E-mail: lfeldman@brooklynbar.org
Phone: 718-624-0675 ext. 209

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Original CLE Date: September 21, 2011

Credits: 2 Credits (.5 Ethics, 1.5 Practice Management)

Presentations by:
Richard A. Klass, Your Court Street Lawyer
Andrea Bonina, Bonina & Bonina, PC
Pery D. Krinsky, Krinsky PLLC
Daniel R. Antonelli, Antonelli & Antonelli
Rachel S. Blumenfeld, The Law Office of Rachel S. Blumenfeld

Sponsored by:
The BBA Mentoring Committee, Richard A. Klass – Chair
The BBA Pro Bono Committee, Jeannie Costello and John Michael Buhta – Co-Chairs
The BBA Young Lawyers Section, Jimmy Lathrop – Chair
The BBA Volunteer Lawyers Project, Jeannie Costello – Executive Director

This CLE will cover the following topics: Keeping Your Firm’s Finances; Marketing and Advertising Your Firm; Networking and Social Media Marketing; How Pro Bono Activities Can Help Build Your Firm; and Ethical Considerations in Starting Your Firm, including advertising rules, escrow accounts and retainer agreements.

For more information contact:
E-mail: lfeldman@brooklynbar.org
Phone: 718-624-0675 ext. 209

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Original CLE Date: February 1, 2011
Credits: 2 Professional Practice Credit

Presentation by:
Professor Robert Boland, Esq. – New York University, Sports Law Expert and Sports Agent

Topics will include: why all major sports are experiencing major collective bargaining and labor law crises; why each may endure a work stoppage during the coming 12 months; how this week’s game could be the last Super Bowl for some time. It will also explore why even the most elemental business activities of any sports team must have some form of antitrust immunity and why the contracts which hold together long business relationships in sport are increasingly made to be broken. Finally, the presentation will give everyone who attends a relevant takeaway from sports law that they can successfully adapt to their own practice.

For more information contact:
E-mail:
lfeldman@brooklynbar.org
Phone: 718-624-0675 ext. 209

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Original Recording Date: November 16, 2010
Credits: 1 and 1/2  (1 Ethics Credit, 1/2 Practice Management)

Presenters:
Lawrence A. Zimmerman, Esq., Partner, Hiscock & Barclay, LLP
Chair, New York State Bar Association’s Lawyer Assistance Committee
John Urban, Esq., Former Chair, BBA-LHL
Eileen Travis, L.C.S.W., Director, NYCBA-LAP
Panel Moderator: Hon. Sarah (Sallie) Krauss, Chair, LHL Committee

Sponsored by:
The Lawyers Helping Lawyers Committee – Hon. Sarah (Sallie) Krauss, Chair; Kathleen Higgins, Esq., Vice-Chair
The Professional Ethics Committee – Gregg X. Fonti, Esq. Chair
The Grievance Committee – Gregory T. Cerchione, Esq. Chair

Topics include: Creation of the Model Policy for Law Firms/Legal Departments; Problems in Implementation of the Model Policy; Application of the Rules of Professional Conduct; Clinical Aspects of Dealing with Impaired Attorneys and more!

For more information contact:
E-mail: lfeldman@brooklynbar.org
Phone: 718-624-0675 ext. 211

Price $50.00
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