Nuts & Bolts of Real Property Contracts Provisions, Procedures, and Pitfalls*
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 ~ 6:00-8:00pm
2 MCLE Professional Practice Credits
Presented by:
• Mark Caruso, Esq., Partner of Caruso, Caruso & Branda, P.C.; BBA’s Real Property Law Committee Chair
• Domenick Famulari, Esq., Law Firm of John D. Famulari
Sponsored by:
• BBA’s Real Property Law Committee-Mark Caruso, Esq., Chair
• Investors Bank
• Regal Title Agency
Course Description: Come learn about contract terms and provisions along with “what to do” tips with respect to common situations involving real estate contracts. The presenters will also describe in detail the various problems and pitfalls that practitioners often encounter and how to either avoid or resolve such problems.
*Indicates courses that offer basic training in skills and practice.
For more information, contact Meredith Symonds
Call 718-624-0675, ext. 206, or email msymonds@brooklynbar.org
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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
To Download the Flyer and Registration Form, Click Here!
PreRegistration is no longer available. Please fill out the registration form and bring it to the course tonight with payment.
Nuts and Bolts of Taking a Deposition*-PreRecorded CLE
Originally Presented on Thursday, April 4th-6:00-8:00pm
123 Remsen Street
2 MCLE Credits (Skills)
Moderated by:
Richard Klass, Esq., Your Court Street Lawyer
Presented by:
• John Bonina, Esq., Partner of Bonina & Bonina, P.C.
• Lara Genovesi, Esq., Principal Law Clerk to Hon. Jeffrey S. Sunshine, Kings County Supreme Court
• Aimee Richter, Esq., Partner of Bender Rosenthal Isaacs & Richter LLP
Sponsored by:
• BBA’s Mentorship Committee
• Investors Bank
• Diamond Reporting and Legal Video
Course Description: Come learn how to prepare for conducting a deposition, one of the most important fact-finding missions in a case. Learn the rules and laws that apply to deposition objections and how to preserve the record. Presentations will come from practitioners in fields of personal injury/medical malpractice and matrimonial issues as well as from the judicial perspective.
This program is appropriate for attorneys and newly admitted attorneys.
The Brooklyn Bar maintains a financial hardship policy.
*Indicates a course offering basic training for skills and practice.
For more information, contact Meredith Symonds:
msymonds@brooklynbar.org, or 718-624-0675, ext. 206
To download the registration form, Click Here!
PreRegistration is no longer available. Please bring the registration form with credit card, check or cash to pay at the door.
The Nuts & Bolts of Landlord & Tenant Law*
Originally Presented on Wednesday, March 6th
Credits: 2 MCLE Credits (Professional Practice)
Course Description: Acquire the tools you will need to handle everything in landlord and tenant law cases. The discussion will include the basics of creating and terminating the landlord-tenant relationship and contracts, the rights and obligations of both parties, rent regulation in New York State, and due diligence in the sale and purchase of real estate.
Presentations by:
Paul Bierman, Esq., Court Attorney for Hon. Brenda Spears, Housing Part of New York County
Sponsored by:
• BBA’s Real Property Committee, Mark Caruso, Esq.- Chair
• Investors Bank
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* Indicates a course offering basic training for skills and practice.
A View From the Fiscal Cliff: Working with the New Tax Act
Originally Presented on February 28, 2013
Credits: 2 Professional Practice
Course Description: Come learn how to advise clients under the American Tax Payer Relief Act of 2012. Find out what you must know and consider, what kind of planning opportunities have arisen, how to structure transactions under the act, and how to minimize the new 3.8% tax on net investment income.
Presentations by:
Eugene Lyle Stoler, CPA, JD, LLM
Bradley M. McKinney, CPA
Roberto Viceconte, CPA, JD
Sponsored by:
Raich Ende Malter & Co. LLP, Certified Public Accountants and Advisors
For more information contact:
E-mail: msymonds@brooklynbar.org
Phone: 718-624-0675 ext. 206
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Bankruptcy Update 2012 – Part 3
Originally Presented Live on: September 27, 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 III –Advanced Bankruptcy – Covers Advanced Topics. Topics will include: Effective loss mitigation and mortgage loan modification techniques; Exemptions – advanced analysis; Exemption Planning; Trustee’s sale of rent stabilized and rent controlled apartments; Recent Decisions; Chapter 13 and stripping mortgages, judgment liens and tax liens.
For more information contact:
E-mail: lfeldman@brooklynbar.org
Phone: 718-624-0675 ext. 209
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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 Program Date: November 1, 2011
Credits: 1.5 Professional Practice
Opening Remarks by:
Honorable Jeffrey S. Sunshine, Supervising Judge of the Matrimonial parts Kings County
Presentations by:
Alison Arden Besunder, Law Offices of Alison Arden Besunder P.C., Principal.
Alyssa Ann Rower, Associate, Matrimonial Law, Aronson, Mayefsky & Sloan, LLP
Sponsored by:
The BBA’s Family Law Section, RoseAnn C. Branda, Esq. – Chair
The BBA Volunteer Lawyers Project, Jeannie Costello – Executive Director
New York legalized same-sex marriage on June 24, 2011, but many legal pitfalls still remain for the unwary because of the conflict
between New York’s law and the federal Defense of Marriage Act which defines marriage as between a man and a woman. This
CLE will discuss both the state and federal law and how the practitioner can counsel same-sex couples on their rights and
obligations under state and federal law in the areas of estates planning and matrimonial law.
For more information contact:
E-mail: lfeldman@brooklynbar.org
Phone: 718-624-0675 ext. 209
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Original CLE Date: October 24, 2011
Credits: 2.5 Credits (Professional Practice)
Presentations by:
Serge Joseph – Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph
James Kasdon – The Law Offices of James Kasdon
Pamela Smith – Stern & Stern
Robert Rosman – Rosman & Associates
Jay Duskin – Duskin & Crowe
Michael C. Rosenthal, Esq. – Rappaport, Hertz, Cherson & Rosenthal
Sponsored by:
The BBA Volunteer Lawyers Project, Jeannie Costello – Executive Director
For more information contact:
E-mail: lfeldman@brooklynbar.org
Phone: 718-624-0675 ext. 209
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