Federal Bar Association

Section on Taxation: Your Tax Law Career - Pathways to the Profession
2022-02-16 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | DC
This panel of tax attorneys will share their various paths to employment and success in the tax profession. Lessons from interviewing and networking on and off campus will be shared. If you’re an aspiring tax lawyer or simply interested in tax law, please join us for an informative discussion.
Presented by: Section on Taxation
Registration is Closed

About the Presenters
Zenia Memon, Associate, Kostelanetz & Fink
Zenia Memon is an associate at Kostelanetz & Fink, LLP where she specializes in international tax planning and tax controversy. Prior to joining Kostelanetz & Fink, she was a senior associate at PwC’s National Tax Office, with their international tax practice. While a law student, she completed tax externships with Jones Day and Kostelanetz & Fink. She was also a research assistant to Itai Grinberg, the current deputy assistant secretary for multilateral tax at the Department of the Treasury.
She holds a Master of Laws degree in Taxation and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and History from Queen’s University.
Jacob Puhl, Manager of Tax Policy at Meta (formerly Facebook)
Jacob is a Manager of Tax Policy at Meta, formerly Facebook. He leads Tax Policy for the Middle East, Africa, and the US States. Based in Washington, DC, he serves as a liaison between business lines and tax functions to remove friction and anticipate challenges. His portfolio spans
the globe, with a focus on promoting workable and consistent tax policy.
Before Meta, Jacob was a Manager at Deloitte’s Washington National Tax practice focusing primarily on US Federal tax policy. He contributed to legislative updates for clients as well as advised foreign entities and embassies on U.S. policy matters. Prior to Deloitte, Jacob served as a legal intern at the U.S. Treasury Department, in the Office of the International Tax Counsel. Jacob also served as a law clerk with the tax team for the Senate Finance Committee.
Jacob received his LL.M. in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center, his J.D. from Ohio State University, and his B.A. in Economics from University of Maryland – Baltimore County.
Daniel Strickland, Associate, Eversheds Sutherland
Daniel Strickland concentrates his practice in the area of federal and international tax controversy, representing taxpayers in all types of tax controversy matters. Daniel guides clients through IRS audits, prepares administrative claims and protests of IRS actions, and litigates tax and tax-related cases throughout the United States. Daniel’s experience covers a wide range of complex tax issues, including valuation, foreign and energy tax credits, classification of investment as debt or equity, judicial substance doctrines, and penalty defenses.
Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland, Daniel served as a law clerk at the United States Tax Court for the Honorable Albert G. Lauber, the Honorable Elizabeth Crewson Paris, and the Honorable Michael B. Thornton. Daniel holds an LL.M in taxation from Georgetown University Law Center, where he attended on a merit scholarship.

Daren Gottlieb, International Tax Senior Manager, KPMG
Daren is an International Tax Senior Manager in KPMG’s Washington National Tax practice and advises on a wide range of international tax issues, for both multinational and private equity clients, including foreign tax credits, cross-border restructuring, tax-efficient repatriation, and tax treaty application. Daren has also focused his practice on helping clients navigate the implications of U.S. tax reform and the application of U.S. tax laws to transactions involving cryptocurrency/digital assets.

Teisha Ruggiero, IRS
Teisha Ruggiero is an attorney with the IRS Office of Associate Chief Counsel (International), Branch 3. Before joining the Chief Counsel’s office in July 2021, she worked at KPMG for seven years. While at KPMG she focused on the substantial statutory and regulatory changes to foreign tax credits and other international tax rules attributable to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Ms. Ruggiero graduated from McGill University (BA), the London School of Economics (MSc in Comparative Politics), Brooklyn Law School (JD), and New York University School of Law (LLM).

Registration & Attendance Information
[Register Online]
Registration for this event will close Tuesday, February 15 at 5 PM ET.
Registration Fees

FBA Members & Nonmembers: Complimentary Registration

FBA Tax Section membership is not required to participate, but you are encouraged to visit https://www.fedbar.org/membership/for information on becoming a member.
Registrants will receive Zoom login details on the day before the event

Planning for the Next Phase of Your Career
2022-02-18 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | DC
Albert Jacobs, Chair of the FBA Senior Lawyers Division, will present guidance to Sole Practitioners and Partners in Firms on how to plan for the next phase of their careers. He will offer both the attorney’s point of view and the analysis a Firm will do before committing to a candidate. The speaker has extensive experience in moving substantial-sized groups from one firm to another as well as substantial experience from the firm’s side, as he was a member of management in several multinational firms.
Presented by the Senior Lawyers Division
Registration is Closed

Panelists
Albert Jacobs, Chair, Senior Lawyers Division
With more than 40 years of experience in every phase of Patent Law, Mr. Jacobs has spent the last 30 years litigating Biotech, Pharmaceutical, and Medical Device Patents, for multinational companies both before the Federal District Courts, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) and the International Trade Commission (ITC). He was the first of a group of attorneys to participate in the ITC’s first 100 Day Proceeding dealing with the issue of whether or not there was a Domestic Industry in the subject matter of the Patent. He was successful in proving there was not. He successfully sued a number of large well known foreign companies in one of the largest ITC cases ever filed when he brought an action against 44 companies. He has appeared before the CAFC from its outset and is the only attorney ever to invalidate a Patent for his client on an appeal from an improvidently granted Preliminary Injunction. Mr. Jacobs has participated in numerous Mediations both in the Federal Courts and in the ITC. He was appointed by the Secretary of Commence to a 3-year term on the Patent Public Advisory Committee. He is a Certified Mediator under New York State Statutes and has participated in a wide range of Domestic Family Matters. He has served as a coach for the Association of the Bar of the City of New York in their Mediation Program. A graduate of Harvard College and Columbia Law School where he was a Stone Scholar, he is a member of numerous Bars as well as the Supreme Court of the United States. He is currently Chair Elect of the Maricopa County Bar Association Litigation Section and is the Chair of the Senior Lawyers Division of the Federal Bar Association (FBA), and Chair of the Senior Lawyers Committee of the Phoenix Chapter of the FBA as well as member of that Chapter’s Executive Committee.

Registration
Registration is Closed
Registration for this event will close February 17 at 2 PM ET.
Registration Fees

FBA Member: $0
Nonmember: $75

Live Captioning: Closed captioning is available for all virtual webcasts.

Internet Requirements: Virtual programs require suitable internet strength to stream online panels. A minimum internet connection of 800 Kbps is recommended for an optimal attendee experience. Test your connection here.

CLE
Please note CLE will not be offered for this event.

Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How do I access the virtual webinar?
A: Each webinar will have a unique link to watch the live broadcast. Registered attendees will receive login instructions via a calendar invitations 24 hours prior to the webinar.
Q: Will recordings of the sessions be available after the event?
A: Approved sessions will be available for registrants to view live and on-demand following the webinar.
Q: Who do I contact for more information?
A: Please contact sections@fedbar.org for any other questions.

Email Communication Policy
By registering for this event, you agree to receive email communications from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details, Continuing Legal Education certification, programming changes, upcoming events, surveys, and post-event communications.
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By registering for an online FBA program, you agree to the recording of audio and visual content presented during the live event and consent to subsequent use of the recording by the FBA. You agree that the recording is the sole property of the FBA and that the recording may be used by the FBA in any manner in its sole and absolute discretion. This recording may include questions and poll responses provided by you during the live event. If you do not consent to the recording and the FBA’s use of the same, do not register for the event.

Oklahoma City Chapter: The Road to Korematsu - A History of Anti-Asian American Immigration Laws and Opinions, and some Reflections on Asian Americans in the Oklahoma Bar
2022-02-21 12:00 - 13:15 (America/Chicago) | DC
This Virtual CLE will provide a history of anti-Asian American immigration laws and judicial opinions, and provide reflections on Asian Americans in the Oklahoma Bar.

Speakers
Huyen Pham, Professor of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law
Joseph Thai, Glen R. Watson Centennial Chair in Law and Presidential Professor of Law, University of Oklahoma College of Law

Registration

FBA Member: $0
Non-Member: $25

Register Online: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WMPaUT9FTXOLncCiV_F8BA

Payment: Send Payment to paypal.me/fbaokcchapter

CLE
1.0 CLE Credits pending approval in accordance with the requirements of the Oklahoma Bar Association.

[Virtual] 2022 Qui Tam Conference
2022-02-23 12:00 - 2022-02-25 17:00 (America/New_York) | Online, US
The False Claims Act – Lincoln’s Law Meets the 21st Century
Join the FBA’s Qui Tam Section for a three-day virtual conference from February 23 to February 25, 2022, starting at 12:00pm ET each day. This year’s conference will focus on how the False Claims Act (FCA), a law from the 19th Century, is meeting a host of 21st Century challenges that range from telemedicine to cybersecurity to data mining. We’ll also highlight emerging DOJ priorities, including fraud in pandemic-related spending and Medicare Part C.
This annual event, dubbed “the Oscars for False Claims Act nerds” by a 2020 panelist, provides timely perspectives from all sides of the FCA ecosystem: prosecutors, relator-side attorneys, defense counsel, inspectors general, federal judges, and in-house counsel.
Earn CLE credit while getting insight from the nation’s top echelon of FCA practitioners — all from the comfort of your desk.

Registration for this event is now closed.

Agenda

Wednesday, February 23
All times are in Eastern Standard Time (EST)
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET | Welcome Remarks and Keynote Presentation
[WELCOME] R. Scott Oswald, Managing Principal, The Employment Law Group P.C.; FBA Qui Tam Section Chair
[KEYNOTE] Gregory E. Demske, Chief Counsel to the Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services
Since 2012, Gregory E. Demske has served as Chief Counsel to the Inspector General and leads the 90-person HHS Office of Counsel to the Inspector General (OCIG). OCIG provides all legal services to HHS OIG, including advice on audits, investigations, evaluations, and OIG operations; representation of OIG in civil and administrative fraud enforcement; and issuance of guidance to the health care industry. Mr. Demske oversees all OIG internal legal advice, coordination with the Department of Justice on False Claims Act cases involving HHS, OIG’s civil money penalty and program exclusion enforcement, negotiation and monitoring of corporate integrity agreements, and industry guidance on the anti-kickback statute and other OIG enforcement authorities.
1:10 PM – 2:10 PM ET | Year in Review
Our fifth annual Year in Review panel will provide an overview of the significant developments in False Claims Act case law, settlements, and FCA-related government policies of 2021. Panelists will review and discuss notable developments in the Department of Justice’s policies within the Biden Administration. These include the future directions of the Granston Memo and Brand Memo, as well as notable appellate cases on causation, and fraudulent inducement, materiality, and pleading under 9(b).

John R. Thomas, Jr., Partner, Hafemann Magee Thomas (moderator)
Jessie K. Liu, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Benjamin Wei, U.S. Department of Justice
Claire M. Sylvia, Attorney, Phillips & Cohen LLP

2:20 PM – 3:20 PM ET | The False Claims Act as a Weapon Against Cyber Fraud
This panel will discuss how the False Claims Act (FCA) can be used as an effective weapon against cyber fraud. The U.S. Department of Justice announced a Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative in October of 2021. The Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative will employ the False Claims Act to pursue cybersecurity related fraud by government contractors and grant recipients. Panelists will explore theories of liability and damages to include knowing failures to comply with cybersecurity standards, knowing misrepresentations of security controls and practices, and recognizing failures to timely report suspect breaches.

Renée Brooker, Partner, Tycko & Zavareei LLP (moderator)
Colleen Kennedy, Deputy Chief, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of California
Michael Ronickher, Partner, Constantine Cannon LLP
Jennifer Short, Partner, Blank Rome LLP

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET | Prosecuting Telehealth Fraud Under the False Claims Act
This panel will discuss the use of the False Claims Act (FCA) to combat the rapidly increasing problem of telehealth fraud. Topics will include recent U.S. Department of Justice settlements, the interaction of criminal and civil remedies, and the difficulty in recouping the substantial amount of public funds that are often obtained through illegal telehealth operations. The panel will also discuss the differing perspectives on these issues held by each of the three parties in an FCA case.

David Wiseman, Assistant Director, Fraud Section, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice (moderator)
Amy L. Easton, Partner, Phillips & Cohen LLP
David Leviss, Partner, O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Carolyn Tapie, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Florida

Thursday, February 24
All times are in Eastern Standard Time (EST)
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET | Welcome Remarks and Keynote Presentation
[WELCOME] Megan Mocho, Partner, Holland & Knight; FBA Qui Tam Section Vice-Chair
[KEYNOTE] Matthew M. Graves, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
Matthew M. Graves assumed the position of U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia in November 2021. Before going to private practice for a brief period, Graves worked at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for nearly a decade, prosecuting a wide variety of cases as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, and later as Acting Chief of the Fraud and Public Corruption Section.

[KEYNOTE] Michael Horowitz, Inspector General & Chair of Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC), U.S. Department of Justice
As Inspector General of the Department of Justice, Mr. Horowitz oversees a nationwide workforce of more than 500 special agents, auditors, inspectors, attorneys, and support staff whose mission is to detect and deter waste, fraud, abuse, and misconduct in DOJ programs and personnel, and to promote economy and efficiency in Department operations. Since April 2020, he has simultaneously led the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, a committee of 21 federal Inspectors General that Congress created to oversee the over $5 trillion in federal pandemic-related emergency spending. From 2015 to 2020, Mr. Horowitz served as the Chair of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE), an organization comprised of all 75 federal Inspectors General.
1:10 PM – 2:10 PM ET | Private Equity – The Newest Face at the FCA Table
This panel will explore the government’s most recent target for False Claims Act (FCA) liability – private equity (PE) actors and their principals. The discussion will review the changes within the healthcare landscape, fueled by both the DOJ’s focus on PE firms and executives whose management allegedly created or perpetuated fraud schemes. Panelists will also highlight the importance of pre- and post-acquisition due diligence in the healthcare space or any other highly regulated industry.

Pamela Brecht, Partner, Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP (moderator)
Angela Humphreys, Chair, Healthcare Practice, Co-Chair Healthcare Private Equity Team, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
Habib Ilahi, Partner, Stinson LLP

2:20 PM – 3:20 PM ET | Moneyball: The Use of Data Analytics in False Claims Act Cases
Hear government, relators’ and defense counsel perspectives on the evolving use of data analytics in False Claims Act (FCA) cases, including: proactive government and corporate efforts to identify vulnerabilities and stop fraud; government and data-driven relators’ use of analyses to identify possible False Claims Act violations; the government’s use of data to investigate and enhance qui tam allegations; and defense strategies and legal headwinds in data-driven cases.

Matthew Howatt, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania (moderator)
Jonathan Ferry, Partner, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Kathleen McGinty, Acting Deputy Director, Fraud Investigations Group, U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Jeremy Wells, Partner, Reid Collins & Tsai LLP

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET | Statistical Sampling and the False Claims Act: Update and Trends
This panel will feature perspectives from former government officials, as well as members of the defense and whistleblower bars, to examine the perennial issue of statistical sampling in civil fraud cases. The panel will review the legal landscape and provide a history of the use of statistical sampling in False Claims Act (FCA) cases. The panelists will discuss their experiences with sampling in a range of cases and provide practical advice on when sampling is appropriate and how it can be used effectively. The panelists will also discuss where statistical sampling might be headed in the future.

Benjamin C. Mizer, Partner, Jones Day (moderator)
Matthew D. Benedetto, Partner, WilmerHale
Mary Inman, Partner, Constantine Cannon LLP
Stephen Lee, Partner, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Friday, February 25
All times are in Eastern Standard Time (EST)
[WELCOME] Michael Moore, Partner, Moore Hall, LLC
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET | Pandemic-Related Fraud and the FCA
The U.S. Department of Justice will rely on the False Claims Act (FCA) to pursue fraud in connection with the more than $5 trillion in pandemic-related spending authorized by Congress. This panel will discuss the emerging trends in FCA enforcement relating to pandemic response programs, featuring diverse perspectives from attorneys representing whistleblowers, defendants, and the government in connection with False Claims Act matters. Among other things, the panel will discuss developments, challenges, and misconceptions relating to FCA enforcement in this emerging area.

Colin Huntley, Deputy Director, Fraud Section, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice (moderator)
Erica Blachman Hitchings, Partner, Whistleblower Law Collaborative, LLC
Jeffrey Gleason, Partner, Robins Kaplan LLP
Paul Kaufman, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania

1:10 PM – 2:10 PM ET | The Modern Relator
This panel of experienced qui tam Plaintiff lawyers will provide an in-depth discussion on the evolution of qui tam cases, from the traditional individual whistleblower to the corporate relator. Join this impressive panel of lawyers in their discussion about the various forms of relators, including corporations and professional data miners, and the motivation behind these relator types. The panel will share their experiences with true corporate relators versus corporate fiction and provide useful insight as to how courts have been perceiving these various relator forms. The panel will also discuss modern alternatives to the traditional relator, such as relator coalitions, and the driving factors behind creating such arrangements. The panelists will also provide an overview of some of their more notable cases and what they learned from representing the “modern relator.”

Alison Hawthorne, Principal, Beasley Allen (moderator)
James F. Barger, Jr., Principal, Frohsin Barger Walthall & Bucy
Jason Marcus, Principal, Bracker & Marcus LLC
Robert “Bob” Thomas, Jr., Managing Member, Whistleblower Law Collaborative LLC

2:20 PM – 3:35 PM ET | Strategies in Evaluating and Pursuing Medicare Part C and Medicaid Managed Care Cases—Falsity and Damages
This panel will address proving falsity and damages in Medicare Part C and Medicaid Managed Care FCA cases. We will discuss how to successfully evaluate falsity in the Part C context and satisfy materiality concerns, focusing on risk adjustment cases. With respect to damages, the panel will address damages theories in two contexts–fraud by the Managed Care insurers or plan programs and fraud by providers and intermediaries or vendors on the Managed Care program.

Sara Vann, Assistant Attorney General, Medicaid Fraud Division, Office of the Attorney General, State of Georgia (moderator)
Edward Crooke, Assistant Director, Fraud Section, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Eva Gunasekera, Partner, Tycko & Zavareei LLP
Adam Tarosky, Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP

3:45 PM – 5:00 PM ET | Refereeing the FCA: The View from the Bench
This panel of federal judges will provide us with a view from the bench as they discuss pre-litigation matters (such as sealing extensions) and gate-keeper issues (such as the public disclosure bar and the government’s discretion to dismiss qui tam cases). The panel will also include discussion of recent developments in substantive False Claims Act (FCA) law, such as falsity and materiality, and key considerations at the motion to dismiss, discovery, and summary judgment phases of the litigation. The session will conclude with a jurist’s perspective on some of the topics raised during earlier conference panels – for example, cyber fraud enforcement.

Naana Frimpong, Partner, DLA Piper LLP (moderator)
Hon. Amy Totenberg, Senior U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
Hon. John Michael Vazquez, U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
Hon. Andrea R. Wood, U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois

Registration
Registration for this event is now closed.
Registration Fees
Early Bird Registration will be available through Friday, January 21, 2022.
Standard Registration will begin after Friday, January 21, 2022.

Early Bird
Standard

Full Conference Rates

FBA Sustaining Member
$340
$385

FBA Member
$360
$405

Qui Tam Section Member
$295
$350

Nonmember
$540
$585

Government/Academic
$270
$315

Law Student/Judicial
$90
$135

Single Day Rates

FBA Sustaining Member
$190
$210

FBA Member
$200
$220

Qui Tam Section Member
$180
$200

Nonmember
$280
$300

Government/Academic
$160
$180

Law Student/Judicial
$60
$80

Live Captioning
Closed captioning is available for all virtual webcasts.
Cancellation Policy
No refunds will be made for cancellations received after the close of business on Wednesday, February 10, 2021. Please contact Ariel White (awhite@fedbar.org) with cancellation and/or substitution requests.
Internet Requirements: Virtual programs require suitable internet strength to stream online panels with the Virtual Access Package. A minimum internet connection of 800 Kbps is recommended for an optimal attendee experience. Test your connection here.

CLE
Attendees can receive up to 10.5 CLE credits (12.6 credits for 50-min states).
Certificates and credit for these virtual panels will be processed/reported within 4-6 weeks of the event date and available for credit in states that allow credit for live webinar presentations. You must attend the live broadcast, answer engagement polls, and accurately enter your bar number in our database to receive credit.

Sponsors
Conference Supporter
David Haron | Hoyer Law Group, PLLC
Interested in sponsoring this event? View our Sponsorship Prospectus and contact sponsor@fedbar.org for more information.

Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What type of educational credit will be offered in the virtual format?
A:Attendees can receive up to 10.5 CLE credits (12.6 credits for 50-min states). Please check with your respective state(s) for distance learning CLE requirements.
Q: How do I obtain CLE Credit?
A: All registrants will be prompted to submit state bar information prior to the virtual series to ensure accurate CLE reporting. Credits will be processed/reported within 4-6 weeks of the webinar event date and available for credit in states that allow credit for live webinar presentations. Your bar number must be accurate in our database to receive credit. We will share detailed instructions with registrants for CLE reporting.
Q: How do I access the virtual panels?
A: Virtual panels will each have a unique link to watch the live broadcast. Registered attendees will receive login instructions via a welcome email and calendar invitations the week of the conference.
Q: Will recordings of the sessions be available after the event?
A: Sessions will be available for registrants to view live and on-demand following the conference. Please note that CLE credit will only be submitted for attendees that watch the live broadcast.
Q: Who do I contact for more information?
A: Please contact meetings@fedbar.org for any other questions.

Email Communication Policy
By registering for this event, you agree to receive email communications from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details, Continuing Legal Education certification, programming changes, upcoming events, surveys, and post-event communications.
Recording Disclaimer
By registering for an online FBA program, you agree to the recording of audio and visual content presented during the live event and consent to subsequent use of the recording by the FBA. You agree that the recording is the sole property of the FBA and that the recording may be used by the FBA in any manner in its sole and absolute discretion. This recording may include questions and poll responses provided by you during the live event. If you do not consent to the recording and the FBA’s use of the same, do not register for the event.
Financial Assistance
Program registrants (both FBA members and nonmembers) who are unable to afford the registration fee may receive a 50% discount on the member rate. Qualifying attorneys include those who are unemployed or actively seeking employment. A formal letter requesting the discount must be emailed to meetings@fedbar.org. That letter needs to state the reason for the attorney’s interest in the course or activity, as well as proof of income or an explanation of the financial hardship, and it must be signed by the requesting lawyer.
If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact meetings@fedbar.org.

P. Michael Mahoney Chapter: Criminal Justice in America from a Legal Prospective
2022-02-24 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Online, US
Thursday, February 24 | 9 AM – 12 PM CT
The event will have three parts:

A presentation on the U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines by the Honorable Andrea Wood of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
A presentation by Professor Evan Bernick, Assistant Professor of Law at the Northern Illinois University College of Law entitled “Reform, Transform, or Abolish? How Social Movements for Racial Justice are Changing the Criminal Legal System”
A panel discussion entitled “Representing Indigent Defendants in Federal Court” with Criminal Justice Panel attorneys Anthony Peska, Mark Byrd, John Murphy, and Brendan Caver.

Featured Speakers:

Honorable Andrea Wood of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Professor Evan Bernick, Assistant Professor of Law, Northern Illinois College of Law
Attorney Anthony Peska, Mahoney & Mahoney
Attorney John Murphy, Executive Director, Federal Defender Program
Attorney Brendan Caver, Law office of Brendan W. Caver
Attorney Mark Byrd, Mark Byrd P.C.

Registration

Complimentary Registration

How to Register – RSVP by February 23, 2022
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAld-CsqD0rGdxWf15uk-pGr6JRL4qvv_ND

CLE
Please note that 3 Hours of CLE credit is anticipated.

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Scott R. Hall.

Immigration Law Section: 2022 Asylum & Immigration Law Conference
2022-02-25 - 2022-02-26 | DC
We are excited to announce that the seventh annual New York Asylum & Immigration Law Conference will convene on Friday, February 25th, and Saturday, February 26th via Zoom.
The conference will continue to offer a Beginner and Advanced track on Friday, February 25th. Saturday’s sessions will focus primarily on current policy issues and practice tips for those who work directly with Afghans.
The full agenda of events for both dates can be found on the Eventbrite page, in addition to information about CLE credits for practicing attorneys. Co-presented with the New York Law School Asylum and Safe Passage Project and Immigrant ARC.
For any questions about the conference, please email immigration.cle@nyls.edu
Learn More and Register

Dialogues on Racial Justice Series: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall - The Life, The Legend, & The Legacy - In Honor of Black History Month
2022-02-28 13:00 - 14:15 (America/New_York) | Online, US
As the nation looks toward its possible first African-American woman on the U.S. Supreme Court, and as the Supreme Court’s docket includes a growing number of cases implicating social and racial justice, the memory of Justice Thurgood Marshall – the first African-American ever to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court (1967-1991) – has never loomed larger.
A towering figure in civil rights and the law long before he became a U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Marshall argued the momentous Brown v. Board of Education (1954), altering the landscape of U.S. society forever, and was the chief architect of the legal strategy that ended the United States’ official policy of segregation. His many “firsts” include: Founder and first Director-General of the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund (1940-1961); first African-American on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1961-1965); and first African-American Solicitor General of the U.S. (1965-1967) – all before he joined the Court, where he once described his judicial philosophy as “You do what you think is right and let the law catch up.”
Celebrate Black History Month 2022 with the FBA by joining some of Justice Marshall’s former law clerks (“knuckleheads,” he called them) as they regale us with “war stories” from their time in the Justice’s Chambers and some of the many quips, quotes, and anecdotes that the colorful, charming, and witty larger-than-life Justice – a famed storyteller, with a booming laugh – shared with them.
An audience Q&A period will follow the law clerks’ presentations.
Registration is Closed
Official White House Announcement – On February 25, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the 116th Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Speakers
Robert N. Weiner
Law Clerk for Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, 1978-1979
Senior Counsel, Arnold & Porter LLP
Senior Legal Consultant, Campaign Legal Center

Rob Weiner has significant experience as a trial lawyer, appellate advocate, and legal strategist in complex litigation. He is skilled in developing creative legal approaches to bring cases to a quick, cheap and successful resolution. Mr. Weiner’s long experience representing business and sovereign clients in litigation, and his three tours of duty as a government lawyer, have honed his ability to deal with the regulatory, tactical, and constitutional issues arising when the federal government is, or may become, a party in litigation. From 2010-2012, Mr. Weiner was Associate Deputy Attorney General at the US Department of Justice, where his principal responsibility was to oversee the defense of the Affordable Care Act. He also handled sensitive negotiations with a foreign government involving bank secrecy, and dealt with or headed-off difficult issues across the range of the Department’s matters. Mr. Weiner also has served as Senior Counsel in the White House Counsel’s Office, and as an Associate Independent Counsel. He began his career as a law clerk for The Honorable Henry J. Friendly and for Justice Thurgood Marshall.
Professor Sheryll Cashin
Law Clerk for Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, 1990-1991
Georgetown University Law Center

Sheryll Cashin is an author and the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Civil Rights and Social Justice at Georgetown University. Currently she teaches Constitutional Law, Race and American Law, and a writing seminar about American segregation, education and opportunity.
Her new book — White Space, Black ‘Hood: Opportunity Hoarding and Segregation in the Age of Inequality (forthcoming, Beacon 2021) — is about the role of residential segregation in producing racial inequality. Her book, Loving: Interracial Intimacy in America and the Threat to White Supremacy (Beacon, 2017), explores the history and future of interracial intimacy, how white supremacy was constructed and how “culturally dexterous” allies undermine it. Her book, Place Not Race (Beacon, 2014), recommended radical reforms of selective college admissions in order to promote robust diversity; it was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction in 2015. Her book, The Failures of Integration (PublicAffairs, 2004) explored the persistence and consequences of race and class segregation. It was an Editors’ Choice in the New York Times Book Review. Cashin is also a three-time nominee for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for non-fiction (2005, 2009, and 2018). She has published widely in academic journals and written commentaries for Politico Magazine, the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Salon, The Root, and other media.
Professor Cashin serves as board member of the Poverty and Race Research Action Council. She is former Vice Chair of the board of Building One America, a network of local, multiracial coalitions that promote social inclusion, racial justice and sustainable economic opportunity, especially in distressed places. She served for a decade on the trustee boards of Vanderbilt University, The Duke Ellington School of the Arts, and the National Portrait Gallery. She worked in the Clinton White House as an advisor on urban and economic policy, particularly concerning community development in inner-city neighborhoods.
Cashin is frequently asked to speak to academic and policy audiences as well as at book events for people who engage with her as an author. She has delivered keynote or endowed lectures at twenty universities. For her two decades of writing and advocacy for residential and school integration, the Fair Housing Justice Center honored her with the 2017 Acting for Justice Award for Outstanding Contributions to Civil Rights.
Professor Cashin was law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and Judge Abner Mikva of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She graduated summa cum laude from Vanderbilt University with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. As a Marshall Scholar, she received a masters in English Law with honors from Oxford University and received a J.D. with honors from Harvard Law School, where she was a member of the Harvard Law Review. Cashin was born and raised in Huntsville, Alabama, where her parents were political activists. She lives in Washington with her husband and twin boys.
Welcome Remarks provided by
Anh Le Kremer, National President, Federal Bar Association
Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel at Nystrom & Associates, Ltd.

Registration
Registration is Closed
Registration Fees

FBA Member: $0
Nonmember: $75

Registration for this event will close February 28 at 9 AM ET.

Live Captioning: Closed captioning is available for all virtual webcasts.
Cancellation Policy: No refunds will be made for cancellations received after the close of business on February 25, 2022. No-shows will be billed. Substitutions may be made at any time upon notification. Please contact Daniel Hamilton at dhamilton@fedbar.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests.

Internet Requirements: Virtual programs require suitable internet strength to stream online panels. A minimum internet connection of 800 Kbps is recommended for an optimal attendee experience. Test your connection here.

CLE
Please note CLE will not be offered for this event.

Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How do I access the virtual webinar?
A: Each webinar will have a unique link to watch the live broadcast. Registered attendees will receive login instructions via a calendar invitations 24 hours prior to the webinar.
Q: Will recordings of the sessions be available after the event?
A: Approved sessions will be available for registrants to view live and on-demand following the webinar.
Q: Who do I contact for more information?
A: Please contact sections@fedbar.org for any other questions.

Email Communication Policy
By registering for this event, you agree to receive email communications from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details, Continuing Legal Education certification, programming changes, upcoming events, surveys, and post-event communications.
Recording Disclaimer
By registering for an online FBA program, you agree to the recording of audio and visual content presented during the live event and consent to subsequent use of the recording by the FBA. You agree that the recording is the sole property of the FBA and that the recording may be used by the FBA in any manner in its sole and absolute discretion. This recording may include questions and poll responses provided by you during the live event. If you do not consent to the recording and the FBA’s use of the same, do not register for the event.
If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Daniel Hamilton, Program Coordinator, at dhamilton@fedbar.org

2022 Tax Law Conference
2022-03-03 - 2022-03-04 | Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, US
Join the Section on Taxation for the 46th Annual Tax Law Conference on March 3-4, 2022. This newly formatted two-day program will offer the same great content in-person and online. Programming will be held exclusively in-person on Thursday, March 3 and exclusively virtually on Friday, March 4.
Examine important tax developments and emerging policy issues in nearly 20 educational sessions featuring notable speakers from the Internal Revenue Service, Treasury Department, Department of Justice, White House, and Congress. Programming will include a keynote address and awards presentations for both the Annual Writing Competition and prestigious Kenneth H. Liles Award for Distinguished Service to an eminent tax practitioner.
[Update] As of February 15, DC Mayor has terminated the vaccination requirement for event facilities. Face masks are required in the building and event spaces when not actively eating or drinking, per event venue policies.

Agenda
Session Times are Subject to Change
Sessions are posted in Eastern Time Zone
>>> CLICK HERE for a detailed agenda featuring panel descriptions and confirmed speakers!

Thursday, March 3 | Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center
In-Person Participation Only – No Streaming
9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Registration & Exhibitor Hours
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Breakfast
9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Welcome Remarks
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Legislative Update: Floyd’s Panel
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Morning Break
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technologies: An Industry Perspective
12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Luncheon Program
Presentation of the Donald C. Alexander Tax Law Writing Competition
Keynote Speaker: Lily Batchelder, Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Lily Batchelder was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in September 2021 as Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Previously she was the Robert C. Kopple Family Professor of Taxation at NYU School of Law and an affiliated professor at the NYU Wagner School of Public Service. From 2014 to 2015, Batchelder served as Deputy Director of the White House National Economic Council and Deputy Assistant to the President under President Obama. There, she was responsible for tax and budget issues, including tax reform, retirement policy, and low-income benefits. From 2010 to 2014, she served as Majority Chief Tax Counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, where she led Chairman Baucus’s work on tax issues, including tax reform and the fiscal cliffs.
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Global and U.S. Tax Reform Update
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Afternoon Break
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Ethics and Federal Tax Practice
5:00 – 7:00 p.m. | Reception and Presentation of the Kenneth H. Liles Award
Friday, March 4 | Online Virtual Platform
Virtual Participation Only – No In-Person Attendance
9:30 am – 10:30 am | Concurrent Educational Panels
Track 1 – Enforcement & Criminal | State of IRS: Criminal Investigation
Track 2 – Tax Accounting
Track 3 – Partnerships & Passthroughs | Partnership Debt Allocations: Balancing Administrative Convenience v. Guard Rails
11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Concurrent Educational Panels
Track 1 – Domestic Corporate | Recent Developments in Corporate Tax
Track 2 – Tax Accounting | Current Issues on the Capitalization of Transaction Costs
Track 3 – Tax Practice & Procedure | Testing Guidance under the Administrative Procedures Act
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Concurrent Educational Panels
Track 1 – Domestic Corporate | Cross-Border M&A Developments
Track 2 – Tax Practice & Procedure | Partnership Examinations Under the New Rules
Track 3 – International | Transfer Pricing: What Is On The Transfer Pricing Horizon
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Concurrent Educational Panels
Track 1 – Enforcement & Criminal | Technology’s Impact on Criminal Tax Enforcement: IRS Cybercrimes 2022
Track 2 – Tax Practice & Procedure | Remote Audit and Litigation Tools, Now and in the Future
Track 3 – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation | Hot Topics in Employee Benefits
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | Concurrent Educational Panels
Track 1 – Enforcement & Criminal | Hot Topics: IRS Enterprise Compliance Initiatives
Track 2 – International | U.S. International Tax Developments
Track 3 – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation | Hot Topics in Executive Compensation

Registration
Advance registration for this event closed on Friday, February 25, 2022
Onsite registration for Thursday, March 3 will be available at the Ronald Reagan Building
Full Conference Rates
$335 — Sustaining Member
$375 — FBA Member
$475 — Nonmember
$95 — Government/Academic
$95 — Law Student
Day One: In-Person Rates
$190 — Sustaining Member
$200 — FBA Member
$250 — Nonmember
$50 — Government/Academic
$50 — Law Student
Day Two: Virtual Rates
$225 — Sustaining Member
$250 — FBA Member
$300 — Nonmember
$50 — Government/Academic
$50 — Law Student
RSVP for Thursday’s Social Events
Both Social Events are Complimentary for Conference Registrants
RSVP by selecting “Session” during the check-out process
— RSVP: Liles Reception
— RSVP: Thursday Lunch
Accommodations: Closed captioning will be available for those attending the virtual webcasts. Please contact Caitlin Rider at crider@fedbar.org for onsite dietary or accessibility requests.
Cancellation Policy: Full registration refunds will be processed for cancellations received by Friday, February 18. Registrants may change their in-person registration to virtual at any time, and partial refunds will be issued if transfer requests are received by Friday, February 18. No-shows will be billed. Please email meetings@fedbar.org with questions and registration change requests.

Sponsors
Event Partner

Conference Contributor

Welcome Sponsor

Conference Supporter
Ivins, Phillips & Barker, Chartered
Latham & Watkins LLP
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Program Patron
Deloitte Tax LLP
Fox Rothschild LLP
Interested in sponsoring this event? View our Sponsorship Prospectus and contact sponsor@fedbar.org for more information.

CLE + CPE Education
Tracking Attendance: Credit will be tracked via an online web application (ConferenceAdit) for in-person and virtual attendees. Attendees requesting credit are required to check-in and check-out of each session. The tracking site can be accessed directly via attendee-issued link. Attendees will login with the email and zip code affiliated with their registration. Certificates will be sent via email approximately two weeks following the event.
Virtual Accreditation: Credit will be available for states that allow live webinar presentations. Attendees must attend the live panel broadcast, answer engagement polls, and track attendance via ConferenceAdit site to receive credit (see note above).
CLE Credit
Attorneys admitted to state bars having mandatory CLE requirements may receive credit for attending this conference. For 60-minute credit hour states, up to 8 hours of CLE credit is available, including 1 hours of ethics credit. For states with 50-minute credit hours, up to 9.6 hours of CLE credit is available, including 1.2 hours of ethics.
CPE Credit
The Federal Bar Association is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its web site: www.nasbaregistry.org.
Thursday, March 3 — Instructional Delivery Method: Group Live; CPE Credit Hours: 3.0; Field of Study: Tax; Prerequisite: None; Program Knowledge Level: Beginner; Advance Preparation: None.
Friday, March 3 — Instructional Delivery Method: Group Internet Based; CPE Credit Hours: 5.0; Field of Study: Tax; Prerequisite: None; Program Knowledge Level: Beginner; Advance Preparation: None.

Email Communication Policy: By registering for this event, you agree to receive email communications from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details, Continuing Legal Education certification, programming changes, upcoming events, surveys, and post-event communications.
Recording Disclaimer: By registering for an online FBA program, you agree to the recording of audio and visual content presented during the live event and consent to subsequent use of the recording by the FBA. You agree that the recording is the sole property of the FBA and that the recording may be used by the FBA in any manner in its sole and absolute discretion. This recording may include questions and poll responses provided by you during the live event. If you do not consent to the recording and the FBA’s use of the same, do not register for the event.
Photography Release: Registrants, instructors, exhibitors, and guests attending FBA meetings agree they may be photographed during the event. Photographs are the sole property of the FBA, which reserves the right to use attendees’ names and likenesses in promotional materials without providing monetary compensation.
Financial Assistance: Program registrants (both FBA members and nonmembers) who are unable to afford the registration fee may receive a 50% discount on the member rate. Qualifying attorneys include those who are unemployed or actively seeking employment. A formal letter requesting the discount must be emailed to meetings@fedbar.org. That letter needs to state the reason for the attorney’s interest in the course or activity, as well as proof of income or an explanation of the financial hardship, and it must be signed by the requesting lawyer.
If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact meetings@fedbar.org.

Broward County Chapter: March Luncheon with the Honorable Raag Singhal
2022-03-03 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Tower Club, 100 SE Third Avenue, 28th Floor, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
The Broward County Chapter of the FBA’s March Luncheon with the Honorable Raag Singhal, U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of Florida will be held on March 3rd.
Featured Speaker:

The Honorable Raag Singhal, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Registration

FBA Members – $50
Nonmembers – $65
Government Employees – $30
Judiciary, Law Clerks, or Student Members – $20 (No Cost for Federal Judiciary and Federal Law Clerks)

How to Register – RSVP by February 25, 2022
RSVP to Alexis Fields (fields@kolawyers.com) and Karla Nunez (nunez@kolawyers.com).
Payment: Please remit to Alexis Fields via (a) a check payable to “FBA Broward Chapter” and mailed to Kopelowitz Ostrow, One West Las Olas Blvd., Suite 500, Fort Lauderdale, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 or (b) PayPal to fields@kolawyers.com with Note: “FBA March Luncheon.”

Northern District of California Chapter: Voting Rights - Then, Now, and Tomorrow
2022-03-03 17:30 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | UC Hastings: College of Law, 200 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Voting is a cornerstone of democracy. The panel of experts—Hon. Thelton Henderson, NDCA ret; Principal Deputy Assistant General Pam Karlan and Dean Erwin Chemerinsky from Berkeley Law—will look at voting rights in the U.S., both historically and into the future.
Featured Speaker:

HON. THELTON HENDERSON, Senior District Judge, NDCA ret;
PAM KARLAN, Principal Deputy Assistant General
DEAN ERWIN CHEMERINSKY, Berkeley Law
PROF. BRIAN LANDSBERG, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
RAYMOND MARSHALL, Esq. (Moderator)

Registration

MCLE – $35
Non MCLE – $0

How to Register – Register on Eventbrite Page by March 1, 2022
For any questions or concerns, please contact rsp@rspollocklaw.com

Northern/Eastern Oklahoma Chapter: Brown Bag Lunch with Judge Frizzell: Suggestions for Success in Forensic Frays
2022-03-04 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Page Belcher Federal Building, 333 West 4th Street, Tulsa, OK, 74103, United States
Join us for an informal lunchtime event with Judge Gregory K. Frizzell as he shares federal court pointers and pitfalls for practitioners of all experience levels, based on his 25 years of judicial experience and conveyed with his trademark wit.

Speaker
Hon. Gregory K. Frizzell, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Nominated by George W. Bush on January 9, 2007, to a seat vacated by Sven E. Holmes. Confirmed by the Senate on February 1, 2007, and received commission on February 2, 2007. Served as chief judge, 2012-2019.
Education:
University of Tulsa, B.A., 1981
University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1984
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Thomas R. Brett, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma, 1984-1986
Private practice, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1986-1995
General counsel, Oklahoma Tax Commission, 1995-1997
Judge, Oklahoma District Court, Fourteenth Judicial District, 1997-2007

Registration

FBA Member: $0
Non-Member: $10

Register Online: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdiOayuJ86cWviYx-mADsO-DaF4gE-UVPgpjrWqwt6Tb-AbbQ/viewform

Payment: Send Payment to https://www.paypal.me/neokfba

Deadline to Register is March 3, 2022

CLE
1 hour CLE credit, including 0.5 ethics credit

Webinar: COVID-19 Workplace Safety after the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard
2022-03-09 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Online, US
This session will work through the current status of safety requirements and recommendations for COVID-19 and vaccination requirements at the federal, state and local levels, and discuss considerations and risks for workplaces implementing COVID-19 protocols. This session will also discuss the types of cases being brought nationally against employers, the potential impacts and lessons learned from those cases, and discuss the practical considerations when implementing COVID-19-related requirements.
Presented by:
Civil Rights Law Section
Health Law Section
Labor & Employment Law Section
The Federal Judicial Clerk Committee

About the Presenters
Brittany Barrientos, Partner, Stinson LLP
Brittany’s deep understanding of environmental, health and safety laws across the regulatory, transactional and litigation spectrums allows her to find well-rounded and practical solutions to complex issues.

Alisa Nickel Ehrlich, Partner, Stinson LLP
Alisa has a pragmatic approach to helping clients with employment, contract, and immigration compliance issues, as well as in handling commercial and employment disputes.

Honorable John Tunheim, Chief Judge, United States District Court, District of Minnesota
The Honorable John R. Tunheim has served for over 25 years as United States District Judge in the District of Minnesota and has served as Chief Judge since 2015. From 1994-1998, Judge Tunheim served as Chair of the U.S. Assassination Records Review Board, an independent federal agency empowered to declassify the remaining secret records of the assassination of President Kennedy. Before his appointment as a federal judge, he served as Minnesota’s Chief Deputy Attorney General and Solicitor General, and in the U.S. Senate, as Staff Assistant to U.S. Senator Hubert H. Humphrey. He has devoted much of his judicial career to helping develop the rule of law in new democracies, including drafting the Kosovo Constitution and advising over 40 countries on counter-terrorism measures and judicial independence. He is a graduate of Concordia College and the University of Minnesota Law School, where he served as President of the Law Review. He was Chair of the U.S. Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case Management from 2005 to 2009 and currently serves on the U.S. Judicial Conference as the 8th Circuit District Judge Representative.  He has served as Chair of the ABA’s Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division and the National Conference of Federal Trial Judges.  He is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the Criminal Justice Section and has served on the Standing Committee on Election Law and on the Board of the Rule of Law Initiative.

Registration
Registration for this event is now closed.
Registration Fees

FBA Member: $0
Nonmember: $75

Live Captioning: Closed captioning is available for all virtual webcasts.
Cancellation Policy: No refunds will be made for cancellations received after the close of business on March 2, 2022. No-shows will be billed. Substitutions may be made at any time upon notification. Please contact Ariel White at awhite@fedbar.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests.
Internet Requirements: Virtual programs require suitable internet strength to stream online panels. A minimum internet connection of 800 Kbps is recommended for an optimal attendee experience. Test your connection here.

CLE
CLE: 1 CLE Credit (60min state) / 1.2 CLE Credit (50min state)
CLE Credit will be processed/reported approximately 4-6 weeks after the event date and available for credit in states that allow credit for live webinar presentations. You must attend the live broadcast, answer engagement polls, and accurately enter your bar number in our database to receive credit. Certificates and required documentation for self-reporting states will be issued via email, upon state bar approval. Thank you in advance for your patience, as state bars are experiencing significant delays with virtual program processing.
Click Here for more information on CLE Attendance and Reporting.

Email Communication Policy: By registering for this event, you agree to receive email communications from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details, Continuing Legal Education certification, programming changes, upcoming events, surveys, and post-event communications.
Recording Disclaimer: By registering for an FBA webinar, you agree to the recording of audio and visual content presented during the live event and consent to subsequent use of the recording by the FBA. You agree that the recording is the sole property of the FBA and that the recording may be used by the FBA in any manner in its sole and absolute discretion. This recording may include questions and poll responses provided by you during the live event. If you do not consent to the recording and the FBA’s use of the same, do not register for the event.
If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Ariel White, Program Coordinator, at awhite@fedbar.org

Washington State Chapter: Monthly Chapter Meeting
2022-03-14 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-04-11 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online, US
Washington State Chapter: Open Monthly Meeting
As a new state-wide Chapter, we welcome the participation of all interested Washington State attorneys.
Join conversation (microsoft.com); Meeting | Microsoft Teams;

2022 [Virtual] Thurgood Marshall Moot Court Competition
2022-03-14 14:00 - 2022-03-18 17:00 (America/New_York) | DC
The Younger Lawyers Division of the Federal Bar Association is pleased to announce the
Annual Thurgood Marshall Memorial Moot Court Competition will be held virtually March 14-18, 2022

While the decision to make the national competition wholly virtual was a difficult one, the YLD has determined it was ultimately the safest option for the health and wellbeing of the students, coaches, staff, competition volunteers, and the communities around them. The online format is also consistent with the learning plans of many law schools across the country.
Although the competition looks different in a virtual setting, key aspects will remain intact and continue to make it one of the premier moot court competitions in the country. Teams will be given a problem they will use to prepare and submit written briefs and argue orally against other teams in front of a panel of judges. The competition’s judges will continue to be actual state or federal court judges, practitioners, or scholars—many of whom had to pivot to virtual hearings, conferences, and general practices in their careers. This reinforces the “real world” experience for competitors. As is tradition, the competition will conclude with an awards ceremony, where family, FBA members, and leaders are invited to attend. Finally, as an added bonus, each participant in the competition receives a free one-year law student membership in the Federal Bar Association.

Dates & Deadlines
Monday, January 10, 2022: Registration & Entry Fee Deadline
Monday, January 31, 2022: Problem & Rules Distributed
Friday, March 4, 2022: Briefs Due (must be received by 11:59pm (ET)
March 14, 2022: Welcome and Competitor Training*
March 15-18, 2022: Oral Arguments*
ALL TIMES (ET). *All times are subject to change

Registration Has Closed
If you are interested in learning more about the FBA Younger Lawyers Division, its programs, or publications, please email sections@fedbar.org.

South Florida Chapter: A Conversation About the Shadow Docket
2022-03-18 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | JW JW Marriott Marquis Miami, 255 Biscayne Blvd Way, Miami, 33131
The South Florida Chapter of the Federal Bar Association is proud to host a conversation between Judge Trevor N. McFadden and Judge Rodolfo “Rudy” Ruiz II about the Supreme Court’s so-called “Shadow Docket.” Many of us have heard about the Shadow Docket but know little about what it is or how it operates. Our chapter is fortunate enough to welcome an expert on the subject, Judge McFadden. Judge McFadden sits on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He has published articles and spoken widely on the precedential effect of Shadow Docket stays, which the Court issues with little briefing, no oral argument, and varying degrees of opinion. Interviewing Judge McFadden on this topic is our own Judge Ruiz, a friend and colleague of Judge McFadden. We look forward to this interesting conversation.

Speakers
Judge Rodolfo “Rudy” Ruiz II, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Judge Trevor N. McFadden, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Registration

FBA Member: $35
Non-Member: $50
Student/Gov’t: $25

Register Online by March 15: https://www.fba-sdfla.org/events/a-conversation-about-the-shadow-docket?utm_campaign=1a2c5f49-0f5b-42c4-8082-8c3618edfb6a&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail

CLE
1.0 CLE Credit approved.

Southern District of New York & Washington State Chapters: Mental Disabilities and the Federal Courts (In Person & Virtual)
2022-03-21 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | JAMS New York Resolution Center, 620 8th Ave, Fl 34, New York, NY, 10018, United States
A panel of legal and medical experts will discuss the impact of mental disabilities on the prosecution, defense and disposition of cases as well as how the federal courts can be more responsive.

Speakers
Jeffrey D. Grant, Private General Counsel @GrantLaw, PLLC
Dr. Joette James, Chief Inpatient/Outpatient Neuropsychologist; Assistant Professor; Forensic Psychologist @HSC Pediatric Center; George Washington University
Elizabeth Kelley, Criminal Defense Attorney; Secretary @L/O Elizabeth Kelley; Federal Bar Association-Washington State Chapter
Miriam Krinsky, Executive Director @Fair and Just Prosecutions
Dr. George Woods, President @International Academy of Law & Mental Health

Registration
Registration Fees

Chapter & FBA Members: Complimentary Registration

How to Register
Register Online by March 20: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1DY3dl-6RqC5r7zPBWgo7g

Webinar ID 945 8368 7352

CLE
1.5 NY CLE Credits Available

Webinar: Just When I Thought I Was Out They Pull Me Back In! Will the Military Continue to Retain Courts-Martial Jurisdiction Over Retirees?
2022-03-23 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Online, US
For nearly 75 years, military courts have squarely rejected challenges to the Uniform Code of Military Justice’s continued jurisdiction over certain retirees. Two years ago, University of Texas School of Law Professor Stephen Vladeck successfully convinced a judge of the D.C. District Court to find that courts-martial jurisdiction over retirees is unconstitutional. Although the Supreme Court declined to hear Larrabee v. United States, this issue is ripe for further scrutiny by lower courts. This webinar will feature a discussion by Prof. Vladeck as to why military courts’ jurisdiction over retirees should end.
Presented by:
Veterans and Military Law Section

About the Speaker
Professor Steve Vladeck, Charles Alan Wright Chair in Federal Courts at the University of Texas School of Law
Stephen I. Vladeck holds the Charles Alan Wright Chair in Federal Courts at the University of Texas School of Law and is a nationally recognized expert on the federal courts, constitutional law, national security law, and military justice. Professor Vladeck has argued over a dozen cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Texas Supreme Court, and various lower federal civilian and military courts; has testified before numerous congressional committees and Executive Branch agencies and commissions; has served as an expert witness both in U.S. state and federal courts and in foreign tribunals; and has received numerous awards for his influential and widely cited legal scholarship, his prolific popular writing, his teaching, and his service to the legal profession.

Registration
Registration for this event is now closed.
Registration Fees

FBA Member: $0
Nonmember: $75

Live Captioning: Closed captioning is available for all virtual webcasts.
Cancellation Policy: No refunds will be made for cancellations received after the close of business on March 16, 2022. No-shows will be billed. Substitutions may be made at any time upon notification. Please contact Ariel White at awhite@fedbar.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests.
Internet Requirements: Virtual programs require suitable internet strength to stream online panels. A minimum internet connection of 800 Kbps is recommended for an optimal attendee experience. Test your connection here.

CLE
CLE: 1 CLE Credit (60min state) / 1.2 CLE Credit (50min state)
CLE Credit will be processed/reported approximately 4-6 weeks after the event date and available for credit in states that allow credit for live webinar presentations. You must attend the live broadcast, answer engagement polls, and accurately enter your bar number in our database to receive credit. Certificates and required documentation for self-reporting states will be issued via email, upon state bar approval. Thank you in advance for your patience, as state bars are experiencing significant delays with virtual program processing.
Click Here for more information on CLE Attendance and Reporting.

Email Communication Policy: By registering for this event, you agree to receive email communications from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details, Continuing Legal Education certification, programming changes, upcoming events, surveys, and post-event communications.
Recording Disclaimer: By registering for an FBA webinar, you agree to the recording of audio and visual content presented during the live event and consent to subsequent use of the recording by the FBA. You agree that the recording is the sole property of the FBA and that the recording may be used by the FBA in any manner in its sole and absolute discretion. This recording may include questions and poll responses provided by you during the live event. If you do not consent to the recording and the FBA’s use of the same, do not register for the event.
If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Ariel White, Program Coordinator, at awhite@fedbar.org

Webinar: Barriers to Success and Safety for Female Lawyers and Judges
2022-03-25 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | DC
Women in the legal profession remain underrepresented in positions of greatest status, influence, and economic reward. In many parts of the world, female lawyers and judges are also subject to attacks and violations of their rights, including threats, intimidation, arbitrary detention, prosecution and killings. The Federal Bar Association’s International Law Section and its ECOSOC Committee is inviting panelists from different parts of the world who are familiar with threats to the safety of female lawyers and judges to host a parallel event during the NGO Commission on the Status of Women to address Barriers to Success and Safety for Female Lawyers and Judges.
Presented by the International Law Section
Registration is Closed
To learn more about how you can help with the Emergency Rescue of Women Judges in Afghanistan, visit https://www.charidy.com/AfghanWomen

Panelists
Federica Dell’Orto (Moderator) is the current Chair of the International Law Section of the Federal Bar Association. She has extensive experience in immigration, international, human rights law and in complex litigation matters. Ms. Dell’Orto has represented clients in Court during removal proceedings, as well as in asylum, bond, cancellation of removal and adjustment hearings. She has also matured ample experience with appeals in front of the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Dell’Orto obtained her JD from the University of Milan in 2013 in EU Law and International Law. In 2016, she completed an LL.M in Los Angeles, in Public International Law and was then admitted to the California Bar. She is also admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Beth S. Persky, Attorney, Law Office of Beth S. Persky (Moderator)
Beth Persky is a graduate of the Boston University School of Law and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, where she studied International Law and International Human Rights law. She has practiced immigration law for more than 25 years, and is a Certified Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law with the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization. Beth is the past chair of the International Law Section of the FBA and current chair of its ECOSOC Committee. She is admitted to practice before the Federal District Courts for the Central and Southern Districts of California, and before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Her practice focuses on immigration appeals and visas.
Hon. Patricia Whalen, Advisor to the Center for Peacebuilding, Cohen Center for Genocide and Holocaust Studies, and the War Crimes Research Center
Hon. Patricia Whalen has been a judge for more than 20 years, having presided over proceedings in the U.S. and serving for 5 years (2007 -2012) as an international judge in the War Crimes Chamber of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In this capacity she served on both the First Instance and Appellate Court. She is the founding member of the Afghan Judicial Education Program, facilitating cross-cultural judicial learning in both the U.S. and Afghanistan. Whalen was an official expert representative of the International Association of Women Judges at The Hague Conference on Private International Law. She holds specializations in areas including human rights, war crimes, gender violence in conflict, genocide and crimes against humanity, as well as family law. Judge Whalen served as a Special Advisor to the Court in Bosnia and Herzegovina focusing on judicial education in international law, judicial management systems, trial management, designing judicial education programs, hybrid legal systems, judicial trial skills particularly in regards to war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity and gender-based violence.
In addition to Whalen’s experience with the court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, she also collaboratively founded the Rural Women Leadership Institute of Vermont(USA). In association with the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ), she designed a program entitled the Vermont Afghan Judicial Education Program where she served as Project Director from 2004-2014. The program provided an unique homestay experience combining a cultural exchange and a legal education program for Afghan women judges aimed at maximizing their exposure to fair trial principles in both civil and common law systems. Whalen was invited in 2007 to present as a keynote speaker at the first Afghan Women Judges Conference in Kabul (sponsored by the IAWJ), where she discussed the impact of women in the judiciary in Afghanistan, in which 90 Afghan women judges were present for this historic event.
Currently Whalen serves as an advisor to the Center for Peacebuilding in Sanski Most, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Cohen Center for Genocide and Holocaust Studies in Keene, New Hampshire and the War Crimes Research Center, Washington, D.C. She is a member of the Afghan Support Committee for the IAWJ.
Rachel Irura, Head of the Witness Support and Protection Unit and head of Kigali Field Office of the United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals
Rachel Irura holds a Master of Laws (LLM) Degree in Human Rights and Democratization in Africa from the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa. She is the Head of the Witness Support and Protection Unit (WISP) of the United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (“Mechanism”). In her most recent prior position, Rachel worked as a Legal Officer (Courtroom Coordinator) for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) in the Court Management Services Section (CMSS) of the Registry in The Hague, the Netherlands. Prior to this position she was the only Court Officer for the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), the Hague Sub-Office, the Netherlands in the trial of the former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor. Rachel has field experience as a human rights officer for the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). Rachel has participated as a Judge at various International Moot Court Competitions organised by the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). In June 2021, participated in a Panel for the National Association of Women Judges’ (NAWJ) Day at the United Nations on the theme; “Moving Forward, Falling Behind: Achieving Full Empowerment of Women During the COVID-19 pandemic.” Rachel has submitted an article titled “Women’s Political rights in Kenya: Reflections on Preventing Sexual and Gender-Based Election Violence” which is due for publication by the International Law Section, American Bar Association (ABA) in the fall of 2022.
Judge Vanessa Ruiz, Senior Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Immediate Past President International Association of Women Judges and Past President National Association of Women Judges, American Bar Association Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Recipient
Vanessa Ruiz is a Senior Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the highest court of the District of Columbia, Washington DC. She was appointed to the court in 1994 after nomination by the President of the United States and confirmation by the Senate of the United States. She is the longest-serving woman on the court and the first (and only) Hispanic appointed to the D.C. Court of Appeals and as chief legal officer for the District of Columbia.
She has been a leader in judicial ethics and access to justice initiatives. She chaired the D.C. Courts’ Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct, is a judicial member of the District of Columbia Access to Justice Commission and a recognized national voice for enhancing access to justice for those who are unrepresented, immigrants, and language minorities.
Judge Ruiz participates in a number of local, national and international organizations. She is the Immediate Past President of the International Association of Women Judges, former Chair of its Board of Managerial Trustees and a Past President of the U.S. National Association of Women Judges. She led the American Bar Association to adopt Standards for Language Access in Courts. She was the first judicial member of the D.C. Bar’s Pro Bono Committee, a member of the Board of the Council for Court Excellence and the Judicial Council of the D.C. Hispanic Bar Association. Judge Ruiz is a member of the American Law Institute and is a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. She served as Trustee of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Judge Ruiz speaks, at home and abroad, on issues essential to the judiciary: judicial independence and integrity, access to justice, and the necessary interface with the inclusion of women and minorities in the judiciary, equality and a gender perspective. She emphasizes civil society initiatives to improve and strengthen the judiciary, including the importance of citizen understanding of the courts and judges’ participation in civic education in a democratic society. She serves as mentor to students, lawyers, and judges.
Upon graduation from law school, Judge Ruiz practiced law working on international, commercial, and intellectual property transactions and arbitration. Five years out of law school, she successfully briefed and argued an important civil rights case before the U.S. Supreme Court that established the standing of certain nonprofit organizations. After fifteen years in private practice, she turned to public service, and became the Corporation Counsel (now Attorney General) for the District of Columbia.
Judge Ruiz has received numerous awards. Among them: Judge of the Year from the Hispanic National Bar Association; Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hispanic Bar Association of D.C.; Latina Leader in Law Award from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute; the first Vaino Spencer Leadership Award of the National Association of Women Judges; Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Legal Service from MALDEF; Woman Lawyer of the Year by the D.C. Women’s Bar Association. Judge Ruiz was honored with the Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award by the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession. She received an honorary doctorate from the Washington College of Law, American University.
Judge Ruiz has taught as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center and ESADE Law School in Barcelona. She is co‑author of Europe Without Frontiers: A Lawyer’s Guide (BNA 1989).
Judge Ruiz was born and grew up in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and received her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1975. She is married to former ambassador David E. Birenbaum.

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John W. Peck Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Chapter: Virtual Meet & Greet With Two Recently Sworn In Federal Magistrate Judges
2022-03-31 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | DC
We hope you will join us for this virtual opportunity to learn more about Judge Caroline H. Gentry and Judge Peter B. Silvain, Jr., who were each sworn in within the last year to serve as magistrate judges in the Dayton seat of court. Judge Michael Newman will be the moderator for this event.

Speakers
Judge Caroline H. Gentry
Judge Peter B. Silvain, Jr.
Judge Michael Newman (Moderator)

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Southern District of New York Chapter: 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award to the Hon. Denise Cote
2022-03-31 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Online, US
Thursday, March 31, 2022 | 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
The Federal Bar Association SDNY Chapter is thrilled to present to the Honorable Denise Cote, Senior U.S. District Judge, SDNY, the 2022 Federal Bar Association Lifetime Achievement Award.
Among those who will pay tribute to Judge Cote’s extraordinary and tireless service to the judiciary and legal community are her many friends including colleagues from the United States Circuit and District Courts.
The event, co-sponsored by Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi P.C., will be live streamed via Zoom.

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If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Nancy Morisseau.

Webinar: Diversity & Inclusion Federal Clerkship Panel - Confidently Navigating Your Interview
2022-04-04 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | DC
So you’ve landed a federal clerkship interview. Congratulations! You are probably now wondering how to prepare. What should you know about the judge? Will you be quizzed on constitutional law? What if you are anticipating a period of planned leave during the clerkship or would like to know the judge’s policy on respecting religious observations, pronouns, disability accommodations, and so forth? Should you accept an on-the-spot offer? Our panel of current federal judges and former federal judicial law clerks will address these questions and more during a virtual webinar on April 4, 2022 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET. Please register to join our conversation.
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Speakers
Judge Patrick J. Bumatay, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Patrick Bumatay was confirmed as a Circuit Judge on the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in December 2019. Judge Bumatay previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California, where he was a member of the Appellate and Narcotics Sections. He was also a Counselor to the Attorney General on various criminal issues, including on national opioid strategy and combating transnational organized crime. Judge Bumatay has also worked in other positions in the Department of Justice, including the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, the Office of the Associate Attorney General, where he was responsible for overseeing various aspects of the Department’s civil enforcement programs, and the Office of Legal Policy.
Upon graduation from law school, Judge Bumatay served as a law clerk to Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He also clerked for Judge Sandra L. Townes of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Judge Bumatay earned his B.A., cum laude, from Yale University and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Judge Diane J. Humetewa, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
The Honorable Diane J. Humetewa was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 14, 2014 as a United States District Judge for the United States District Court in the District of Arizona. In addition to her judicial responsibilities on the bench, Judge Humetewa serves on multiple court committees at the district and circuit levels regarding pro se litigants, education, and tribal issues. She was appointed by former Ninth Circuit Chief Judge, Sidney R. Thomas, to Chair an Ad Hoc Committee on Tribal-Native Relations, and by Chief Justice, John G. Roberts, of the U.S. Supreme Court to serve on the Judicial Conference of the United States’ Committee on Federal-State Jurisdiction.
Prior to her judicial confirmation, she served as Special Advisor to the President and Special Counsel in the Office of General Counsel at Arizona State University (2011-2014). She also served as a Professor of Practice at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.
Judge Humetewa was formerly Of Counsel with the law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP (2009-2011), representing tribal government clients as a federal Indian law and natural resources law attorney.
She served in the United States Attorney’s Office in the District of Arizona (1996-2009), where she was Senior Litigation Counsel (2001-2007) — prosecuting a wide variety of federal crimes, including violent crimes in Indian Country, Native American cultural crimes, and archeological resource crimes — and later the United States Attorney for the district (2007-2009). During her tenure in the United States Attorney’s Office, Judge Humetewa served as Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General (1996-1998) and as Deputy Counsel for the United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (1993-1996).
Judge Humetewa received her J.D. in 1993 from Arizona State University College of Law and her B.S. in 1987 from Arizona State University. She is a member of the Hopi Tribe and has served as an Appellate Court Judge for the Hopi Tribe Appellate Court (2002-2007).
Professor Katherine Macfarlane, Southern University Law Center
Professor Katherine Macfarlane, a leading expert on civil rights litigation, joined the Southern University Law Center in 2021. Professor Macfarlane’s work has appeared in or will appear in the Fordham Law Review, the Alabama Law Review, the Yale Law Journal Forum, the Columbia Law Review Forum, the Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and the Michigan Journal of Race and Law, among others. Following the publication of her article “The Danger of Nonrandom Case Assignment: How the S.D.N.Y’s ‘Related Cases’ Rule Has Shaped Stop-and-Frisk Law,” the Southern District of New York amended its local civil rules, adopting several of Professor Macfarlane’s recommendations. From 2016 to 2019, Professor Macfarlane was a member of the District of Idaho’s Local Rules Advisory Committee.
Professor Macfarlane chairs the AALS Section on Disability Law and co-founded an affinity group for disabled law professors and allies. She frequently presents and writes about students, lawyers, and professors with disabilities, and the challenges they face in obtaining reasonable accommodations. She is also involved in disability and patient rights advocacy, and in that capacity, has testified before the Louisiana Legislature and participated in a Congressional Arthritis Caucus briefing in Washington, D.C. She is frequently quoted by media outlets reporting on disability and civil rights litigation, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Nation, NPR, Bloomberg News, and the Times-Picayune.
Prior to joining the Southern University Law Center faculty, Professor Macfarlane served as an associate professor at the University of Idaho College of Law, where she was tenured in 2019. From 2013 to 2015, she served as a teaching fellow at the LSU Hebert Law Center. Prior to joining academia, Professor Macfarlane was an Assistant Corporation Counsel in the New York City Law Department, serving as lead counsel in federal civil rights actions. As an associate in Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s Los Angeles and New York offices, she represented plaintiffs in securities litigation. Prof. Macfarlane clerked for the District of Arizona and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She is admitted to practice in California and New York.
Professor Macfarlane received her B.A., magna cum laude, from Northwestern University, and her J.D., cum laude, from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. She spent her childhood in Rome, Italy, and is fluent in Italian and Spanish. Professor Macfarlane lives in Baton Rouge with her dog Cooper.
Zainab Ramahi, Associate, Keker, Van Nest, & Peters
Zainab is currently an associate at Keker, Van Nest, & Peters in San Francisco, representing clients in all facets of commercial litigation. Zainab maintains an active pro bono caseload as well. Prior to her current position, she served as a law clerk to Judges Richard Paez and Dorothy Nelson of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She previously clerked for Judge Richard Andrews of the US District Court for District of Delaware.
Zainab earned her JD from the University of California, Berkeley Law, and her Bachelor of Knowledge Integration from the University of Waterloo. Her legal scholarship has focused on the potential of the court as a countermajoritarian institution, manifestations of settler colonialism, and Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions as a tool of organized labor. During law school, she served as a Coblentz Civil Rights Research Fellow at Berkeley’s Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, a law clerk with Palestine Legal, and a teaching assistant for Berkeley’s legal research and writing program.
Enjoliqué Lett, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, P.A. (Moderator)
An Atlanta native, Enjoliqué Lett is a shareholder in the Miami office of Greenberg Traurig where she leads bet-the-company litigation on behalf of drug and medical device manufacturers in all aspects of mass tort and multi-district litigation, and has substantial experience and background handling high-exposure complex commercial litigation matters. Prior to returning to private practice, Enjoliqué served as a federal law clerk to the Honorable Marcia G. Cooke, District Judge in the Southern District of Florida. Enjoliqué Lett is a member of the FBA Judiciary Division’s Federal Judicial Law Clerk Committee and Pro Bono Chair and Membership Co-Chair of the FBA’s South Florida Chapter.

Presented by: FBA Diversity and Inclusion Standing Committee & Federal Judicial Law Clerk Committee
Co-Sponsored by:
Hispanic National Bar Association
PLSI Judicial Clerkship Committee
Muslim Bar Association of New York
Muslim Judicial Law Clerkships Network
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
National Association of Muslim Lawyers
National Association of Women Lawyers
National Bar Association
National Disabled Law Students Association
National LGBTQ+ Bar Association
National Native American Bar Association
South Asian Bar Association of North America
South Asian Bar Association of San Diego
The Appellate Project

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Indian Law Conference
2022-04-07 - 2022-04-08 | Sandia Resort & Casino, 30 Rainbow Rd, Albuquerque, NM, 87113, US
Preservation and Protection of Indigenous Nations
Join the Indian Law Section for the Annual Indian Law Conference on April 7-8, 2022 at the Sandia Resort & Casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Tribal nations continuously work to overcome longstanding legal and policy issues facing Indian country and Native people. This year’s conference will focus on how tribal nations preserve and protect their ways of life by confronting pressing issues such as the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples crisis, climate change, Indian lands issues, economic development, attacks on the Indian Child Welfare Act and the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and much more. Join leading experts, colleagues, and fellow advocates to explore solutions for these critical issues and implement strategies for generations to come.
This event is scheduled to take place in-person without a streaming component. The FBA is committed to creating an event experience where our participants, partners and employees can safely and effectively conduct business, network and learn. We will follow current CDC guidelines as well as any applicable protocols that may be required by our venues, state and local governments. If the event converts to a hybrid experience, we will share updates on this page and attendees will be notified.
Effective February 18, 2022 – The mask mandate will be optional for all guests at the Sandia Resort & Casino.

Agenda
Session Times are Subject to Change
Sessions are posted in Mountain Time Zone
Thursday, April 7
7:30 – 8:30 AM | Registration + Breakfast
8:15 – 8:45 AM | Opening Program

Invocation & Prayer
Welcome Remarks from Anh Le Kremer – President, Federal Bar Association
An Armchair Conversation with Mary Smith – Vice Chair, VENG Group; President-Elect Nominee, American Bar Association

9:00 – 10:30 AM | Perspectives on Indian Law in the Changing Supreme Court
Update on the Supreme Court, including a discussion of changes in the direction of the Court and the impact of those changes on public perception of the Court and its work. The Panelists will discuss recent oral arguments in Yselta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas and Denezpi v. United States, and recent petitions for certiorari. The panel will examine Supreme Court Indian law cases over the last five years. The panel will also discuss Justice Breyer’s retirement and the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Ian Gershengorn, Partner, Chair – Appellate and Supreme Court Practice, Jenner & Block
Stacy Leeds, Foundation Professor of Law and Leadership, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
Dan Lewerenz, Staff Attorney, Native American Rights Fund

10:30 – 10:45 AM | Morning Break
10:45 AM – 12:15 PM | Priorities for Indian Country Under the Biden Administration’s Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture
This panel will provide an overview and update on the Biden Administration’s initiatives at the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture. This panel will feature a discussion of policy priorities and progress for Indian country under the leadership of the first Native American Cabinet Member, Secretary Deb Haaland. The discussion will touch on homelands restoration, economic development, treaty rights, sacred sites, co-stewardship and more.

Ann Marie Bledsoe Downes, Principal Deputy Solicitor, Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior
Bryan Newland, Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior
Heather Dawn Thompson, Director, Office of Tribal Relations, U.S. Department of Agriculture

12:30 – 2:00 PM | Awards Luncheon

Presentation of the 2022 Lawrence R. Baca Lifetime Achievement Award | Recipient: Frank Pommersheim

2:15 – 3:45 PM | Protecting Our Places: Sovereignty in a Time of Climate Change
This panel will focus on the issue of climate change in Indian Country. The effects of climate change upon Indigenous peoples are wide-ranging, and the legal responses are similarly varied. Panelists will discuss the various impacts on tribal natural resources, culture, and sovereignty. The responses to the occurrence and threat of these climate impacts differs across Indian Country and panelists will consider some of the legal approaches from Tribal Nations. Finally, while the panel will engage deeply with the legal responses to sustain tribal natural resources, panelists will also offer perspectives on energy sustainability, including the development of renewable energy projects in Indian Country.

Elizabeth C. Crouse, Partner, K&L Gates
Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Professor, Michigan State University College of Law
Dylan Hedden-Nicely, Professor, University of Idaho College of Law

3:45 – 4:00 PM | Afternoon Break
4:00 – 5:30 PM | Constitutional Challenges to Federal Indian Law: An Examination of Challenges to ICWA and IGRA
This panel will focus on recent constitutionally based attacks on the Indian Child Welfare Act and the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and provide an overview of how Indian Country is pushing back on these constitutional challenges to Indian law and policy. The discussion will feature practitioners involved in fighting back against these challenges.

Colin Cloud Hampson, Partner, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson, & Perry
Leonard R. Powell, Associate, Jenner & Block LLP
Paul Spruhan, Assistant Attorney General, Navajo Nation Department of Justice

5:30 – 7:30 PM | Welcome Reception
Friday, April 8
8:00 – 9:00 AM | Registration + Breakfast
8:45 – 9:00 AM | Opening Program

Invocation & Prayer
Program Reminders

9:00 – 10:30 AM | Cultivation and Taxation of Economic Development Opportunities for Indigenous Nations
Economic development is a vital exercise of tribal sovereignty that ensures the survival of our nations. The opportunities for diverse economic growth have increased with the new federal administration, continued investments in renewable energy projects, navigation of state and federal taxation, and agricultural opportunities. This panel highlights contemporary economic development resources available to tribes and the statutory issues associated with engaging in different types of business including renewable energy projects, cannabis cultivation, and agriculture.

Blake Jackson, Attorney-Advisor, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Seth Pearman, Attorney General, Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe
Pilar M. Thomas, Partner, Quarles & Brady LLP
Arielle S. Wagner, Associate, Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P.

Session Sponsored by Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
10:30 – 10:45 AM | Morning Break
10:45 AM – 12:15 PM | Concurrent Programming
In the Pursuit of Justice and Healing: An Examination of MMIP Legislation, Policy, and Community Collaboration
Tribes continue to build awareness, involvement, and collaboration with state and federal governments to find justice for murdered and missing persons in our tribal communities and in urban areas. This panel provides insight into the MMIP issues at different levels including new initiatives in the Biden administration, the US Attorney’s Office, and at the state levels for all MMIP including our LGBTQ2S relatives. A short clip from “Bring Her Home”, a documentary directed by Leya Hale and in part follows panelist Representative Ruth Buffalo, in three Indigenous women’s paths and experiences working to bring legislation and involvement to bring our relatives home and find justice for those taken from their families.

Representative Ruth Buffalo, District 27, North Dakota Legislative Branch
Karla E. Kawenniiostha General, Associate Counsel, Seneca Nation
Kyle T. Nayback, Supervisory AUSA, U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Mexico
Heidi Todacheene, Senior Advisor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior

Back to the Basics: Trust Realty and Land Use
Getting back to the basics on the challenges and changes to trust land transactions including and overview and update on current regulations governing trust land. Current issues and best practices with the Fee-to-Trust process will be covered as well as leasing, trust-to-trust transactions including sales and gift deeds, and ROWs. The panel will also provide updates on the Biden Administration’s plan to make the putting land into trust easier and efforts to restore and preserve tribal homelands.

Sarah Lawson, Shareholder, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC
Brenda L. Tomaras, Founding Partner, Tomaras & Ogas LLP
Karen Woodard, Realty Administrator, Morongo Band of Mission Indians

12:30 – 2:00 PM | Networking Luncheon
2:15 – 3:45 PM | Concurrent Programming
Protecting Tribes from Invisible Intrusions
How to can tribes take real-world measures to secure their intangible and vital data? As tribes engage in new forms of e-commerce and data sharing in their government procedures, new issues and considerations arise when considering data security and privacy issues. This panel explores the technical aspects of securing tribal data for government or corporate functions, measures tribes should take to prevent the breach of that data, and mitigating liability risks.

Sheldon Boyd, Secretary-Treasurer, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
Brie Coyle Jones, Partner, Miller Nash LLP
Devon Tiam, General Counsel, Port Madison Enterprises

Erasing International Borders: Perspectives on Indigenous Efforts in Canada and Mexico
The two international borders play a significant role in many Tribal Nations daily existence. Established without concern to the indigenous people on either side of the border, this panel will explore recent developments by US Tribes asserting rights in both Canada and in Mexico. The panel will explore the case of the Arrow Lakes Band’s, one of the twelve tribes of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington State, assertion of aboriginal rights in British Columbia. The panel will also discuss on-going issues along the Southwest border including efforts to ease access for tribal families who reside in Mexico.

Mark Underhill, Partner, Arvay Finlay LLP
Alfred Urbina, Attorney General, Pascua Yaqui Tribe

3:45 – 4:00 PM | Afternoon Break
4:00 – 5:30 PM | Ethics: Role of Tribal Counsel
This panel will follow the conference thread of protecting and preserving Tribal Nations. While it is obvious that egal ethics play a critical role in the lives of individual attorneys, legal ethics also play a role in the credibility and sustainability of tribal sovereignty. Tribal attorneys from a number of Tribal Nations will gather to offer their perspectives on the legal ethical challenges of being an attorney for a Tribal Nation and how they see ethics impacting the preservation and protection of tribal sovereignty.

Kathryn Almond, Attorney, Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community
Stephen Greetham, Senior Counsel, Chickasaw Nation
Lawrence Roberts, Attorney General, The Mohegan Tribe

Registration
Advanced registration for this conference is now closed. Onsite registration will open Thursday, April 7 at 7:30 AM.
Attendees received a “Know Before You Go” message from meetings@fedbar.org on Monday, April 4 with onsite information and required CLE tracking credentials. Registrations processed after Noon ET on April 4 will receive similar messaging on Wednesday, April 6.

Advance registration for this event closed on Friday, April 1
Onsite registration will be available at the Sandia Resort on April 7-8
Early Bird Registration expired on Friday, March 11

Full Conference Rates
Includes access to Two Luncheon Programs, Light Breakfast, Refreshment Breaks, Welcome Reception.

Standard Rates (Increase after March 11)

$495 – Sustaining Member
$520 – Member
$685 – Nonmember
$470 – Government/Academic
$210 – Law Student

Basic Conference Rates
Includes access to Light Breakfast, Refreshment Breaks, Welcome Reception. Does NOT Include Lunch.

Standard Rates (Increase after March 11)

$400 – Sustaining Member
$420 – Member
$585 – Nonmember
$370 – Government/Academic
$160 – Law Student

[A LA CARTE] Social Tickets
Already included in Full Conference registration packages.

$65 – Thursday Luncheon
$75 – Thursday Reception
$65 – Friday Luncheon

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Cancellation Policy: Full registration refunds will be processed for cancellations received by Friday, March 25. No-shows will be billed. Please email meetings@fedbar.org with questions and registration change requests.

Sponsors

Conference Contributor

Conference Supporter
Rothstein Donatelli LLP
Session Sponsor
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
Interested in sponsoring this event? View our Sponsorship Prospectus and contact sponsor@fedbar.org for more information.
Exhibitor/Vendor Interest
If you are interested in becoming an exhibitor or vendor at this program, please submit an agreement form to sponsor@fedbar.org. Tables require a 50% deposit and are assigned on a first come, first serve basis.

Housing
Sandia Resort
30 Rainbow Road; Albuquerque, NM 87113
505-798-3930
www.sandiacasino.com
The Sandia Resort room block is now closed. Attendees will be responsible for arranging their own transportation to/from the conference venue. There are several hotels offering comparable rates along I-25 within a 10-minute drive of the resort, including a selection below:

Courtyard Marriott (5151 Journal Center Boulevard | 505-823-1919)
Hilton Garden Inn (5320 San Antonio Drive NE | 505-314-0800)

Onsite Parking Information
The hotel offers extensive complimentary self-parking on their outdoor lot. Valet parking is also available for hotel guests and conference attendees.

CLE Education
Credit will be tracked via an online web application (ConferenceAdit). Attendees requesting CLE credit are required to check-in and check-out of each session on a computer or mobile device. The tracking site can be accessed directly via attendee-issued link. Attendees will login with the email and zip code affiliated with their registration. Certificates will be sent via email approximately two weeks following the event.

Attorneys admitted to state bars having mandatory CLE requirements may receive credit for attending this conference. For 60-minute credit hour states, up to 12 hours of CLE credit is available, including 1.5 hours of ethics credit. For states with 50-minute credit hours, up to 14.4 hours of CLE credit is available, including 1.8 hours of ethics.

Email Communication Policy: By registering for this event, you agree to receive email communications from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details, Continuing Legal Education certification, programming changes, upcoming events, surveys, and post-event communications.
Photography & Video Release: Registrants, instructors, exhibitors, and guests attending FBA meetings agree they may be photographed and/or recorded during the event. Photographs and video content are the sole property of the FBA, which reserves the right to use attendees’ names and likenesses in promotional materials without providing monetary compensation.
Scholarship Information: Applicants demonstrating financial need and involved in Indian law issues through law practice, governmental agencies, or educational institutions may submit a scholarship application for reduced registration fee of $325. Submit your request letter to awhite@fedbar.org.
Financial Assistance: Program registrants (both FBA members and nonmembers) who are unable to afford the registration fee may receive a 50% discount on the member rate. Qualifying attorneys include those who are unemployed or actively seeking employment. A formal letter requesting the discount must be emailed to meetings@fedbar.org. That letter needs to state the reason for the attorney’s interest in the course or activity, as well as proof of income or an explanation of the financial hardship, and it must be signed by the requesting lawyer.

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact meetings@fedbar.org.

Webinar: A Practitioner’s Guide to Evaluating Wrongful/Reversed Conviction Claims
2022-04-13 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Online, US
Joel Rudin, a criminal defense attorney, and Jabbar Collins, then a State inmate, met in 2002 while Jabbar was incarcerated in Greenhaven Correctional Facility serving a 34 years to life sentence for a murder he steadfastly claimed he did not commit. At the time, Jabbar was a quintessential jailhouse lawyer, helping numerous other inmates and winning several their release, but he let Joel know he was not yet ready to discuss his own conviction. A few years later, after completing his reinvestigation of his own case from prison, Jabbar was ready to discuss it, having accumulated a remarkable array of evidence undermining every part of the case against him. Together, they overcame a denial of their motion to vacate Jabbar’s conviction in state court and, after four years of litigation, won an extraordinarily rare grant of federal habeas corpus relief under which any retrial in state court in Brooklyn, NY, was barred. Thereafter Jabbar and Joel successfully litigated Jabbar’s claims for damages for unjust conviction in the NY Court of Claims and for violations of Jabbar’s federal constitutional rights in a federal Section 1983 civil rights action, recovering a total settlement in the two cases of $13 million. But this story did not end with the $13 million settlement: the Jabbar Collins story is still being written. Along with the new head of the Brooklyn DA’s Conviction Review Unit, Professor Collins is now teaching a course at St John’s Law School concerning wrongful convictions while applying for admission to law school. Join us for a CLE on wrongful convictions from Attorney Rudin and Professor Jabbar Collins.
Presented by:
Civil Rights Law Section

Registration for this event is now closed.

About the Presenters
Wylie M. Stecklow, Wylie Stecklow PLLC (Moderator)
Wylie Stecklow is a civil rights attorney in downtown Manhattan. Mr. Stecklow is a past President of the Southern District of New York Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, past National chair of its Civil Rights Law Section, and is an adjunct Professor at Fordham Law School (his alma mater). He is the 2021 recipient of the Sarah T. Hughes Civil Rights Award. He is a founding member of the National Action Network’s Legal Rights Nights and for the past twenty years, he has been litigating police policies and practice concerning the constitutional rights of protesters and photographers. He has litigated 1983 cases involving First Amendment Rights in New York, Maryland and Iowa and tried constitutional cases to verdict in various state and federal courts. His firm was retained by the Occupy Wall Street General Assembly in 2011, where he organized pro bono representation for over 200 Occupy arrestees and has continued to litigate civil rights claims relating to the policing of Occupy. Currently he is co-counsel to two of the consolidated cases in the litigation in the SDNY, In Re New York City Policing During Summer 2020 Demonstrations.
Jabbar Collins, St. Johns Law School
Jabbar Collins is President of Horizon Research Services, a consulting firm providing legal research and writing services to appellate and civil rights attorneys. In 1994 Mr. Collins was wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. He spent the next 16 years of his life there, teaching himself appellate, civil, and post-conviction litigation. While incarcerated, Mr. Collins drafted scores of successful New York Freedom of Information law lawsuits, won a federal habeas corpus petition raising complex ineffective assistance of trial and appellate counsel claims, and was granted permission by two federal judges to orally argue cases on behalf of two prisoners he assisted. In 2010, Mr. Collins, working with Joel B. Rudin, who would later hire Mr. Collins as a paralegal, won a rare unconditional writ of habeas corpus petition dismissing all charges based on egregious prosecutorial misconduct. Mr. Collins and Mr. Rudin then sued the City and State, exposing systemic misconduct in the Brooklyn DA’s Office and ultimately winning a $13 million dollar settlement, at the time one of the highest settlements for a wrongful conviction in New York City history. Mr. Collins’ legal work following his exoneration has resulted in five other wrongfully convicted men being freed after decades in prison. Mr. Collins’ case also prompted former Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson to run for office and establish a Conviction Integrity Unit that to this day has freed 28 other wrongfully convicted men. Mr. Collins is currently an adjunct professor at St. John’s Law School where along with the new Chief of the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Conviction Review Unit, he teaches Justice Dissected: The Anatomy of a Wrongful Conviction.

Joel B. Rudin, Law Offices of Joel B. Rudin, P.C.
Joel B. Rudin is the principal in a four-attorney criminal defense and plaintiff’s civil rights firm based in Manhattan. He has won three cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, numerous Second Circuit decisions expanding the rights of former criminal defendants to recover money damages for police and prosecutorial misconduct, and numerous seven-figure wrongful conviction settlements, including $13 million for Jabbar Collins and $15.45 million for William Vasquez. He has been a leader in the movement for prosecutorial accountability, developing through civil litigation voluminous evidence showing the indifference of local District Attorneys to prosecutorial misconduct and winning leading court decisions holding municipalities liable for such misconduct under federal civil rights law even though the individual prosecutors have personal immunity. The New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers has awarded him its prestigious Thurgood S. Marshall Award for his work freeing the wrongfully convicted. He is a graduate of Cornell University (1974) and New York University School of Law (1978).

Registration
Registration for this event is now closed.
Registration Fees

FBA Member: $0
Nonmember: $75

Live Captioning: Closed captioning is available for all virtual webcasts.
Cancellation Policy: No refunds will be made for cancellations received after the close of business on April 3, 2022. No-shows will be billed. Substitutions may be made at any time upon notification. Please contact Ariel White at awhite@fedbar.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests.
Internet Requirements: Virtual programs require suitable internet strength to stream online panels. A minimum internet connection of 800 Kbps is recommended for an optimal attendee experience. Test your connection here.

CLE
CLE: 1 CLE Credit (60min state) / 1.2 CLE Credit (50min state)
CLE Credit will be processed/reported approximately 4-6 weeks after the event date and available for credit in states that allow credit for live webinar presentations. You must attend the live broadcast, answer engagement polls, and accurately enter your bar number in our database to receive credit. Certificates and required documentation for self-reporting states will be issued via email, upon state bar approval. Thank you in advance for your patience, as state bars are experiencing significant delays with virtual program processing.
Click Here for more information on CLE Attendance and Reporting.

Email Communication Policy: By registering for this event, you agree to receive email communications from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details, Continuing Legal Education certification, programming changes, upcoming events, surveys, and post-event communications.
Recording Disclaimer: By registering for an FBA webinar, you agree to the recording of audio and visual content presented during the live event and consent to subsequent use of the recording by the FBA. You agree that the recording is the sole property of the FBA and that the recording may be used by the FBA in any manner in its sole and absolute discretion. This recording may include questions and poll responses provided by you during the live event. If you do not consent to the recording and the FBA’s use of the same, do not register for the event.
If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Ariel White, Program Coordinator, at awhite@fedbar.org

Dialogues on Racial Justice Series: Law Enforcement in the United States
2022-04-14 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Online, US
The FBA’s Diversity and Inclusion Standing Committee and the FBA’s Professional Development Task Force are pleased to invite you to the second installment of the Dialogues on Racial Justice Series. This virtual, 90-minute CLE program will consist of a panel discussion that addresses the benefits and detriments of the legal doctrine of qualified immunity, which substantially limits the liability of police officers and other government officials in civil rights cases. The panelists will also delve into topics regarding the relevance and enforcement of consent decrees, the direct and indirect implications of police brutality on minority communities, and the challenges associated with meaningful reform in law enforcement.

About the Speakers
Hon. Andre M. Davis, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (Ret.) – Moderator
During a thirty-year judicial career starting in 1987, Davis served as an Associate Judge on the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City; as an Associate Judge on the Circuit Court for Baltimore City; as federal district judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland; and as a federal appellate judge on the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. In September 2017, Davis retired fully from service as a judge to become City Solicitor, as Head of the Law Department, of Baltimore. There, he managed a department of approximately 110, including 70 lawyers who represent the City in all civil legal matters. In his role as counsel to the Baltimore City Police Department, he was at the forefront of the City’s implementation of the federal court consent decree requiring broad policing reforms. He retired as City Solicitor in February 2020.

Jonathan Aronie, Partner, Sheppard Mullin; Consent Decree Monitor, New Orleans
Jonathan Aronie is a partner at Sheppard Mullin where he is the Leader of the firm’s Government Contracts, Investigations, and International Trade Practice Group and is a former Managing Partner of the Washington, D.C. office. Jonathan also is a founding member of the firm’s Organizational Integrity Group, a cross-disciplinary team of litigators, regulatory specialists, federal monitors, and ex-prosecutors with extensive experience helping organizations prevent and defend against challenges to their organizational integrity. After graduating from Brandeis University (1990) and Duke University School of Law (1993), during which he worked with the United States Attorney’s Office in North Carolina, Jonathan served as a law clerk to the Honorable Judge Patricia Wynn on the DC Superior Court. In the early 2000s, Jonathan served as the Deputy Independent Monitor over the Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of Justice and the DC Metropolitan Police Department. In August 2013, Jonathan was appointed as the lead monitor over the New Orleans Police Department Consent Decree, a position he continues to hold. Jonathan is the co-founder of the Georgetown/Sheppard Mullin Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement (ABLE) Project and the chair of ABLE’s Board of Advisors and Corporate Advisory Board.
Terree A. Bowers, Counsel, Arent Fox
Terree has extensive experience in criminal, civil, and municipal law and previously served as the US Attorney for the Central District of California and the Chief Deputy City Attorney for Los Angeles. He brings more than 35 years of experience in corporate investigations, crisis management, securities fraud, criminal and civil RICO cases, banking and financial institution fraud, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the False Claims Act (FCA), civil rights actions, political corruption and campaign contribution issues, government contracting, health care fraud and regulatory matters, pharmaceutical issues, environmental criminal and regulatory matters, employment issues, customs, tax fraud, antitrust issues, insurance coverage, California Unfair Competition (Section 17200) cases and a variety of other complex litigation matters. Before joining Arent Fox, Terree served as the US Attorney for the Central District of California, where he supervised the work of the Criminal, Civil, Tax, and Asset Forfeiture Sections. After serving as the US Attorney, Terree became the Chief Deputy City Attorney for Los Angeles and supervised more than 525 attorneys. In 1994, the Department of Justice selected Terree to serve as a US representative on the Yugoslavia War Crimes Tribunal (ICTY).
Hon. Susie Morgan, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Judge Morgan graduated from the LSU Law Center where she was a member of the Order of the Coif. After graduation, she clerked for Judge Henry Politz who served as Chief Judge of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal. Judge Morgan was a civil trial lawyer before becoming a United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana on March 30, 2012. Four months after her appointment, on July of 2012, Judge Morgan was assigned the New Orleans Police Department Consent Decree, which she has described as a life-changing experience. Over the years, Judge Morgan has devoted much of her judicial time and energy to working with the NOPD and her team of federal monitors toward implementation of the decree.
Bhavani Raveendran, Partner, Romanucci & Blandin, LLC
Bhavani Raveendran is a Partner at Romanucci & Blandin, LLC where she works on behalf of plaintiffs on civil rights, police misconduct, sexual abuse and wrongful death cases. Bhavani focuses much of her work on civil rights actions in federal court across the country as well as here in Illinois. Bhavani has first-chaired federal and state trials and received numerous settlements for her clients, notably including a $21.3 million verdict for a family devastated by a police pursuit and representing the family of George Floyd in their civil lawsuit against the City of Minneapolis. Bhavani is the chair of the Police Misconduct Litigation Group for the American Association of Justice and the vice-chair of the Human and Civil Rights Section Council for the ISBA.
Keenan J. Saulter, Principal, Saulter Law P.C.
Keenan J. Saulter is an Alumnus of Howard University School of Law and has practiced for 21 years. He is the Principal of Saulter Law P.C. where he focuses his practice on Civil Rights and Personal Injury matters, he has generated more than $15 Million in jury verdicts and settlements since 2014. Keenan is a Member of the Trial Bar for the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and is admitted to practice before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Federal District Court for the Central District of Illinois. Keenan serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights (prior Board Vice-Chair) and has previously served as the inaugural Board Chair for the Associate Board of the Chicago Committee—which works to Advance Minority Attorneys at large law firms.
Introduction by Lisa Kpor, Associate, Holland & Knight; FBA Diversity & Inclusion Standing Committee Vice Chair
Lisa M. Kpor is a litigation attorney at Holland & Knight, LLP and the Vice Chair of the FBA’s Diversity and Inclusion Standing Committee. She concentrates her practice on shareholder litigation, product liability actions, financial services litigation, and complex breach of contract cases.

Registration
Online registration is now closed. Attendees received webinar credentials via calendar invitation on Wednesday, April 13.
Registration Fees

FBA Member: $0
Nonmember: $75

Live Captioning: Closed captioning is available for all virtual webcasts.
Cancellation Policy: No refunds will be made for cancellations received after the close of business on April 8, 2022. No-shows will be billed. Substitutions may be made at any time upon notification. Please contact meetings@fedbar.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests.
Internet Requirements: Virtual programs require suitable internet strength to stream online panels. A minimum internet connection of 800 Kbps is recommended for an optimal attendee experience. Test your connection here.

CLE
CLE: 1.5 CLE Credit (60min state) / 1.8 CLE Credit (50min state)
CLE Credit will be processed/reported approximately 4-6 weeks after the event date and available for credit in states that allow credit for live webinar presentations. You must attend the live broadcast, answer engagement polls, and accurately enter your bar number in our database to receive credit. Certificates and required documentation for self-reporting states will be issued via email, upon state bar approval. Thank you in advance for your patience, as state bars are experiencing significant delays with virtual program processing.
Click Here for more information on CLE Attendance and Reporting.

Email Communication Policy: By registering for this event, you agree to receive email communications from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details, Continuing Legal Education certification, programming changes, upcoming events, surveys, and post-event communications.
Recording Disclaimer: By registering for an FBA webinar, you agree to the recording of audio and visual content presented during the live event and consent to subsequent use of the recording by the FBA. You agree that the recording is the sole property of the FBA and that the recording may be used by the FBA in any manner in its sole and absolute discretion. This recording may include questions and poll responses provided by you during the live event. If you do not consent to the recording and the FBA’s use of the same, do not register for the event.
If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Caitlin Rider, Sr. Conference Manager, at crider@fedbar.org

New Orleans Chapter: Title IX – It’s Not Just About Athletics. What You Need to Know
2022-04-19 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | DC
Join the New Orleans Chapter of the FBA on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 from 12:00-1:00 pm for a Zoom CLE presentation on the Title IX – It’s Not Just About Athletics. What You Need to Know, a continuation of our Chapter’s Civil Rights CLE Series. Elizabeth Abdnour (Elizabeth Abdnour Law, PLLC) and Karen Truszkowski (Temperance Legal Group, PLLC) will present a discussion of Title IX: what it requires, who it protects, how it is enforced, and how recent changes have impacted the process. Sharonda Williams (Loyola University New Orleans) will moderate this one-hour CLE.
This CLE is free for all interested participants. Registration is required. CLE is only pre-approved for credit in Louisiana.

Speakers

Elizabeth Abdnour (Elizabeth Abdnour Law, PLLC),
Karen Truszkowski (Temperance Legal Group, PLLC)
Sharonda Williams (Loyola University New Orleans)

Registration
[Register Online]
Registration Rates
Deadline to register will be April 18, 2022

Registration is complimentary for all FBA Members & Non-Members

CLE
1.0 CLE Credit approval pending.

Email Communication Policy
By registering for this event, you agree to receive email communications from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details, Continuing Legal Education certification, programming changes, upcoming events, surveys, and post-event communications.

Broward County Chapter: April Luncheon with the Honorable Rodney Smith
2022-04-20 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Tower Club, 100 SE Third Avenue, 28th Floor, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
The Broward County Chapter of the FBA’s April Luncheon with the Honorable Rodney Smith, U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of Florida will be held on April 20.
Featured Speaker:

The Honorable Rodney Smith, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Registration
Registration Fees

FBA Member: $50
Non-Member: $65
Government Employees: $30
Judiciary, Law Clerks, or Student Members: $20 (No Cost for Federal Judiciary and Federal Law Clerks)

How to Register – RSVP by April 18, 2022
RSVP: Anne Flanigan at aflanigan@wsh-law.com
PAYMENT: Please remit payment to Trevor Jones via a check payable to “FBA Broward Chapter” and mailed to Trevor Jones, Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Florida, 500 East Broward Blvd., Suite 700, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33394. Please include the note: “FBA April Luncheon.”

Section on Taxation: IRS Collections, CSEDs, DOJ Reducing Assessments to Judgment and Enforcement Suits
2022-04-21 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | DC
Mr. Pontius will discuss IRS collections for taxpayers with large balances due and review collection alternatives for cases that are near the end of their collection statute expiration dates (CSEDs). If the taxpayer is unable to resolve the balance due with the Revenue Officer and the Revenue Officer has determined that the taxpayer has large collectible assets that the taxpayer will not liquidate to pay the IRS, then the IRS may refer that case to the Department of Justice to reduce that claim to judgement. Mr. Howlette will share his experience litigating these types of cases and how the Department of Justice handles a typical collection case.
Presented by: Section on Taxation
Registration is Closed

About the Presenters
Mr. John Pontius, Founder, Pontius Tax Law PLLC
Mr. Pontius regularly represents individual and business clients with sensitive and serious tax matters before the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities. His client base is local, national and international. Over the course of his career, Mr. Pontius has represented businesses and individuals with complex tax issues in the following areas: FBAR examinations, offshore disclosures, FATCA, FIRPTA, tax planning, unfiled tax returns, release of tax liens and levies, trust fund recovery penalty, IRS and state audit examinations as well as Appeals, penalty abatement, US Tax Court litigation along with defense of tax fraud and evasion.
Mr. Jordan Howlette, Founder, JD Howlette Law
Last year Mr. Howlette opened his law firm following a five-year career as a trial attorney in the Tax Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). While at the DOJ, Mr. Howlette successfully litigated dozens of civil tax cases and controversies on behalf of the United States in federal courts around the country, securing millions of dollars in favorable judgments while also advocating for equitable justice. He is intimately familiar with the procedures, strategies, and processes of litigating in federal court and with resolving multi-faceted civil disputes involving high-dollar amounts, complex statutory and regulatory provisions, and diverse parties from different jurisdictions.

Registration & Attendance Information
Registration is Closed
Registration for this event will close Wednesday, April 20 at 5 PM ET.
Registration Fees

FBA Members & Nonmembers: Complimentary Registration

FBA Tax Section membership is not required to participate, but you are encouraged to visit https://www.fedbar.org/membership/for information on becoming a member.
Registrants will receive Zoom login details on the day before the event

Webinar: Transforming Conflict with WellBeing
2022-04-22 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | DC
How legal and ADR professionals can use wellbeing to transform conflict into opportunity for personal and professional growth. In this webinar, attendees will gain an understanding of the different areas of wellbeing, why it is important, and how to implement practices for better conflict resolution.
Presented by the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
Registration is Closed

Panelists
Herschenia Brown, MBA, CIHC, ADR

Herschenia A. Brown, owner of In Agreement Dispute Resolution LLC, is an Employment Mediator, External Ombuds, and Corporate Consultant in the field of Dispute Resolution. She is also a Certified Integrative Health Coach, Speaker, and Bestselling and Award-Winning Author under the PEN Aria Craig.
Herschenia’s education includes a Master of Business Administration; Graduate Certificate in Dispute Resolution (from Pepperdine University); Bachelor of Science in Technical Management; and Board Certification in Mental Health Coaching. She also currently serves as the Tri-Chair of Membership for the Federal Bar Association’s ADR Section and on the Advisory Board for the National Workplace Bullying Coalition (NWBC).
Her career has spanned from financial operations to project management where she led teams for multi-million dollar corporate projects, created cost-saving initiatives, resolved internal disputes, and helped organizations stay in compliance. Now, she has shifted to working with employees and employers to implement methods for resolving internal conflict and improving workplace culture through three separate solutions: Ombuds, Mediation, and Corporate Consulting.
While working on establishing her own brand, Herschenia spent some of her free time writing books under the PEN Aria Craig, which earned her awards and placed her on the Amazon bestseller’s list in five parenting categories. Her books build bravery, resilience, and empowerment for moms struggling with the stressors of being single, divorced, or in a blended family dynamic; as well as children dealing with social issues, such as bullying.
Amy G. Pruett, Esq., LL.M., Attorney/Mediator, Williams Mullen
Amy G. Pruett, Esq., LL.M is an Intellectual Property Attorney and Certified Mediator at Williams Mullen, where she counsels clients on rights in brands, copyrights, and other intellectual property assets. Pruett serves on numerous boards and committees, including Federal Bar Association’s ADR Section, Virginia Mediation Network, Charlottesville Albemarle Bar Association, Virginia State Bar – IP Section, and several in the ABA’s ADR Section and the Law Practice Division. Pruett developed a passion for wellbeing through her love of yoga. She is a 500hr certified yoga instructor and coach, and she co-founded Abunditude, LLC, (www.abunditude.us) to provide transformational conflict coaching, training and leadership programs. She writes and speaks regularly on Transformative Practices to Engage in Conflict, and she is writing a book on her RIGHT NOW Model for conflict resolution. She is dedicated to integrating yoga practices into her legal and mediation work for better clarity, direction, and a true sense of purpose and connection with herself and her clients.

Registration
Registration is Closed
Registration for this event will close April 21 at 2 PM ET.
Registration Fees

FBA Member: $0
Nonmember: $75

Live Captioning: Closed captioning is available for all virtual webcasts.

Internet Requirements: Virtual programs require suitable internet strength to stream online panels. A minimum internet connection of 800 Kbps is recommended for an optimal attendee experience. Test your connection here.

CLE
Please note CLE will not be offered for this event.

Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How do I access the virtual webinar?
A: Each webinar will have a unique link to watch the live broadcast. Registered attendees will receive login instructions via a calendar invitations 24 hours prior to the webinar.
Q: Will recordings of the sessions be available after the event?
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Q: Who do I contact for more information?
A: Please contact sections@fedbar.org for any other questions.

Email Communication Policy
By registering for this event, you agree to receive email communications from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details, Continuing Legal Education certification, programming changes, upcoming events, surveys, and post-event communications.
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By registering for an online FBA program, you agree to the recording of audio and visual content presented during the live event and consent to subsequent use of the recording by the FBA. You agree that the recording is the sole property of the FBA and that the recording may be used by the FBA in any manner in its sole and absolute discretion. This recording may include questions and poll responses provided by you during the live event. If you do not consent to the recording and the FBA’s use of the same, do not register for the event.

Eastern District of Michigan Chapter: FBA New Normal in Bankruptcy Part II
2022-04-26 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | DC
Join Chief Judge Opperman and Clerk of Court Todd Stickle for a discussion regarding the court’s current plans for returning to in person hearings.

Speakers

Chief Judge Daniel Opperman
Todd Stickle

Registration
[Register Online]
Registration Rates
Deadline to register will be April 25, 2022

FBA Members: $0
Non-Members: $12

Email Communication Policy
By registering for this event, you agree to receive email communications from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details, Continuing Legal Education certification, programming changes, upcoming events, surveys, and post-event communications.
