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SUMMARY:D.C. Indian Law Conference (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:Join the Indian Law Section for its Annual DC Indian Law Conference on Monday\, November 7. This year’s hybrid program offers in-person or online viewing options for registered attendees. \nCo-Hosted by the Indian Law Section \n\nAgenda\nSession times are posted as Eastern Time zone and subject to change.\nAsterisked programming will be available online for remote registrants. \nMonday\, November 7\n8:30 am – 9:30 am | Registration & Breakfast \n9:30 am – 10:45 am | CLE Panel: Tribal Sovereignty in Use of Federal Funding*\nThis panel will cover ways to increase tribes’ exercise of their sovereignty in expenditure of federal funds\, including through ISDEAA\, PL 477\, and Section 105(l). \n\nModerator: Bryan Shade\, Senior Associate\, Lippes Mathias LLP\nKatie Brossy\, Senior Counsel\, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP\nKitcki Carroll\, Executive Director\, United South and Eastern Tribes\, Inc. (USET)\nKathryn Isom-Clause\, Deputy Assistant Secretary – Policy and Economic Development\, Indian Affairs\, U.S. Department of the Interior\n\n10:45 am – 11:15 am | Morning Refreshment Break \n11:15 am – 12:30 pm | CLE Panel: Indian Country’s Role in Fighting Climate Change*\nThis panel will cover tribal efforts to fight climate change\, such as carbon capture markets; tribal co-stewardship of federal lands to promote sustainable management; and addressing climate change effects already harming tribes and their lands. \n\nModerator: Erick Giles\, Attorney\, Drummond Woodsum\nNada Wolff Culver\, Principal Deputy Director\, Bureau of Land Management\, Department of the Interior\nSam Kohn\, Senior Counselor to Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs\, Department of Interior\nBethany Sullivan\, Partner\, Maier Pfeffer Kim Geary & Cohen LLP\nGeoffrey Strommer\, Partner\, Hobbs\, Straus\, Dean & Walker LLP\n\nSponsored by Hobbs\, Straus\, Dean & Walker LLP \n12:30 pm – 1:45 pm | Keynote + Networking Luncheon \n\nBryan Newland\, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs\, U.S. Department of the Interior\n\n2:00 pm – 3:15 pm | CLE Panel: Existential Threats in the U.S. Supreme Court*\nThis panel will cover equal protection challenges in Brackeen and IGRA cases and evolving case law on jurisdiction in Indian Country. \n\nModerator: Jonodev Chaudhuri\, Ambassador\, Muscogee (Creek) Nation \nDoug Endreson\, Partner\, Sonosky\, Chambers\, Sachse\, Endreson & Perry\, LLP\nAmb. Keith Harper\, Partner\, Jenner & Block\nRebecca Ross\, Senior Attorney\, Indian Resources Section\, Environment and Natural Resources Division\, U.S. Department of Justice\n\n3:15 pm – 3:45 pm | Afternoon Refreshment Break \n3:45 pm – 5:00 pm | CLE Panel: Stories that Shaped Indian Law: Indian Law Experts on Early Keystone Indian Law Matters*\nThis panel will include experienced Indian law attorneys discussing behind-the-scenes stories of key Indian law matters they worked on; how the practice of Indian law has changed over time as case law and other developments unfolded; and reflections on their careers and lessons learned. \n\nModerator: Gregory Smith\, Partner\, Hobbs\, Straus\, Dean & Walker LLP\nReid Chambers\, Partner\, Sonosky\, Chambers\, Sachse\, Endreson & Perry\, LLP\nArlinda Locklear\, Attorney at Law\, Arlinda F. Locklear\, Esq.\nJerry Straus\, Partner\, Hobbs\, Straus\, Dean & Walker LLP\n\nSponsored by Dentons US LLP \n\nRegistration\nAdvance online registration is now closed.\nOnsite registration is available for in-person participation at the registration desk on Monday\, November 7.\n\nSustaining FBA Member $235\nFBA Member $250\nNonmember $425\nGovernment/Academic $200\nLaw Student $90\n\nGroup Registrations: Organizations can process group registrations with one payment using the linked Register Online text above. If coordinating a registration on anyone’s behalf – please ensure you are entering the attendee’s information (not your own). After entering the first registrant’s information and selecting a registration fee\, click Save and Add Another to add additional registrants to the group transaction. After submitting payment information\, you will be directed to a receipt page to print for your records. Each registrant will also receive an auto-confirmation email.\nAccommodations: Please contact meetings@fedbar.org for onsite dietary or accessibility requests in advance of the program dates if you do not disclose within the online registration form.\nCancellation Policy: Full registration refunds will be processed for cancellations received by Friday\, October 28. After the posted cancellation date\, registrations may be transferred to another attendee but not refunded. No-shows will be billed. Please email meetings@fedbar.org with questions and written cancellation/substitution requests.\n\n\n\n\nCLE\nAttendees can receive up to 5.0 General CLE credits (6.0 credits for 50-min states). \nCLE Credit will be tracked via an online web application. Attendees must check-in and check-out of each session to record their attendance. Certificates will be available to download online and sent via email approximately two weeks following the conference. \n\nHotel & Travel\nAUSA Conference Center\n2425 Wilson Blvd\, Arlington\, VA 22201 \nParking: Visitor parking is limited\, if no parking spaces are available\, please park in street parking or at one of the nearby parking options.\nMetro: Take the Orange Line or Silver Line and exit at the Court House stop.\nSuggested Hotel: The Hyatt Place Arlington/Courthouse is located next-door to the conference center. \n\nSponsors\nSession Sponsor \n\nDentons US LLP\nHobbs Straus Dean & Walker LLP\n\nBreakfast & Break Sponsor \n\nAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP\nSonosky\, Chambers\, Sachse\, Endreson & Perry\, LLP\n\n[View Event Sponsorship Prospectus]\nSponsors receive customized deliverables per conference\, including company visibility and registration benefits! \nContact Barbara Bienkowsi at sponsor@fedbar.org for sponsorship opportunities. \n\nEmail Communication Policy: By registering for this event\, you agree to receive email communication 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. \nRecording 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. \nFinancial 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. \nIf you have any questions regarding this program\, please contact meetings@fedbar.org.
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LOCATION:AUSA Conference Center\, 2425 Wilson Blvd\, Arlington\, VA\, 22201
CATEGORIES:Indian Law Section
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Chapter: Monthly Luncheon Series: Election Day Recap
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our November monthly luncheon featuring an Election Day Recap with Christopher B. Chapp\, Associate Professor of Political Science at St. Olaf College. \nSpeaker\nChristopher B. Chapp\, Associate Professor of Political Science\, St. Olaf College \n\nRegistration\nRegister online:  http://Pending.com\nDeadline to register will be November 4\, 2022 \n\nFree – Guests of Honor and Season Pass Holder\n$30 – Public-Sector Employee\n$30 –  Law Student\n$45 – FBA Member\n$60 – Non-Member\n\nIf you have any questions regarding this program\, please contact Laura Kyles at lkyles@carlsoncaspers.com.
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/minnesota-chapter-monthly-luncheon-series-election-day-recap/
LOCATION:Minneapolis Club\, 729 2nd Ave S\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55402\, United States
CATEGORIES:Minnesota Chapter
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SUMMARY:Immigration Law Section: Law Library of Congress - Legal Research and Writing
DESCRIPTION:Join the Immigration Law Section’s Newer Lawyers Division for their webinar series. These webinars enable attendees to receive education and mentoring from seasoned immigration attorneys or specialists in specific areas of immigration law. Panelists Shadi Karimi\, Peter Roudik\, and Barbara Bavis will provide a general overview of the Library of Congress Law Library and its services on foreign and comparative law. This webinar will also include a discussion of the online products available to lawyers and how these materials have been used when working with individual clients from Iran and Afghanistan. \nPresented by: Immigration Law Section & Younger Lawyers Division \nRegistration is Closed \n\nPresenters\nShadi Karimi\, Esq.\, LL.M.\, is a New York licensed attorney\, educated in both Civil Law and Common Law systems. She provides affirmative asylum representation\, through Human Rights First’s Project Afghan Legal Assistance (PALA)\, and serves as a Foreign and Comparative Law Consultant to the Law Library of Congress.  Ms. Karimi is active in offering pro bono immigration services\, including removal defense.  She is a graduate of American University\, Washington College of Law\, and Azad University of Tehran. Ms. Karimi is a member of the Federal Bar Association Immigration Law Section (FBA ILS)\, and American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). \nPeter Roudik is an Assistant Law Librarian of Congress for Legal Research. He coordinates research on all issues of U.S.\, foreign\, comparative\, and international law for Congress and other branches of government. He also provides research on the laws of Russia and other former Soviet republics.  Before joining the Law Library in 1996\, Dr. Roudik worked as a research scholar at the University of Chicago Law School\, served as a legal advisor to the Russian Parliament\, and taught law at the Moscow Institute of Technology.  He holds an MA from the U.S. Naval War College\, a JSD from the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Science\, and a JD from the State University of Moscow.  Dr. Roudik is a member of the DC Bar. He has been a guest lecturer at Howard and Tufts Universities.  He has been featured at various professional conferences and his articles on legal developments in the countries of his jurisdiction have been published in legal periodicals in the U.S. and abroad. \nBarbara Bavis is the Bibliographic and Research Instruction Librarian for the Law Library of Congress. In this position\, she organizes the Law Library’s legal and legislative research class offerings\, provides presentations to a wide range of patrons¾congressional staff members\, federal government employees\, and members of the public. She also provides legal research services to patrons\, both at the reference desk in the Law Library Reading Room and via the Law Library’s Ask a Librarian service. Before joining the Law Library of Congress in 2012\, Ms. Bavis was a practicing attorney at LeClairRyan\, a former National Law Journal Top 250 firm\, where she represented clients in a range of immigration\, labor and employment\, and civil cases. Ms. Bavis then went on to provide reference services for the Department of Justice Libraries system before serving as the Faculty Services Librarian at Lincoln Memorial University’s Duncan School of Law. There\, she was responsible for assisting faculty members with the publication process\, administrating the Student Research Assistant Program\, and teaching in the Lawyering Skills Program\, where she provided classes on legal research and writing. Ms. Bavis holds a BA in history from Duke University\, a JD from the University of North Carolina School of Law\, and an MSLS with a specialization in law librarianship from Catholic University. She is an associate member of the Virginia State Bar. \n\nRegistration\nRegistration is Closed. \nRegistration for this event will close November 8 at 1PM ET. \nFBA Members – $0\nNonmembers – $75 \nRegistrants will receive Zoom login details on the day before the event \nCancellation Policy \nNo refunds will be made for cancellations received after the close of business on November 1\, 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. \n\nCLE\nPlease note that CLE credit is not offered for this webinar. \n\nEmail Communication Policy \nBy 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. \nRecording Disclaimer \nBy 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. \nIf you have any questions regarding this program\, please contact sections@fedbar.org.
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/webinar-law-library-of-congress-legal-research-and-writing/
CATEGORIES:Immigration Law Section,Younger Lawyers Division
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SUMMARY:Mississippi Chapter: November CLE Luncheon
DESCRIPTION:Register today! The Mississippi Chapter of the Federal Bar Association is excited to announce that it is hosting a CLE luncheon on Tuesday\, November 15\, 2022 at the Capital Club in downtown Jackson\, Mississippi. This in-person CLE luncheon will feature United States Bankruptcy Judge Jamie Wilson\, Southern District of Mississippi and United States Bankruptcy Judge Selene Maddox\, Northern District of Mississippi. \nAgenda\n\n11:30 a.m. –  Lunch Buffet\n12:00 p.m. – Program Start\n\nSpeakers\nUnited States Bankruptcy Judge Jamie Wilson\, Southern District of Mississippi\nUnited States Bankruptcy Judge Selene Maddox\, Northern District of Mississippi \nRegistration\nSign Up Online\nRSVP: https://forms.gle/AgcquCpqhtK5jYww6\nAttendees may pay in advance via PayPal or at the door by cash or check. \n\n\n\nRegistration Fee \n\nComplimentary – Judges\n$25 FBA Member\n$30 Non-Member\n\nCLE\n1.0 CLE (anticipated) by Mississippi Chapter. \nAdditionally\, we encourage you to renew your membership in the Federal Bar Association or to join if you are not a member. Your membership directly supports the activities of our chapter\, and we appreciate your support! In addition to listing membership in the Federal Bar Association on your professional resume or website\, you will be a part of the only organization that focuses on federal practice and will receive access to valuable resources for federal practice\, including “The Federal Lawyer” Magazine\, exclusive CLE opportunities\, and more. Our organization provides support to the federal judiciary in Mississippi and promotes the opportunity to hear directly from federal judges and to network with other federal practitioners. \nTo join FBA click here \nIf you have any questions regarding this program\, please contact Candace Gregory at Candace.Gregory@ago.ms.gov. \n 
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/mississippi-chapter-november-cle-luncheon/
LOCATION:Capital Club\, 125 S. Congress Street\, Jackson\, MS\, 39201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mississippi Chapter
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Los Angeles Chapter: A Conversation With The 4 new U.S District Court\, Central District Of California Judges
DESCRIPTION:FBA-LA will be hosting a special webinar introducing the four new Central District of California Judges. The panel will be the newest Central District Judges Hon. Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong\, Hon. Sherilyn Peace Garnett\, Hon. Fred Slaughter\, and Hon. Sunshine Sykes. Central District of California Magistrate Judge Hon. Patricia Donahue will be moderating the discussion. Topics are anticipated to include individual courtroom practices\, advice for practitioners appearing before them\, and tips for motion practice and trials. Chief Judge Hon. Philip S. Gutierrez will be introducing the program. \nView Event Flyer \nPanel:\n\nHon. Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong\nHon. Sherilyn Peace Garnett\nHon. Fred Slaughter\nHon. Sunshine Sykes.\n\nModerator:\n\nHon. Patricia Donahue\n\nIntroduction:\n\nHon. Philip S. Gutierrez\n\nRegistration\n[Register Online]\nRSVP: https://fbala.org/meetingReg.php?mName=2022Nov16 \n\nFBA Member: $10\nCo-Sponsor Member: $10\nNonmember: $15\n\nIf you have any questions regarding this program\, please contact jnichols@emaoffice.com. \n 
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/webinar-los-angeles-chapter-a-conversation-with-the-4-new-u-s-district-court-central-district-of-california-judges/
CATEGORIES:Los Angeles Chapter
ORGANIZER;CN="Janine Nichols":MAILTO:jnichols@emaoffice.com
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SUMMARY:Qui Tam Section: [VIRTUAL] False Claims Act Today – Southern District of New York
DESCRIPTION:**Program hosted in (ET) time zone** \nHosted by the FBA’s Qui Tam Section\, often in cooperation with local FBA chapters\, “The False Claims Act Today” is a discussion series that examines the details of real-life FCA practice in specific jurisdictions. Sessions typically focus on a single federal district and feature an experienced local panel that includes an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the district; a federal judge; a relator-side attorney; and a defense attorney. This online-only event will be conducted via Zoom and will spotlight the Southern District of New York. \nThis event does not offer CLE credit. Registrants will receive Zoom login details on the day before the event. \nRegistration is Closed \n\nAbout the Presenters\nHon. Richard J. Sullivan\, Circuit Judge\, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit \nRichard J. Sullivan was sworn in as a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in October 2018.  Before that\, Judge Sullivan served for eleven years as a trial judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan. Prior to becoming a judge\, he was General Counsel and Managing Director of Marsh Inc.\, the world’s leading risk management and insurance brokerage firm. From 1994 to 2005\, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York\, where he was Chief of the International Narcotics Trafficking Unit and Director of the New York/New Jersey Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force. In 2003\, he was awarded the Henry L. Stimson Medal from the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. In 1998\, he was named the Federal Law Enforcement Association’s Prosecutor of the Year. \nAlee Scott\, Chief\, Civil Enforcement Division\, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit\, Office of the New York State Attorney General \nAlee N. Scott is Chief of Civil Enforcement for the New York Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (“MFCU”).  As MFCU’s Civil Chief\, she is part of the management team responsible for directing the implementation of MFCU’s Strategic Plan and stated mission:  to pursue civil recoveries arising from Medicaid provider fraud; to protect all New York State (“NYS”) nursing home residents from abuse and neglect; and to protect the integrity of the NYS Medicaid Program. Ms. Scott supervises attorneys and other team members\, such as auditors and investigators\, to develop effective investigative planning techniques\, optimize efficient use of the Unit’s resources\, and evaluate and analyze civil claims and resolutions consistent with the MFCU Strategic Plan. In 2021\, MFCU’s civil recoveries totaled approximately $73 Million. \nPrior to her appointment to Chief in 2019\, Ms. Scott served as Special Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Enforcement Division and worked with interdisciplinary teams to investigate and prosecute complex Medicaid provider fraud schemes.  Before she joined the Office of the Attorney General in 2014\, she worked as an associate at Constantine Cannon\, LLP in the firm’s antitrust and commercial litigation practice\, and represented clients in all stages of federal litigation. \nRebecca S. Tinio\, Co-Chief\, Civil Frauds Unit\, U.S. Attorney’s Office\, Southern District of New York \nRebecca S. Tinio is Co-Chief of the Civil Frauds Unit in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. In that capacity\, Ms. Tinio supervises nearly two hundred active investigations and litigations involving alleged fraud on the Government and on financial institutions\, including in the areas of health care\, federal grants and special programs\, contracts\, customs\, and many more. Ms. Tinio also has substantial experience in handling significant defensive matters on behalf of the United States. Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office\, Ms. Tinio was an associate at a New York litigation boutique\, and clerked for Judge Keith P. Ellison in the Southern District of Texas and Judge Barrington D. Parker\, Jr. on the Second Circuit. Ms. Tinio is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School. \nCaleb Hayes-Deats\, Partner\, MoloLamken\, LLP \nCaleb Hayes-Deats is a partner at MoloLamken LLP.  Mr. Hayes-Deats represents plaintiffs\, defendants\, whistleblowers\, and other interested parties in high-stakes commercial disputes and government investigations\, across a wide range of industries. He has been recognized as a “Rising Star” in D.C. by the National Law Journal and in New York by Super Lawyers. Before joining MoloLamken\, Mr. Hayes-Deats was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. As an AUSA\, Mr. Hayes-Deats had wins valued at nearly $2 billion in high-profile False Claims Act\, tax\, and Bank Secrecy Act cases. He also received the Department of Justice’s John Marshall Award in 2018. \nSara L. Shudofsky\, Partner\, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP \nSara Shudofsky is a partner at Arnold & Porter LLP.  Her practice focuses on healthcare and contracting fraud investigations\, litigation under the False Claims Act and the Anti-Kickback Statute\, as well as other types of government enforcement actions.  Prior to joining Arnold & Porter\, Ms. Shudofsky was the Chief of the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York\, where she supervised more than 55 Assistant United States Attorneys and oversaw litigation in a wide variety of practice areas\, including financial\, healthcare\, and contracting fraud; civil rights; environmental protection; tax & bankruptcy; national security; torts; employment; FOIA; and general defensive litigation.  Earlier in her career\, she served in the Civil Division as Chief of the Civil Rights Unit\, Deputy Chief of the Civil Division\, and Chief Appellate Attorney.  In 2000\, she was awarded the Henry L. Stimson Medal from the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. \nR. Scott Oswald – Chair\, Programming Committee\, FBA Qui Tam Section (moderator)\n \nScott Oswald is an accomplished trial lawyer who has brought more than 40 trials to verdict. His cases have recovered more than $300 million in judgments and settlements. A fellow of the prestigious College of Labor and Employment Lawyers\, he received his law degree from Howard University and honed his skills at Trial Lawyers College\, founded by the legendary Gerry Spence. Mr. Oswald litigates employment and whistleblower actions nationwide. Among his results: \n\nFirst jury verdict under new whistleblower protections in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013|\nFirst Sarbanes-Oxley Act liability verdict to withstand appeal\nFirst jury verdict under 2009 anti-retaliation provisions of False Claims Act\nFirst Dodd-Frank Act retaliation lawsuit to reach discovery in federal court\n\nMr. Oswald is chair of the Federal Bar Association’s Qui Tam Section and immediate past chair of the FBA’s Professional Ethics Committee. Lawdragon ranks him as one of the top 500 plaintiff-side employment lawyers in the country. \n\nRegistration\nRegistration is Closed \n\nFBA Members: $0\nNon-Members: $10\n\nCancellation Policy \nNo refunds will be made for cancellations received after the close of business on November 9\, 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. \n\nCLE\nPlease note that CLE credit is not offered for this webinar. \n\nEmail Communication Policy \nBy 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. \nRecording Disclaimer \nBy 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. \nIf you have any questions regarding this program\, please contact sections@fedbar.org.
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/qui-tam-section-virtual-false-claims-act-today-southern-district-of-new-york/
CATEGORIES:Qui Tam Section
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SUMMARY:Broward County Chapter: Judicial Perspectives Summit
DESCRIPTION:Judges from our District will be paired for small-group moderated discussions with attendees about their careers before taking the federal bench\, their interests outside of law\, and their perspectives on advancing diversity\, equity\, and inclusion in federal practice in the Southern District of Florida. Following the roundtable\, the DEI Committee will host all of the event’s guests for a reception. \nView Event Flyer \nAgenda\n\n5:00 p.m. | Arrival & Welcome\n5:30 p.m. | Roundtable Program\n6:30 p.m. | Networking Reception\n\nRegistration\nSign Up Online\nhttps://www.fedbar.org/broward-county-chapter/\nDeadline: November 15\, 2022 \nRegistration Fee \n\nComplimentary – Federal Judiciary\n$25 Law Clerk and Law Student\n$30 Government Employee\n40 Attorney\n\nRSVP by Friday November 9\, 2022 to: \n\nJonathan Osborne at josborne@gunster.com\n Natlie Allen-Mondesir at nallen-mondesir@gunster.com\n\nSpace is limited for the Summit\, which will be held in brand new event space at the Y! in Fort Lauderdale.  If your plans change\, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can open up availability to the waitlist.  Any cancelations received within seven days of the event will not be refunded; however\, you may send an alternate to attend the Summit if you are unable to attend and have not timely canceled your RSVP. \nSponsorship\nSponsorship opportunities please contact: \n\nJason Slatkin at jslatkin@loriumlaw.com\nFarah Bridges at ridgef@ccf.org\n\nCLE\n1.0 CLE (anticipated) by Broward County Chapter. \nIf you have any questions regarding this program\, please contact Trevor Jones at Trevor.Jones@usdoj.gov. \n 
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/broward-county-chapter-judicial-perspectives-summit/
LOCATION:L.A. Lee YMCA\, 1409 Sistrunk Blvd\, Ft. Lauderdale\, FL\, 33311\, United States
CATEGORIES:Broward County Chapter
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SUMMARY:Northern Eastern Oklahoma Chapter: Breakfast with the Bench
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an FBA members-only casual morning of conversation and coffee with our federal district and magistrate judges. \n \nView Event Flyer \nRegistration\nSign up online https://forms.gle/zK5Ge9QJDs4JdJGR9\nDeadline to register will be November 17\, 2022 \nChapter Member Only! \n\nFree\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you have any questions regarding this program\, please contact neokfba@gmail.com.
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/northern-eastern-oklahoma-chapter-breakfast-with-the-bench/
LOCATION:Page Belcher Federal Building\, 333 West 4th Street\, Tulsa\, OK\, 74103\, United States
CATEGORIES:NorthernEastern Oklahoma Chapter
ORGANIZER;CN="NEOK FBA":MAILTO:neokfba@gmail.com
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