Federal Bar Association

Webinar: How to Win Your Cancellation of Removal Case
2020-04-20 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Join the Immigration Law Section’s Younger Lawyers Division for their webinar series geared toward the younger attorney. Through this webinar series, the intention is to enable attendees to receive mentoring from seasoned immigration attorneys in specific areas of immigration law. Panelists Petula McShiras and Jennifer Smith will discuss complex issues related to cancellation of removal in immigration proceedings. Specifically, they will address the application process, elements and burdens of proof, and recent developments in case law. This is an interactive program, so please email questions you might have in advance to Andres Murguia.
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About the Presenters
Petula McShiras, Esq. is an Immigration Attorney with Hanes & Bartels LLC in Colorado Springs, CO. Ms. McShiras has been practicing immigration law for the past 8 years, working first as an Attorney Advisor for the Executive Office for Immigration Review and then as the program director for the Littleton Immigrant Resources Center. She earned her law degree from the University of Denver, where she was the Sutton Editor of the Denver Journal of International Law and Policy, a Chancellor Scholar, and graduated with honors. Ms. McShiras earned her B.A. in Political Science and Peace Studies from the University of Notre Dame in 2005. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and currently serves as Treasurer for the Colorado Chapter. She is also a Board Member for The Pikes Peak Pro Bono and Justice Center (“Justice Center”). In 2018, Ms. McShiras was awarded the AILA-Colorado Pro Bono Champion Award for her work in the community.
Jennifer Smith, Esq. Drawing on more than 19 years of private practice, Jennifer Smith uses her time-tested skills to find creative solutions within the complex web of immigration law. Her full-service immigration law firm is located in Glenwood Springs. She is Past- Chair of the Colorado chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). She graduated from the University of Colorado, School of Law in 2000, with honors and then clerked at the Colorado Court of Appeals for Honorable Judge Kapelke. Ms. Smith received AILA’s Michael Maggio Pro Bono Award for her and others volunteer work at the family detention center in Artesia, NM; the Athena International Award for Young Professionals from the Glenwood Springs Chamber of Commerce in 2013; and the Jackie Morales Community Service Award in 2010.

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Registration Fees

FBA Member: $0
Nonmember: $75

How to Register
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Cancellation Policy
No refunds will be made for cancellations received after the close of business on April 6, 2020. No-shows will be billed. Substitutions may be made at any time upon notification. Please contact Laura Mulhern at lmulhern@fedbar.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests.

Please note that CLE credit is not offered for this webinar.

CANCELED Western Distirct of Missouri and Kansas Chapter: From Murder to Museums: Abraham Lincoln, Adolph Hitler, and the Hunt for Nazi Looted Art in America
2020-04-22 17:15 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | The Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
This event has been postponed.
Speakers : Raymond Dowd
CLE : 2
Cost : $20
RSVP : Kate Simpson – kmarples@gmail.com
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Southern District of Texas: How Courts Are Navigating the Pandemic: A Conversation with Our Federal Judiciary Webinar
2020-04-23 11:30 - 12:30 (America/New_York)
Please join us for virtual roundtable discussions with our federal judiciary, who will describe how the Court has adjusted its practices to continue conducting Court business in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics will include how the Courts are conducting hearings and other matters during the pandemic, tips for attorneys, and ethical consideration for the virtual world.

Thursday, April 23:
Criminal Practitioners | 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. CT
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About the Presenters

District Judge Nancy Atlas
Magistrate Judge Christina Bryan
Magistrate Judge Peter Bray
David Bradley, District Clerk
Darren Berglan, Network Administrator

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Registration Fees

FBA Member: $0

How to Register
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Zoom Meeting details will be provided to registrants.

CLE
One hour of CLE credit (including .25 ethics component) will be provided

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact fba.southtx@gmail.com.

CANCELLED: Broward County: April Luncheon
2020-04-23 12:00 (America/New_York) | Tower Club, 100 SE Third Avenue, 28th Floor, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Broward Chapter events have been postponed through May 1
Location
Tower Club
Speakers
District Judge Rodney Smith
Cost
$45 for members $50 for nonmembers $30 for government employees $20 for judiciary, law
clerks, and student members
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Anne Flanigan at Aflanigan@wsh-law.com
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Southern District of Texas: How Courts Are Navigating the Pandemic: A Conversation with Our Federal Judiciary Webinar
2020-04-24 11:30 - 12:30 (America/New_York)
Please join us for virtual roundtable discussions with our federal judiciary, who will describe how the Court has adjusted its practices to continue conducting Court business in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics will include how the Courts are conducting hearings and other matters during the pandemic, tips for attorneys, and ethical consideration for the virtual world.

Friday, April 24, 2020:
Civil Practitioners | 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. CT
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About the Presenters

Chief District Judge Lee Rosenthal
Chief Bankruptcy Judge David Jones
Magistrate Judge Andrew Edison
David Bradley, District Clerk
Darren Berglan, Network Administrator

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Registration Fees

FBA Member: $0

How to Register
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Zoom Meeting details will be provided to registrants.

CLE
One hour of CLE credit (including .25 ethics component) will be provided

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact fba.southtx@gmail.com.

Webinar: COVID-19 Healthcare Update: The CARES Act - Saving the Care Continuum
2020-04-24 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Home health, hospice and nursing home providers are facing extraordinary challenges in providing patient care during the COVID crisis. Putting patients over paperwork, federal and state health care agencies have responded urgently with unprecedented regulatory waivers, expanded telehealth medicine options and enforcement discretion from Stark Law to HIPAA. The CARES Act and CMS’s implementing interim final rule (IFR) issued March 30, 2020 is a public health battle plan to help all healthcare industry sectors fight the pandemic for patients. The webinar will cover its key healthcare provisions, including:

Expansion of telehealth medicine
Advanced or accelerated Medicare payments to providers
Expansion of non-physician scope of practice
Update on Medicare and Medicaid Waivers
Changes to Quality and Other Mandatory Reporting
Challenges to the Care Continuum

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About the Presenters
Kathleen McDermott, Partner, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
A former Assistant US Attorney and US Department of Justice (DOJ) Healthcare Fraud Coordinator, Katie McDermott represents healthcare and life sciences clients throughout the United States in government investigations and litigation matters relating to criminal, civil, and administrative allegations, including violations of the False Claims Act and its whistleblower provisions. Katie also advises healthcare organizations and their Boards of Directors on corporate compliance matters relating to regulatory compliance, internal investigations, voluntary government disclosures, consent decrees, and corporate integrity agreements.
Howard Young, Partner, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
A nationally recognized leader in healthcare fraud and abuse and regulatory issues, Howard J. Young leads the Morgan Lewis healthcare practice and co-leads the firm’s healthcare industry initiative. Howard advises a range of healthcare clients on government investigations, litigation, regulatory, and transactional matters. Healthcare organizations turn to Howard to address their most critical legal, compliance and strategic business issues and to assist with internal and government investigations, qui tam litigation, and self-disclosures. Howard regularly advises investors, including private equity firms, on transactions, affiliations, and joint ventures to create effective legal solutions.

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Registration Fees

FBA Member: $0
Nonmember: $75

How to Register
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Cancellation Policy
No refunds will be made for cancellations received after the close of business on April 10, 2020. No-shows will be billed. Substitutions may be made at any time upon notification. Please contact Laura Mulhern at lmulhern@fedbar.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests.

Please note that CLE credit is not offered for this webinar.

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Laura Mulhern, Sections and Divisions Manager.

Webinar: Foreign Tax Credits
2020-04-29 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Join the FBA Tax Section and Eversheds Sutherland for an in-depth discussion of the impact of the recent proposed and final Foreign Tax Credit regulations. Panelists will discuss both the proposed and final regulations, how they impact taxpayers, and how the government addressed comments made in response to the original proposed regulations.
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About the Presenters
Martin Milner, Principal, Ernst & Young LLP
Martin Milner is a principal in Ernst & Young LLP’s International Tax Services practice and is part of the National Tax Department. He is based in Washington, D.C., and advises clients on all aspects of US international taxation, particularly cross-border acquisitions, dispositions and restructurings.
Prior to joining Ernst & Young LLP, Martin was a partner at a major international law firm where he represented multinational corporations and high net worth individuals on international tax matters and cross-border acquisitions.
Martin is a former Chair of the Federal Bar Association Section of Taxation and was an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center where he taught Advanced International Taxation.
Martin received a Masters of Law (LLM) in Taxation at New York University Law School and a juris doctor at Emory University School of Law. Prior to law school, Martin received a BA from Washington and Lee University. He is a member of District of Columbia Bar Association, the Georgia Bar Association, the Louisiana Bar Association and the Mississippi Bar Association. Martin is a frequent contributor to tax publications and he often speaks at Tax seminars on various international tax topics.

Aaron Payne, Partner, Eversheds Sutherland
Aaron Payne represents publicly traded global corporations in the area of federal corporate taxation with respect to domestic and international planning, transactions and compliance. Aaron analyzes global issues and then structures deals accordingly in the context of acquisitions, dispositions and reorganizations. He advises clients regarding repatriation techniques, currency transactions, principal and finance company arrangements and financial instruments with cross-border facets. Aaron works with clients to manage the international taxation implications of their M&A endeavors by crafting deals to create transaction and legal entity structures that optimize the company’s tax outcomes.
On the internal planning side, Aaron advises on repatriation structures to help clients efficiently meet their cash-flow needs as well as how to organize their international legal entities such that they are efficiently postured for U.S. tax purposes. In the area of corporate tax planning, Aaron advises multinational Fortune 100 clients in all aspects of their cross-border transactions. This activity includes subpart F planning, as well as tax compliance and tax information reporting.
Carol Tello, Partner, Eversheds Sutherland
With a career that spans both government and private practice, Carol Tello helps multinational companies and individuals navigate the complex and rigorous realm of international taxation. Her practice includes a broad range of cross-border tax planning and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) controversy matters, including compliance with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). Balancing the concurrent goals of minimizing tax consequences and complying with the law, Carol brings experience in cross-border restructuring transactions, inbound corporate transactions, withholding matters and treaty interpretation issues, as well as cross-border taxation of corporate executives and the U.S. taxation of non-U.S. citizens. She also advises clients on tax issues involving intellectual property transactions.
Before joining Eversheds Sutherland (US), Carol worked in the IRS Office of Associate Chief Counsel (International) and as a Special Assistant to the Assistant Commissioner (International). She participated in a number of income tax treaty negotiations, was the IRS National Office adviser in several U.S. Tax Court cases, and worked on various regulations and other guidance, including significant participation in developing regulations concerning the taxation of software transactions.

Registration
Registration will close 24 hours prior to event start
Registration Fees

FBA Member: $0
Nonmember: $75

How to Register
Registration is now closed
Cancellation Policy
No refunds will be made for cancellations received after the close of business on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. No-shows will be billed. Substitutions may be made at any time upon notification. Please contact Laura Mulhern at lmulhern@fedbar.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests.

CLE
CLE Credits provided by Eversheds Sutherland

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Laura Mulhern, Sections and Divisions Manager.

CANCELLED: Section on Taxation: Boston Tax Section Spring Gathering
2020-04-30 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | State Street Provisions, 255 State Street, Boston, MA, 02109, United States
Join the Tax Section for a happy hour and social gathering in Boston! Network and connect with Boston tax professionals and fellow FBA members. Feel free to bring your peers and colleagues! A variety of hors d’oeuvres will be served.

Registration
Please RSVP to Alea Al-Aghbari at aalaghbari@fedbar.org by April 29, 2020.

Webinar: Fighting Fraud in a Pandemic: The False Claims Act’s New $2 Trillion Battlefield - Part I
2020-05-01 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York)
Join us for this Two Part Series on May 1 & 8, 2020.
The federal False Claims Act (FCA) was born more than 150 years ago in a time of war. Now, amid another national crisis, the venerable statute will again be deployed in the fight against COVID-19 fraud. Originally aimed at profiteers who sold worthless goods to the Union Army, the FCA has long been a tool against fraudulent claims on federal taxpayer money. With $2 trillion starting to flow into the U.S. economy under the CARES Act, much of it based solely on the self-representation of recipients, the U.S. Department of Justice will rely on the FCA to pursue an inevitable wave of stimulus fraud. This two-part webinar will sketch the new FCA landscape for attorneys on all sides of the issue, from whistleblower lawyers and AUSAs to defense attorneys and in-house counsel. The first session will focus on healthcare fraud in a new and changing environment of CMS rule revisions and regulatory waivers, Stark Act waivers, hard-to-police treatments including telemedicine, and unethical practices such as fraudulent COVID-19 testing and treatments, kickbacks, identity theft, stockpiling and price gouging. The second session will examine grant fraud, the SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), and procurement fraud—and also will focus on the DOJ’s COVID-19 fraud and enforcement structures in light of this pandemic. We’ll conclude with a look at the pandemic’s effect on ongoing FCA cases, offering tips on how to navigate the new landscape.
Register just once to attend both parts of this TWO PART SERIES. Part II takes place at the same time a week later, on May 8, 2020.
Registration is now closed

About the Presenters
Deidre Lamppin Colson, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District Of Alabama
For the past 12 years, Deidre L. Colson has served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, primarily prosecuting Health Care Fraud pursuant to the False Claims Act, Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, and the Controlled Substance Act. Since 2013, she has held the position of Civil Health Care Fraud Coordinator, has held the position of Electronic Discovery Coordinator for 6 years, and was recently appointed as the Religious Liberty Litigation Coordinator in response to the Attorney General’s October 6, 2017, Memorandum. AUSA Colson has also served in the Appellate Division conducting En Banc oral argument before the Eleventh Circuit, and has supervised the Southern District of Alabama’s Financial Litigation Unit, which is responsible for enforcing the collection of criminal and civil debts owed to the United States or to victims of federal crimes pursuant to the Mandatory Victim Restitution Act.
Megan Jeschke, Partner, Holland & Knight
Megan Jeschke is a partner at Holland & Knight and a member of the firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations, Compliance Services, and Government Contracts teams. She is a litigator with an emphasis on civil and criminal enforcement matters in the government contracts, healthcare, and pharmaceutical industries. She represents companies facing criminal, civil, or administrative actions brought by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) or agency Offices of Inspectors General (OIG), to include qui tam actions brought by relators under the civil False Claims Act (FCA), in the areas of procurement fraud, healthcare fraud, public corruption and procurement integrity, and whistleblower reprisal.
R. Scott Oswald, Chair, FBA Qui Tam Section
Scott 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. Mr. Oswald is chair of the Federal Bar Association’s Qui Tam Section and immediate past chair of the FBA’s Professional Ethics Committee.
Rachel V. Rose, Principal, Rachel V. Rose, Attorney at Law, PLLC
Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA, advises clients on healthcare, cybersecurity and qui tam matters. She also teaches bioethics at Baylor College of Medicine. She has been consecutively named by Houstonia Magazine as a Top Lawyer (Healthcare), the National Women Trial Lawyer’s Top 25 and the National Trial Lawyers Top 100.

Jennifer A. Short, Partner, KaiserDillon PLLC
Jennifer A. Short is a partner at KaiserDillon PLLC, in Washington, DC, where she focuses on internal and government investigations, compliance matters, and civil litigation. A former Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Ms. Short has particular expertise in False Claims Act matters, including multiple-week jury trials involving government contractors and healthcare providers.

Registration
Registration will close on April 30 at 2pm Eastern.
Registration Fees

FBA Member: $0
Nonmember: $75

How to Register
Register just once to attend both parts of this TWO PART SERIES. Part II takes place at the same time a week later, on May 8, 2020.
Registration is now closed
Cancellation Policy
No refunds will be made for cancellations received after the close of business on April 24, 2020. No-shows will be billed. Substitutions may be made at any time upon notification. Please contact Laura Mulhern at lmulhern@fedbar.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests.

Please note that CLE credit is not offered for this webinar.

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Laura Mulhern, Sections and Divisions Manager.

Should a Business Take the Paycheck Protection Program Money? Key Factors for Companies to Consider When Certifying Their PPP Need
2020-05-04 03:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Online, US
Congress designed the Paycheck Protection Program to use traditionally defined small businesses and certain other employers as conduits to move dollars from the federal treasury into the hands of American workers as quickly as possible to help offset the loss of income for many workers affected by business shutdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic and to help some small businesses with fundamental expenses needed to “keep the lights on” during this time. The law was hastily conceived and its immediately effective implementing rules were constructed piecemeal without the benefit of traditional notice and comment rulemaking. The statute signaled that a number of companies who would not typically qualify for a SBA Section 7(a) loan could qualify for a PPP loan regardless of their ability to access to other forms of capital and for some others, if they used NAICS code 72, without taking into account some of the traditional affiliation rules. Unfortunately, the demand far exceeded the $349 Billion of appropriated funding. Many foresaw this demand, which lead to a race to the bank. Companies with access to lawyers and accountants quickly assembled loan applications. When some small businesses left out complained, the media learned that some successful applicants were not customarily regarded as small businesses, and some public companies, facing intense media scrutiny, decided to announce publicly that they would return approved PPP funds. Treasury also responded by first issuing FAQ 31 and later issuing FAQ 37 which cautioned many to rethink certifications made when applying for PPP loans and cautioned prospective borrowers to rethink whether they want to apply for such funds during the second $310 Billion allocation of funding. The key certification that Treasury has highlighted as it responded to the initial backlash is the PPP requirement that borrowers must be able to certify in good faith that the PPP loan is necessary to support ongoing operations taking into account current business activity and their ability to access other sources of liquidity. At the same time, recognizing confusion that has arisen in the market, Treasury dangled a carrot for business owners who wanted to re-evaluate the nature of their certification: any borrower returning funds by May 7, 2020 may do so—no questions asked. While this action offered some comfort, it created further anxiety as well, among both approved PPP borrowers and possible applicants for the next round.
This webinar will help attorneys understand the changing legal landscape underlying the PPP and analyze varying factual situations relating to the necessity test to best help clients answer the questions whether they should return PPP loan proceeds and whether they should proceed with submitting PPP loan applications.
This course is co-sponsored with myLawCLE.

About the Presenters
David Cole is a partner with Holland & Knight’s corporate and securities groups. He assists public and private companies to complete domestic and overseas merger, acquisition and divestiture transactions; raise equity and debt capital in public and private securities offerings; and obtain financing through private equity and venture capital investments. Mr. Cole also assists funds to acquire and divest portfolio companies, and he represents borrowers and lenders in connection with senior credit facilities and other debt financing. Mr. Cole has closed more than $2 billion worth of debt capital and other securities offerings. Mr. Cole has helped companies acquire and sell businesses in the government contractor, information technology, electronics, SaaS, automotive, clean-tech, renewable energy, chemical, retail and media industries; conducted public offerings for financial services, technology, and energy companies, government contractors, real estate investment trusts (REITs), natural resource extractors and manufacturers; and represented lead arrangers of syndicated credit facilities and borrowers in the same industries. Mr. Cole also leads the firm’s Korea practice. He previously acted as in-house counsel for the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres.
David Surbeck is a Philadelphia and New York financial services attorney who represents lenders (including regional, national and international banks, debt funds and other lending institutions) and corporate borrowers, in various banking and commercial finance transactions, correspondent banking, municipal finance, structured and securitized finance, and restructuring and workouts. Mr. Surbeck advises clients in syndicated, club and single lender transactions, including various secured and unsecured, and specialty collateral structures. In addition, he handles various senior, split-lien and junior financing structures, including cash flow and asset-based financing, sponsor and acquisition financing, Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP) financing and fund finance. His work includes a wealth of experience representing lenders and borrowers in a variety of industries, including mortgage servicing, healthcare, government contracting, heavy equipment, construction and mining, energy, publishing, law firm lending and security services.
Tim Ryan is a highly experienced financial services attorney who has an extensive background in representing clients in the structuring, negotiation, documentation, and closing of a broad variety of lending and financing transactions. He represents lenders and arrangers in international and domestic syndicated, club and single-lender transactions. Mr. Ryan’s practice extends to acquisition financings, recapitalizations, high-grade and junior debt financings, cash flow, and asset-based and other capital market transactions. In addition, he also regularly represents clients in workouts and restructurings of troubled credits.
Daniel Sylvester is an associate in Holland & Knight’s Chicago office and a member of the firm’s Financial Services Team. Mr. Sylvester’s practice focuses on the representation of borrowers and lenders in senior secured credit facilities, second-lien credit facilities, real estate finance and syndicated credit facilities. Mr. Sylvester has represented lenders, agents and borrowers in nearly 100 club or syndicated facilities across a myriad of industries. Mr. Sylvester is a member of Holland & Knight’s Diversity Counsel and serves as Business Partnership Chair of the firm’s Veterans Group. In 2016, he was appointed by the president of the American Bar Association (ABA) to serve a three-year term on the ABA’s Standing Committee on Legal Assistance for Military Personnel and also serves on the association’s Veterans Legal Service Initiative. Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Sylvester spent 10 years in the executive search industry, where he focused his search efforts for companies at senior level management (directors to C-level) in the functional areas of operations, manufacturing, supply chain, finance and human resources. Mr. Sylvester began his career by serving more than 10 years as an army officer. A highly decorated veteran, he was stationed in Germany, Italy and Croatia. Mr. Sylvester also served on the U.S. humanitarian operations into Bosnia and the Dayton Peace Accord’s multinational NATO logistics command for the former Yugoslavia.

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CLE
CLE credits earned: 1 GENERAL (or 1 LAW & LEGAL for WA state)

New Orleans Chapter: Justice Camp
2020-05-04 10:30 - 2020-05-08 11:30 (America/New_York) | Online, US
The 2020 FBA Justice Camp will be held virtually May 4-8, 2020. The program will be livestreamed daily at 10:30 a.m. on the NOFBA’s YouTube Channel, and last approximately one hour per day. You must register in order to participate in the daily livestream. All sessions will be available later as recordings.
The New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association (NOFBA) has taken the concept of summer camp into the federal courthouse, imparting civics education and advocacy skills that prepare students for college, career, and civic engagement. The program, now in its third year, is traditionally held mid-summer at the Eastern District of Louisiana Courthouse in downtown New Orleans. NOFBA’s Justice Camp program encourages 9th and 10th graders to learn about the legal system, including careers within that system, and to develop basic advocacy skills in a fun, interesting, and interactive format.
Sessions will include overviews of the federal court system, safety on the Internet, implicit bias in jury trials, and the rights of privacy, to assistance of counsel, free speech, and other constitutional rights.
The NOFBA invites teachers and schools to share the livestream or recorded sessions as part of their distance learning curriculum. The topics presented during the virtual Justice Camp are components of the typical full-length camp, which the NOFBA plans to reinstitute in the summer of 2021.

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Please contact Amanda Kaiser at akaiser@nofba.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests.

CLE
Please note that CLE credit is not offered for this webinar.

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Amanda Kaiser, Executive Director, Federal Bar Association, New Orleans Chapter

Webinar: Implicit Bias in the Law, the Court System, the Legal Community, and your Legal Career
2020-05-06 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
28th Annual Judge Alvin B. Rubin Symposium
The Annual Judge Alvin B. Rubin Symposium is a living memorial to Judge Rubin’s contribution to federal jurisprudence and legal scholarship. Join the Symposium for a webinar on Implicit Bias in the Law, the Court System, the Legal Community, and your Legal Career. Dean L. Song Richardson, who studies the effect of cognitive and social psychology on decision-making and judgment, will introduce the topic of unconscious bias and speak about its effect on attorneys’ judgment. In particular, Dean Richardson will address how attitudes and stereotypes affect attorneys’ understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner, and its effect on women and minorities in the legal profession. Along with the other panel members, Dean Richardson will explore how attorneys can spot implicit bias and actions firms can take to de-bias attorneys’ decision-making.
Registration is now closed.

About the Presenters

Judge Susie Morgan, District Judge, U.S. District Court – EDLA
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 of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal. Judge Morgan handled complex civil litigation before being appointed to the bench by President Barack Obama in 2012. Judge Morgan now serves on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, which sits in New Orleans.

Kathlyn Perez, Perez Law, LLC
Ms. Perez is an attorney and consultant whose hybrid practice focuses on all aspects of the employment relationship. For more than a decade, she has represented all types and sizes of businesses ensuring compliance with federal, state and local laws, counseling on employee relations issues, conducting internal investigations, negotiating employment contracts and severances, and defending employment litigation. In addition, she conducts legal, management and leadership training on topics such as anti-harassment, diversity and inclusion, implicit bias, and generational and change management. At her prior firm, she was active on the Women’s Initiative Leadership team as its national Programming Co-Chair and New Orleans Committee Chair and in the firm-wide Diversity Committee as a D&I and implicit bias mitigation trainer. Ms. Perez graduated magna cum laude from Tulane University School of Law and resides in New Orleans with her husband, who is also an attorney, and their two young children.

Dean L. Song Richardson, University of California, Irvine School of Law
L. Song Richardson is the Dean and Chancellor’s Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine School of Law with joint appointments in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society and in the Department of Asian American Studies. She received her AB from Harvard College and her JD from Yale Law School. Her interdisciplinary research uses lessons from cognitive and social psychology to study decision-making and judgment in a variety of contexts. Her scholarship has been published by law journals at Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Duke and Northwestern, among others. Her co-edited book, The Constitution and the Future of Criminal Justice in America, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2013. She is a co-editor of Criminal Procedure, Cases and Materials published by West Academic Publishing. Currently, she is working on a book that examines the history of race in the U.S. and its implications for law and policy.
Dean Richardson’s legal career has included partnership at a boutique criminal law firm and work as a state and federal public defender in Seattle, Washington. She was also an Assistant Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. Immediately upon graduation from law school, Dean Richardson was a Skadden Arps Public Interest Fellow with the National Immigration Law Center in Los Angeles and the Legal Aid Society’s Immigration Unit in Brooklyn, NY. A leading expert on implicit racial and gender bias, Richardson is frequently invited to speak to law firms, district attorney and public defender offices, police departments, universities, judges, bar associations, and private industry across the nation about the science of implicit bias and its influence on decisions, perceptions, and judgments. She also presents her work at academic symposia and non-academic legal conferences.
She has won numerous awards and recognitions, including the American Association of Law School’s Derrick Bell Award, which recognizes a faculty member’s extraordinary contributions to legal education through mentoring, teaching, and scholarship. She was recently named one of the Top Women Lawyers in California by The Daily Journal, one of the 100 Most Influential business and opinion shapers in Orange County, and one of the two most influential Korean Americans in OC.
William Snowden, Vera Institute of Justice
Will is the director of Vera’s New Orleans office. In this role, he continues and strengthens Vera’s existing partnerships with criminal justice actors and community leaders while identifying new collaborative relationships with government entities and community organizations. The collaborations will focus on improving criminal justice systems in the South. Prior to joining Vera, Will was a public defender for five years representing New Orleanians in all stages of a case from arraignment to trial. Will also developed a focus and specialization in advocacy around reforming the procedures, systems, and policies around jury duty in an effort to promote diversity and representativeness in the jury box. Will also launched The Juror Project—an initiative aiming to increase the diversity of jury panels while changing and challenging people’s perspective of jury duty.
Will leads workshops around the country as it relates to how implicit bias, racial anxiety and stereotype threat influence actors and outcomes in the criminal justice system. He received his JD from Seton Hall University School of Law and a BS from the University of Minnesota.
Judge Janis van Meerveld, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court – EDLA
Judge Janis van Meerveld was sworn in as Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana on July 29, 2016. Judge van Meerveld grew up in Brussels, Belgium, and then graduated from Newcomb College of Tulane University in 1984. She obtained her J.D. from Tulane Law School in 1987, where she served on the Moot Court Board, and as an oralist on the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court team. Judge van Meerveld spent 29 years in private litigation practice, 27 of them with Adams and Reese LLP where she litigated maritime and general insurance cases before she developed a specialization in labor and employment litigation, representing management in all areas of employment law, including class actions, ERISA claims, and Directors and Officers liability claims. She frequently assisted clients in the development of employee policies, procedures and handbooks, advised employers on hiring, discipline, and termination policies and practices, and conducted training on many employment related matters. In the community, Judge van Meerveld serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Boys Hope Girls Hope of New Orleans. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the New Orleans affiliate of Susan G. Komen.

Registration
Registration Fees

FBA Member: $0
Nonmember: $75

How to Register
Registration is now closed.
Cancellation Policy
No refunds will be made for cancellations received after the close of business on April 29, 2020. No-shows will be billed. Substitutions may be made at any time upon notification. Please contact Laura Mulhern at lmulhern@fedbar.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests.

CLE
2 hours of CLE (1 ethics, 1 professionalism) pending. Credit for these complimentary webinars 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.

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Laura Mulhern, Sections and Divisions Manager.

Webinar: Fighting Fraud in a Pandemic: The False Claims Act’s New $2 Trillion Battlefield – Part II
2020-05-08 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York)
Join us for this Two Part Series May 1 & 8, 2020.
The federal False Claims Act (FCA) was born more than 150 years ago in a time of war. Now, amid another national crisis, the venerable statute will again be deployed in the fight against COVID-19 fraud. Originally aimed at profiteers who sold worthless goods to the Union Army, the FCA has long been a tool against fraudulent claims on federal taxpayer money. With $2 trillion starting to flow into the U.S. economy under the CARES Act, much of it based solely on the self-representation of recipients, the U.S. Department of Justice will rely on the FCA to pursue an inevitable wave of stimulus fraud. This two-part webinar will sketch the new FCA landscape for attorneys on all sides of the issue, from whistleblower lawyers and AUSAs to defense attorneys and in-house counsel. The first session will focus on healthcare fraud in a new and changing environment of CMS rule revisions and regulatory waivers, Stark Act waivers, hard-to-police treatments including telemedicine, and unethical practices such as fraudulent COVID-19 testing and treatments, kickbacks, identity theft, stockpiling and price gouging. The second session will examine grant fraud, the SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), and procurement fraud—and also will focus on the DOJ’s COVID-19 fraud and enforcement structures in light of this pandemic. We’ll conclude with a look at the pandemic’s effect on ongoing FCA cases, offering tips on how to navigate the new landscape.
Register just once to attend both parts of this TWO PART SERIES. Part I takes place at the same time a week earlier, on May 1, 2020.
Registration is now closed

About the Presenters
Deidre Lamppin Colson, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District Of Alabama
For the past 12 years, Deidre L. Colson has served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, primarily prosecuting Health Care Fraud pursuant to the False Claims Act, Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, and the Controlled Substance Act. Since 2013, she has held the position of Civil Health Care Fraud Coordinator, has held the position of Electronic Discovery Coordinator for 6 years, and was recently appointed as the Religious Liberty Litigation Coordinator in response to the Attorney General’s October 6, 2017, Memorandum. AUSA Colson has also served in the Appellate Division conducting En Banc oral argument before the Eleventh Circuit, and has supervised the Southern District of Alabama’s Financial Litigation Unit, which is responsible for enforcing the collection of criminal and civil debts owed to the United States or to victims of federal crimes pursuant to the Mandatory Victim Restitution Act.
Megan Jeschke, Partner, Holland & Knight
Megan Jeschke is a partner at Holland & Knight and a member of the firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations, Compliance Services, and Government Contracts teams. She is a litigator with an emphasis on civil and criminal enforcement matters in the government contracts, healthcare, and pharmaceutical industries. She represents companies facing criminal, civil, or administrative actions brought by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) or agency Offices of Inspectors General (OIG), to include qui tam actions brought by relators under the civil False Claims Act (FCA), in the areas of procurement fraud, healthcare fraud, public corruption and procurement integrity, and whistleblower reprisal.
R. Scott Oswald, Chair, FBA Qui Tam Section
Scott 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. Mr. Oswald is chair of the Federal Bar Association’s Qui Tam Section and immediate past chair of the FBA’s Professional Ethics Committee
Rachel V. Rose, Principal, Rachel V. Rose, Attorney at Law, PLLC
Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA, advises clients on healthcare, cybersecurity and qui tam matters. She also teaches bioethics at Baylor College of Medicine. She has been consecutively named by Houstonia Magazine as a Top Lawyer (Healthcare), the National Women Trial Lawyer’s Top 25 and the National Trial Lawyers Top 100.

Jennifer A. Short, Partner, KaiserDillon PLLC
Jennifer A. Short is a partner at KaiserDillon PLLC, in Washington, DC, where she focuses on internal and government investigations, compliance matters, and civil litigation. A former Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Ms. Short has particular expertise in False Claims Act matters, including multiple-week jury trials involving government contractors and healthcare providers.

Registration
Registration Fees

FBA Member: $0
Nonmember: $75

How to Register
Register just once to attend both parts of this TWO PART SERIES. Part I takes place at the same time a week earlier, on May 1, 2020.
Registration is now closed
Cancellation Policy
No refunds will be made for cancellations received after the close of business on April 24, 2020. No-shows will be billed. Substitutions may be made at any time upon notification. Please contact Laura Mulhern at lmulhern@fedbar.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests.

Please note that CLE credit is not offered for this webinar.

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Laura Mulhern, Sections and Divisions Manager.

2020 Leadership Training [Virtual]
2020-05-11 - 2020-06-04 | Online, US
Join the Federal Bar Association in May for everything you’d come to expect from Leadership Training – but virtual! Attendees will benefit from one-hour long information sessions each day May 11 – 14 at 2pm (ET) focusing on topics like Making an Impact on Capitol Hill, Membership Strategies for Success, Communicating with Members, Diversity & Inclusion, and more!
The roundtable discussions that are a highlight of Leadership Training will transform into a series of Virtual Leadership Spotlights, a forum to share ideas, collaborate, and hear firsthand from those in leadership positions between May 21–June 4 at 4 pm (ET). Two spotlight sessions will be held simultaneously but with separate sessions for Section/Division vs. Chapter attendees to ensure focused information discussed for each group.

Virtual Leadership Spotlights
No Registration Required. Invited attendees will receive a link to the appropriate session prior to each program date.
Thursday, May 21, 2020
[4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.]
Sections & Divisions Virtual Roundtable: Getting My House in Order
In this virtual collaboration session you’ll learn useful tips & tricks on how to be an effective Section or Division leader! Review tools to strengthen your section or division, with overviews on work plans, policies, and firsthand experience from past leaders.

Laura Mulhern, Manager of Sections & Divisions
Michelle Otero Valdes, Sections & Divisions Council

Chapters Virtual Roundtable: Getting My House in Order
Get prepared for leading as Chapter President in this online collaborative session that will include guides on how to map out your first 90-days and how to stay on task during your leadership term.

Dominick Alcid, Director of Membership & Chapters
Paul Barkhurst, Vice President for the Fifth Circuit

Thursday, May 28, 2020
[4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.]
Sections & Divisions Virtual Roundtable: Programing Best Practices
CLE, Networking, & Webinars…Oh My! Join this virtual session to discuss what it takes to produce winning Section & Division programs from logistics to marketing to collaborations with other FBA groups.

Laura Mulhern, Manager of Sections & Divisions
Nate Olin, Sections & Divisions Council

Chapters Virtual Roundtable: Programing Best Practices
Learn how the facilitators produced winning Chapter programs, and then share how your own Chapter puts together its own successful events in this virtual roundtable.

Dan Donnellon, Immediate Past Chapter President
Christian Haugsby, Vice President for the Circuits

Thursday, June 4, 2020
[4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.]
What I Wish I Had Known Then
This session will feature a past Chapter President and Section/Division Chair to share wisdom, hindsight, and advice. Bring your questions!

Betty Stevens, Sections & Divisions Council
Laura Conover, Vice Chair, Vice Presidents for the Circuits

CANCELED Broward County: Federal Judicial Reception
2020-05-14 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Tower Club, 100 SE Third Avenue, 28th Floor, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Cost :
$45 for members $50 for nonmembers $30 for government employees $20 for judiciary, law
clerks, and student members

CANCELLED: 2020 Immigration Law Conference
2020-05-15 - 2020-05-16 | Crowne Plaza Detroit Downtown Riverfront, 2 Washington Blvd, Detroit, MI, 48226, United States
Due to COVID-19, The Federal Bar Association’s Immigration Law Conference in-person event in Detroit May 15-16, 2020 is canceled. Alternative arrangements are being considered. Once these details have been confirmed, you will receive an updated announcement. Refunds for registration fees for the in-person event will be issued in full to the original form of payment. Please allow 2-4 weeks to receive your refund.
Please note that current hotel reservations made by attendees at the Crowne Plaza Detroit will be cancelled on their behalf. Air reservations must be canceled by the individual who booked the reservations. It is up to the individual airlines to determine whether they will waive change fees or issue credits for the tickets.
Thank you for your participation in the FBA and your support of our programs.

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Ariel White, Conference Coordinator.

Webinar: Judging in a Time of Crisis
2020-05-15 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York)
Times of peril have required adaptation and flexibility in administering constitutional protections and guarantees, especially with the onset of social-distancing and remote adjudication. Even the Supreme Court is adjusting its time-honored traditions to conduct telephonic hearings, and federal courts around the country are carrying on business as usual, or attempting to maintain the status quo as much as possible, despite unparalleled technological, logistical, and security-based challenges. Nowhere across the country have we seen a more malleable federal district court than the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Already faced with systemic challenges brought on by natural disasters throughout the past three years, including Hurricane Maria, several earthquakes, and numerous changes to its executive, the district has responded to persist in complying with its Article III obligations in times of crisis. Chief Judge Gustavo Gelpi will share his insights on effective adjudication (both in substance as well as administration), interesting stories, and responses to any questions from the audience about how our federal judges handle crises. Join us for a look into what’s going in inside the federal judiciary during this critical period.

About the Presenters

Chief Judge Gustavo Gelpi, United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
Chief Judge Gelpi was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is a graduate of Brandeis University and Suffolk University Law School. He commenced his career as law clerk to US District Judge Juan M. Perez-Giménez. This was followed by several years as an assistant federal defender, doing both trial and appellate work, plus a detail at the US Sentencing Commission. He then switched tracks by joining the Puerto Rico Department of Justice and ultimately being appointed Puerto Rico’s Solicitor General, his favorite job as an attorney. After a brief stint in private corporate practice, he was appointed US Magistrate Judge, position he held for five years. In 2006 President Bush, following Senate confirmation appointed him as an Article III US District Judge. In 2018, he became Chief Judge for the District of Puerto Rico. Judge Gelpi has been a FBA member for 30 years. He is past Puerto Rico Chapter President, and past FBA national president. He is also an adjunct professor of law at his alma mater and other universities, and teaches federal criminal practice as well as a seminar on constitutional issues in US territories.
Terence Liley, President, Capitol Hill Chapter, Federal Bar Association (moderator)
Clayton LaForge, Treasurer, Capitol Hill Chapter, Federal Bar Association (moderator)

Registration
Registration for this webinar is now closed.
Registration Fees

FBA Member: $0
Nonmember: $75

Cancellation Policy
No refunds will be made for cancellations received after the close of business on May 8, 2020. 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.

Please note that CLE credit is not offered for this webinar.

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Caitlin Rider, Conference Manager.

CANCELLED: YLD: 2020 Supreme Court Admissions Ceremony
2020-05-18 | Supreme Court of the United States, 1 First Street NE, Washington, DC, 20543
Due to COVID-19, The Federal Bar Association’s Supreme Court Admissions Ceremony in-person event for May 18, 2020 is canceled. Refunds for registration fees for the in-person event will be issued in full to the original form of payment. Please allow 2-4 weeks to receive your refund.

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Laura Mulhern, Manager of Sections and Divisions

New Orleans Chapter: FBA Law School Zoom Happy Hour
2020-05-19 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Online, US
The New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association invites recent law school graduates and students to a discussion about entering the job market in uncertain times. Lawyers will participate to offer tips and strategies while answering your questions. We will send the Zoom login prior to the event to all registered attendees.
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 [6 PM – 7 PM ]
Central Standard Time (CST)

Registration
Registration Fees

Complimentary Registration

How to Register
RSVP by Monday, May 18
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fba-law-school-happy-hour-tickets-104976708160

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Amanda Kaiser, Executive Director, Federal Bar Association, New Orleans Chapter

New Orleans Chapter: Virtual Lunch with the Court with the Hon. Nannette Jolivette Brown
2020-05-20 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Online, US
A Lunch with the Court with the Hon. Nannette Jolivette Brown is scheduled for May 20, 2020 at 12 noon. Due to COVID-19 this event will take place over Zoom. The event, which is arranged by the Younger Lawyers Division of the Federal Bar Association, is open to FBA members at no cost. The Lunch with the Court program is an excellent opportunity to meet federal practitioners, to socialize with other attorneys new to the practice, and to gain valuable insight. Space is limited.

Registration
Registration Fees

Complimentary Registration

How to Register
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lunch-with-the-court-with-the-hon-nannette-jolivette-brown-tickets-103126578372

Please contact Amanda Kaiser at akaiser@nofba.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests.

CLE
Please note that CLE credit is not offered for this event.

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Amanda Kaiser, Executive Director, Federal Bar Association, New Orleans Chapter

Webinar: USERRA: What Matters in Protecting our Service Members' Employment Rights
2020-05-20 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
The presentation provides an overview of USERRA, which encourages service in the uniformed services by eliminating or minimizing the disadvantages to civilian careers and employment which can result from such service; seeks to minimize disruption to the lives of persons performing such service, as well as to their employers, their fellow employees, and their communities, by providing for the prompt reemployment of such persons upon their completion of such service; and prohibits discrimination against persons because of their service in the uniformed service. USERRA also prohibits retaliation against both persons seeking protections under the Act, and any other persons assisting such persons seeking protections, even if they lack status in the uniformed services.
The presentation is designed to provide familiarization and help develop an understanding of USERRA for decision-makers considering USERRA-related questions, and for professionals providing USERRA advice and counsel to employers. The presentation may also be helpful for attorneys providing advice and counsel to veterans and uniformed service members as employees. The presentation will also describe the process for the filing of a USERRA complaint, VETS’ role in the investigation of such complaints, and the potential referral of such complaints to the Department of Justice or the Office of Special Counsel.
Veterans are integral to shaping the modern workforce. Since September 11, 2001, more than 1M National Guard and Reserve uniformed service members have mobilized in support of the Global War on Terror, and more than 964,000 have returned, with nearly 38,000 remaining on active duty. In July 2019, the veteran unemployment rate was 3.4 percent, which is lower than the seasonally adjusted non-veteran unemployment rate of 3.6 percent. Utilizing the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate, this is the 11th consecutive month where the veteran unemployment rate was lower than the non-veteran unemployment rate. There are more veterans in the workforce now than there have been in years.
Hiring and retaining veterans makes good business sense. They have strong personal integrity; they triumph over adversity, work independently, and have strong leadership qualities. They appreciate the value of teamwork, and will refer other veterans, which is critically important to shaping the modern workforce. Hiring and retaining veterans provide employers the opportunity to bring in like-minded veterans while reducing the time it takes to fill positions. According to SHRM’s 2017 Talent Acquisition survey, survey tools used to source candidates ranks employee referrals at 90%, and, according to the 2016 SHRM survey, it takes an average of 42 days to fill a position at the average cost-per-hire of $4,129.00. Moreover, according to a January 2017 article in The Huffington Post entitled, “How Much Does Employee Turnover Really Cost,” “the cost of losing an employee can range from tens of thousands of dollars to 1.5-2x the employee’s annual salary.”
Compliance with USERRA makes good business sense as well. Since September 11, 2001, there has been an increase in USERRA complaints filed, averaging more than 1,200 complaints annually, as wells as a tremendous increase in USERRA inquiries. Maintaining a clear understanding of responsibilities under USERRA will help employers avoid future complaints and tap into the full potential of this vital and vibrant aspect of the modern workforce.
Registration is now closed

About the Presenters
William K. “Kenan” Torrans, Director, Compliance and Investigations Division, Veterans’ Employment and Training Service’s (VETS)
William K. “Kenan” Torrans presently serves as Director for the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service’s (VETS) Compliance and Investigations Division. He has been employed with VETS since March 2004. A national speaker, Mr. Torrans has spoken and lectured extensively on USERRA and related issues before a number of professional organizations including the American Bar Association, many State bar associations and law schools, the U.S. Army JAG School, chambers of commerce, the Society of Professional Benefits Administrators, the Equal Employment Advisory Counsel, as well as the national media including 60 Minutes, National Public Radio (NPR), and many others.
Mr. Torrans received his JD from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1994, and is licensed to practice in Maryland and in the District of Columbia. Prior to his tenure with VETS, Mr. Torrans was Counsel to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Board of Veterans’ Appeals from 1997 to 2004. He also worked as a contract attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section from 1995 to 1997, enforcing public access provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Mr. Torrans’ experience includes multi-district Federal and appellate litigation. Active in civic affairs, including membership on a number of boards and commissions in the Washington Metro area, he served as Consumer Affairs Commissioner for the City of Alexandria from 1996 to 2004 with a primary focus on identity theft and related issues. Mr. Torrans is also a contributing member of the Maryland State Bar Association’s Military Law Committee. He currently resides in Northern Virginia and is an Army veteran of Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm.
Paul A. Marone, Senior Compliance Policy Advisor, Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS)
Paul A. Marone currently serves as the Senior Compliance Policy Advisor for the U.S. Department of Labor, Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS). In that role, he serves as VETS’ national technical advisor for all USERRA field activities and program operations. Previously, he served as the Senior Investigator in VETS’ Philadelphia Region providing substantive guidance and oversight in the investigation of USERRA and veterans’ preference claims brought by veterans and service members in the Region. Before joining VETS in 2015, Mr. Marone served as a trial attorney with the Department’s Solicitor’s Office since 2007. He handled a variety of labor and employment matters throughout the Department’s program areas, including VETS, MSHA, OSHA, Wage Hour, Labor Relations, and Whistleblower Protection, most notably the Chickie’s & Pete’s FLSA tipped employee case, the A-1 Mortgage FLSA commissioned broker case, the CETUSA J-1 student visa case, and the Cumberland Coal MSHA lifeline case.
Mr. Marone previously served on active-duty with the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps, was an associate employment law attorney in a small firm, and a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in Maryland, the latter for nearly ten years. He joined the Department from the City of Philadelphia Law Department, Civil Rights Unit, where he served as a Deputy City Solicitor defending the City and its police officers in excessive force, fatal shootings, and First Amendment cases in federal and state courts.
Mr. Marone received his B.A. and J.D. degrees from Fordham University in 1988 and 1991, respectively, an LL.M. in Trial Advocacy in 2004 from Temple University, where he was an adjunct professor of trial advocacy from 2006 through 2009, and a Master of Strategic Studies degree from the U.S. Army War College in 2011. In 2016, Mr. Marone retired from the U.S Army Reserve as a Colonel, and most recently commanded the 13th Legal Operations Detachment (Expert). He is admitted to the bar in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court, and the U.S. District Courts for New Jersey, Maryland, and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Mr. Marone and his wife, Dr. Margery-Ann Covello, reside in Center City Philadelphia with their twin fourteen-year old daughters, Lucy and Rose.

Registration
Registration will close on May 19 at 2pm Eastern.
Registration Fees

FBA Member: $0
Nonmember: $75

How to Register
Registration is now closed
Cancellation Policy
No refunds will be made for cancellations received after the close of business on May, 13 2020. No-shows will be billed. Substitutions may be made at any time upon notification. Please contact Laura Mulhern at lmulhern@fedbar.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests.

CLE
Credit for these complimentary webinars 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.

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Laura Mulhern, Sections and Divisions Manager.

Tax Section: Practice and Procedure Roundtable Call
2020-05-21 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Practical Implications of the Current Pandemic on Tax Controversy Work
Join the Tax Law Section on May 21 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm Eastern for a discussion on the practical issues facing tax controversy attorneys during this time of modified court and IRS operations. Sean Akins, Chris Rizek, and Daniel Strickland will be talking about the new issues and challenges faced in administrative controversy, litigation, and collections. They will also be offering their insight into how to anticipate and avoid potential pitfalls throughout the remainder of our collective time working from home.

About the Speakers
Sean Akins is a partner at Covington & Burling LLP in Washington, D.C. He is also the co-author of Kafka, Cavanagh, & Akins, Litigation of Federal Civil Tax Controversies, 2d ed., the leading two-volume treatise on the litigation of tax cases in the United States. In his practice, Mr. Akins, advises corporations, partnerships, international organizations and tax-exempt entities on Federal tax litigation and controversy matters. Mr. Akins has extensive experience litigating before the U.S. Tax Court, Court of Federal Claims, and the U.S. District and Appellate Courts. In addition to litigating tax matters, Mr. Akins also provides strategic advice with respect to navigating the Internal Revenue Service administratively. This involves representing clients before the IRS Office of Appeals, in Fast Track proceedings, in connection with standard and CAP-based audits, and in the obtaining of private rulings from the IRS on substantive issues. Mr. Akins also assists clients in responding to Congressional and other administrative tax investigations.
Christopher S. Rizek is a Member in Caplin & Drysdale’s Washington, D.C., office. He also serves as General Counsel to the firm. Since 2013, The Legal 500 has listed Mr. Rizek as an elite “Leading Lawyer” for his contributions to tax controversy law. Mr. Rizek represents taxpayers in all types of federal civil and criminal tax controversy matters. He also guides clients through IRS audits, prepares administrative claims and protests of IRS actions, and litigates tax and tax-related cases in U.S. district and appellate courts, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the U.S. Tax Court. In recent years, he has represented numerous financial and professional firms in connection with IRS examinations of tax shelters and related compliance and professional ethics issues. Mr. Rizek formerly served as Associate Tax Legislative Counsel in the U.S. Treasury Department, Office of Tax Policy, where he helped write tax procedural guidance and legislation, including particularly the Taxpayer Bill of Rights 2 (1996) and the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998. He has also previously worked in other Washington law firms and as a Trial Attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division.
Daniel Strickland is an associate at Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP in Washington, D.C. He concentrates his practice in the area of federal and international tax controversy, representing taxpayers in all types of tax controversy matters. Mr. Strickland guides clients through IRS audits, prepares administrative claims and protests of IRS actions, and litigates tax and tax-related cases throughout the United States. His 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, Mr. Strickland 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.

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Laura Mulhern, Sections and Divisions Manager.

Oklahoma City Chapter: Virtual CLE – COVID-19 Employment, Finance, and Regulatory Issues
2020-05-21 13:30 - 14:45 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Online, US
Thursday, May 21, 2020 [1:30 PM – 2:45 PM ]
Central Daylight Time (CDT)
This presentation will provide an overview of novel employment, finance, and regulatory legal issues that have arisen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each topic will be covered in a 20-minute presentation and the session will conclude with a 15-minute Q&A.
• Employment Issues – Paul Ross – McAfee & Taft
• Finance Issues – Tom Hutchison – GableGotwals
• Regulatory Issues – Denise Lawson – Glenn Coffee & Associates

Registration
Registration Fees
*Limited to First 100 Registrants

FBA Members: Complimentary Registration
Nonmembers: $10 – PayPal

How to Register – RSVP by May 19, 2020
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hPyzBLL-QEKVluNVujo1kA

CLE
Please note that 1.5 Hours of CLE credit is anticipated

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Jake Krattiger.
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New Orleans Chapter: FBA Law School Zoom Happy Hour
2020-05-21 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Online, US
The New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association invites recent law school graduates and students to a discussion about entering the job market in uncertain times. Lawyers will participate to offer tips and strategies while answering your questions. We will send the Zoom login prior to the event to all registered attendees.
Thursday, May 21, 2020 [6 PM – 7 PM ]
Central Standard Time (CST)

Registration
Registration Fees

Complimentary Registration

How to Register
RSVP by Monday, May 18
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fba-law-school-happy-hour-tickets-104981983940

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Amanda Kaiser, Executive Director, Federal Bar Association, New Orleans Chapter

New Orleans Chapter: FBA Law School Zoom Happy Hour
2020-05-25 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Online, US
The New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association invites recent law school graduates and students to a discussion about entering the job market in uncertain times. Lawyers will participate to offer tips and strategies while answering your questions. We will send the Zoom login prior to the event to all registered attendees.
Monday, May 25, 2020 [6 PM – 7 PM ]
Central Standard Time (CST)

Registration
Registration Fees

Complimentary Registration

How to Register
RSVP by Sunday, May 24
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fba-law-school-happy-hour-tickets-104983550626

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Amanda Kaiser, Executive Director, Federal Bar Association, New Orleans Chapter

RESCHEDULED: Webinar: Ethics in the Practice of Immigration Law
2020-05-26 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Online, US
Join the Immigration Law Section’s Younger Lawyers Division for their webinar series geared toward the younger attorney. Through this webinar series, the intention is to enable attendees to receive mentoring from seasoned immigration attorneys in specific areas of immigration law. Bryon Large will be speaking on the ethics of immigration law. This presentation will focus on recent ethics decisions across the nation and best practices to avoid disciplinary actions for both private practitioners and government attorneys.This is an interactive program, so please email questions you might have in advance to Andres Murguia.
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About the Presenters

Bryon M. Large is an Assistant Regulation Counsel in the Trial Division at the Colorado Supreme Court Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel. He received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Denver and his undergraduate degree in Spanish from the University of New Mexico. Prior to joining the office, Bryon worked in private practice as an immigration attorney for over nine years.
Bryon is currently the President-Elect of the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association. Bryon also serves on the Ethics Committee for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), where he previously served five years on the Board of Governors. Bryon is a past Chapter Chair of the Colorado Chapter of AILA, a past Chair of the Immigration Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association, and is a Past President of the Colorado LGBT Bar Association, where he continues to serve on the Board. In 2014, Bryon was honored by the Colorado LGBT Bar Association as the Attorney of the Year. Bryon is committed to diversity and inclusivity initiatives for the bar and the bench to further the public’s confidence in the legal system.
Bryon is particularly proud to be the primary caretaker of his two teenage children.

Registration
Registration will close 24 hours prior to event start
Registration Fees

FBA Member: $0
Nonmember: $75

How to Register
Register Now
Cancellation Policy
No refunds will be made for cancellations received after the close of business on May 10, 2020. No-shows will be billed. Substitutions may be made at any time upon notification. Please contact Laura Mulhern at lmulhern@fedbar.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests.

Please note that CLE credit is not offered for this webinar.

Virtual 2020 Insurance Tax Seminar
2020-05-27 - 2020-05-29
The insurance industry is constantly evolving through industry tax issues, globalization, and now a nationwide pandemic. Industry tax professionals, consultants, and IRS representatives are navigating through a new environment of uncertainty. The FBA Section on Taxation will move forward to facilitate a virtual dialogue between the insurance industry and government sector professionals on May 27-29, covering viewpoints on myriad insurance company, insurance product, international, and other relevant and timely insurance tax topics. Participants will have the opportunity to stay up-to-date on the latest tax developments and guidance through a virtual seminar series, featuring six panels that will navigate the current tax environment and examine recent developments the industry is facing.
Educational Credit Update: We are only able to offer CLE credit for this year’s virtual seminar. No CPE Credit will be provided.
Registered Attendees: Check your email each morning for links to access the day’s sessions. If you pre-selected panels to attend, you should have also received a calendar invitation with the same access link.

Agenda
All Times Below are in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

Wednesday, May 27, 2020
[12:45 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.] Opening Remarks

Jean Baxley, Private Sector, Seminar Co-Chair
Daniel J. Kusaila, Crowe LLP
Alexis A. MacIvor, Public Sector, Seminar Co-Chair
Surjya Mitra, Private Sector, Seminar Co-Chair

[1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.] Update from the Insurance Branch

This 90-minute panel will include a discussion with several representatives of the Insurance Branch of the Financial Institution and Products division within the IRS Office of Chief Counsel. Attendees will hear Insurance Branch personnel describe recent tax guidance and significant rulings issued by the Branch within the past year as well as current projects being considered by the Branch.

Lori Robbins, Managing Director, KPMG LLP (moderator)
Rebecca L. Baxter, Senior Technician Reviewer, Insurance Branch, Office of the Associate Chief Counsel (FI&P), I.R.S.
John E. Glover, Senior Counsel, Insurance Branch, Office of the Associate Chief Counsel (FI&P), I.R.S.
Alexis A. MacIvor, Branch Chief, Insurance Branch, Office of the Associate Chief Counsel (FI&P), I.R.S.
Daniel P. Phillips, Senior Counsel, Insurance Branch, Office of the Associate Chief Counsel (FI&P), I.R.S.
Kathryn M. Sneade, Senior Technician Reviewer, Insurance Branch, Office of the Associate Chief Counsel (FI&P), I.R.S.

[3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.] Insurance Company Tax Issues
The panel will discuss Federal income tax issues that were most impactful in the past year for life, property and casualty, and health insurers, including proposed regulations under section 807, changes in the determination of discounted unpaid losses, and generally-applicable developments that are especially important to insurers. Issues arising under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) will be discussed on a different panel.

Mark Smith, Managing Director, PwC (moderator)
Pam Biesecker, Senior Vice President, Chief Tax Officer, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
Daniel P. Phillips, Senior Counsel, Insurance Branch, Office of the Associate Chief Counsel (FI&P), I.R.S.
Regina Rose, Senior Vice President, Taxes & Retirement Security, American Council of Life Insurers
Fred von Rueden, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
Christopher W. Schoen, Counsel, Eversheds Sutherland LLP

Thursday, May 28, 2020
[1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.] International Tax Issues
The international tax panel will provide an overview of the latest U.S. international tax developments relevant to global insurance and reinsurance companies. Panelists will discuss the tax implications of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, including the interplay of the expanded net operating losses carryback provisions with the U.S. international tax rules (covering FTCs, the Section 250 deduction and GILTI). The panel also will discuss the tax implications of COVID-19 travel restrictions and will examine recent U.S. tax legislative updates, including with respect to BEAT, PFICs, Section 954(i), and Section 807 reserves.

Jason Kaplan, Principal, International Tax, Deloitte Tax LLP (moderator)
Eric Lopata, Vice President, Corporate Counsel, Prudential Financial, Inc.
Surjya Mitra, Managing Director, PwC
Chris Ocasal, Principal, EY

[3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.] Product Tax Update
The panel will discuss the recently enacted Setting Every Community Up For Retirement Enhancement Act (SECURE Act) and how the new provisions affect annuity contracts, with a particular focus on the new after-death distribution requirements in section 401(a)(9). The panel will explore what changes might be needed to annuity contracts in order to comply with these new rules. In addition, the panel will address the temporary retirement plan relief provided by the recently enacted Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES Act). The panel will also review some of the issues presented by the required minimum distribution rules under section 401(a)(9), including the application of the minimum income threshold test set forth in Treas. Reg. sec. 1.401(a)(9)-6 to certain types of annuity payment options. The panel will discuss the final regulations relating to the new reportable policy sale rules in section 6050Y and the new transfer for value rules in section 101 and the issues they present for life insurance contracts. Finally, the panel will review the new advisor fee private letter rulings for non-qualified annuity contracts under section 72 that were recently issued by the IRS.

Alison R. Peak, Partner, Davis & Harman LLP (moderator)
Graham R. Green, Counsel, Eversheds Sutherland LLP
Mark Rush, Head of Product Tax Legal, MassMutual
Tamara Saverine, Vice President, Corporate Counsel (Tax), Prudential Financial Inc.

Friday, May 29, 2020
[1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.] The COVID-19 Pandemic: Relevant Tax Legislation and Other Considerations for Insurers
This panel will discuss corporate and individual tax provisions of the CARES Act and other coronavirus legislative proposals that impact the insurance industry. The panel will consider the impact of corporate tax provisions of the CARES Act, including, among other things, the new carryback rules and the changes to section 163(j). The panel will also discuss individual provisions of interest to the insurance industry, such as the retirement changes. Finally, the panel will consider pending law changes that may be included in future legislation.

Ann Cammack, Principal, EY (moderator)
Eric Solomon, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP (moderator)
Lori J. Jones, Partner, Scribner Hall & Thompson LLP
Daniel Kusaila, Partner, Insurance Tax Practice, Crowe LLP
James J. (Jim) Shea, Vice President, Chief Tax Officer, Prudential Financial Inc.

[3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.] Multi-state Hot Topics
This panel will discuss current multi-state issues related to the TCJA, the CARES Act, Wayfair and economic nexus issues, COVID-19 compliance considerations, and indirect tax issues that impact the insurance industry. The speakers will discuss state tax conformity and decoupling issues related to the TCJA and CARES Act including Sec. 163j business interest limitations, NOL treatment and other conformity issues. The panel will also analyze income and other tax considerations regarding economic nexus that insurance industry companies and their advisors need to consider in the post-Wayfair tax environment. The panel will also discuss the state tax compliance issues associated with COVID-19. Finally, the panel will consider indirect tax issues that are significantly impacting the tax and business operations of insurance companies and their non-insurance related entities.

Arthur “Art” Burkard, Managing Director, State and Local Tax Services, Grant Thornton LLP (moderator)
Josie Lowman, Managing Director, Insurance State Tax Leader, PwC
Brendon J. McKibbin, Partner, State & Local Tax, Deloitte Tax LLP

[4:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.] Closing Remarks

Registration
Registration is now closed for this event.

Attendance Policy
Individuals are limited to attending the number of sessions within their paid registration package. For example, the “2 Pack” rate allows access to two virtual panels over the course of three days. Registrants that have been found to attend more than their permitted registration package will be invoiced for a $100 fee per extra session attended.
Cancellation Policy
No refunds will be made for cancellations received after the close of business on Friday, May 1, 2020. Please contact Ariel White at awhite@fedbar.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests.

Sponsors
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CPAs & Advisors

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Johnson Lambert LLP

Contact Elizabeth Johnson if you are interested in sponsoring this event.

Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Are you cancelling the Insurance Tax Seminar?
A: We are turning this year’s event into a virtual seminar series exclusively available online. Tune into six CLE panels on May 27-29. We are excited to offer educational programing in the safety of your own home.
Q: Will the in-person Insurance Tax Seminar be rescheduled to another date?
We will not reschedule the in-person program in Washington, DC for 2020. While we are disappointed not to be gathering in person this year, we are excited to host the seminar online this May 27-29, 2020. We plan to return to the in-person format in June 2021.
Q: What type of educational credit will be offered in the virtual format?
A: We are only able to offer Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit for this year’s virtual seminar. Attendees can receive up to 9 CLE credits (10.8 credits for 50-min states). Please check with your own state(s) for distance learning CLE requirements.
The Federal Bar Association is not able to offer Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credit this year via distance learning due to NASBA policies. We plan to return to offering both credit options in-person next year.
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 post-event. We will share detailed instructions with registrants for CLE reporting.
Q: Will recordings of the sessions be available after the seminar?
A: Sessions will be distributed exclusively via the live broadcast. We do not have recordings available at this time.
Q: Who do I contact for more information?
A: Please contact meetings@fedbar.org for any other questions.

New Orleans Chapter: Town Hall Zoom With EDLA Chief Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown
2020-05-27 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Online, US
On Wednesday, May 27 from 2 – 3 pm, FBA New Orleans Chapter President-Elect Steve Griffith Jr. will interview Chief Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown to discuss the impact of the pandemic on EDLA operations, the current state of affairs, the court’s COVID-19 General Order-06, the court’s videoconferencing/teleconferencing platforms and their potential and limitations, current statistics on filings, and the Administrative Office’s phased reconstitution of services guidance.
Interactive Discussion
Members of the New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association are invited to submit questions, suggestions, comments and/or recommendations to fbaneworleans@gmail.com by 5:00 pm on May 25, 2020. Anticipated topics for discussion include new filings, deadlines in pending cases, virtual motion practice, engaging in virtual settlement conferences, bench trials, and the challenges incident to restarting jury proceedings.

Registration
Registration Fees

Complimentary Registration

Registration Required

How to Register
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/no-fbas-town-hall-zoom-with-edla-chief-judge-nannette-jolivette-brown-tickets-105530799462

Please contact Amanda Kaiser at akaiser@nofba.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests.

CLE
Please note that CLE credit is not offered for this event.

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Amanda Kaiser, Executive Director, Federal Bar Association, New Orleans Chapter

New Orleans Chapter: FBA Law School Zoom Happy Hour
2020-05-27 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Online, US
The New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association invites recent law school graduates and students to a discussion about entering the job market in uncertain times. Lawyers will participate to offer tips and strategies while answering your questions. We will send the Zoom login prior to the event to all registered attendees.
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 [6 PM – 7 PM ]
Central Standard Time (CST)

Registration
Registration Fees

Complimentary Registration

How to Register
RSVP by Tuesday, May 26
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fba-law-school-happy-hour-tickets-104984340990

If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact Amanda Kaiser, Executive Director, Federal Bar Association, New Orleans Chapter

Broward County: June Luncheon
2020-06-03 12:00 (America/New_York) | Tower Club, 100 SE Third Avenue, 28th Floor, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Location
Tower Club
Speakers
District Judge Anuraag Singhal
Cost
$45 for members $50 for nonmembers $30 for government employees $20 for judiciary, law
clerks, and student members
RSVP
Anne Flanigan at Aflanigan@wsh-law.com
Patricia Grotto at Pgrotto@wsh-law.com
