Bullying, the Law and Your Clients
Date: Nov 19, 2026 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, and Online
Member Price: $203.00
Non-Member Price: $254.00
Section Price: $0.00
Areas of Law: Civil Trial Bar, School
Keynote
Moderator
- Dr. Stuart Green, DMH, LCSW
- Founder, NJ Coalition For Bullying Awareness & Prevention, Summita licensed clinical social worker and behavioral scientist, founded the New Jersey Coalition for Bullying Awareness and Prevention (njbullying.org) in Summit, New Jersey, where he has volunteered as Director and sole front-line worker, answered the hotline and managed the organization’s website. He has also been Associate Director of the Overlook Family Medicine Residency Program, a training program for family physicians at Overlook Medical Center in Summit, New Jersey, where he has helped develop the Palliative Care Program, and has been a behavioral scientist at Atlantic Health System.
Dr. Green was Chair of the New Jersey Commission on Bullying in Schools, co-authored its report There Isn’t a Moment to Lose (2009) and presided over forums to help the legislature formulate laws and regulations to prevent and address bullying. He helped develop the state’s new Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights, widely regarded as the strongest anti-bullying law in the United States. Dr. Green’s work as a clinician and medical director has included developing grant-funded educational and advocacy projects for children with Tourette Syndrome and adults with conditions including chronic pain, diabetes and breast cancer. He founded the Pathways Women’s Cancer Teaching Project, an organization which provides training for physicians and other health care professionals conducted by breast cancer survivors. He has served on the advisory boards of several organizations, including The Arc of NJ and the NJ School Age Child Care Coalition.
The recipient of the 2011 Social Worker of the Year Award bestowed by the New Jersey Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, Dr. Green has also been honored by the Union County Human Relations Commission, the New Jersey Child Assault Prevention Program and the American Cancer Society (Judy A. Morrow Humanitarian Award). He has lectured on bullying to schools and other organizations, and has served as an expert witness and legal consultant. Having served as Clinical Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine at Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, he is the author of medical publications including an article on a Tourette Syndrome educational project in Teaching and Learning in Medicine: An International Journal (2014) and book chapters.
Dr. Green is a graduate of City College of New York and received his MSW from the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University. He received his M.A. in Psychology from Hunter College and his Doctorate in Medical Humanities from Drew University.
Presenters
- Laura Hecht-Felella, Esq.
- C.A. Goldberg, PLLC, Brooklyn
- Alicia Raia-Hawrylak, PhD
- Co-Project Manager, School Climate Transformation Project
- Karen Painter Randall, Esq.
- Chair, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy and Incident Response Group
Connell Foley LLP, Roselandis founder and Chair of the Cybersecurity, Data Privacy and Incident Response Group at Connell Foley LLP in Roseland, New Jersey. Formerly Certified as a Civil Trial Attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey, she represents clients in complex litigation, and regulatory compliance and defense matters involving cybersecurity, data protection and privacy, social media and professional liability; and provides counsel and advocacy in federal and state courts for both professionals and businesses across a broad range of industries.
Admitted to practice in New Jersey and before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court, Ms. Randall is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and serves as Co-Chair of its New Jersey KnowledgeNet chapter. She received three ABA presidential appointments to serve on the Cybersecuity Legal Task Force and the Standing Committee on Lawyer’s Professional Liability, and is the co-founder and Chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Cybersecurity Legal Task Force. Ms. Randall has also served as Chair of the USLAW Network Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice Group and co-chaired the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM) 2016 NYC Cyber Liability Summit, and the University of South Carolina School of Law selected her to serve as Director of the Cybersecurity Institute. A Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, she was appointed by Chief Justice Rabner to serve on the Board on Civil Trial Certification.
Ms. Randall was selected by Bloomberg BNA to serve as its New Jersey Contributing Editor on cyber and privacy issues for Bloomberg Law: Privacy & Data Security, focusing on the
regulatory and compliance landscape of data protection laws in the U.S. and around the world. She has lectured for the American Bar Association, the AICPA and other professional organizations, and is the author and co-author of articles which have appeared in New Jersey Lawyer, USLAW Magazine and other publications. She is the recipient of several honors.
Ms. Randall received her B.A. and M.A. in Public Administration from the University of South Carolina and her J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law. She completed the Advanced Legal Management Program at Montclair University’s School of Business and clerked for the Honorable J. Emmet Cassidy, JSC.
(8/23) - David B. Rubin, Esq.
- David B. Rubin, PC, Metuchen
- Jeffrey R. Youngman, Esq.
- Feitlin Youngman Karas & Gerson, LLC, Glen Rock
This panel of top anti-bullying experts have important new updates on school bullying in 2026 and with a look ahead to 2027. This program is designed to answer questions and address problems you have now with a comprehensive, up-to-the-minute look at school bullying.
This year’s program features a segment on deepfake victims (deepfakes are videos that are altered or completely generated using artificial intelligence to make a real person appear to say or do things they never actually did.) It also includes anti-bullying essentials, a segment on how to successfully litigate bullying cases, cyber threats and cybersecurity for schools, an update on special education law and cases, a segment on New Jersey’s School Climate Initiative and the yearly impactful case law update.
Register now for this essential yearly program!
Topics include:
- Anti-Bullying Essentials: Five critical points in 15 Minutes – Stuart Green, DMH, LCSW
- Bullying Cases and Law: The 2026 update – David B. Rubin, Esq.
- Litigating bullying cases (and winning) – Jeffrey R. Youngman, Esq.
- Cyberthreats and cybersecurity for schools – Karen Painter Randall, Esq.
- Preventing Bullying: NJ’s school climate initiative – Alicia Raia-Hawrylak, PhD
- Special education law and cases
- Nobody’s Victim: Representing deepfake victims – Laura Hecht-Felella, Esq.
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