Daily Educational Programming Schedule – By Area Of Law

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NOTE: All programs, speakers, tracks, times and locations are subject to change. 


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Showing Programs In The Following: Business and Taxation Track

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15
9:30AM - 10:45AM

Tax-Exempt Organizations Primer and Key Considerations

Business and Taxation Track (Studio 2)

An overview of forming a NJ nonprofit organization and applying for tax-exempt status. Key considerations to keep in mind to not jeopardize the tax-exempt status.Access Seminar MaterialsCLE Credits For This Program:

CLE Credits For This Program:
NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 1.5 credits (50-minute hour)
NY CLE (Transitional & Non-transitional): 1.5 professional practice credits
PA CLE: 1.0 substantive credit pending
CPE: 1.5 taxation credits

Moderator/Speaker:
Farah N. Ansari, Esq., Schenck, Price Smith & King
  
Speakers:
Kristen E. Crouchelli, CPA
June M. Toth, CPA, CFF, CITP, CGMA, Principal, WilkinGuttenplan, PC

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15
1:30PM - 3:00PM

Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG), and Sustainability Hot Topics

Business and Taxation Track (Studio 4)

This program will explore ESG stakeholders at corporations will discuss companies’ mission for ESG, management and performance of ESG goals in context of employee, investors, and customer expectations, evaluate ESG trends in the marketplace and reporting requirements, discuss setting ESG initiatives and longterm goals, measuring and tracking success, offer an overview of policy and governance framework, industry approaches and challenges, and look at the politicization of ESG and other tensions.Access Seminar MaterialsCLE Credits For This Program:

CLE Credits For This Program:
NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 1.8 credits (50-minute hour)
NY CLE (non-transitional): 1.5 professional practice credits
PA CLE: 1.5 substantive credits pending

Moderator/Speaker:
Natalya G. Johnson, Esq., Johnson & Johnson
  
Speakers:
Tracee E. Davis, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Robert J. McKeehan, Esq., Johnson & Johnson
Monica Schroeck, Esq., Norris McLaughlin, P.A.
Squire Servance, Founder & Managing Partner, Syridex Bio
Natalie Wilmore, Esq., Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Pagaya Technologies

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15
1:30PM - 3:00PM

The Corporate Transparency Act: Overview and Practical Considerations for All Attorneys

Special Interest, Federal Practice , Business and Taxation Track (Central Meeting Room 4)

This presentation will provide an overview of this new law's most critical sections, explain how real estate attorneys – and all practitioners -- can assist their clients with Corporate Transparency Act compliance and consider the best practices for law firms to follow in advising their clients.Access Seminar MaterialsCLE Credits For This Program:

CLE Credits For This Program:
NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 1.8 credits (50-minute hour)
NY CLE (Transitional & Non-transitional): 1.5 professional practice credits
PA CLE: 1.5 substantive credits pending

Moderator/Speaker:
Charles Wilkes, Esq., Murphy Schiller & Wilkes LLP
  
Speakers:
Holly Burke, Esq., Murphy Schiller & Wilkes LLP
Stephanie Lomurro, Esq., Manzi Epstein Lomurro & DeCataldo, LLC

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15
3:45PM - 5:15PM

Alternative & Non-Traditional Lending - The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

Business and Taxation Track (Central Meeting Room 1)

In a depressed economy and as traditional lending sources contract, middle market businesses often turn to alternative and nontraditional lending sources to maintain cashflow and their business operations. Hear from the attorneys on the front line to discuss the nature of these lending arrangements including merchant cash advances, documentation, remedies and enforcement.CLE Credits For This Program:

CLE Credits For This Program:
NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 1.8 credits (50-minute hour)
NY CLE (non-transitional): 1.5 professional practice credits
PA CLE: 1.5 substantive credits pending
CPE: 1.5 taxation credits

Moderator/Speaker:
David H. Stein, Esq., Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer PA
  
Speakers:
Hon. James J. DeLuca, J.S.C. (Ret.), Harwood Lloyd, LLC
Jeffrey A. Cooper, Esq., Rabinowitz, Lubetkin & Tully LLC
William C. Gascoigne, Senior Managing Director, Peapack-Gladstone Bank
Christina A. Livorsi, Esq., Day Pitney LLP

THURSDAY, MAY 16
8:30AM - 10:00AM

What's New with LLCs 2024

Business and Taxation Track (Studio 2)

A panel of judges and attorneys discuss and analyze recent court opinions from NJ and elsewhere concerning LLCs.Access Seminar MaterialsCLE Credits For This Program:

CLE Credits For This Program:
NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 1.8 credits (50 minute hour)
NY CLE: (Non-transitional): 1.5 professional practice credits
PA CLE: 1.5 substantive credits pending
CPE: 1.5 taxation credits

Moderator/Speaker:
Gianfranco A. Pietrafesa, Esq., Archer & Greiner, PC
  
Speakers:
Hon. Jodi Lee Alper, P.J.Ch., Essex
Hon. Paula T. Dow, P.J.Ch., Burlington
Hon. Edward A. Jerejian, P.J.Ch., Bergen
Mark J. Oberstaedt, Esq., Archer & Greiner PC
Rachel Lilienthal Stark, Esq., Stark & Stark
Jeremy Stein, Esq., Hartmann Doherty Rosa Berman & Bulbulia LLC

THURSDAY, MAY 16
10:30AM - 12:00PM

Complex Business Litigation

Business and Taxation Track (Studio 3)

This is the opportunity to learn about the history, rules, procedures and intricacies of handling complex business litigation matters in the state courts. Learn from the judges who serve around the state about what the program can do and how to make handling a case through the program a success for attorneys and clients.Access Seminar MaterialsCLE Credits For This Program:

CLE Credits For This Program:
NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 1.8 credits (50-minute hour)
NY CLE: (Non-transitional): 1.5 professional practice credits
PA CLE: 1.5 substantive credits pending
Trial Attorney Certification: 1.8 civil credits
CPE: 1.5 taxation credits

Speakers:
Hon. Frank J. DeAngelis, P.J.Ch., Morris/Sussex
Hon. Keith Lynott, Esq., J.S.C., Essex
Hon. Robert Mega, P.J.Ch., Union
Hon. Steven J. Polansky, P.J.Cv., Camden
Hon. Mary F. Thurber, Bergen County Justice Center
Hon. Craig Wellerson, P.J.Cv., Ocean
Hon. Mara Zazzali-Hogan, J.S.C., Monmouth

THURSDAY, MAY 16
3:30PM - 5:00PM

Dead Shopping Centers and How to Revive Them

Business and Taxation, Land Use Track (Studio 4)

An overview of shopping centers that are dying and how to revive them. This program will also look at dead centers and the consequences; bankruptcy implications and specific parts of the statute designed for shopping centers; as well as lease and mortgage provisions triggered by defaults.Access Seminar MaterialsCLE Credits For This Program:

CLE Credits For This Program:
NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 1.8 credits (50-minute hour)
NY CLE: (Non-transitional): 1.5 professional practice credits
PA CLE: 1.5 substantive credits pending

Moderator/Speaker:
Lawrence B. Litwin, Esq., Lawrence B. Litwin PC
  
Speakers:
Hon. Glenn Berman (Ret.), Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP
Joseph W. Grather, Esq., McKirdy, Riskin, Olson & DellaPelle, P.C.
Paul Grygiel, AICP, PP, Phillips Preiss Grygiel Leheny Hughes, LLC
Matthew S. Krauser, Newmark Valuation & Advisory
Melinda D. Middlebrooks, Esq.
Adriana M. Peters, Esq., Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC

THURSDAY, MAY 16
3:30PM - 5:00PM

Hot Topics in Commercial Real Estate

Business and Taxation, Real Estate, Young Lawyers Track (Central Meeting Room 1)

Learn from seasoned commercial real estate attorneys as they discuss the latest trends in the law involving retail, office and industrial transactions, including sales, financing and insurance.Access Seminar MaterialsCLE Credits For This Program:

CLE Credits For This Program:
NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 1.8 credits (50-minute hour)
NY CLE: (Non-transitional): 1.5 professional practice credits
PA CLE: 1.5 substantive credits pending

Moderator/Speaker:
Matthew J. Schiller, Esq., Murphy Schiller & Wilkes LLP
  
Speakers:
Francis M. Giantomasi, Esq., Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC
Leah Sandbank Kaufman, Esq., McManimon Scotland & Baumann LLC
Stuart J. Lieberman, Esq., Lieberman & Blecher PC
Sean R. McGowan, Esq., Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis, LLP

FRIDAY, MAY 17
11:00AM - 12:30PM

Doing Deals in the Garden State

Business and Taxation, Labor & Employment, Real Estate Track (Central Meeting Room 2/3)

Mergers and acquisitions – buying and selling businesses and business assets – entail a complex blend of business savvy, market knowledge, process familiarity, and substantive legal skills. For lawyers engaged in M&A deals, they must not only be in command of all the corporate law nuances that go into a purchase or merger agreement, but also have familiarity with (or access to other lawyers familiar with) the relevant tax, employment, environmental, and other legal issues that frequently arise in these deals. And while many transactions nationwide are governed by Delaware or New York law, deals involving New Jersey-based owners or businesses will inevitably drag in legal issues in each of these areas that are peculiar to the Garden State. This panel brings together corporate, tax, employment, and environmental attorneys from around the state to share their expertise regarding some of these key NJ legal issues that arise when doing deals.Access Seminar Materials CLE Credits For This Program:

CLE Credits For This Program:
NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 1.8 credits (50-minute hour)
NY CLE (Non-transitional): 1.5 professional practice credits
PA CLE: 1.5 substantive credits pending
CPE: 1.5 taxation credits

Speakers:
Martin W. Aron, Esq., Jackson Lewis PC
Jason D. Navarino, Esq., Riker Danzig LLP
Alexa Richman-LaLonde, Esq., Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP
Rachel Lilienthal Stark, Esq., Stark & Stark

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