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2025 Labor and Employment Law Forum

Category: On Demand

Member Price: $228

Non-Member Price: $285

Product Code: ON022425

Areas of Law: Labor & Employment

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CLE Credits
NJ CLE:NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 6.9 hours of total CLE credit, including 1.0 in Ethics (Full Credits Available: NJ Civil Trial Attorney Credit: 6.9, NJ Ethics: 1.0, NJ General: 5.9).
NY CLE (t&nt):NY Ethics Non-Transitional: 1.0, NY Professional Practice Non-Transitional: 5.5
PA CLE:PA Ethics Credit: 1.0
New: No PACLE fee is required for this program. To earn PA CLE credits, a valid PA Bar ID number must be entered into the CLE form provided after attending the program.
Faculty

Keynote

Moderator

Domenick Carmagnola, Esq.
Past President, New Jersey State Bar Association
Carmagnola & Ritardi, LLC, Morristown
Daniel R. Dowdy, Esq.
Selikoff & Cohen, PA, Mount Laurel
Yvette Gibbons, Esq.
Past President, Essex County Bar Association
Employment Compliance Strategies, LLC, South Orange
Katrina M. Homel, Esq.
New Jersey Education Association, Trenton
Robert T. Szyba, Esq.
Seyfarth Shaw, New York
is a Partner in the Labor & Employment Department of Seyfarth Shaw LLP in New York City, where he defends and counsels employers in a wide range of employment-related issues, including background check and Fair Credit Reporting Act violations, “ban the box” issues, prevailing wage requirements, wage and hour compliance, whistleblower retaliation, family and medical leave compliance and interference/retaliation claims, paid sick leave, and discrimination/harassment. He also advises clients on preventive employment counseling, pre-litigation strategy and litigation avoidance, alternate dispute resolution and mandatory arbitration programs, and employment policies and procedures.
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nAdmitted to practice in the state and federal courts of New Jersey and New York, Mr. Szyba serves on the Executive Committee of the Labor & Employment Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association. He has been Co-Chair of the Ethics & Professional Responsibility Subcommittee of the American Bar Association Labor & Employment Law Section’s Employment Rights & Responsibilities Committee.
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nMr. Szyba has served on the Alumni Advisory Board of the Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal and as a member of the Sidney Reitman Employment Law American Inn of Court. He is a former Editor-in-Chief of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s New Jersey Labor & Employment Law Quarterly and has lectured for ICLE, NELA-NJ, the American and New York State Bar Associations, and other organizations.
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nMr. Szyba received his undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Berklee College of Music and his J.D., cum laude, from Hofstra University School of Law, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal and a member of Hofstra’s Moot Court Association.
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Presenters

Justice Michael Noriega
New Jersey Supreme Court
Victor A. Afanador, Esq.
Lite Depalma Greenberg & Afanador, LLC, Newark
Martin W. Aron, Esq.
Jackson Lewis P.C., Berkeley Heights
Raymond M. Baldino, Esq.
Zazzali, P.C., Newark
Dean L. Burrell, Esq.
Arbitrator-Mediator, Burrell Dispute Resolution, Morristown
Nicole Espin, Esq.
Fisher & Phillips LLP, New Providence
Perry Farhat, Esq.
Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, RWJBarnabas Health, Cherry Hill
Eileen S. King English, Esq.
King English Immigration Law LLC, Freehold
James La Rocca, Esq.
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, New York
Scott R. Malyk, Esq.
Meyner and Landis, Newark
Suzanne M. McSorley, Esq.
Stevens & Lee, Lawrenceville
Kenneth A. Rosenberg, Esq.
Fox Rothschild LLP, Morristown
David B. Rubin, Esq.
David B. Rubin, P.C., Metuchen
Ravi Sattiraju, Esq.
Sattiraju & Tharney, LLP, East Windsor
Steven W. Suflas, Esq.
Holland & Hart LLP, Salt Lake City
Renada Williams, Esq.
Kenneth Cole, Union

Every year, New Jersey’s leading labor and employment lawyers attend "The Forum" to keep up to date on the latest law and hear sophisticated analysis from seasoned practitioners.

Join us this year as for several distinguished panels of labor and employment lawyers on pressing issues facing the practice.

Attendees will gain insight into how to navigate the anticipated impact of the new presidential administration on labor and employment law, hear key takeaways of recent cases from Steve Suflas's ever-popular case law update, as well as an interesting discussion on the ethical considerations of representing public and private entities, and more.

Don’t miss this opportunity to receive targeted, useful information that you can immediately use in practice.

Preliminary program agenda:

  • 9:00 | Introduction
  • 9:05 | Impact of the New Administration on Labor Law
    - Moderator: Daniel R. Dowdy, Esq.
    - Speakers: James La Rocca, Esq.; Raymond M. Baldino, Esq.; Dean L. Burrell, Esq.
  • 10:00 | Impact of the New Administration on Employment Law
    - Moderator: Yvette Gibbons, Esq.
    - Speakers: Kenneth A. Rosenberg, Esq.; Renada Williams, Esq.; Perry Farhat, Esq.
  • 10:55 | What Labor and Employment Attorneys Need to Know About Immigration
    - Moderator: Katrina M. Homel, Esq.
    - Speakers: Justice Michael Noriega; Eileen King English, Esq.; Scott R. Malyk, Esq.
  • 11:45 | Lunch
  • 12:45 | Ethical Considerations for Representing Entities
    - Moderator: Robert T. Szyba, Esq.
    - Speakers: Suzanne M. McSorley, Esq.; David B. Rubin, Esq.
  • 1:35 | Case Law Update
    - Speaker: Steven W. Suflas, Esq.
  • 2:20 | Break 
  • 2:30 | Wage and Hour Update 
    - Speaker: Nicole Espin, Esq.; Ravi Sattiraju, Esq.
  • 3:15 | Impact of Technology in Trial Practice
    - Moderator: Domenick Carmagnola, Esq.
    - Speakers: Victor A. Afanador, Esq.; Martin W. Aron, Esq.
  • 4:00 | Adjourn