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New Jersey Family Law Practice for Paralegals Seminar
On-DemandFebruary 25, 2020Marissa Del + 5 Other Speakers
Speakers
Marissa Del
Lyons & Associates, P.C.Marissa Del Mauro is a senior associate at Lyons & Associates, P.C., where she practices in the field of family law. She received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Vassar College, and received her J.D. degree from Western New England College School of Law. After graduating from law school, Ms. Del Mauro enjoyed a judicial clerkship with the Honorable Kimarie Rahill, J.S.C., of the Warren County Superior Court, Family Part, now the Presiding Judge of the Family Part for Vicinage 13. During her clerkship, she was responsible for various family matters, including matrimonial, non-dissolution, domestic violence and juvenile cases. She also regularly mediated custody, parenting time, and child support for non-dissolution cases. Prior to joining Lyons & Associates, P.C., Ms. Del Mauro worked for a law firm in the Morris County area as where she focused primarily on the practice of family law.
Mollie Hartman
Chasan Lamparello Mallon & Cappuzzo, PC.Mollie F. Hartman Lustig is Of Counsel at Chasan Lamparello Mallon & Cappuzzo, PC. She practices civil law with a focus on employment, governmental and family law. Ms. Lustig represents family clients in separation and divorce matters, custody issues, child support/alimony, paternity and adoption matters, etc. She also focuses on employment matters for governmental entities, as well as employers and employees, and she represents municipal building departments in connection with the enforcement of Uniform Construction Code violations, litigation, county appeals board hearings and imposition of liens for tenant relocation and emergency repairs. Before joining CLMC, Ms. Lustig was an associate with a New Jersey firm handling civil litigation focusing on labor and employment matters. Prior to her employment-related work, Ms. Lustig was a sole practitioner in Warren, New Jersey, focusing on a wide variety of family law matters.
Valerie Jules McCarthy
Valerie Jules McCarthy is counsel in Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, P.C.’s Family Law practice. She handles a variety of family matters involving marital dissolutions, spousal support, equitable distribution of property, civil union dissolutions, post-marital disputes, child custody, child support, domestic violence issues and guardianships. Ms. McCarthy received her BA degree from Lehigh University and her J.D. degree from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. After law school, she served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Kenneth J. Grispin, P.J., Superior Court of New Jersey, Family Division, Union County. Prior to joining Pashman Stein Walder Hayden, Ms. McCarthy was a family law associate at a boutique law firm in Essex County, New Jersey. She has been admitted to the New Jersey and New York Bars.
Jasmine Brown Seabrooks
Jasmine Brown Seabrooks is an associate in Epstein Ostrove, LLC’s Family Law Department. She concentrates her practice on representing clients on issues regarding divorce, premarital agreements, equitable distribution, cohabitation, child custody, parenting time, and relocation. She also has experience in post-judgment matters and appeals. In addition to her family law practice, Ms. Seabrooks represents clients in criminal and municipal legal proceedings. Utilizing her experience from family law in dealing with sensitive issues, she has also represented children and their guardians in civil litigation matters against municipalities and private institutions in matters of negligent hiring and supervision and New Jersey’s Anti-Bullying Statute. Ms. Seabrooks has been recognized by her peers as a Super Lawyers’ Rising Star for the years 2020 and 2021. She is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association, the Association of Black Women Lawyers of New Jersey, and the New Jersey Association for Justice.
Tremain Stanley
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC’s Family Law GroupTremain L. Stanley is a member with Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC’s Family Law Group, where she provides more than 20 years of experience as both a litigator and a mediator. She is regularly called upon by individuals engaged in family and matrimonial disputes to mediate and to help negotiate, settle and enforce agreements involving divorce, child support and custody, alimony and domestic violence. In 2015, Ms. Stanley participated in the Supreme Court of New Jersey’s Domestic Violence Pilot Program, which sought to explore the possibility of economic mediation in disputes in which there is a final restraining order. Ms. Stanley received her J.D. degree from Seton Hall University School of Law. Following law school, she clerked for the Honorable Thomas P. Zampino, J.S.C. (retired) of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex County, Chancery Division, Family Part.
Robert Zaleski
Paone Zaleski & MurphyRobert M. Zaleski is a partner of The Law Offices of Paone Zaleski & Murphy. His practice focuses on all areas related to divorce and family matters, including custody issues, alimony, child support, division of assets and domestic violence. A substantial portion of his practice is devoted to mediation. Mr. Zaleski is certified by the Supreme Court as a matrimonial law attorney and previously served on the Middlesex County Assignment Judge’s Family Lawyers’ Committee. He is also a member of the Family Law Legal Clinic, Women Helping Women program. Mr. Zaleski is active in the Somerset County, Middlesex County and New Jersey State bar associations. He has served as a member of the Supreme Court of New Jersey District VIII Ethics Committee. He has received numerous awards, including the Martin S. Goldin Family Law Award, and has been named a Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters for the years 2005-2019.
New Jersey Freshwater and Coastal Wetland Laws and Compliance
On-DemandMarch 28, 2018Steven Humphreys + 1 Other Speaker
Speakers
Steven Humphreys
Kelley Drye & Warren LLPMr. Humphreys is an attorney with the law firm of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, where he concentrates his practice on all aspects of environmental law and related counseling of businesses. He advises businesses on regulatory compliance and management of environmental risk in matters arising under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA); the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); the Clean Air Act; the Clean Water Act; and various other federal, state and local environmental laws. He also works on the environmental aspects of business transactions.
William Young
The Dawson CorporationPWS, CERP The Dawson Corporation
Mr. Young is a recognized leader in the environmental field with more than 30 years of experience as a project manager, designer, and wetland specialist. He holds a B.S. degree, SUNY Forestry, and a Master of Science degree from Pratt Institute. Mr. Young has experience in construction, design and planning on large scale restoration and wetland sites. His expertise includes habitat restoration on disturbed lands, wetlands monitoring and construction, natural resource inventory, forestry, wildlife assessment, mitigation and banking, and erosion and sediment control. Mr. Young is an adjunct professor at Temple University, and the University of Pennsylvania, School of Design, teaching Sustainable Practices and Ecology.
New Jersey International Residential Building Code
On-DemandJuly 13, 2017Daniel Mascione
Speakers
Daniel Mascione
Daniel Scott Mascione Architect, LLCDaniel Scott Mascione Architect, LLC, Northfield
Mr. Mascione is the principal of Daniel Scott Mascione Architect, LLC, and he is licensed to practice architecture in the States of New Jersey, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. In addition, he holds construction official, subcode official, and HHS building licenses and certifications under the “Train the Trainer Program” from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. He is a graduate of Pratt Institute School of Architecture in Brooklyn, New York, and he has been a project architect in the residential, educational, commercial, and hospitality disciplines for the last 20 years. Mr. Mascione has served as an instructor of building code and related courses at Atlantic Cape Community College, and is the former host of “Building and Design” on WIBG 1020AM, a radio show dedicated to discussing the field of architecture to help educate the public and increase awareness of the field of design.
New Jersey International Residential Building Code
On-DemandDecember 21, 2016Daniel Mascione
Speakers
Daniel Mascione
Daniel Scott Mascione Architect, LLCDaniel Scott Mascione Architect, LLC, Northfield
Mr. Mascione is the principal of Daniel Scott Mascione Architect, LLC, and he is licensed to practice architecture in the States of New Jersey, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. In addition, he holds construction official, subcode official, and HHS building licenses and certifications under the “Train the Trainer Program” from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. He is a graduate of Pratt Institute School of Architecture in Brooklyn, New York, and he has been a project architect in the residential, educational, commercial, and hospitality disciplines for the last 20 years. Mr. Mascione has served as an instructor of building code and related courses at Atlantic Cape Community College, and is the former host of “Building and Design” on WIBG 1020AM, a radio show dedicated to discussing the field of architecture to help educate the public and increase awareness of the field of design.
New Jersey Rehabilitation Subcode
WebinarNovember 16, 2020Daniel Mascione
Speakers
Daniel Mascione
Daniel Scott Mascione Architect, LLCDaniel Scott Mascione Architect, LLC, Northfield
Mr. Mascione is the principal of Daniel Scott Mascione Architect, LLC, and he is licensed to practice architecture in the States of New Jersey, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. In addition, he holds construction official, subcode official, and HHS building licenses and certifications under the “Train the Trainer Program” from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. He is a graduate of Pratt Institute School of Architecture in Brooklyn, New York, and he has been a project architect in the residential, educational, commercial, and hospitality disciplines for the last 20 years. Mr. Mascione has served as an instructor of building code and related courses at Atlantic Cape Community College, and is the former host of “Building and Design” on WIBG 1020AM, a radio show dedicated to discussing the field of architecture to help educate the public and increase awareness of the field of design.
New Jersey Rehabilitation Subcode Seminar
On-DemandApril 18, 2018Daniel Mascione
Speakers
Daniel Mascione
Daniel Scott Mascione Architect, LLCDaniel Scott Mascione Architect, LLC, Northfield
Mr. Mascione is the principal of Daniel Scott Mascione Architect, LLC, and he is licensed to practice architecture in the States of New Jersey, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. In addition, he holds construction official, subcode official, and HHS building licenses and certifications under the “Train the Trainer Program” from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. He is a graduate of Pratt Institute School of Architecture in Brooklyn, New York, and he has been a project architect in the residential, educational, commercial, and hospitality disciplines for the last 20 years. Mr. Mascione has served as an instructor of building code and related courses at Atlantic Cape Community College, and is the former host of “Building and Design” on WIBG 1020AM, a radio show dedicated to discussing the field of architecture to help educate the public and increase awareness of the field of design.
New Jersey Rehabilitation Subcode Seminar
On-DemandDecember 18, 2018Daniel Mascione
Speakers
Daniel Mascione
Daniel Scott Mascione Architect, LLCDaniel Scott Mascione Architect, LLC, Northfield
Mr. Mascione is the principal of Daniel Scott Mascione Architect, LLC, and he is licensed to practice architecture in the States of New Jersey, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. In addition, he holds construction official, subcode official, and HHS building licenses and certifications under the “Train the Trainer Program” from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. He is a graduate of Pratt Institute School of Architecture in Brooklyn, New York, and he has been a project architect in the residential, educational, commercial, and hospitality disciplines for the last 20 years. Mr. Mascione has served as an instructor of building code and related courses at Atlantic Cape Community College, and is the former host of “Building and Design” on WIBG 1020AM, a radio show dedicated to discussing the field of architecture to help educate the public and increase awareness of the field of design.
New Jersey Special Inspections under the IBC Chapter 17
WebinarFebruary 23, 2022James A. D’Aloisio
Speakers
James A. D’Aloisio, P.E. LEED AP
Principal with Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt in Syracuse, New YorkMr. D’Aloisio is a principal with Klepper, Hahn & Hyatt, a structural engineering, landscape architecture, and building envelope services firm in East Syracuse, New York. A graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, he is a registered professional engineer in New York. He is a member and past president (1997-1998) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Syracuse Section, and a member of the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), the American Concrete Institute (ACI), the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), and the Structural Engineers Association of New York State (SEAoNY).
Mr. D’Aloisio has served on ASCE/SEI’s Frost-Protected Shallow Foundations Committee, the Structural Condition Assessment of Existing Buildings Committee, and the SEI Sustainability Committee. Mr. D’Aloisio received the Order of the Engineer at Syracuse University in 1997.
His 30-plus years of experience as a consulting structural engineer has primarily involved the design of new building structures, additions, and modifications, and analyses, assessments, and investigations of structures and facades. Mr. D’Aloisio has performed structural condition reviews of over 15 million square feet of buildings, and he has performed over 150 structural forensic investigations. He has presented over 300 times.
New Jersey State Tax Update 2018
On-DemandJuly 27, 2018Robert J. Alter + 3 Other Speakers
Speakers
Robert J. Alter
Partner at McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter Mr. Alter has extensive experience in handling federal and state tax controversies. Combining his years of experience gained from litigating both for and against the IRS, with a substantive tax law background, he is well known to the IRS and state tax authorities as an experienced, aggressive and smart litigator. Mr. Alter represents individuals and business entities in Federal and State civil and criminal tax controversies, including civil examinations, administrative appeals, Tax Court and U.S. District Court proceedings, sensitive civil and tax issues, IRS and state voluntary disclosures, and criminal tax investigations and prosecutions. He serves on the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on the Tax Court, and is also the New Jersey Bar Association’s Section of Taxation’s Practitioner Liaison with the IRS. He previously served as chair of the Section of Taxation of the New Jersey State Bar Association. Mr. Alter, who is the annual contributor of the Tax Law Year in Review Supplement to the New Jersey Law Journal, has published numerous articles on federal and state tax law and related legal issues arising in tax controversies in that publication, in the New Jersey Lawyer magazine and in the national tax publication, The Journal of Taxation. He is a frequent lecturer on federal and state tax related topics.
Alex Genato
Archer & Greiner P.C.Partner with Archer & Greiner P.C. Mr. Genato is a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Tax Appeal Group. He concentrates his practice in the areas of local property taxation, eminent domain, redevelopment, and state tax matters. He has handled matters involving all phases of property tax appeal litigation throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Virginia, Ohio, Florida and various other states. Mr. Genato is regularly quoted as an authority on local property taxation. Mr. Genato has extensive experience with cases involving office complexes, corporate headquarters, industrial facilities, oil refineries, manufacturing facilities, research and development facilities, warehouses, data centers, hotels, extended-stay corporate suites, golf courses, ski resorts, shopping malls, banks, telecommunication facilities, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, parking garages, truck terminals, apartment buildings, and condominiums. He advises clients on issues regarding property tax issues, liabilities, exemptions, and farmland assessment qualification. Mr. Genato is active in the legal community and is a former chair of the Taxation Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association.
Jaime Reichardt
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.Of Counsel at Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. Mr. Reichardt is chair of the Sills Cummis & Gross State and Local Tax Practice. He helps companies identify potential compliance issues and tax reporting exposures, and also assists with identifying and securing pro-active refunds, tax credits or abatements, and other incentive opportunities. Throughout the years, he has secured several million dollars in tax savings and economic development benefits. Mr. Reichardt’s practice also includes resolving state tax controversies and audits with various revenue departments across tax types, including corporate income tax, franchise and net worth tax, personal income tax, sales and use tax, gross receipts tax, local business privilege or earned income taxes, real and personal property taxes, and unclaimed property. Before joining the firm, he was a state and local tax director at Citrin Cooperman, providing consulting advice to all different types of businesses and individuals on income tax, sales tax, gross receipts tax, property tax, realty transfer tax and credits and incentives issues. Before that, Mr. Reichardt was a senior associate in the state and local tax practices with two other national law firms. Prior to private practice, he was a tax policy advisor with the State of New Jersey and a tax policy lobbyist. Mr. Reichardt speaks frequently on topics related to state and local income and business activity taxes, nexus, income sourcing, sales tax nexus, product taxability and sourcing, as well as tax credits and incentives developments.
Lance E. Rothenberg
Partner at Rothenberg Tax Law, LLC, in the Greater New York City Metropolitan AreaRothenberg Tax Law is a boutique law firm with a niche focus in federal and state tax controversy and multistate state and local tax consulting. Mr. Rothenberg is the former Practice Leader for Tax Controversy Services for a top 15 accounting firm. He represents clients before the Internal Revenue Service and various state revenue departments, with special expertise in matters before the New York Department of Taxation and Finance, the New York City Finance Department, and the New Jersey Division of Taxation. Among other areas, he specializes in residency taxation, sales and use taxation, responsible person assessment defense, remote worker taxation, and multistate nexus analyses, as well as tax audits and appeals for businesses and business owners. Mr. Rothenberg is a frequent lecturer and author on numerous tax topics, and he genuinely enjoys his work assisting clients from high-net-worth individuals to smaller mom/pop operations with their tax entanglements.
New Jersey Stormwater Management 2021
WebinarJanuary 19, 2021Dr. Laura Craig PHD. + 4 Other Speakers
Speakers
Dr. Laura Craig PHD.
Dr. Laura Craig, PHD Princeton Hydro LLC, New Jersey
Dr. Laura “LC” Craig is an aquatic ecologist and restoration practitioner with more than ten years
of experience working in river conservation both as the chief scientist at a national environmental
nonprofit and as a restoration practitioner. She is a big picture thinker with extensive experience
in science communication, strategic planning, metrics and evaluation, project and budget
management, policy, fundraising, and public engagement. Her specific areas of scientific expertise
are aquatic ecology, river restoration theory and practice (especially dam removal), nutrient
dynamics, and climate adaptation. Dr. Craig also has a keen interest in improving how we manage
existing and emerging threats to rivers. She earned a B.S. degree in Biology from Susquehanna
University and a PhD degree in Aquatic Ecology from University of Maryland-College Park.
Dr. Clay H. Emerson PHD
Dr. Clay H. Emerson, PHD, PE, CFM Princeton Hydro LLC, New Jersey
Dr. Emerson’s areas of expertise include hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, stormwater
management and infiltration, non-point source pollution, watershed modeling, groundwater
hydrology/modeling, and water quality and quantity monitoring at both the individual site and
watershed scales. His academic and professional experience includes a substantial amount of
critical overlap between the engineering and environmental science/ecology disciplines which is
central to many of the innovative projects at Princeton Hydro. He is a Practice Area Lead at Princeton Hydro and has specific expertise in the field of stormwater infiltration and has conducted extensive research on the performance of stormwater systems. Dr. Emerson routinely gives presentations and continuing education seminars on topics related to stormwater management and is also an adjunct professor.
Brian Friedlich
KleinfelderMr. Friedlich has nearly ten years of private consulting experience in civil and environmental engineering disciplines. His expertise includes water resources, stormwater management, environmental permitting, stream restoration and wastewater treatment. He has worked on many residential, commercial and municipal projects that incorporate state-of-the-art stormwater facilities, such as bioretention facilities, constructed wetlands, wet ponds, infiltration basins, porous pavement, and vegetated filter strips. These designs often utilize distributed natural treatment processes that can be incorporated into an overall low-impact development (LID) site design. Mr. Friedlich has also developed and implemented watershed restoration plans that have received funding through the federal 319(h) program. The watershed restoration plans utilize both stormwater management and in-stream restoration techniques to improve the water quality of downstream surface waters. Mr. Friedlich is a professional engineer in the State of New Jersey, as well as a LEED Green Associate; he earned his B.S. degree in Environmental Engineering from Tufts University and his M.Eng. degree in Environmental Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Friedlich is currently a project manager at Kleinfelder.
Kandyce Perry
Kandyce Perry Director of Stormwater New Jersey Future
Ms. Perry directs New Jersey Future’s programs to improve stormwater management, including the
Mainstreaming Green Infrastructure program, aimed at moving green stormwater infrastructure
practices into the mainstream and projects to cultivate the use of stormwater utilities. Prior
to joining New Jersey Future, she worked on brownfield redevelopment at the City of Camden
Redevelopment Agency. Ms. Perry holds a master’s degree in Environmental Studies with a
concentration in Environmental Policy from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. degree in
Environmental Science from Spelman College. She is a graduate of the Environmental Leadership
Program and currently participates in the DiverseForce on Boards program at the University of
Pennsylvania.
Dr. Stephen J. Souza, Ph.D.
Owner of Clean Waters Consulting, LLC in Ringoes, NJDr. Souza is the founding partner of Princeton Hydro, LLC. From its inception in 1998 through 2018, he served as president of Princeton Hydro, retiring from the company in 2019. Over the past 35 years he has dedicated his career to the management and restoration of aquatic ecosystems, in particular lakes, ponds, and reservoirs. Dr. Souza received his B.S. degree in 1974 from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, his M.S. in 1976 from Rutgers University, and his Ph.D. in 1981 from the University of Connecticut. He has served over the past 25 years as an instructor and course coordinator for the Rutgers NJAES Office of Continuing Professional Education, developing and implementing multiple short courses focused on the management and restoration of aquatic ecosystems. Dr. Souza is also an adjunct professor at Temple University (Ambler Campus), teaching a graduate studies course in the Department of Landscape and Horticulture (Tyler School of Art and Agriculture). He also conducts a professional continuing education course focusing on green infrastructure stormwater management for CPES through Montclair State University.
New Jersey Water Laws & Regulations Seminar
On-DemandJanuary 23, 2020Heather Demirjian + 5 Other Speakers
Speakers
Heather Demirjian
Cole Schotz P.C.Heather L. Demirjian, an associate at Cole Schotz P.C., devotes her practice entirely to complex state and federal environmental law matters. She represents clients from a wide range of industries on the environmental risks and liabilities in business transactions, real estate development, site remediation projects, enforcement defense, environmental litigation, and industrial and manufacturing operations. Ms. Demirjian has served as an adjunct professor at Rutgers University School of Law in Camden, New Jersey, where she taught a course on environmental litigation. While attending Rutgers University School of Law, she interned for the Environmental Enforcement Section of the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. and for the United States Environmental Protection Agency in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ms. Demirjian is admitted to practice law in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
David Edelstein
Archer & Greiner P.C.David F. Edelstein is a partner in Archer & Greiner P.C.’s litigation department and has been repeatedly recognized as one of the top young environmental litigators in New Jersey by numerous publications. He currently represents Fortune 100 companies, large multinational corporations, and smaller businesses at several of the largest Superfund sites in the country. Mr. Edelstein also has significant experience representing clients in litigation brought pursuant to RCRA, the Clean Water Act, and comparable state statutes. In addition to his litigation practice, Mr. Edelstein provides regulatory counsel to clients performing environmental remediation, including negotiations with regulators and municipal governments in several states with respect to the on-going investigation of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances. He is intimately familiar with the emerging law related to PFAS.
Patrick Mottola
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PCPatrick T. Mottola serves as counsel to Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC in the Environmental Practice Group. He has extensive experience advising industrial, commercial and developer clients on a variety of issues related to Brownfield redevelopment, site remediation, real estate and corporate transactions, regulatory compliance and permitting, and the resolution of enforcement and litigated matters. Mr. Mottola regularly appears before the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Sandra Nathans
Schenck, Price, Smith, & King LLPSandra Calvert Nathans is counsel at Schenck, Price, Smith, & King LLP, where she has been involved in a number of large environmental cases involving remediation at New Jersey sites. In addition, she has assisted individual clients with issues at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection in order to complete remediations. Prior to joining the Firm, Ms. Nathans was associated with an insurance defense firm, concentrating her practice in the areas of insurance coverage and environmental liability and coverage litigation. Among the highlights of her professional affiliations was her role at the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (“RIDEM”). She provided counsel to a variety of divisions within RIDEM and concentrated her practice in the areas of water quality and environmental policy, including freshwater wetlands, individual sewerage disposal systems, and water resources.
Laurie Sands
Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland Perretti LLPLaurie J. Sands is counsel in Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland Perretti LLP’s Environmental Group and has focused her legal career on environmental law issues. She represents clients in complex environmental litigation, including claims under CERCLA, RCRA, the Water Pollution Control Act and the New Jersey Spill Act. She has negotiated numerous settlements involving clean-up costs for contaminated sites and natural resource damages. Ms. Sands also routinely counsels clients with respect to regulatory compliance and transactions involving contaminated property. Prior to beginning her legal career, she spent six years at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. She is a past chair of the Environmental Law Section of the New Jersey Bar Association.
Yin Zhou
Parker McCay P.A.Yin Zhou is chair of the Environmental Law department at Parker McCay P.A. and regularly counsels both private and public entity clients on water resource issues. She has extensive experience in water pollution management, regional water quality management planning, and site remediation and brownfields. As a former Deputy Attorney General, Ms. Zhou advised NJDEP on numerous areas under the Water Resource Management Program, including sewer service amendments, NJPDES permitting and various agency rulemakings. She was also counsel to the Drinking Water Quality Institute during its development of MCL recommendations for the PFAS family of chemicals. In addition to her transactional work, Ms. Zhou is an experienced environmental litigator.
New Jersey Wetlands Compliance
On-DemandAugust 19, 2016Steven Humphreys + 1 Other Speaker
Speakers
Steven Humphreys
Kelley Drye & Warren LLPMr. Humphreys is an attorney with the law firm of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, where he concentrates his practice on all aspects of environmental law and related counseling of businesses. He advises businesses on regulatory compliance and management of environmental risk in matters arising under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA); the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); the Clean Air Act; the Clean Water Act; and various other federal, state and local environmental laws. He also works on the environmental aspects of business transactions.
William Young
The Dawson CorporationPWS, CERP The Dawson Corporation
Mr. Young is a recognized leader in the environmental field with more than 30 years of experience as a project manager, designer, and wetland specialist. He holds a B.S. degree, SUNY Forestry, and a Master of Science degree from Pratt Institute. Mr. Young has experience in construction, design and planning on large scale restoration and wetland sites. His expertise includes habitat restoration on disturbed lands, wetlands monitoring and construction, natural resource inventory, forestry, wildlife assessment, mitigation and banking, and erosion and sediment control. Mr. Young is an adjunct professor at Temple University, and the University of Pennsylvania, School of Design, teaching Sustainable Practices and Ecology.
New Jersey Wetlands Law and Compliance Seminar
On-DemandJune 12, 2019Scott E. Bush + 1 Other Speaker
Speakers
Scott E. Bush
Senior Ecologist/Wetland Scientist – GHD Services, Inc.Scott Bush, Senior Ecologist/Wetland Scientist – GHD Services, Inc.
Mr. Bush is senior ecologist with a broad background in ecological studies and over 29 years of experience as a consultant working for the private, non-profit, and public sectors. Mr. Bush is recognized expert in the identification, classification and delineation of wetlands and is proficient in analysis. He is certified as a professional wetland scientist by the Society of Wetland Scientists. Mr. Bush regularly works on projects requiring federal and state wetland/ecological permitting and is familiar with the applicable state and federal regulations and permitting requirements. He has extensive experience in the design and implementation of ecological field studies related to habitat assessments and presence/absence investigations for a variety of rare, threatened, or endangered flora and fauna.
William Young
The Dawson CorporationPWS, CERP The Dawson Corporation
Mr. Young is a recognized leader in the environmental field with more than 30 years of experience as a project manager, designer, and wetland specialist. He holds a B.S. degree, SUNY Forestry, and a Master of Science degree from Pratt Institute. Mr. Young has experience in construction, design and planning on large scale restoration and wetland sites. His expertise includes habitat restoration on disturbed lands, wetlands monitoring and construction, natural resource inventory, forestry, wildlife assessment, mitigation and banking, and erosion and sediment control. Mr. Young is an adjunct professor at Temple University, and the University of Pennsylvania, School of Design, teaching Sustainable Practices and Ecology.
New Mexico Medicaid and Long-Term Care Planning Update
WebinarMarch 4, 2021David W. Bernard + 5 Other Speakers
Speakers
David W. Bernard
Wealth Management Advisor, Northwestern Mutual in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Mr. Bernard has been a wealth management advisor with Northwestern Mutual for 39 years. He holds designations as a Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC), Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and Certified Financial Planner (CFP). Mr. Bernard also holds five investment licenses with the SEC, including the Series 7. At Northwestern Mutual he has the title of Estate and Business Planning Specialist. He has a financial planning practice as well as an insurance and investment practice. Mr. Bernard and his team have over $220,000,000 of assets under management and he is a member of the MDRT Court of the Table. He has spoken on various financial educational topics throughout his career.
Mirella "Millie" Garcia
Mutual of Omaha
Ms. Garcia is a native El Pasoan. She graduated from UTEP in 1992 with a degree in Finance and Commercial Banking. She later went on to obtain her MBA from UTEP graduating in 1998. Ms. Garcia has over 12 years’ experience in the reverse mortgage industry. Prior to working in the mortgage field, she worked for 17 years in the insurance and financial industry. She initially became interested in the reverse mortgage product in order to help her parents. Since then, she has worked closely with seniors and their families, as well as financial planners, realtors and attorneys. Ms. Garcia is the former President of the El Paso Mortgage Bankers Association. She has also served on the Board for the El Paso Estate Planning Council and has been involved with various organizations throughout her career.
Margaret "Peggy" Graham
Partner, Pregenzer, Baysinger, Wideman & Sale (“PBWS”), New Mexico
Ms. Graham has focused her practice on elder law, secifically in representing individuals and families in the appointment of guardians and conservators for the elderly or disabled as both the petitioning attorney and Guardian ad Litem, estate planning, probate, and fiduciary litigation. She has tried cases in both state and federal court, and has represented clients before administrative bodies. Ms. Graham is a frequent speaker on Medicaid planning, special needs planning, guardianships and conservatorships, and special education. She has a unique perspective on the representation of families who have members with developmental disabilities and special needs as she is the mother of a special needs child.
Steve Margulin
CPA/ PFS, CFP®, CMA, ChFC, Wealth Manager, Managing Member for Retirement Extender®
Mr. Margulin is a well-known financial advisor and life coach in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He has made a lifelong commitment to learning and has earned five professional designations. Mr. Margulin customarily takes over 100 hours of continuing education to stay current and learn more about the subjects he advises on. As a Certified Public Accountant, he teaches retirement readiness and enhancing life in retirement coursework as an adjunct professor through the University of New Mexico. His goal is to ensure clients have control over their day-to-day, month-to-month finances; have the capacity to absorb a financial shock; be on track to meet their financial goals; and have the financial freedom to make the choices that allow them to enjoy life.
Nancy J. Oriola , LCSW, NMG, CMC, CFP
President/Clinical DirectorMs. Oriola is a licensed clinical social worker, a certified care manager, a National Master Guardian and since 1989, a Certified Financial Planner®. She spent a decade as an independent financial advisor before obtaining a master’s in social work. Since 2001, she had founded and continues to operate two age-related companies with a team of licensed and certified professionals. Ms. Oriola has taught gerontology classes at the master’s level, presented often on age related topics at conferences and has served as an officer and member of several boards. She is past-president of the New Mexico Estate Planning Council and the New Mexico Guardianship Association. Ms. Oriola is also a member of the Aging Life Care Association™ and the National Guardianship Association.
Russell A. Willis III J.D. LL.M.
Mr. Willis is a tax lawyer, freelance writer, and consultant and advisor to lawyers, on issues related to wealth transfers. He has written numerous articles for publications serving tax and charitable gift planning professionals, and he is a frequent conference and seminar speaker throughout the country.
Three years ago, he launched a newsletter, the Jack Straw Fortnightly, analyzing current developments in the law – both tax and nontax – concerning the transfer of private wealth in this country.
Mr. Willis chaired the Steering Committee of the Probate and Trust Law Section of his local bar association and served on a legislative drafting subcommittee for the Probate and Trust Law Committee of the State Bar. He has also written numerous articles for law journals and publications.
Mr. Willis has a law degree from St. Louis University and a master’s degree in Taxation Law from Washington University in St. Louis. His undergraduate degree in English Literature is from Indiana University, Bloomington, and he has a master’s degree in English from the University of Chicago.
New Mexico Residential Code
On-DemandJune 14, 2016Michael L. Savage, Sr.
Speakers
Michael L. Savage, Sr., MCP, CBO, CFPS, CEI-M
Director of Building Safety for Marion County, FloridaMr. Savage has been in the inspection field for more than 25 years. He has been a plans examiner, a combination inspector, a chief inspector and chief building official. Mr. Savage has completed plan reviews and inspections on all types of structures from single-family dwellings, decks and sheds to micro-breweries and manufacturing/industrial facilities. He currently serves as the director of building safety/building official for Marion County, Florida. Mr. Savage holds 42 International Code Council certifications, including master code professional and certified building official. In addition, he is a NFPA-certified fire protection specialist (CFPS) and IAEI certified electrical inspector – master. He is also licensed as a building, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical inspector in the State of Maryland, and he is a qualified electrical inspector in the State of Delaware. Mr. Savage is also licensed as a building, electrical, plumbing and mechanical inspector in the State of New Mexico. He is actively involved in the code making processes and holds committee memberships on such bodies as NFPA, IAEI and UL, and he is a member of the International Code Council (ICC) Board of Directors. Mr. Savage’s past positions include the following: president of the Central New Mexico Chapter of Building Officials, president of the IAEI NM Chapter, ICC Region XI Development Committee and past president and Executive Council member of Region XI. Mr. Savage was appointed to the ICC-Evaluation Services Board of Managers in 2015, the ICC Compliance Code Action Committee (CCAC) and the ICC Code Correlation Committee (CCC). He has taught, and implemented, special inspections programs throughout the country resulting in safer, code-compliant buildings.
New Mexico Stormwater Management 2021
WebinarJuly 12, 2021Kevin Boesch CPESC - 4754
Speakers
Kevin Boesch CPESC - 4754
Senior Permitting Specialist at Logan Simpson Design
Mr. Boesch has over 15 years of Clean Water Act (CWA) Sections 401, 402, and 404 permitting and dust control experience. He is responsible for conducting all site inspections and stormwater monitoring for Logan Simpson’s active stormwater and dust control projects. His primary job roll includes routine environmental monitoring, training, and stormwater pollution prevention plan (SWPPPs) production for large energy and infrastructure projects. Mr. Boesch has conducted stormwater training, inspections, best management practice (BMP) and stormwater control measure installation oversight, and environmental protection administration for contractors during the construction of several large linear projects to bring those projects’ stormwater documents and work activities into compliance with state departments of environmental quality Construction General Permit requirements. He has also been responsible for site management for pre-construction activities on Impaired Waters and Outstanding Arizona Waters (OAW) construction projects. Mr. Boesch was a primary author of the Maricopa County, Arizona, Dust Abatement Handbook and Field Guide, and he served as the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) district environmental coordinator for the Globe District. He authored the ADOT SWPPP template and stormwater monitoring sampling and analysis plan template. Mr. Boesch is the facilitator of the ADOT/Associated General Contractors (AGC) Erosion Control Coordinator (ECC) courses and the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT)/Las Vegas Associated General Contractors (LVAGC)/Nevada Contractors Association (NCA) Water Pollution Control Manager (WPCM) training courses.
New York Boundaries and Easements for Design Professionals
WebinarDecember 1, 2021andDecember 2, 2021|Wendy Lathrop
Speakers
Wendy Lathrop, PLS, CFM, CFS
President and Owner of Cadastral Consulting, LLCMs. Lathrop is licensed as a professional land surveyor in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, and as a professional planner in New Jersey. She holds a master’s degree in Environmental Policy and has been involved in surveying since 1974 in projects ranging from construction to boundary to environmental land use disputes. Ms. Lathrop is also a certified floodplain manager through the Association of State Flood Plain Managers (ASFPM) and a certified floodplain surveyor through the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors. A former adjunct instructor at Mercer County College in New Jersey, she has also taught as part of the team for the licensing exam review course at Drexel University in Pennsylvania. Ms. Lathrop has been teaching seminars for surveyors since 1986 and has been writing articles for surveyors since 1983. She is a contributing editor for The American Surveyor magazine, and she has four articles included in the American Bar Association’s text, Land Surveys: A Guide for Lawyers and Other Professionals. She and Stephen V. Estopinal, PLS, PE co–authored a book entitled Professional Surveyors and Real Property Descriptions: Composition, Construction, and Comprehension, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in 2011. She is also on the faculty of GeoLearn, a web-based educational provider. Ms. Lathrop is a past president of the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors and of the National Society of Professional Surveyors, and she has served on the Board of Directors for the American Association for Geodetic Surveying.
New York Construction Law
WebinarJune 15, 2020John Egan + 5 Other Speakers
Speakers
John Egan
Seyfarth Shaw LLPPartner and Attorney at Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Mr. Egan is a partner at Seyfarth Shaw LLP, where he defends public accommodations, housing providers, and employers in civil rights litigation throughout the United States. As a member of Seyfarth’s ADA Title III national specialty team, he focuses his practice on disability access issues. Mr. Egan has extensive experience in single plaintiff and class action litigation involving architectural barriers, website accessibility, effective communication, service animals, and other issues arising under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Fair Housing Act (FHA), as well as state and local disability access laws. Mr. Egan currently serves as chair of the Disability Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association.
Alexander F. Ferrini III
Partner and Attorney at Olshan Frome Wolosky LLPMr. Ferrini has served as lead construction contract writer and negotiator for private, corporate, and institutional projects, ranging from school district facility upgrades to the restoration of historic and iconic buildings, new multiuse developments of up to $500 million, and first-of-their-kind buildings in the New York City area. He has developed novel agreements and strategies to assist owners in moving their projects forward and has resolved complex claims that have paved the way for major new projects in multiple metro locations. Clients benefit from his extensive trial and appellate court experience and his cross-disciplinary approach in addressing their issues. Mr. Ferrini also has extensive dispute-resolution experience, resolving wide-ranging construction disputes in and out of court, including delay, construction defect, change orders, and lien foreclosure claims, as well as issues regarding mistakes, concealed conditions, bid challenges, and design professional malpractice. He taught Construction Law in the LL.M. program at New York Law School and has authored numerous articles on construction and design industry topics. In addition, he serves as a fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America, an invitation-only construction lawyer honorary society with membership limited to 1,200 practicing fellows from around the world. Mr. Ferrini has his own practice, but is also Of Counsel at Olshan Frome Wolosky, LLP.
John Ho
Cozen O’ConnorAttorney and OSHA Practice Chair at Cozen O’Connor
Mr. Ho is the chair of his firm’s OSHA Practice. He exclusively represents employers on all labor and employment matters and regularly handles wage and hour matters involving federal and state laws, such as the Fair Labor Standards Act, the New York Labor Law, New York’s Miscellaneous Industries Wage Order, and New York’s Hospitality Wage Order which includes numerous cases involving New York’s Wage Theft Prevention Act, tip credits and tip pooling issues.
Linda R. Shaw
Partner, Knauf Shaw LLPLinda R. Shaw concentrates her law practice in environmental, land use and municipal transactional law, and civil litigation and appeals. She represents developers, municipalities, property purchasers and businesses in matters involving the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), brownfield or contaminated real estate, petroleum spills, zoning matters, environmental impact statements, and green industrial, alternative energy, and general project development work. Ms. Shaw established Knauf Shaw with partner Alan Knauf in 1998. Seven years before that, she commenced her legal career at Harris Beach PLLC, the New York Power Authority and City of New York Corporation Counsel’s office. Her seven years in the public sector for the City of New York in the Department of Sanitation and the Mayor’s office of Operations has also provided her with the experience to navigate government processes to obtain the most rapid approvals. The focus of Ms. Shaw’s practice on the redevelopment of brownfield property has resulted in a number of significant projects being constructed on formerly contaminated real estate including projects such as The Shops at Atlas Park in Glendale, Queens, Silver Towers on 41st Street; Clinton Green on 52-53rd Street in Manhattan; Erie Harbor on the Genesee River in Rochester; the Ritz Carlton in White Plains, and many others still in progress from Suffolk County on Long Island, up the Thruway to Yonkers and Albany, and over to Niagara Falls, New York. Her statewide practice has provided her with experience in each DEC region of New York State.
Karl Silverberg
Silverberg P.C.Founding Attorney, Silverberg P.C., Central Islip, New York
Prior to law school, Mr. Silverberg worked as a professional engineer and has eight years of experience working as a structural engineer on public sector transportation projects. He represents those in the construction chain including owners, general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, architects, engineers, and construction managers. Mr. Silverberg represents clients in the New York City and the Long Island regions. He handles cases in state court, federal court, bankruptcy court, administrative tribunals and in arbitration. Mr. Silverberg graduated college in 1991 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a degree in engineering. In 2003, he graduated from St. John’s University School of Law in New York and has practiced construction law for over 10 years.
Sam Sverdlov, Attorney at Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Attorney at Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Mr. Sverdlov defends and counsels employers on a wide range of employment and labor-related issues, including traditional labor law, whistleblower retaliation, OFCCP compliance, affirmative action, pay equity, complex discrimination, class and collective actions, and wage and hour matters. Mr. Sverdlov’s practice includes a strong emphasis on complex labor relations issues, including union campaigns, impasse bargaining, unilateral implementation issues, scope and composition of bargaining units, and Section 10(j) relief.
New York Construction Law Day 1
WebinarJune 15, 2020Alexander F. Ferrini III + 1 Other Speaker
Speakers
Alexander F. Ferrini III
Partner and Attorney at Olshan Frome Wolosky LLPMr. Ferrini has served as lead construction contract writer and negotiator for private, corporate, and institutional projects, ranging from school district facility upgrades to the restoration of historic and iconic buildings, new multiuse developments of up to $500 million, and first-of-their-kind buildings in the New York City area. He has developed novel agreements and strategies to assist owners in moving their projects forward and has resolved complex claims that have paved the way for major new projects in multiple metro locations. Clients benefit from his extensive trial and appellate court experience and his cross-disciplinary approach in addressing their issues. Mr. Ferrini also has extensive dispute-resolution experience, resolving wide-ranging construction disputes in and out of court, including delay, construction defect, change orders, and lien foreclosure claims, as well as issues regarding mistakes, concealed conditions, bid challenges, and design professional malpractice. He taught Construction Law in the LL.M. program at New York Law School and has authored numerous articles on construction and design industry topics. In addition, he serves as a fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America, an invitation-only construction lawyer honorary society with membership limited to 1,200 practicing fellows from around the world. Mr. Ferrini has his own practice, but is also Of Counsel at Olshan Frome Wolosky, LLP.
John Ho
Cozen O’ConnorAttorney and OSHA Practice Chair at Cozen O’Connor
Mr. Ho is the chair of his firm’s OSHA Practice. He exclusively represents employers on all labor and employment matters and regularly handles wage and hour matters involving federal and state laws, such as the Fair Labor Standards Act, the New York Labor Law, New York’s Miscellaneous Industries Wage Order, and New York’s Hospitality Wage Order which includes numerous cases involving New York’s Wage Theft Prevention Act, tip credits and tip pooling issues.
New York Construction Law Day 2
WebinarJune 16, 2020John Egan + 3 Other Speakers
Speakers
John Egan
Seyfarth Shaw LLPPartner and Attorney at Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Mr. Egan is a partner at Seyfarth Shaw LLP, where he defends public accommodations, housing providers, and employers in civil rights litigation throughout the United States. As a member of Seyfarth’s ADA Title III national specialty team, he focuses his practice on disability access issues. Mr. Egan has extensive experience in single plaintiff and class action litigation involving architectural barriers, website accessibility, effective communication, service animals, and other issues arising under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Fair Housing Act (FHA), as well as state and local disability access laws. Mr. Egan currently serves as chair of the Disability Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association.
Linda R. Shaw
Partner, Knauf Shaw LLPLinda R. Shaw concentrates her law practice in environmental, land use and municipal transactional law, and civil litigation and appeals. She represents developers, municipalities, property purchasers and businesses in matters involving the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), brownfield or contaminated real estate, petroleum spills, zoning matters, environmental impact statements, and green industrial, alternative energy, and general project development work. Ms. Shaw established Knauf Shaw with partner Alan Knauf in 1998. Seven years before that, she commenced her legal career at Harris Beach PLLC, the New York Power Authority and City of New York Corporation Counsel’s office. Her seven years in the public sector for the City of New York in the Department of Sanitation and the Mayor’s office of Operations has also provided her with the experience to navigate government processes to obtain the most rapid approvals. The focus of Ms. Shaw’s practice on the redevelopment of brownfield property has resulted in a number of significant projects being constructed on formerly contaminated real estate including projects such as The Shops at Atlas Park in Glendale, Queens, Silver Towers on 41st Street; Clinton Green on 52-53rd Street in Manhattan; Erie Harbor on the Genesee River in Rochester; the Ritz Carlton in White Plains, and many others still in progress from Suffolk County on Long Island, up the Thruway to Yonkers and Albany, and over to Niagara Falls, New York. Her statewide practice has provided her with experience in each DEC region of New York State.
Karl Silverberg
Silverberg P.C.Founding Attorney, Silverberg P.C., Central Islip, New York
Prior to law school, Mr. Silverberg worked as a professional engineer and has eight years of experience working as a structural engineer on public sector transportation projects. He represents those in the construction chain including owners, general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, architects, engineers, and construction managers. Mr. Silverberg represents clients in the New York City and the Long Island regions. He handles cases in state court, federal court, bankruptcy court, administrative tribunals and in arbitration. Mr. Silverberg graduated college in 1991 from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a degree in engineering. In 2003, he graduated from St. John’s University School of Law in New York and has practiced construction law for over 10 years.
Sam Sverdlov, Attorney at Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Attorney at Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Mr. Sverdlov defends and counsels employers on a wide range of employment and labor-related issues, including traditional labor law, whistleblower retaliation, OFCCP compliance, affirmative action, pay equity, complex discrimination, class and collective actions, and wage and hour matters. Mr. Sverdlov’s practice includes a strong emphasis on complex labor relations issues, including union campaigns, impasse bargaining, unilateral implementation issues, scope and composition of bargaining units, and Section 10(j) relief.