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Permit No. 416
Bar Association of, Erie County.
Vol. 45 No. I I September 2005
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Annual- CPLR Update..Scheduled for Septembter 2
ggK The Erie Institute of
Law's annual Civil
Practice and Procedure
Update,* featuring New
+York procedure expert
>1.Burton N. Lipshie, has
been scheduled for
Saturday, September 24,
2005 at the Hyatt Regency
from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00
p.m. Registration begins at
Liphie8:30 and- the cost is -$70 for
BAEC members, and $100 for non-members.
Featured speaker Burton N. Lipsbie has been the
Managing Attorney. of the Litigation Department at the
New York City law firm of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
LLP since 1977, where he also serves as national liti-
gation coordinator and chair of the CLE committee.
Prior. to joining Stroock, he served as an Assistant
District. Attor ney in. New York County and Law
Secretary to Justice Abraham Gellinoff, Supreme
Court, New York County andApeltTrmFis
Department.
Since, 1985, Lipshie has been. Adjunct Professor of,
Law at Cardozo School of Law, where he teaches New
York Practice. He has been voted Outstanding Adjunct
Professor of the Year, by the graduating class 12 times
and the award has now been named for him.
Lipshie is frnmediate Past Chair of the Professional.
Development Consortium,. an organization of directors
of Professional Development Continuing Legal
Education in law firms across the country and Canada.
He is a member of the Advisory Committee on Civil
Practice to the Chief, Administrative Judge of the State
of, New York, and. chairs. its Subcommittee. on
Disclosure. He also* serves on the Civil Practice Law
and. Rules Commi'ttee of the New York State Bar
Association, the. Departmental Disciplinary Committee
of the Appellate, Division, First Department, and the
New York State -CLE Board.
Lipshie is a co-author.- along with BAEC member
Sharon Stern Gerstman - of-New York Civil Practice
Before Trial published by James Publications, and he
also wrote the chapter and, annual pocket-part on
Parties for Commercial Litigation in New York State
Courts, published by West. He has lectured on New
York Civil Practice at several programs at the
Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and var-,
iousI other Bar Associations, as, well as PH. He has also
delivered the- annual Civil Practice Update at -the New
York State Unified Court System annual Judicial
Seminars since 1993, as, well as the. annual seminars for
Law Clerks and Court Attorneys.
Call Mary Kohlbacher at Bar Headquarters,
852-8687, extension 15, to, register and. watch your
mail for full details about this important program. [B]
Bar forms New'Coimmitlee s on. Civility, Minority Outreaeh
T he Bar Association of Erie County. has created two
new committees that will begin, their work'this fall.
The. Civility. Committee is an ad hoc group initiated'
under the, leadership of Immediate Past President
James M. Shaw. Former President Michael J. Flaherty
was recently asked to chair the committee by President
Jeremiah J. McCarthy and has, accepted, as have com-
mittee members Lenora B. Foote, Sheri L. Mooney,
Immediate Past President Shaw, and Jeffrey Freedman.
There has been a void, in terms of a forum. in which
to -present, civility, iss ues,, according to Flaheorty, who
hopes that the -new committee will help to fill that void
by responding to perceived instances of incivility.
The committee will deal with situations that don't
rise to the gievance level but in 'which the, attorneys
need an opportunity to be heard with respect to. adver-
sarial difficulties, Flaherty continued.
Please refer to the President's Letter beginning on this
page for further details about the.Civility Committee and
watch fuxture issues of the Bulletin for news of its work.
The Minority Outreach Committee is a new standing
committee (see listing in committee insert in, this issue)
charged with devising ways to enrich professional
opportunities for lawyers of color. Attorney Brandon
Portis, Confidential Law Clerk to Family Court Judge
Kevin. M. Carter, and Betty Calvo-Torres,, a solo
practitioner who- is also a Director of the Minority
Bar Association,, have. been selected to co -chair
the committee.
The low number of minorities in the private sector
is- a concern, Portis said. Our goal is to open a
dialogue between, the Committee and the private
sector attorneys and law firms.
The Committee will work to enhance career objec-
tives and make the practice of law more meaningful
to minority attorneys. It will also develop programs
and activities to assist law students of color with
internships and employment opportunities. Menmbers
interested in joining the group may do so by calling
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