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#2390 Tips to Creating a Winning SSI/SSD Application

#2390 Tips to Creating a Winning SSI/SSD Application

Presented on March 11, 2021 (expires 3/11/26)

1.0 CLE credit: Skills
Appropriate for Experienced Attorneys only

Program covers the following:

  • An overview of the administrative procedures for obtaining disability benefits
  • Requirements for a successful claim
  • Practical tips for getting through the process

Speaker: Christopher J. Grover, Esq., Chair, Committee for the Disabled

Available Formats: OnDemand, CD, DVD

OnDemand: $40 Members (Promo Code: member2025), $80 Non-Members

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#2396 Mental Hygiene Law and Access to Medical Records in Criminal, Civil and Family Law

#2396 Mental Hygiene Law and Access to Medical Records in Criminal, Civil and Family Law

Presented on May 5, 2021 (expires 5/5/26)

1.0 CLE credit total: 0.5 Ethics and Professionalism, 0.5 Skills
Appropriate for Experienced Attorneys only

When requesting and receiving mental health records, attorneys need to be aware of Mental Hygiene Law restrictions and rules — in addition to those imposed by HIPAA. Join us for an overview of the interplay between these laws, rules and regulations — and learn some practical considerations for how to obtain medical records containing mental health information.

Moderator: Jennifer R. Scharf, Esq., Partner, The Coppola Firm, Chair, Health Care Law Committee

Speakers:
Elena H. Smith, Esq., Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc.
Devon E. Gawley, Esq., Ricotta, Mattrey, Callocchia, Markel & Cassert

Available Format: OnDemand, CD, DVD

OnDemand: $40 Members (Promo Code: member2025), $80 Non-Members

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#2403 Getting the Lead Out: Recent Changes to the City of Buffalo and Erie County Laws to Prevent lead Paint Poisoning

#2403 Getting the Lead Out: Recent Changes to the City of Buffalo and Erie County Laws to Prevent lead Paint Poisoning

Presented on June 10, 2021 (expires 6/10/26)

1.0 CLE credit: Areas of Professional Practice
Appropriate for all attorneys

A conversation on lead paint issues and updates to new City of Buffalo and Erie County efforts and legislation.

Moderator: John N. Lipsitz, Esq., Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC

Panelists:
Anna Falicov, MPH/JD, Department of Law
Cara Matteliano, Senior Director, Policy and Strategic Partnerships, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, Convener of the Buffalo & Erie County Lead Safe Task Force
Thomas Muscarella, Senior Public Health Sanitarian, Erie County Health Department
Mitch Nowakowski, Buffalo City Council – Fillmore District
Lou Petrucci, Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Permit and Inspection Services
Andrea Ó Súilleabháin, JD., Executive Director, Partnership for the Public Good

This program was presented by the BAEC Diversity & Inclusion, Human Rights and Negligence Committees.

Available format: OnDemand, CD, DVD

OnDemand: $40 members (Promo Code: member2025), $80 Non-members

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#2406 Navigating the Regulatory Pitfalls of a Post-COVID World

#2406 Navigating the Regulatory Pitfalls of a Post-COVID World

Presented on June 28, 2021 (expires 6/28/26)

1.5 CLE credits: Areas of Professional Practice
Appropriate for all attorneys

Topics:

  • EEOC Updates and Vaccination Considerations for Employers: A View from Inside the EEOC
  • EEOC Updates and Vaccination Considerations for Employers: A View from the Private Sector
  • Vaccinating the Work Force: To Mandate or Not to Mandate?
  • Update on OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard and NYS Hero Act
  • Restaurant Reopening: Where We Are Now and Where We May Go

Speakers:
Elizabeth Fox-Solomon, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Peter H. Wiltenburg, Bond Schoeneck & King, PLLC
Andrea Sammarco, Sammarco Law Firm, LLP
Steven J. Ricca, Bond Schoeneck & King, PLLC
Jacob S. Piorkowski, The Tarantino Law Firm, LLP

Available format: OnDemand, CD, DVD

OnDemand: $45 members (Promo Code: member2025), $90 Non-members

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#2474 Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired: Fighting for Health Equity in WNY

#2474 Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired: Fighting for Health Equity in WNY

Presented on September 27, 2023 (expires 9/27/28)

2.0 CLE credits: 1.0 Diversity, Inclusion & Elimination of Bias, 1.0 Areas of Professional Practice
Appropriate for Experienced Attorneys only

Civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer used the rallying cry “We are sick and tired of being sick and tired” in the Jim Crow South, but decades later, serious health disparities -racial and otherwise- persist throughout the United States. Doris Carbonell-Medina, Esq., gives essential context about the United States’ and Western New York’s historical and contemporary  landscape that shape today’s healthcare systems. Dr. LaVonne Ansari, CEO and Executive Director, and Dr. Kenyani Davis, Chief Medical Officer of the Community Health Center of Buffalo  join her for a panel discussion about how inequality can be addressed locally.

We recommend that you watch the short (22 minutes) documentary Fight for Good, about the work of and challenges faced by the Community Health Center during the COVID pandemic, for important local context. 

Moderators:

  • Stephanie Calhoun, Esq., Chair, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee
  • Maura O’Donnell, Esq., NYS Office of the Attorney General

Speakers:

  • Dr. LaVonne Ansari, Community Health Center of Buffalo
  • Doris Carbonell-Medina, Esq., Highmark Western & Northeastern NY
  • Dr. Kenyani Davis, Community Health Center of Buffalo

Available format: OnDemand, CD, DVD

OnDemand: $60 members (Promo Code: member2025), $120 Non-members

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