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URL:https://lerachapter.org/longisland/events/2026-annual-conference/
SUMMARY:Long Island LERA 2026 Annual Conference 5-8-26
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the\n2026 LI LERA ANNUAL CONFERENCE\nMay 8\,
  2026\n8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.\nNassau County Bar Association\n15 West St.\,
  Mineola\, NY\, 11501\n\nPROGRAM SCHEDULE\n\n\n\n8:30 AM - 9:00 AM\nRegist
 ration\n\n\n\n9:00 AM - 9:15 AM\nWelcome and Awards\nJulie A. Torrey\, Esq
 .\nLI LERA President and Member at J. Torrey ADR Services\, LLC and Schein
 man Arbitration &amp\; Mediation Services\n\n\n\n\n9:15 AM - 10:15 AM\nPan
 el 1\nLabor Issues in the Cannabis Industry \nPanelists\nJae Chun\, Esq\, 
 General Counsel\, Local 338\, RWDS/UFCW\nFrank Bear\, Esq. Assistant Gener
 al Counsel\, Green Thumb Industries\n\n\n\n\n10:15 AM - 10:30 AM\nNetworki
 ng Break\n\n\n\n10:30 AM - 11:30 AM\nPanel 2\nNavigating PERB: New Procedu
 res and Emerging Trends\nPanelists\nRichard K. Zuckerman\, Esq.\, Keane &a
 mp\; Beane\, P.C.\nJonathan D. Rubin\, NYSUT Deputy Executive Director and
  Director of Field and Affiliate Services\nEdward J. Greene\, Jr.\, Direct
 or\, Office of Public Employment Practices &amp\; Representation\, New Yor
 k Public Employment Relations Board\n\n\n\n\n11:30 AM - 11:45 AM\nNetworki
 ng Break\n\n\n\n11:45 AM - 12:45 PM\nPanel 3\nRecent Updates at the NLRB u
 nder the Trump Administration\nPanelists\nKaren Fernbach\, Esq.\, Arbitrat
 or &amp\; Mediator\nKimberly Lehmann\, Esq. Levy Ratner\nPatrick Caldarell
 i\, Esq. Bond Schoeneck &amp\; King\, PLLC\n\n\n\n\n12:45 PM - 2:00 PM\nLu
 nch and Keynote Presentation\nKeynote Speaker and MacGregor Award Recipien
 t\nGwynne A. Wilcox\, Esq\n\n\n[caption id="attachment_719" align="alignce
 nter" width="217"] Gwynne Wilcox[/caption]\nGwynne A. Wilcox was renominat
 ed by President Joseph R. Biden and reconfirmed by the Senate on September
  6\, 2023 to serve a second term as a Board Member of the National Labor R
 elations Board ending August 27\, 2028. Ms. Wilcox previously served as a 
 Member of the Board from August 4\, 2021 until August 27\, 2023\, and she 
 served as Chair of the Board from December 17\, 2024 to January 20\, 2025.
  Ms. Wilcox is the first Black woman to serve on the Board since its incep
 tion in 1935\, and is also the first Black woman to serve as Chair of the 
 NLRB. A case challenging President Donald J. Trump’s removal of Ms. Wilc
 ox prior to her term’s expiration in 2028 is pending.\n\n\n\n\n2:00 PM -
  3:00 PM\nPanel 4\nNavigating Reverse Discrimination Claims After Ames and
  Chislet\nPanelists\nBrian Heller\, Esq.\, Schwartz Perry &amp\; Heller\nL
 isa Griffith\, Esq.\, Littler Mendelson P.C.\nKimberly Dobson\, Esq.\, Lit
 tler Mendelson P.C.\nModerator: Christopher Shishko\, Esq. from Guercio &a
 mp\; Guercio\, LLP\n\n\n\n\n3:00 PM\nClosing Remarks/Networking\n\n\n\nCLE
  Credits\n4.0 Credits Available for an Additional Charge\nAll presentation
 s are appropriate for newly admitted and experienced attorneys.\nThe CLE p
 rovider\, Nassau Academy of Law\, offers CLE financial aid and scholarship
 s for New York attorneys in need of assistance. For more information pleas
 e email ndasani@nassaubar.org at least five business days prior to the p
 rogram.\n\nRegistration\n*Online registration is subject to credit card pr
 ocessing fees. The ticket/sponsorship price\, including fees\, is shown be
 low. Attendees may instead pay by check to avoid the additional fees. Plea
 se contact LI LERA President Julie Torrey at JTorreyADR@gmail.com for more
  information.\n\n\n\n\nTHANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!\nLunch Sponsorship Still
  Available!\nProgram $1000\n\n333 Earle Ovington Boulevard\, Suite 601\n\n
 Swag $650\nJTorrey ADR Services\n\nLunch $500\nSponsorship Still Available
 !\n\nBreakfast $500\n\n\nWifi $250\n\n\nCoffee $200\nJohn W. Coverdale\nLa
 bor Arbitrator\, Employment Mediator\, Workplace Investigator\n\n\nPlease 
 contact Julie Torrey to inquire about booking a sponsorship today!\nJTorre
 yADR@gmail.com\n\n\n\n\n
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LOCATION:Nassau County Bar Association\, 15 West Street\, Mineola\, NY\, 11
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