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Representing a Political Candidate: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask

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New York State Nurses Association
11 Cornell Road
Latham, NY 12110
(518) 782-9400

Description

4.0 TOTAL CREDITS
2.0 credit hours of professional practice and/or practice management; 2.0 skills.
This basic-level course has been approved for MCLE credit in New York for all attorneys, including newly admitted (less than 24 months).

For those involved or interested in political campaigns and who may represent political and public figures, we are pleased to offer an updated version of our well-received 2008 program on election law that will address many of 2010’s issues and problems arising under New York’s election law. The complexities and minutiae in the law and its processes - from getting on the ballot, financing the campaign (including the fallout from the recent Supreme Court decision of Citizens United that struck down restrictions on campaign spending by corporations), monitoring activities on election day, and all the way through to post-election court strategies and options – create vast opportunities for inadvertent and substantial errors that can lead to court challenges and greatly affect candidates and their campaigns.

This important, half-day seminar, offered in six convenient locations around the state, is a practical hands-on primer that will familiarize you with the New York laws regulating elections in the state, offer tips in recognizing possibly illegal campaign activities, and suggest how to most appropriately handle challenges and controversies when they do arise.

Program Agenda
(Order of Topics’ Presentation May Vary from Location to Location)

8:30-9:00 a.m.
REGISTRATION (outside meeting room)

9:00-9:10
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW

9:10-10:00
GETTING AND STAYING ON THE BALLOT – THE PETITION PROCESS
* Preparing and Advising Candidates on Formats of Petition

10:00-10:50
CAMPAIGN FINANCE IN A NUTSHELL
* The Basic Fundraising Rules: State and Federal
* Duties and Responsibilities of Candidates and Campaign Treasurers
* Assembling Campaign Financial Data and Local and State-wide Filings with the Boards of Election

10:50-11:05
COFFEE BREAK

11:05-11:30
U.S. SUPREME COURT’S DECISION IN CITIZENS UNITED
* Political Perspectives and Enforceability of Current State and Federal Laws
* Impact on Current New York laws on Campaign Finance

11:30-11:55
LEGAL STRATEGIES AND TACTICS BEFORE ELECTION DAY
* Petitions and Orders to Show Cause – Preparing and Filing Them
* Impoundment Orders
* Injunctive Relief Issues
* Other Matters

11:55-12:30 p.m.
ELECTION DAY AND POST-ELECTION LEGAL STRATEGIES AND OPTIONS
* Election Day Issues, Including Injunctive Relief Applications for Issues at Voting Locations
* “Counting the Ballots”
       * Orders to Show Cause and Injunctive Relief Issues Setting up “the Count”
       * Strategies in Dealing with Various Paper Ballot Issues
       * Counseling the Candidate on Litigation and Appellate Options
* Litigation Perspectives on the New Paper Ballot and Optical Scanning

12:30-12:45
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

12:45 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT


Program Faculty

Chair and Moderator
David Kogelman, Esq.
Counsel, Elections Committee
New York State Senate
Albany

Speakers
Michael A. Avella, Esq.
Attorney at Law
East Greenbush

Frank G. Hoare Esq.
Featherstonaugh, Wiley & Clyne, LLP
Albany

James E. Long, Esq.
Commissioner
NYS Legislative Bill Drafting Commission
Albany

Jeffrey H. Pearlman, Esq.
Assistant Counsel to the Governor
Albany

Stanley L. Zalen, Esq.
Retired Executive Director
New York State Board of Elections
Currently on Appeals Board for
NYS Department of Motor Vehicles
Albany


Overall Planning Co-Chairs

Frank W. Streng, Esq.
McCarthy Fingar LLP
White Plains

John M. Nonna, Esq.
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
New York City

Cindy M. Warner, Esq.
Unilever
Englewood Cliffs, NJ


Coursebook Authors
(in alphabetical order)

Henry T. Berger, Esq., Attorney at Law, New York City

Daniel M. Burstein, Esq., Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York City

Thomas J. Caruso, Esq., Attorney at Law, White Plains

Bettyanne Lambert, Esq., Attorney at Law, New York City


Accommodations for Persons with Disabilities:
NYSBA will make reasonable modifications/accommodations to allow participation in its services, programs, or activities by persons with disabilities.  NYSBA will provide auxiliary aids and services upon request. NYSBA will remove architectural barriers and communication barriers that are structural in nature where readily achievable. To request auxiliary aids or services, or if you have have questions regarding accessibility for this program, please contact Cindy O'Brien at (518) 487-5585 or cobrien@nysba.org.

Directions

The last day to pre-register online was June 21, 2010.

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ALB-Representing a Political Candidate	$110.00

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ALB-Representing a Political Candidate	$190.00

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ALB-Representing a Political Candidate	$50.00

Accommodations for Persons with Disabilities:
NYSBA welcomes participation by individuals with disabilities. NYSBA is committed to complying with all applicable laws that prohibit discrimination against individuals on the basis of disability in the full and equal enjoyment of its goods, services, programs, activities, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations. To request auxiliary aids or services or if you have any questions regarding accessibility, please contact Cindy O'Brien at 800-582-2452 or cobrien@nysba.org.