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Representing the Political Candidate in New York

Friday, June 15, 2012

- Location -
Melville Marriott Long Island
1350 Old Walt Whitman Road
Melville, NY 11747
(631) 423-1600

Description

4.0 Total Credits for all Attorneys
2.0 credit hours of professional practice and/or practice management; 2.0 skills.

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 and 2010 programs on election law that will address many of 2012’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  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.  "Follow the money" will be one of the themes of the program, with a discussion on campaign financing, including an update on the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United.

This important, half-day seminar, 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.  The seminar also will discuss “dirty” election tactics and anti-deceptive practices legislation.

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
UPDATE ON CITIZENS UNITED
* Political Perspectives and Enforceability of Current State and Federal Laws
* Impact on Current New York laws on Campaign Finance

ELECTION DAY AND POST-ELECTION LEGAL STRATEGIES AND OPTIONS

11:30-11:55
* Petitions and Orders to Show Cause – Preparing and Filing Them
* Impoundment Orders
* Injunctive Relief Issues
* Other Matters

11:55-12:20 p.m.
* 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

12:20-12:45 p.m.
THE CHALLENGES OF “DIRTY” ELECTION TACTICS
*  Anti-Deceptive Trade Practices Legislation
* “Dirty” Election Tactics

12:45 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT

Melville Program Faculty (in alphabetial order)

Thomas J. Garry, Esq. (Program Chair and Speaker)
Harris Beach PLLC
Uniondale

John J. Leo, Esq.
Town Attorney, Town of Huntington
Huntington

Michael Gerard Norman, CPA
Michael Gerard Norman, CPA, P.C.
Jericho

John E. Ryan, Esq.
Ryan, Brennan & Donnelly LLP
Floral Park

James J. Sample, Esq.
Associate Professor of Law
Hofstra University School of Law
Hempstead

Steven R. Schlesinger, Esq.
Jaspan Schlesinger LLP
Garden City

Overall Planning Co-Chairs
(in alphabetical order)

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

John M. Nonna, Esq.
Patton Boggs LLP
New York City

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

Coursebook Authors
(in alphabetical order)

Bettyanne Lambert, Esq.
Attorney at Law
New York City

Mitchell B. Nisonoff, Esq.
Attorney at Law
New York City

Directions

From Eastern Long Island: Take the Long Island Expressway (495) West to Exit 49 North (Route 110 Huntington). Stay on the Service Road and after the second light, the hotel is on the right hand side. From Western Long Island: Take the Long Island Expressway (495) East to Exit 49 South (Route 110 Huntington). Make a left at the first light into Old Walt Whitman Road. Stay on Old Walt Whitman Road and the hotel will be on the right side. From the Northern State Parkway: Take the Northern State Parkway to Exit 40 South (Route 110 South). Continue to the westbound Service Road of the Long Island Expressway (495) West. Make a left onto the Service Road and the hotel will be on your right hand side. From the Southern State Parkway: Take the Southern State Parkway to Exit 32 North (Route 110 Huntington) to the Service Road of the Long Island Expressway (495) West. Make a left onto the Service Road and the hotel will be on your right hand side. From MacArthur (Islip) Airport: Take Veterans Memorial Highway (Junction 454) Northbound to the Long Island Expressway (495) West to Exit 49 North (Route 110 Huntington) Continue on the Service Road and the hotel is just past the second light on the right hand side. From LaGuardia Airport: Take the Grand Central Parkway Eastbound to the Northern State Parkway East to Exit 40 South (Route 110 South) Continue to the Westbound Service Road of the Long Island Expressway (495). Make a right at the light onto the Service Road and the hotel is on the right hand side. From JFK Airport: Take the JFK Expressway East to the Belt Parkway East and follow the signs to the Southern State Parkway East. Take the Southern State Parkway to Exit 32 North (Route 110 Huntington). Make a left onto the Westbound Service Road of the Long Island Expressway (495) and the hotel will be on your right hand side. From Newark International Airport: Take the New Jersey Turnpike North (Route 95) to Exit 13. To the Verrazanno Bridge. From the bridge take the Belt Parkway East to the Cross Island Parkway North to the Long Island Expressway East to Exit 49 South (Route 110 Huntington). Make a left at the first light, onto Old Walt Whitman Road and the hotel will be on your right hand side. From the Verrazanno Bridge, Staten Island, New Jersey and Brooklyn: Belt Parkway East to the Cross Island Parkway North to the Long Island Expressway (495) to Exit 49 South (Route 110 Huntington). Make a left at the first light onto Old Walt Whitman Road and the hotel will be on your right hand side. From Throgs Neck Bridge, Whitestone Bridge, Upstate NY and New England: Cross Island Parkway South to the Long Island Expressway (495) East to Exit 49 South (Route 110 Huntington). Make a left at the first light onto Old Walt Whitman Road and the hotel will be on the right hand side.

The last day to pre-register online was June 14, 2012.

Members, please login to get member discounts.

Pricing Information for Member


Seminar

LI-Registration	$110.00

Pricing Information for Non Member


Seminar

LI-Registration	$205.00

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