December 2, 2009
H. DOUGLAS GUEVARA TO HEAD NEW YORK STATE BAR
ASSOCIATION’S CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
ALBANY—H. Douglas (Doug) Guevara of Middleburgh has joined the
New York State Bar Association as its new senior director of continuing
legal education (CLE). As senior director, Guevara will lead the State
Bar’s CLE Department in the presentation of approximately 235 live
continuing legal education programs each year, the production of audio,
video and on-line educational materials, and the publication of
reference books, supplements and form products. He joined the State Bar
on October 29, and assumed his new position on November 30 after his
predecessor Terry Brooks retired after 33 years of service.
“Doug Guevara offers a wealth of knowledge and expertise in
building highly successful CLE programs and marketing them to a diverse
range of practitioners in the legal profession,” said Executive
Director Patricia K. Bucklin. “I am extremely confident that
Doug’s innovative spirit and creative use of new technologies will
help us to expand our reach to an even broader audience and to
strengthen our position as a recognized leader in the CLE
field.”
Prior to moving to upstate New York, Guevara served for seven years
as director of continuing legal education at the New York County
Lawyers’ Association (NYCLA), where he was responsible for
developing, structuring and producing programs for the NYCLA CLE
Institute. While there, Guevara tripled the amount of annual CLE
programming; restructured existing courses to meet market demand;
launched a DVD/CD product line that generated 40 percent of the
institute’s income; and established an online presence for CLE
course distribution. Guevara also worked as a solo practitioner,
specializing in wills and estate planning and real estate
transactions.
Previously, Guevara was conference director of the Legal Division of
the American Conference Institute, where he developed and produced CLE
conferences for the corporate in-house and outside counsel attorney
markets. He also served as managing editor for product development and
legal acquisitions editor for the West Group and was editor and
contributing author to “Environmental Law and Practice,” a
seven-volume environmental law treatise published by the West Group.
Guevara was an adjunct professor at City University of New York Law
School, where he taught an introductory environmental law course. He
also was a legal fellow at the Natural Resources Defense Council in New
York.
He earned his J.D. at City University of New York Law School and
received his Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from St.
John’s University. He is admitted to the bar in the 2nd
Department; the U.S. District Court, S.D.N.Y.; the U.S. District Court,
E.D.N.Y.; and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Founded in 1876, the 76,000-member New York State Bar Association is
the official statewide organization of lawyers in New York and the
largest voluntary state bar association in the nation. The State
Bar’s programs and activities have continuously served the public
and improved the justice system for more than 130 years.
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