BREAKING NEWS IN MARYLAND EMPLOYMENT LAW
BREAKING NEWS IN MARYLAND EMPLOYMENT LAW
November 14, 2008
Hilton Garden Inn
8241 Snowden River Parkway
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Conference Agenda
8:30 - Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45 - Welcome and Introduction to MELA 2009 Plan
9:00-10:00 - Labor Law: What Every Employment Lawyer Should Know
Moderator: Thomas Gagliardo, Silver Spring, Md.
Speakers: Albert W. Palewicz, Regional Attorney, NLRB, Baltimore, Md.; Lawrence J. Sherman, Washington, D.C.; Phil Kete, General Counsel, AFGE Local 1923, Baltimore, Md.
10:00-11:00 - Sexual Orientation Discrimination: New to Maryland … The
View from Experience
Moderator: Mary Keating, Baltimore, Md.
Speaker: Katie Eyer, Salmanson Goldshaw, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa.
11:00 - Break
11:15-12:30 - Employment Discrimination Cases Hit the States Courts
Moderator: Kathleen Cahill, Baltimore, Md.
Speakers: E. Dale Adkins, III, Salisbury, Clements, Bekman, Marder & Adkins LLC, Baltimore, Md.; Robin R. Cockey, Cockey, Brennan & Maloney, L.L.P., Salisbury, Md.
12:30-1:45 - Family Responsibility Discrimination
Working Lunch with Cynthia Thomas Calvert, J.D., Ellicott City, Md. -
2:00-2:45 - “Open Mic” on Practicing Employment Law
Please bring your gripping questions and bright ideas, to make this a dynamic group conversation about the practice of employment law-- from start-up success, to tackling the administrative procedure, to case selection. Including Glendora Hughes, General Counsel, Md. Human Relations Commission (invited), Anthony I. Butler, Butler & Associates, Baltimore, Md., and others.
2:45-3:30 - Employment Contracts: The Essentials from “Both Sides”
Moderator: Pamela Lewis Ashby, Baylor & Jackson PLLC, Washington, D.C.
Speakers: Darrell R. VanDeusen, Kollman & Saucier, P.A., Lutherville, Md.; Patricia L. Payne, Washington, D.C.
3:30 - Break
3:45-5:00 - Rising Urgency in Times of an Aging Workplace:
ADA/ FMLA/ADEA
Moderator: Daniel A. Katz, Andalman & Flynn, P.C., Silver Spring, Md.
Speakers: Daniel B. Kohrman, AARP Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Julie Martin-Korb, Rockville, Md.
BREAKING NEWS IN MARYLAND EMPLOYMENT LAW
REGISTRATION FORM
First Name _____________________ Last Name ____________________________
Job Title
_______________________________________________________________________
Business/Organization
_______________________________________________________________
Address
_______________________________________________________________________
City ______________________________ State _________ Zip _____________
E-Mail _______________________________________________________
Telephone _________________________ Fax _________________________
Do you require an accommodation due to a disability or medical or dietary concern? If so, please describe accommodation requested.
_______________________________________________________________________
Lunch Selection: Grilled vegetable lasagna ____
Meat lasagna ____
Penne pasta w/ chicken ____
AMOUNT OF PAYMENT:
___$175 – 2008 conference only
___$200 – 2008 conference + 1 yr. MELA membership (through 12/31/09)
___ $50 – one-year MELA membership only (through 12/31/09)
REQUIRED CERTIFICATION FOR MELA MEMBERSHIP
I certify that I represent employees in 60% or more of the employment matters I handle.
__________________________________
Signature (required) Date
Please make checks payable to the Maryland Employment Lawyers Association and (a) fax registration to 410-821-7740, (b) mail to MELA, 15 E. Chesapeake Ave., Balto., MD 21286, or (c) e-mail to kathleen@kathleencahill-. Thank you.
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