Maryland Employment Lawyers Association


Upcoming events and developments

MELA Seventh Annual

Conference

Friday,

November 18, 2011

8:45 am – 4:30 pm

Doubletree Hotel Columbia

5485 Twin Knolls Road

Columbia, MD 21045

    410-997-1060


Conference Agenda:


8:45-9:15 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:15-9:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductory Remarks

9:30-10:30 a.m.   Grinding Out The Settlement Agreement: Navigating The Ethical and Legal Minefield

Moderator:       Daniel A. Katz

        Law Offices of Gary Gilbert

        Silver Spring, Maryland

Speakers:         Andrew Dansicker

                         Law Office of Andrew M. Dansicker, LLC

        Hunt Valley, Maryland

                        (Employee’s Viewpoint)

        Laura Rubenstein

                        Offit|Kurman

        Maple Lawn, Maryland

        (Employer’s Viewpoint)

10:35 a.m.  Break

10:45-11:45 a.m.  Depositions in Employment Cases

Speakers:         Robin Cockey

        Cockey, Brennan & Maloney, P.C.

                        Salisbury, Maryland

                       Linda Thatcher

                       Thatcher Law Firm

                       Greenbelt, Maryland

11:45-12:30 p.m. Making a Difference in Annapolis: 

 An Overview of the Key Pending Employment  

Legislation and What Practitioners Can Do To Help 

Get Legislation Passed

Moderator:       Tom Gagliardo

                         The Gagliardo Law Firm

                         Silver Spring, Maryland

Speakers:   Senator Jamie Raskin

  Maryland State Senate, District 20, 

                   Montgomery County; 

  Sally Dworak-Fisher

  Legislative Director, Public Justice Center; 

  Elbridge James

  President, Progressive Maryland

12:30-1:30          Lunch

1:30-2:30 p.m.     You Know How to Whistle Don’t

                             You? Whistleblower Law and 

                             Practice in Maryland

Moderator:        Julie Glass Martin-Korb

          Rockville, Maryland

Speakers:          Honorable Sally Adkins

                          Maryland Court of Appeals

          Annapolis, Maryland

Jason Zuckerman     Richard Renner

U.S. Office of Special Counsel   National Whistleblowers Ctr.

Washington, D.C.     Washington, D.C.

2:30 p.m.  Break

2:45-3:45 p.m.    “I’ve Been Suspended By A State Agency! What Should I Do?” Representing State Employees 

Moderators:

Jerry Goldstein         Mary Keating

Bethesda, Maryland         Baltimore, Maryland

Speakers:

Honorable Mary K. Shock F.J. Collins

Office of Administrative Hearings Kahn Smith & Collins

Hunt Valley, Maryland Baltimore, Maryland

Michele McDonald

State Workers Compensation Commission

Baltimore, Maryland

3:45-4:30          Short and Timely Employment Law Topics

Moderator:       Andrew Dansicker

                        

How to Make Your Fee Petition More Palatable To Maryland Judges

Julie Glass Martin-Korb, Rockville, Maryland

Philip Zipin, Zipin Law Firm, LLC

Silver Spring, Maryland

Credit Catch 22: Employment Discrimination Based on Credit History and Maryland’s New Law Banning the Practice

Jonathan Harris

Skadden Fellow, Public Justice Center

Baltimore, Maryland



Registration Form

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Lunch preference:

___ vegetarian 

___ non-vegetarian

Amount of Payment:

___ $175 - Conference Only

___ $200 - Conference + 1yr. MELA membership 

(through 12/31/12)

___ $50 - one-year MELA membership only (through 12/31/12)


Please return your complete membership and check (made payable to MELA) to:

Mail to:

Julie Glass Martin-Korb

7836 Rydal Terrace

Rockville, MD  20855

Phone:  301-775-6688

Email: membership@marylandemploymentlawyers.org



Fees
MELA held an election in the fall; its new officers began their term on January 1, 2011.
President:  Andrew Dansicker
Treasurer:  Julie Martin-Korb
Vice-Presidents:  Robin Cockey and Mary T. Keating
Secretary:  Linda Percy
Members-At-Large:  Jerry Goldstein and Nicole Jassey

To review the MELA bylaws, click here.

The Sixth Annual MELA Conference was held on March 11, 2011 at the Doubletree in Columbia.  If you missed it, we are selling copies of the CDs of the materials for $50.  Please contact Julie Martin-Korb.
Here is the agenda:

8:30-9:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00-9:15 a.m.     Welcome and Introductory Remarks

9:15-9:50 a.m.     Playing to the Next Audience: Preparing for Appeal in the Trial Court

Speaker:        Michael P. Smith

        Law Offices of Michael P. Smith LLC              Ellicott City, MD

9:50-11:15 a.m.  Don’t Give up the Tort 

Moderator:    Robin R. Cockey

                      Cockey, Brennan & Maloney, L.L.P.

                      Salisbury, MD

Speakers:      Kathleen Cahill

  Towson, MD 

                      Julie Glass Martin-Korb

                      Rockville, Md.

  

11:15 a.m.  Break

11:30-12:15 p.m. Our Clients’ Mental Health & the Role of Forensic Psychiatry in our Cases 

Speaker:        Christiane Telefsen, M.D. 

                      Baltimore, MD

12:15-1:30 p.m. Lunch 

Speakers:     NELA President Patricia A. Barash, Esquire, Schall and Barasch, L.L.P. and NELA Past President Bruce A. Fredrickson, President of the Employee Rights Advocacy Institute For Law & Policy.   

1:30-2:30 p.m.   “You Put What on your Facebook Page….” – The Array of Thorny Employment Law Issues Posed by Social Networking and the Internet

Moderator:       Jerry R. Goldstein

Bethesda, MD

Speakers: Dave Sher

The Employment Law Group

Washington, D.C.

Darrell R. VanDeusen

Kollman & Saucier, P.A. Baltimore, MD 

2:30-3:15 p.m. The Administrative Process -- Where to File Your Next Charge

Moderator:        Mary T. Keating

             Baltimore, MD

Speakers: Glendora Hughes, Maryland

Commission on Human Relations,

Gerald Kiel, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

3:15 p.m.  Break

3:30-4:15p.m“Shorts”           

            *          Navigating Non-Compete Agreements

                        Andrew M. Dansicker

                        Hunt Valley, MD

             *         The Toughest Issues of  the Unemployed

                       Nicole Jassie, Maryland Legal Aid

             *        ADA Protection against Medical

                       Inquiries and Fitness-For-Duty Exams

                       Kathleen Cahill

                       Towson, MD

4:15 -           Q&A and “Open Mike”


The MELA Conference on December 4, 2009, was terrific.  Participants appreciated the range of topics and the substance.  Two of our presenters provided materials to be posted here.  Laurie A. McCann's thorough update on the Age Discrimination in Employment Act was accompanied by a summary of recent case and other developments.  You can access her update here. John Singleton's talk on case selection gave excellent practical advice on the fine art of evaluating the right matters to accept, his outline is here.
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