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
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”