IWBA 2025 Winter CLE
Friday, January 24 - Saturday, January 25, 2025

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THE NEW YORK CITY BAR ASSOCIATION

42 WEST 44TH STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10036
and
Virtually via Zoom

HOTEL ROOMS:
Iroquois Hotel
49 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036

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AGENDA*

The content of this program will be appropriate for experienced attorneys, as well as newly admitted attorneys.

Friday, January 24, 2025

2:30pm - 3:00pm
Registration

3:00pm - 4:50pm
INDIVIDUAL & NEIGHBORHOOD-LEVEL FACTORS RELATED TO THE UTILIZATION OF WORKERS' COMP INSURANCE IN NYS
Zoey Laskaris, PhD., Barry Commoner Center for Health and the Environment
(1 CLE Credits)
This talk will provide an overview of workers’ compensation utilization in New York State, provide an in-depth look into benefit access for occupational COVID-19, and explore neighborhood-level factors related to WC insurance access.

Dr. Zoey Laskaris is an environmental and occupational epidemiologist and Research Assistant Professor at the Barry Commoner Center for Health and the Environment at Queens College. She strives to generate policy-oriented research to address health inequities by bridging environmental, occupational, and social determinants of health. Dr. Laskaris's current research focuses on the role of work exposures in the health effects of climate change, the occupational burden of the COVID-19 pandemic, the health of platform food delivery workers, and barriers to accessing workers' compensation benefits in New York. She received her PhD in Epidemiology at the University of Michigan and her MPH in Environmental and Occupational health at the CUNY School of Public Health and Health Policy. 

3:50pm - 4:00pm
Break

4:00pm - 4:50pm
PROTECTION OF INJURED WORKERS UNDER NYS HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
José M. Grajales, Esq., Gabriel, Grajales and Moroff, PLLC
(1 CLE Credits)
Injured workers are pressured to return to work as soon as possible, often while they are still recovering from their job-related injuries.  This presentation will cover the protection that the Human Rights Law affords injured workers when they seek reinstatement or re-employment, and will also cover the barriers that injured workers face when attempting to attach to the labor market.  This presentation will sensitize the worker’s compensation practitioner to situations when their disabled clients are excluded from employment in a discriminatory manner and the need to refer those clients to civil rights agencies or to attorneys that handle employment discrimination matters.

José M. Grajales, Esq. is a partner with Gabriel, Grajales and Moroff, PLLC.   He is an experienced Workers’ Compensation attorney who has practiced for over 15 years.  He has previously worked as an equal employment officer of a large hospital network with over 9,000 employees.  He has also worked as Human Rights Specialist at the NYS Division of Human Rights.  Mr. Grajales received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Fordham University, double majoring in Political Science and Philosophy. He graduated from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University.

Saturday, January 25, 2025

8:00am - 9:00am
Registration and Breakfast

9:00am - 9:50am
YEAR IN REVIEW - Part 1
Holly L. Mannillo, Esq., Dolce Panepinto, PC & Colleen M. Malchow, Esq., Dolce Panepinto, PC
(1 CLE Credits - Areas of Professional Practice Credit)
A complete overview of all relevant Third Department Decisions decided in 2024. A synopsis of key facts and relevant holdings will be provided.

Holly L. Mannillo, Esq. is a Binghamton University graduate.  She obtained her Juris Doctor from the University at Buffalo in 2002.  She has been practicing in the area of workers' compensation since 2004 and has worked at Dolce Panepinto since 2013, where she co-runs the compensation department.  She serves on the Board of Directors for the Injured Workers’ Bar Association and is a co-chair of the Workers’ Compensation Alliance.  She is a proud mom of three.

Colleen M. Malchow, Esq. worked as a social worker with victims of domestic violence after graduating from Niagara University.  She went on to obtain her Juris Doctor from the University of Buffalo in 2006 and began representing injured workers in 2007.  Since 2013, Colleen and Holly Mannillo have co-run the compensation department at Dolce Panepinto.  For 10 years, she co-taught the Workers’ Compensation class at UB Law School.  When not working, Colleen enjoys traveling.

9:50am - 10:00am
BREAK

10:00am - 11:00am
ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING: Members Only

11:00am - 11:50am
YEAR IN REVIEW - Part 2
Holly L. Mannillo, Esq., Dolce Firm & Colleen M. Malchow, Esq., Dolce Firm
(1 Areas of Professional Practice Credit)

CLOSING

*Subject to change
Refunds for cancellation are only available up to one week prior to the event. 

Registration Information and Registration

Conference Registration Deadline: Friday, January 17, 2025 by noon

Member Registration Fee: $375
One Day Member Registration: $275

Non-Member Registration Fee: $575
One Day Non Member Registration Fee: $475

Attendee Information

• This event is being planned as a hybrid event, both in-person in New York City and virtually via Zoom.
• Registration is the same whether you attend in-person or virtually.
• Agenda subject to change.
• The content of this program is appropriate for experienced attorneys, as well as newly admitted attorneys.
• This continuing legal education program has been approved in accordance with the requirements of the Continuing Legal Education Board.
• Financial aid is available for this program.  Please click here for more information.
• A pre-event email will be sent the week prior to the event and will include all log in and event information. 
• If you have registered to attend, but find yourself unable to attend, you must cancel your registration by no later than noon on Friday, January 3rd, or IWBA will be charged and, therefore, must then pass the cost along to you. If you cannot attend, please contact the office to have a substitute individual on your behalf.

Or book via telephone: Tel: 212-840-3080 

All registrants are encouraged to register for the Friday Evening WCA Reception with a donation of $100.
Your donations protect the Injured Workers of New York and those that represent them. 

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