CLE Seminars & Conferences

 

SCHEDULING NOW

LePatner & Associates offers a new CLE course for attorneys this year. Barry LePatner will lead "Construction Cost Integrity: Protecting Your Client's Construction Project Investment." Much of the material is drawn from the firm's nearly thrity year's of experience and Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets, LePatner's new book published by The University of Chicago Press. The free, 1.5 credit CLE seminar has already been well received by real estate departments in firms such as Fried Frank, Stadtmauer Bailkin, Manett Phelps and LeBoeuf Lamb.

Evaluation comments include:

"...LePatner was top-notch..."

"...the veterans among us learned something. and the kids were snowed..."

"...the war story examples are particularly good..."

To schedule the course at your firm, contact drubin@lepatner.com or blepatner@lepatner.com.

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PRIOR

Alex Ferrini, Ronald Feingold and David Esterman presented Legal Issues for New York Professional Engineers on January 19, 2007 in White Plains, New York. The full day seminar will explore topics including: New York State licensing and renewal requirements; the New York Board of Professional Engineering's duties, rules and regulations; defining unauthorized and unlicensed practice; the Board's procedures for initiating investigations and taking disciplinary action; defining professional conduct by and between engineers including out-of-state practice procedures; understanding insurance, liability and malpractice issues and avoiding potential professional liability claims; and how to act as a fact and/or expert witness in a civil litigation.

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Real Estate Outlook 2006: Are We Entering A New Economic Cycle?

New York's corporate executives, real estate developers and design professional leaders attended LePatner & Associates' Fourth Annual Secrets of the Expert Advisors Executive Seminar Series. Real Estate Outlook: Are We Entering A New Economic Cycle? was co-sponsored by The Rampart Group, Sterling National Bank, Berdon LLP and LePatner at the University Club in midtown Manhattan on Thursday, June 8, 2006. Barry LePatner moderated a panel that included: Rosemary Scanlon, an associate professor of economics at NYU and a consultant in urban and regional economics; John Powers, chairman of the NY Tri-State Region of CB Richard Ellis; and Stuart Match Suna, co-owner and president of Silvercup Studios in Long Island City. Click here to download the full seminar transcript.

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2006 CLE Seminars

BBL&A is scheduling the 2006 season for its new CLE seminar, Defending Your Client Owner Against Unwarranted Construction Delay and Cost Overrun Claims, which is pending approval by the New York Continuing Education Legal Department. This seminar, presented Barry LePatner is being offered free of cost to legal professionals at your or our offices. 1.5 CLE credits will be earned towards the annual CLE requirement. In addition, The Perils and Pitfalls of Today's Construction Projects, will continue to be offered for 1.5 CLE credits.

Click here for information on how to schedule these courses and an outline of the seminars.

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Real Estate Outlook 2005: Is the Rebound for Real?

Over 250 corporate executives, real estate developers and design professionals showed up to LePatner & Associates Third Annual Secrets of the Expert Advisors Executive Seminar Series, "Real Estate Outlook: Is the Rebound for Real?" The seminar was co-sponsored by The Rampart Group, Sterling National Bank, Berdon LLP and LePatner on April 6, 2005 at the University Club in midtown Manhattan. Barry LePatner moderated a panel that included: Stuart Varney, noted business journalist for Fox News; Steven Spinola, President of the Real Estate Board of New York; and Michael T. Cohen, Chairman of GVA Williams and President and CEO of Williams Real Estate Co., Inc.

The Summer 2005 LePatner Report provides an overview of the event and excerpts from each speakers' presentation.

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Riding the Wave of a Rebounding Economy

Click here to read Barry LePatner's opening remarks to the seminar. Click here to view a full transcript of the conference.

Over 150 corporate executives, real estate developers and design professionals attended "Riding the Wave of a Rebounding Economy: Secrets of the Expert Advisors," an executive seminar co-sponsored by Ernst & Young LLP, North Fork Bank, DSL.net and BBL&A on March 16, 2004 at the University Club in midtown Manhattan. Barry LePatner moderated a panel that included: Dr. Irwin Kellner, Chair of Economics at Hofstra University and Chief Economist for CBS Marketwatch; Richard T. Anderson, President of the New York Building Congress; Kenneth M. Krasnow, Senior Managing Director of the New York Metro Region for Cushman & Wakefield; and Mark Smith, Ph.D., Global Director for Real Estate Advisory Services at Ernst & Young LLP. A recording of the event on CD is available for purchase. Contact Brad Cronk for more information.

The Spring 2004 LePatner Report provides an overview of the event and excerpts from each speakers' presentation.

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Protection, Survival, Readiness: PROJECT STRATEGY IN THE POST 9/11 WORLD

Over 200 corporate executives, real estate developers and design professionals attended "Protection, Survival, Readiness: Project Strategy in the Post 9/11 World," an executive seminar co-sponsored by BBL&A, Sterling National Bank and Deloitte & Touche LLP on June 4, 2003 at the University Club in midtown Manhattan. Barry LePatner moderated a panel that included: Howard Safir, CEO of SafirRosetti; Barry Gosin, CEO of Newmark & Co.; Eugene Kohn FAIA, Principal of KPF Associates; Richard Tomasetti, Co-Chairman of Thornton-Tomasetti Engineers; and Chris Mauthe, Partner at Deloitte & Touche LLP.

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Advances in Environmental Mold Issues in New York

David Pfeffer and John Hunt, along with Charles Schnugg of Testwell Laboratories, presented "Advances in Environmental Mold Issues in New York," a full day seminar sponsored by Lorman Education Services in White Plains, New York on April 15, 2003.

Critical issues on the agenda included:

  • Air, water and moisture management in building envelopes
  • Air, water and moisture liability
  • Mold issues
  • Due Care
  • Owner, design professional and contractor liability
  • Dispute resolution

Check back here for announcements of similar programs in the near future.

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Secure Space Executive Seminar

BBL&A, along with co-sponsors Sterling National Bank and Berdon LLP, presented an executive seminar for corporate tenants, real estate, design and construction professionals entitled Secure Space: An Action Plan for Increased Security in Commercial Buildings on April 30, 2002 at The Cornell Club in New York City. Click here to link to Barry B. LePatner's presentation.

Other participants included Howard Safir, Chairman and CEO of SafirRosetti, Omnicom Group Inc. and former Police Commissioner of the City of New York; Joseph R. Rosetti, President of SafirRosetti; Michael R. Laginestra, Vice Chairman of Insignia/ESG, Inc.; and Robert J. Ivanhoe, Esq., Greenberg Traurig LLP.

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AIA National Convention 2002, May 8, 2002

David J. Pfeffer, Esq. and design consultant Roy R. Pachecano, AIA recently spoke at the National AIA Convention in Charlotte on May 8, 2002. The seminar is entitled "Liability v. Profitability: Protecting Yourself While Increasing Your Design and Administration Profits." Attendees received AIA/CES credits. For more information about this event, contact Roy or David above.

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Construction Management / Design-Build in New York, November 14, 2001. Crowne Plaza Hotel, White Plains, New York. Sponsored by Lorman Education Services.

  • The New York Design and Construction Environment,
  • Overview of Project Delivery Methods,
  • Selection of the Project Delivery Method,
  • The Construction Management Delivery System,
  • The Design-Build Delivery System,
  • Dispute Resolution in Construction Management and Design-Build,

BBL&A attorneys David J. Pfeffer, Esq. and Jeffrey K. Goldsmith, Esq. along with design consultant Roy R. Pachecano, AIA will present the above seminar.

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Law for Design Professionals, January 24, 2001. Marriott Marquis, New York City. Sponsored by Lorman Education Services.

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Law for Design Professionals, January 25, 2000, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York City. Sponsored by Lorman Education Services.

  • Avioding Liability During Construction Administration, C. Bradley Cronk
  • Liability in Construction Contracts, David Pfeffer, Esq.

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Truly Understanding Construction Contracts, New York Bar Association Construction Committee Seminar, September 1998

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Moderator\Participant: Managing Your Firm in the Post-Recession Economy, Three Part Seminar Series for the American Institute of Architects, New York City and New York State Chapters, October-November 1993

 
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