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AGENDA

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLIND LAWYERS

2010 ANNUAL MEETING

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Monday, July 5, 2010

L'Entrecote Room, Atrium Lobby

Hilton Anatole Hotel

Dallas, Texas

 

12:30 p.m.           REGISTRATION 

 

1:00 p.m.             WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS

                             Scott C. LaBarre, President, NABL Denver,                                           Colorado

 

1:05 p.m.             RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LAW                                AFFECTING BLIND AMERICANS 

                              Scott C. LaBarre, LaBarre Law Offices; 

                             Denver, Colorado, Daniel F. Goldstein, Partner,                                    Brown Goldstein and Levy, Baltimore, Maryland;                        Mehgan Sidhu, Associate, Brown Goldstein and                                 Levy, Baltimore Maryland; Mary Anne Rojek,                                     Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Jackson,                                              Michigan

 

2:00 p.m.             TEACHING AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS: 

                             A Practicing Attorney Learns and Uses Braille                                       After Losing Sight 

                              Randal S. Farber, Partner, Jackson Walker,                                             L.L.P., Houston Texas 

 

 

 

2:25 p.m.             PRACTICE TIPS FOR BLIND AND                                                      VISUALLY IMPAIRED ATTORNEYS: 

                             From Handling Exhibits to Handling Employees; 

                             An Interactive Presentation  

Patti Chang, Practicing Attorney for the City of Chicago; Board Member, NABL; Board Member, NFB; Chicago, Illinois, Parnell Diggs, Private Practitioner; Board Member, NABL; Board Member, NFB; Blind Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Millie Ann Rivera-Rau, Attorney Advisor, Agency Oversight Division Office of Federal Operations Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Board          Member, NABL; Baltimore, Maryland, Ray Wayne, Supervising Attorney, New York City Commission on Human Rights; Secretary, 

NABL; New York, New York. 

 

3:20 p.m.             Break

 

3:30 p.m.             THE LATEST FROM DOJ: PROTECTING

                             THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF AMERICANS WITH                                     DISABILITIES 

                             Mazen M. Basrawi, Counsel to the Assistant                                Attorney General Department of Justice

                             Civil Rights Division

 

4:00 p.m.             THE LATEST IN ACCESSIBLE RESEARCH                                       TOOLS FOR BLIND   AND VISUALLY                                               IMPAIRED ATTORNEYS 

                              Ronza Othman,   Equal Employment Opportunity                                  Specialist, U.S. Department of Health and Human                       Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid                                      Services, Office of Equal Opportunity and Civil                                        Rights; Board Member, NABL; Baltimore,                                            Maryland 

 

4:30 p.m.             FROM THE DISABILITY RIGHTS BAR

                             TO VOTING RIGHTS: A Comprehensive                                              Presentation from the Burton Blatt Institute

Eve L. Hill, Senior Vice President, the Burton Blatt Institute of Syracuse University, 

Washington, DC

 

5:00 p.m.             ADJOURN

 

5:00 to 6:30 p.m.  NABL RECEPTION

  (ticketed event)

  Join us for cocktails and hors d'oeuvres as we 

  celebrate the progress of our organization.  

  Network and meet your fellow blind attorneys    

  and legal professionals.  

 

Scott C. LaBarre, Esq.

LaBarre Law Offices P.C.
1660 South Albion Street, Ste. 918
Denver, Colorado 80222
303 504-5979 (voice)
303 757-3640 (fax)
slabarre at labarrelaw.com (e-mail)
www.labarrelaw.com (website)

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