BAEC Bulletin - November/December 2021

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Bar Association of Erie County Bulletin Table of Contents The Features

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Letter from the President We Are Better Together

BAEC and ECBF Unveil Membership Assistance Program A Message from Foundation President Michael Perley The 2021-2022 Foundation Campaign Has Begun! Legends of Law: The 2021 Annual Awards Recap In The Public Service: Neighborhood Legal Services

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Lawyers for Learning Update Thank You From St. Luke’s Volunteer Lawyer’s Project’s 2021 Champions for Justice Award Winners Courts Seeking Comment on NYSCEF Report and Mandatory E-Filing Amendment Do You Need a Paralegal? Nominations Sought for Bar Association Leaders Using Learned Treatises to Examine Expert Witnesses Hilary Banker to Be Awarded 2021 Defense Trial Lawyer of the Year In Every Issue

Upcoming CLE Programs BAEC Sponsors Bench and Bar in The News BAEC New Members In Memoriam CLE OnDemand Featured Programs Contributions to the Foundation BAEC Life Members and Contributing Members Western District Case Notes Classifieds Bulletin Advertisement Index

Bar Association of Erie County President Vice President Treasurer Hugh M. Russ, III Jill K. Bond Kelley A. Omel

Gayle T. Murphy Anne M. Noble Greg Hirtzel Board of Directors

Deputy Treasurer Executive Director Director of Marketing & Communications, Editor of the Bulletin

Robert C. Brucato, Jr., Colleen Curtin Gable, Krista Gottlieb, Karen Richardson, Kara M. Addelman, Samuel A. Alba, Peter J. Crotty, Jennifer Metzger Kimura, Kelly Barrett Sarama, Anne K. Bowling, Jamila A. Lee, Sharon Nosenchuck, Stephanie A. Saunders

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