22 | September/October 2022 | BAEC Bulletin
Committees of the Bar Association
ELDER LAW COMMITTEE Chairs: Kelly Barrett Sarama and Elizabeth A. Ingold | Board Liaison: Kelly Barrett Sarama The Elder Law Committee shares information among members and the public regarding issues of major concern to the elderly and practitioners representing them. Such issues include access to health care, Medicaid, asset planning, housing, community resources and institutional placement, pension benefits, health care decision making, private and Medicare health insurance, administrative proceedings, attorneys' fees, veterans' benefits, and exploitation of the elderly. ENVIRONMENTAL LAW COMMITTEE Chair: Henry A. Zomerfeld | Board Liaison: Anne K. Bowling The Environmental Law Committee provides environmental practitioners and other attorneys with a forum for discussion of current environmental legal trends, DEC/EPA regulatory, statutory, and enforcement initiatives, and current or emerging case law. It also provides education and community/academic outreach programs. The committee has frequent speakers on a wide variety of environmental topics. The Federal Practice Committee fosters an ongoing dialogue with the members of the federal judiciary who sit in this district. Each fall, the committee holds a dinner attended by all district, magistrate and bankruptcy judges from both Buffalo and Rochester. Meetings often consist of an informal discussion with one of the members of the federal bench. The committee provides regular input with respect to proposed changes to the Local Rules of Practice for the district, and conducts one major seminar each year. HISTORY COMMITTEE Chair: Michelle Parker | Board Liaison: Gayle T. Murphy The History Committee is dedicated to the publicizing and preservation of the rich history of the Western New York legal community. FEDERAL PRACTICE COMMITTEE Chair: Timothy J. Graber | Board Liaison: Maura O’Donnell
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE Chairs: Heather R. Abraham and Sharon Nosenchuck | Board Liaison: Sharon Nosenchuck The Human Rights Committee is concerned with human rights of people. In the past, the committee has examined the conditions of local jails, followed local cases that have human rights implications and heard from experts on the problems of refugees. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, COMPUTER AND ENTERTAINMENT LAW COMMITTEE Chairs: Melissa N. Subjeck and Nathaniel W. Lucek | Board Liaison: Anne K. Bowling Intellectual Property, Computer and Entertainment Law Committee shares information about contract issues in music, film and sports industries; publicity rights; Internet and computer law issues; copyrights; trademarks; patents; trade secrets; and unfair competition. About half of each meeting is devoted to a presentation from a committee member or guest speaker on a current topic of legal interest.
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