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Tara L. Moffett and Karen S. Norlander will both be presenting at the National Business Institute program “New York Special Education Law“ CLE on May 10, 2016 in Albany, New York.  Tara Moffett will be speaking on “Unraveling the Requirements of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and then later Ms. Moffett will speak about…

Tara L. Moffett and Karen S. Norlander co-chaired the Committee on Disability Rights’ CLE “Violence Within and Without our Schools-Protecting and Educating our Children in 2016″ at the NYSBA Annual meeting on January 28, 2016.  The program focused on the challenges presented with addressing and balancing school safety with educational obligations and the movement towards…

Girvin & Ferlazzo, P.C. would like to announce the addition of an associate attorney to the team.  We are pleased to welcome Kaitlyn Schwendeman, a recent graduate of  Fordham University School of Law.  Kaitlyn will be concentrating her practice in the areas of education law, private and public sector labor and employment law, and litigation.

Tara L. Moffett will be speaking at the NYSBA Fall Meeting on October 22.  Tara will be speaking about the “Special Needs Family”.  See the attached Event Schedule for more information and to register. 15ElderFallprogram 15EldFallReg

The Council of New York Special Education Administrators (CNYSEA) 2015 Conference is being held July 13th through July 15th at the Gideon Putnam.  James (“Jay”) Girvin and Karen S. Norlander will be presenting a “You be the Judge” session on July 13th.  See attached Brochure by clicking on the above link.

Karen S. Norlander has been invited to be part of the Practising Law Institutes Annual School Law Conference.  Karen will be part of the expert faculty that will examine significant new developments in education law and Policy and the implications of these developments for clients.  The conference is June 5, 2015 in New York City. …

Salvatore D. Ferlazzo presented at an Empowerment Series Roundtable sponsored by the Rensselaer County Regional Chamber of Commerce.  The series begin on February 12, 2015.  There will be over a dozen of the areas top professionals at the event.  Participants will be able to table hop from professional to professional to discuss careers and strategies. …