Announcements

Ira W. Bloom has been named a New England "Super Lawyer" in the November 2008 Edition of New England Super Lawyers Magazine. New England Super Lawyers is an annual listing of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of professional achievement and recognition by their peers. The selection process includes peer nominations, the review of the credentials of nominees and other independent research, and the input of a blue ribbon review panel of leading attorneys from each practice area. Only 5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected. Super Lawyers is distributed as a special supplement in leading newspapers and magazines across the country, including the February 2009 issue of Connecticut Magazine. 

On Wednesday, October 15, 2008, Attorney Marsha Belman Moses was a presenter at the CABE sponsored program on Free Speech, Religion and Search and Seizure: The Rights of Students and Employees in the Public School Setting, The Constitutional Rights of Students. The event is being held at the Rocky Hill Marriott Hotel from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM.

On Thursday, October 16, 2008, Attorney Ira W. Bloom was a speaker at the Connecticut Bar Association's CLE Seminar Advanced Land Use Law discussing affordable housing law.  The seminar is being held at the CBA Law Center, New Britain, CT.

On Wednesday, October 22, 2008, Attorney Ira W. Bloom was a speaker at the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities Learn, Develop, Grow seminar in the Municipal Law Update section.  Attorney Bloom will be speaking on recent land use cases. 

On Wednesday, November 12, 2008, Attorney Jason R. Stanevich was a speaker at a Connecticut Conference of Municipalities training session for supervisors. Attorney Stanevich will be speaking on DOT Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulations for Supervisors.

On Friday, June 20, 2008, Attorney Ira W. Bloom spoke at Connecticut Chapter of the American Planning Association's (CCAPA) seminar called "Hot Topics in Land Use, Law and Practice 2008."  He spoke on '08 Legislative Session Summary and Trends In Municipal Land Use Caselaw Update. 

Attorney Eugene Cederbaum spoke on the ins and outs of Special Taxing Districts: advantages, formation, governance, etc. The CATIC Seminar titled Private Roads and Special Taxing Districts was held on April 23, 2008 in Norwalk, CT.

April 25, 2008 Attorney Marsha Belman Moses was a panelist at the Eighth Annual Education Law Conference "Current Topics on Legal Issues in Education Law."  The conference was sponsored by the University of Bridgeport, School of Education & Human Resources and Phi Delta Kappa International

Attorney Michelle C. Laubin has been quoted in the LRE Compliance Adviser, you can view the article "Set clear limits, goals for diagnostic placement to earn parents' trust" here.

Connecticut Association of Boards of Education ("CABE") has recommended to Governor M. Jodi Rell that Attorney Floyd J. Dugas to be reappointed as Management Member of Connecticut Teacher Arbitration Panel.  Congratulations to Floyd.

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