Past Events

Cody N. Guarnieri (Brown, Paindiris & Scott, LLP), Vice-Chair of the Criminal Justice Section and co-chair of the Hartford County Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Committee will present and host a discussion addressing the anticipated legal and procedural issues facing the state and federal criminal justice system in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cody will endeavor to bring practitioners up to speed on the state of statutory, administrative and executive rules, laws, and orders related to the criminal justice system, as well as offer practical thoughts on the path forward.

Connecticut has recently enacted Executive Order Number 7K. This order creates the ability to utilize remote notarization in Connecticut as a way to maximize social distancing efforts to stop the spread of the virus. This program will take a deep dive into the order itself and put together a plan as to how you can utilize.

Local IT experts will provide important and actionable information about how to practice from home including insights on available technologies that you can use to work remotely without spending a lot of money. The presenters will leave ample time to take specific questions from members.

This program will help lawyers understand the additional cyber threats posed when working from home, including specific COVID-19-themed risks, how to mitigate the risk of falling victim to a cyber-attack and what to do in the event that a cyber-attack occurs. This program has been designed with a generous Q&A portion to encourage the specific questions that members may have about cyber threats, mitigation, and response.

Join us for a free one-hour webinar on COVID-19 and workers’ compensation practice. Topics will be presented jointly by a claimant’s attorney and a respondent’s attorney.