| 8:30 am – 9:00 am |
Registration & Networking Breakfast
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| 9:00 am – 9:10 am |
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Yael Fuchs & Tara Herman, Conference Co-Chairs
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| 9:10 am – 9:35 am |
Keynote Speech: The Resilience of New York City’s Nonprofit Sector
Jacqueline Ebanks | Nonprofit New York
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| 9:35 am - 10:25 am |
The New York Attorney General’s Office: Enforcement Priorities and Regulatory Trends
Jim Sheehan | New York Attorney General's Charities Bureau
Monica Connell | Special Counsel, Charities Enforcement, NY Attorney General’s Office
- Current enforcement priorities and areas of focus
- Common compliance pitfalls observed by the Charities Bureau
- Practical takeaways for nonprofit boards and counsel
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| 10:25 am – 10:40 am |
Morning Break
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| 10:40 am – 11:30 am |
Providing Services to Immigrants and Supporting Community-Based Nonprofits: Legal and Operational Challenges
Katherine Hughes | Fordham Law School
Beth Baltimore | Legal Services Center at The Door - A Center of Alternatives
Carlyn Cowen | Chinese-American Planning Council
McGregor Smyth | New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
- Program delivery amid legal, regulatory, and funding uncertainty
- Compliance, risk management, and documentation challenges
- Staff support, safety, and burnout considerations
- Issues unique to community-based and human services organizations
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| 11:30 am – 12:20 pm |
Employment Law Update: Reasonable Accommodations, Mental Health Leave, and Performance Management
Stephanie Correa | Keil & Correa
Tania J. Mistretta | Jackson Lewis
Rebecca Serbin | The Legal Aid Society
- Reasonable accommodation obligations under federal, state and local law, including mental health conditions
- Managing performance issues alongside accommodation and leave requests
- Practical risk mitigation for nonprofit employers
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| 12:20 pm – 1:20 pm |
Lunch Break
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| 1:20 pm – 2:10 pm |
Enforcement from the Inside: Proactive Strategies to Protect Your Organization
Yael Fuchs | Loeb & Loeb
Derick Dailey | Crowell & Moring LLP
Judy Siegel | Pro Bono Partnership
- Building and sustaining a culture of compliance
- Internal controls, investigations, and escalation protocols
- Managing regulator risk before issues become enforcement matters
- Board and senior management alignment during crises
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| 2:10 pm – 3:00 pm |
Current Developments in Nonprofit Law: What to Watch in 2026
John N. Bennett | Simpson Thacher
Amarah Sedreddine | Sedreddine & Whoriskey, LLP
- IRS and Exempt Organizations updates
- Key federal and state court decisions
- Enforcement trends and regulatory developments
- NYS and NYC legislative and administrative changes
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| 3:00 pm – 3:15 pm |
Afternoon Break
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| 3:15 pm – 4:05 pm |
Nonprofit and For-Profit Sector Partnerships
Allen Bromberger | Bromberger Law
Elizabeth Buckley Lewis | Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Lauren Simpson | Morgan Lewis
- Designing partnerships for financial sustainability
- Structural, tax, and governance issues
- Mission protection in growth-oriented partnerships
- Asset use, transfers, and exit planning
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| 4:05 pm – 4:55 pm |
Ethics for Nonprofit Lawyers: Conflicts, Constituencies, and
Crisis Decision-Making
Anthony Davis | Fisher Broyles
Philip Genty | Columbia Law School
- Identifying the client in the nonprofit context
- Managing conflicts among boards, management, and mission
- Ethical considerations during investigations, crises, and transitions
- Practical guidance for in-house and outside nonprofit counsel
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| 4:55 pm – 5:00 pm |
Closing Remarks
Yael Fuchs & Tara Herman, Conference Co-Chairs |