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David G. Brock Is a Trial Lawyer and Partner in the Buffalo Law Firm Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP David G. Brock is a trial lawyer and partner in the Buffalo law firm Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP. He received his BA from Union College and his JD from the University at Buffalo Law School. Over the past four decades, Mr. Brock has practiced primarily in the defense of tort and insurance-related litigation. His practice has included a broad spectrum of matters involving municipal liability, legal ethics and malpractice, as well as product liability and premises liability litigation. He is New York State counsel to an international heavy truck and road equipment manufacturer as well as a national waste disposal company. He also defends municipal police and fire departments in significant tort litigation, and counsels attorneys in professional liability, ethics and disciplinary matters. In addition, he is a certified Federal Court Mediator for the Western District of New York. Mr. Brock is admitted to practice in New York State, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York and the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a member of the Bar Association of Erie County (where he is a member and past chair of the Committee on Professional Ethics), the American and New York State Bar Associations, the Defense Research Institute and International Association of Defense Counsel, where he serves on the Defense Counsel Journal Board of Editors. He is a member of his firm's ethics committee and is the immediate past Chair of the Appellate Division, Eighth Judicial District, Attorney Grievance Committee. Mr. Brock has taught trial advocacy in programs at UB Law School, Emory University and the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has spoken and written nationally on a variety of legal topics involving legal ethics and professional responsibility. Prof Jay C. Carlisle II has A.B. and J.D. degrees from the University of California at Los Angeles and Davis. He was admitted to the New York Bar in 1970 and has practiced law in New York City and Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was assistant dean at the SUNY-Buffalo Law School from 1975-78 and has been a professor of law at the Pace University School of Law since 1978. He has written and taught in the areas of professional responsibility and civil procedure. Carlisle is a past chair of the Westchester County Bar Association’s Committee on Legal Ethics and served for many years on the professional disciplinary committees for the New York City and New York State Bar associations. Professor Carlisle has been a referee for the NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct since 1999 and a Commissioner for the NYS Law Revision Commission since 2009. He is a recipient of the ALI-ABA Harrison Tweed Special Merit Award for Contributions to Continuing Legal Education and the New York Trial Lawyers Association Academic Excellence Award. In 2014 the Pace Law School named their moot court jury room after Professor Carlisle. He is an elected fellow of the New York State Bar Foundation. John A. Cirando is a Syracuse attorney, is widely regarded as one of New York’s preeminent appellate lawyers. A former Onondaga County Chief Assistant District Attorney and Army captain, Mr. Cirando’s extensive appellate experience includes regular appearances before all appellate courts in New York, both state and federal. He serves, by appointment, on the New York State Law Revision Commission, the Governor’s Judicial Screening Committee, and the Commission on Judicial Nomination. He serves in numerous civic and non-profit organizations as board member or general counsel. He also represents fellow attorneys in regard to Grievance matters. Mr. Cirando lectures on a variety of topics and has taught appellate advocacy at Syracuse University College of Law. He is a graduate of St. Bonaventure University and S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo College of Law. Judge Joseph Covello Before stepping down from the Appellate Division - New York's highest intermediate appellate court - to join the firm and return to the private practice of law, Justice Joseph Covello had over 30 years of experience, divided almost evenly between the private practice of law, and service as a judge. His diverse career background has provided Judge Covello with a sophisticated understanding of the judicial system. Judge Covello's 16 years on the bench culminated in his appointments by the Governor, first as an Associate Justice of the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department, and ultimately to one of the seven seats on the Second Department's constitutional bench. Judge Covello authored numerous opinions. Notable cases include People v. Rodriguez (69 AD3d 169), Bazakos v. Lewis (56 AD3d 15) and Matter of Government Employees Ins. Co. v. Lopez (44 AD3d 256). Prior to his appointment to the Appellate Division, Judge Covello served as a trial judge in the Supreme Court, Nassau County; on the Appellate Term for the Ninth and Tenth Judicial Districts; and as trial judge in the District Court, Nassau County. Before taking the bench, Judge Covello spent 16 years in the private practice of law, both with respected firms, and in his own practice. While in private practice, Judge Covello was associate lead counsel in the celebrated case of In Re: Agent Orange, and served as counsel to both the Nassau County Police Indemnification Review Board, and the Town of Oyster Bay Zoning Board of Appeals. Judge Covello's expertise in zoning and land use matters, and in an active trial practice, gave him extraordinary insight as a judge. Judge Covello is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Hofstra University School of Law, teaching, among other classes, advanced appellate advocacy. Judge Covello is a veteran of the United States Army, having volunteered upon his completion of secondary school. While serving he was selected for and served in the U.S. Army Presidential Honor Guard in Arlington, Virginia. After the military Judge Covello attended the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he graduated magna cum laude and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Judge Covello received his law degree from Hofstra University School of Law, and has been honored with the George M. Estabrook Alumni Association's Distinguished Service Award. A leader in service to the profession and the community, Judge Covello is a past president of the Columbian Lawyers Association, and of the Nassau Lawyers Association of Long Island. Monica A. Duffy is Chief Attorney for the Committee on Professional Standards for the Appellate Division, Third Department, in Albany, New York. Ms. Duffy earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from King's College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in 1984, and a Juris Doctor degree from Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1987. After graduation from law school Ms. Duffy worked as an associate at a private law firm and in January 1992, she became a founding partner in the law firm of Judge & Duffy, Attorneys at Law, Glens Falls, New York. Prior to joining the Committee on Professional Standards as Chief Attorney in September 2013, Ms. Duffy was a member of the Committee and served as its Chairperson from 2011-2012. Ms. Duffy is a member of the New York State Association of Disciplinary Counsel, the New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Discipline, and the New York State Bar Association. She is a current member and former board member and president of the Warren County Bar Association and a former board member and vice-president of the Warren County Bar Foundation. In addition, throughout her career, Ms. Duffy has been a member and officer of several nonprofit and charitable organizations. Recently, Ms. Duffy has been named as a member of the Commission on Statewide Attorney Discipline, which Commission was created by Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman to conduct a comprehensive review of New York State’s attorney discipline system. Cheryl Smith Fisher Practice Areas: Employment Law, Litigation, Legal Ethics Cheryl Smith Fisher is of counsel to the firm of Magavern, Magavern & Grimm. She was admitted to the New York State Bar after graduating cum laude from the University of Buffalo School of Law where she taught research and writing and completed a student federal judicial clerkship with the Hon. John T. Curtin. She served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of New York handling both civil and criminal cases. She presently serves as Assistant Chancellor for the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York.Ms. Fisher is Chair of the Committee on Character and Fitness, Eighth Judicial District, Vice President of the New York State Bar Association for the Eighth Judicial District, and a past Co-Chair of the New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics where she continues to serve as a member.Ms. Fisher is a past president of the Bar Association of Erie County and past chair of their Ethics Committee.Ms Fisher has been a presenter at many CLE programs in the areas of Legal Ethics and Employment Law. Jevon L. Garrett Graduated from the University of Rochester - BA Japanese History. Taught High School for five years in Rochester, NY. Received a JD from Cornell Law School Private Practice after Law School, focusing on indigent criminal defense and family court. Tompkins County DA's Office, Assistant District Attorney: Felonies, Town and Village Courts and Crimes against Children. Private Practice after TC DA's Office, defense attorney in Ithaca City Drug Court. Adjunct Professor Trial Advocacy, Cornell Law School. Part-time Cortland County DA's Office, Assistant District Attorney: Town Courts and Sex Crime prosecutions. Rensselaer County DA's Office, Assistant District Attorney. Former Attorney, Committee on Professional Standards. Hon. Kenneth L. Gartner is a commercial and appellate litigator with the law firm of Lynn, Gartner, Dunne & Covello, LLP, where his practice, in addition to general trial and appellate work, includes representing judges, lawyers and law firms in criminal, civil and disciplinary matters, and serving as an expert witness or special counsel on legal ethics issues.
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