2015 Annual STATEWIDE LEGAL AID

Conference

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Our MissionThe Virginia Poverty Law Center (VPLC) is committed to leading and coordinating efforts to seek justice in civil legal matters for lower income Virginians. Through training and communications, we educate others about the legal rights of the poor and identify systemic problems and issues. We work collaboratively with Virginia’s legal aid community, other organizations and stakeholders to represent the interests of lower income Virginians in the courts, executive agencies and legislative bodies.

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Wednesday Oct. 21st

10:00 AM – 5:00 PMRegistrationConference Center

11:00 AM – 1:00 PMVPLC Board MeetingRoom A&B

1:30 PM – 3:00 PMResponding to Garnishments, Writs of Fieri Facias & Tax Liens*Martin Wegbreit, Director of Litiga-tion, Central VA Legal Aid Society, Richmond VA | Auditorium

Basic Child Support & Child Cus-tody* Nora Mahoney, Chair - Family Law, Legal Services of Northern VA, Fairfax VA | Amphitheatre

Understanding MAGI* Jill Hanken, Staff Attorney, Virginia Poverty Law Center, Richmond VA Room 2&3

Intro to WestlawNext* Sharon Cole, Esq, Client Representa-tive, Government & Sara Frederes, Esq, Client Manager, Government, Thomson Reuters | Central Lounge

50 New Tech Tips Liz Keith, LawHelp Program Manager, Pro Bono Net, San Francisco CA | Room D

Cultural & Gender DiversityEva Juncker, Zavos Juncker Law Group, Silver Spring, MD; Vinceretta Chiles, Vince and Vince LP, Richmond VARoom A&B

Leadership and Community – Part 1 Dushaw Hockett, Executive Director of SPACEs—Safe Places for the Advancement of Community and Equity, Washington DCRoom 17 (2nd Fl)

3:00 PM – 3:15 PMBreak

3:15 PM – 4:45 PMInternet Loans: Turn a Negative Into a Positive for Your Clients*Kristi Cahoon Kelly, Kelly & Crandall PLC, Fairfax VA, Jay Speer, Executive Director & Dana Wiggins, Director of Outreach & Financial Advocacy, Virginia Poverty Law Center, Richmond VA | Room 2&3

Court Debts Intersection w/ Civil Issues* Carolyn Kalantari, Managing Attorney/Pro Bono Director, Legal Aid Justice Center,

VSB CLE COURSE ID NO. VPCC003

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Charlottesville VA; Pat Levy-Lavelle, Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Justice Center, Richmond VA Amphitheatre

Worker Misclassification & Fair Labor Standards Act*Ivy Finkenstadt, Managing Attorney, Immigrant Advocacy Program, Legal Aid Justice Center, Falls Church VA; Matthew Kaplan, The Kaplan Law Firm, Arlington VA | Room A&B

Basic SNAP and TANF Benefits*LaTonya Reed, Director - Virginia Hunger Solutions, Virginia Poverty Law Center, Richmond VACentral Lounge

Statewide Website & Online Document Assembly Affinity Meeting Liz Keith, LawHelp Program Manager, Pro Bono Net, San Francisco CA | Room D

Leadership and Community – Part 2 Dushaw Hockett, Executive Director of SPACEs—Safe Places for the Advancement of Community and Equity, Washington DCRoom 17 (2nd Fl)

6:00 PM – 6:30 PMPro Bono Conference/ Legal Aid Welcome ReceptionPromenade

6:30 PM – 8:30 PMVirginia State Bar’s Lewis F. Powell Jr. Pro Bono Award/ Legal Aid Conference Dinner – Keynote: Jo-Ann Wallace, NLADA President and CEOPresidents Ballroom

Thursday Oct. 22nd 7:00 AM – 8:00 AMBollyX (Bollywood dance- inspired fitness) by SushAuditorium

7:30 AM – 8:30 AMBreakfastPresidents Ballroom

8:30 AM – 4:00 PMRegistrationConference Center

8:30 AM – 10:00 AMAdult and Coming of Age Guardianship – Nuts and Bolts*Ross Hart, Hart & Hart Attorneys LTD, Salem VA | Amphitheatre

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Education Law for Non-Education Advocates* Angela Ciolfi, Legal Director, Legal Aid Justice Center, Charlottesville VA; Mario Salas, Powell Fellow / Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Justice Center, Charlottesville VA; Amy Walters, Attorney / Policy Coordinator, Legal Aid Justice Center, Charlottesville VA Room A&B

Advanced WestlawNext*Sharon Cole, Esq, Client Representa-tive, Government & Sara Frederes, Esq, Client Manager, Government, Thomson ReutersCentral Lounge

Best Practices (How to) in Handling Public Benefits Cases*Jill Hanken, Staff Attorney, Virginia Poverty Law Center, Richmond VA;LaTonya Reed, Director (Virginia Hunger Solutions), Virginia Poverty Law Center, Richmond VARoom 2&3

Legal Aid Technology: What Is, Will Be & May Be StandardLiz Keith, LawHelp Program Manager, Pro Bono Net, San Francisco CA; David

Neumeyer, Executive Director, Virginia Legal Aid Society, Lynchburg VARoom D

10:00 AM – 10:15 AMBreak

10:15 AM – 11:45 AMBankruptcy Law for Non-Bankruptcy Lawyers* Lauren Gedge, Staff Attorney, Legal Services of Northern VA, Manassas VA; Rachel Jones, Staff Attorney, Southwest Virginia Legal Aid Society, Marion VACentral Lounge

Procedural Issues in Family Law (UCCJEA, Service members’ Civil Relief Act and Jurisdiction Over Out-of-State Parties)* Eva Juncker, Zavos Juncker Law Group, Silver Spring, MD; Martin Wegbreit, Director of Litigation, Central VA Legal Aid Society, Richmond VARoom 2&3

Fair Housing Claims in Landlord Tenant Cases* Helen Hardiman, Fair Housing Director, Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia Inc (HOME), Richmond VAAmphitheatre

VSB CLE COURSE ID NO. VPCC003

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Continuing Disability Reviews/301 Vocational Rehab Program David Leon, Ticket to Work Coordinator, Grants & Special Programs, Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, Richmond VA; Michael Klinger, Work Incentive Specialist, Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, Farmville VA Room A&B

New Trends in Website DesignRaquel Bonilla, Director of Devel-opment, Legal Services of Northern VA, Fairfax VA; Nora Mahoney, Chair - Family Law, Legal Services of Northern VA, Fairfax VA; Kate Sigler, Director of Administration, Virginia Legal Aid Society, Lynchburg VA; Sue Stoney, Deputy Director, Legal Services of Northern VA, Fairfax VARoom 17 (2nd Fl)

Board Retreat Design & Implementation Amy Nisenson, Amy Nisenson Consulting, Richmond VARoom D

11:45 AM – 12:45 PMLunchPresidents Ballroom

12:45 PM – 2:15 PMHow Immigration Visa Appli-cations, including the VAWA Self-Petition & U Visa, Can Help Your Immigrant Domestic & Sexual Violence Victim Clients*Susheela Varky, Staff Attorney, Virginia Poverty Law Center, Richmond VACentral Lounge

Medicaid for Long Term Care; Issues for Married Clients* Susan Jean, Attorney, The Heritage Law Group, York County VA | Room 2&3

Current Issues in Public Housing; RAD Redevelopment* Brenda Castañeda, Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Justice Center, Charlottesville VA; Ed Gramlich, Special Advisor, National Low Income Housing Coalition, Washington DC; Kimberly Rolla, Lewis F. Powell Fellow and Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Justice Center, Charlottesville VAAmphitheatre

Budgeting Best Practices Roundtable Kate Sigler – Moderator, Director of Administration, Virginia Legal Aid Society, Lynchburg VARoom D

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Stress Management Natasha Evans, (Life Coach), CHEP Coordinator, Virginia Poverty Law Center, Richmond VA | Room 17 (2nd Fl)

New Initiatives in Congress and NLADA Don Saunders, Director for Civil Programs, National Legal Aid & Defender Association, Washington DCRoom A&B

2:15 PM – 2:30 PMBreak

2:30 PM – 4:00 PMNew Consumer Arbitration Rules* Jim Boykin, Partner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, Washington DCCentral Lounge

Providing Legal Services to Survivors of Domestic or Sexual Violence Under Title IX in Addition to the Virginia Code*Palma Pustilnik, Staff Attorney, Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, Charlottesville VARoom A&B

Basic Medicaid* Jill Hanken, Staff Attorney, Virginia Poverty Law Center, Richmond VARoom 2&3

Virginia’s Freedom of Informa-tion Act* Megan Rhyne, Executive Director, Virginia Coalition for Open Government, Williamsburg VAAmphitheatre

Recognizing and Responding to Implicit Bias Leslie King, Executive Director, Central Virginia Academy for Nonprofit Excellence, Lynchburg VA | Room D

Marketing, Communications and Fundraising RoundtableElizabeth Arledge, Deputy Director, Voices for Civil Justice, Washington DC; Rhonda Knight, Director of Development, Lynchburg VARoom 17 (2nd Fl)

6:00 PM – 6:30 PMAwards ReceptionPromenade

6:30 PM – 12:00 AMAwards DinnerPresidents Ballroom

VSB CLE COURSE ID NO. VPCC003

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Friday Oct. 23rd 7:00 AM – 8:00 AMBollyX (Bollywood dance- inspired fitness) by SushAuditorium

7:30 AM – 8:30 AMBreakfastPresidents Ballroom

8:30 AM – 10:00 AMNew IRS Rules on Hospital Collections* Corey Davis, Staff Attorney, National Health Law Program, Los Angeles CA Room 2&3

Helping Ex-Offenders in a Holistic Way* Ray Hartz, Executive Director, Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia, Norfolk VA; Dipti Pidikiti-Smith, Staff Attorney – Family Law, Legal Services of Northern Virginia, Alexandria VA | Amphitheatre

Social Security Disability Appeals – A View from the Bench*Tom Duann, Administrative Law Judge, Social Security Administration, Office of Disability Adjudication & Review, Norfolk VA | Room A&B

Don’t Take No S***** From a Debt Collector! Jay Speer, Executive Director, Virginia Poverty Law Center, Richmond VA; Dana Wiggins, Director of Outreach & Financial Advocacy, Virginia Poverty Law Center, Rich-mond VA | Central Lounge

10:00 AM – 10:30 AMBreak

10:30 AM – 12:15 PM(ETHICS) Hello: The Ethics of the Client Interview* Ann H. Kloeckner, Executive Director, Rappahannock Legal Services, Fredericksburg VA; Palma Pustilnik, Staff Attorney, Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, Charlottesville VA | Auditorium

Art Experience Barbara BradburnRoom 17 (2nd Fl)

12:15 PM – 1:15 PMLunch / Conference EndsPresidents Ballroom

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JO-ANN WALLACE, ESQ.President and CEO of the National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA), the oldest and largest national membership organization devoting all of its resources to equal justice.

K E Y NOT E SPEA K ER

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M y vision of equal justice is grounded in serving low-income clients and communities. Understanding the

role that public education played in my family’s escape from “the projects” made the educational disparities that I witnessed while working as a children’s advocate at Greater Boston Legal Services profoundly disturbing. In fact, helping the attorneys in a class action lawsuit force compliance with the special education statutes shaped my decision to become a lawyer.

The diversity of our community is one of our great strengths. We are the largest and strongest cadre of ambassadors for equal justice that exists in this country and we have only begun to tap our total potential. Together, I know that we can create a future that is shaped by what unifies us, not by what divides us; a future that recognizes that justice and fairness and human dig-nity bridge rich and poor and black and white and red and blue; a future that rests on a new spirit of national unity; a future in which the quality of justice people receive in our courtrooms and their ability to access the arenas of opportunities in our communities such as housing, education and healthcare are not determined by the amount of money they have.

OU R SPONSOR S

About Us

Consumer Litigation Associates is a national law firm headquartered in Virginia. CLA attorneys are experienced federal litigators practicing solely in the field of consumer protection. The firm has suc-cessfully litigated hundreds of individual cases and consumer class actions in federal courts throughout the nation.

CLA’s focus over the last decade has been the enforcement of consumer rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and other federal consumer protection statutes.

Our Attorneys and ParalegalsLEONARD A. BENNETT, ESQ.

MATTHEW J. ERAUSQUIN, ESQ.

SUSAN M. ROTKIS, ESQ.

ROBIN A. ABBOTT, ESQ.

GARY L. ABBOTT, ESQ.

JANELLE MASON MIKAC, ESQ.

CASEY S. NASH, ESQ.

CRAIG MARCHIANDO, ESQ.

DONNA L. WINTERS

VICKI L. WARD

Advocate Sponsor

Newport News Office763 J. Clyde Morris Blvd, Suite 1A Newport News, VA 23601 Phone: (757) 930-3660

www.clalegal.com

Our Attorneys and ParalegalsLEONARD A. BENNETT, ESQ.

MATTHEW J. ERAUSQUIN, ESQ.

SUSAN M. ROTKIS, ESQ.

ROBIN A. ABBOTT, ESQ.

GARY L. ABBOTT, ESQ.

JANELLE MASON MIKAC, ESQ.

CASEY S. NASH, ESQ.

CRAIG MARCHIANDO, ESQ.

DONNA L. WINTERS

VICKI L. WARD

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VIRGINIA POVERTY LAW CENTER

919 E Main Street, Suite 610Richmond, VA 23219

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