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February 22, 2013

IN THIS ISSUE

Firm News In the NewsSpeaking Engagements

Webinars and Seminars

From the Library Office News

FIRM NEWS

Congratulations to our new associatesJim Beyers, Mike Condon,John Forbush and Kat Murphy who joined the New York State Bar

on Thursday, February 21 after being sworn in during ceremonies hosted by the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, at the Hyatt

Regency Rochester.

IN THE NEWS

Karl Sleight was quoted in a Law 360 article on February 7 entitled Casino Siting Flap Could Endanger NY Gambling Expansion. Click

here to read the article.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Roundtable
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Douglas Gerhardt and Howard Goldsmith are leading a roundtable discussion on March 4 with superintendents about APPR and

implementation issues related to the new law. They will also present to superintendents statewide on oral and written communication and

managing the media and FOIL and OML.

Health Issue Discussion

Douglas Gerhardt will join a discussion on March 7 related to legal strategies on handling retiree health insurance coverage and ways to

reduce these costs over time.

WEBINARS AND SEMINARS

HIPAA/HITECH Webinar

The Health Care Industry Team held a webinar last Friday, February 15 on the HIPAA/HITECH Final Rule: What You Need to Know to

Comply. The program provided an overview of the new HIPAA/HITECH Omnibus Final Rule and practical advice on how to comply. Nearly

60 clients and non-clients logged in to learn what they needed to do to comply to the final rule.

The 45 minute online presentation was followed by 15 minutes of participant Q & A. In the few days following the program there were

numerous calls to presentersHeidi GregoryandJustin Runke, including four immediate requests to review and update current policies.

HB Internal CLE

Please join Kelly Jones as she discusses the use of iPhones and iPads as business tools to help you stay organized and better serve clients in

an internal CLE. Kelly will be presenting apps that can improve your productivity and assist with case management and discovery. Learn what

apps will make your day-to-day practice easier and how to make good use of your iPad in the courtroom.

The CLE will be live in the NYC office, and video conference in all other offices. If you need more information or have questions, please

contact Marie Calvaruso [email protected] x8921.

Special Education Update

Jeff Weiss, Dave Oakes andKate Hill will be giving a seminar on Special Education Accommodations, both Inside the Classroom Settingand Beyond in the Buffalo office on March 1 and in the Rochester office on March 8. Click here to see the invitation.

Product Liability and Corporate Risk Management Webinar

Judi Abbott CurryandAlan Winchesterare presentingin a MedTech webinaron Product Liability and Corporate Risk Management:How to Not Get Sued in Business, on March 5.

FROM THE LIBRARY

Upcoming Book Discussion

The library will be hosting a book discussion on Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea. This

book was chosen as the If All of Rochester Reads the Same Book for 2013.

Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who

journeyed to the US when she was young. Recently, it has dawned on her that he isn't the only man

who has left town. In fact, there are almost no men in the village--they've all gone north. While

watching The Magnificent Seven, Nayeli decides to go north herself and recruit seven men--her

own "Siete Magnficos"--to repopulate her hometown and protect it from the bandidos who plan on

taking it over.

Filled with unforgettable characters and prose as radiant as the Sinaloan sun, Into the Beautiful North is

the story of an irresistible young woman's quest to find herself on both sides of the fence. From

Writers & Books

Author Luis Alberto Urrea is the author of the novels The Hummingbirds Daughter, Into the Beautiful
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North, Queen of America andMr. Mendozas Paintbrush (a graphic novel with artwork by Christopher Cardinale) as well as the short story

collection Six Kinds of Sky. His nonfiction titles include The Devil's Highway,Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Borderand the

memoir Nobodys Son: Notes from an American Life. Urrea has also written several volumes of poetry. He is the winner of a Lannan Literary

Award and the Christopher Award, and the recipient of an American Book Award, a Western States Book Award and a Colorado Book

Award. In 2001, Luis was inducted into the Latino Literary Hall of Fame.

oin us for a brown bag lunch on Wednesday, March 20 at 12:30 p.m. in the library for the discussion. Beverages will be provided and copies

of the book are available to borrow. If you plan on attending, please contact the library staff at [email protected].

OFFICE NEWS

ROCHESTER

Meals On Wheels Seeking Volunteers

Meals On Wheels is looking for a sub to cover a route in Perinton every other Thursday in March and

April. We would need two persons (one to drive and one to deliver the meal) during the lunch hour.

You can help out for any one or more of the dates (you dont need to commit to all four dates.) Please

let Barb James (x8618) know ASAP if you are interested in helping out.

Dress Down Day to Support West Webster Volunteer Firemans Association

$1,000 was collected as a result of the dress down day on Friday, February 15 in support of the West Webster Volunteer Firemans

Association. Thank you to all those who donated!

Dress Down Day to Support National Kidney Foundation

Another dress down day is scheduled for Friday, March 15 in support of the National Kidney Foundations Community Outreach Activities in

Upstate and Western New York. In addition, on March 14 (World Kidney Day) local National Kidney Foundation representatives will be

conducting kidney health risk assessments in the Charles Wilcox Center and offering kidney friendly snacks and refreshments. The

National Kidney Foundation is the leading organization in the US dedicated to the awareness, prevention and treatment of kidney disease for

hundreds of thousands of healthcare professionals, millions of patients and tens of millions of Americans at risk. Donations will be collected

by Debbie Burley, Kelly Eldred, Pinky Brice and Maureen Drew. Checks should be made out to the National Kidney Foundation. For

questions about the foundation and its local activities, please contact Kevin Ryan.

Rochester Spring Cleaning

The Records Management Department requests that files, redwelds, binders and boxes that were recalled from Iron Mountain, but are no

longer needed onsite, be returned to Records. The procedure for returning items to Records is:

Contact Records via email to request a pickup.

For individual items (files, redwelds, binders) include the matter number and item description

For example: 1 file M:123456 and 2 redwelds M: 983135 and M: 432312

For boxes, simply list quantity of boxes and the corresponding box number(s)

If you have a high volume of items, Records staff will be glad to assist you with tracking them.

Earth Week

The Green Team will host Earth Week events from Monday, April 22 through Friday, April 26. The

Colbey Technology truck will once again be onsite to collect your used electronics and Iron Mountain

shredding bins will be available for your personal paper shredding. We are also pleased to announce

that a representative from the Monroe County Department of Environmental Services, Solid Waste

Division will be speaking on the ecopark and recycling in Monroe County at the quarterly meeting.

The annual Earth Week Collections Competition will run Thursday, April 18 to Thursday, April 25.
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Team assignments will be announced in March. Below is a list of organizations and items for the

Collections Competition:

Nike Reuse a Shoe old sneakers

Ronald McDonald House soda can tabs

Hillside Childrens Center labels for education

Marys Place - womens clothing, socks, and outerwear

The Fathers Heart mens clothing

Cell Phones for Soldiers cell phones

The Rochester Green Team welcomes any ideas regarding our sustainability efforts! Email your suggestions to

[email protected].

2013 Flower City Challenge

Training season is underway for the Flower City Challenge! As we were last year, Harris Beach will be

the volunteer sponsor for the Flower City Challenge on April 27-28. Join the Harris Beach team either

as an athlete or volunteer for this terrific weekend celebrating Rochester and supporting two of our

firms largest clients, Unity Health System and Chobani. We would like team captains/co-captains for

each event, so please volunteer!

On Saturday, April 27, there are two events: a duathlon 5K run/20 mile bike/5K run and a

triathlon: 5K run/20 mile bike/3 mile Kayak paddle. There is also the option of doing these as a

relay team.

On Sunday, April 28 there is the Unity Health System Rochester City Half Marathon (13.1

miles) and the Wegmans Family 5K run or walk.

Volunteers are always welcome and will be able to wear the Harris Beach volunteer shirt as you cheer

on the members of the Harris Beach team our competitors last year said it gave them such a boost to

see a volunteer member of the HB family cheering them on along the way. View complete details and

registration at: www.flowercitychallenge.com

Participants will need to register on their own and pay the entrance fee through the web site above. Once you have registered, let Danielle

Savino know the event you will be participating in so we can track our Harris Beach participants and prepare a Harris Beach team technical

shirt and water bottle you can use during the Challenge. Also, please let Danielle know if you are interested in being a team captain/co-

captain. We will provide periodic updates on team members through NewsVine until the event.

Let Hilary Guthrie or Chris Jagel know if you have questions. Hilary and Chris will be running in the half marathon on Sunday followed

by eating lots of Chobani and hopefully not a visit to Unity.

Book Drive for The Boys and Girls Club of Rochester

The Book Drive was a success! Thank you to all who donated books, money and gift cards.


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A special thank you to our Book Sort volunteers: Jim Beyer, Courtney Fay, Debbie Burley,Jean Lamicela, Karen Trost and Kevin

Tompsett, and to Bill Albert for organizing the book sort. We collected hundreds of accelerated reader books. The books that did not

qualify for the AR program will be used as book prizes at TBGC or will be donated to area womens shelters or other charities identified

by CIC.

Thank you for your generous monetary contributions and your support of these collection efforts!

Opportunities for Attorneys to be Reading Mentors

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Rochester needs professional volunteers to assist with its reading program. The program typically runs from 3:00

p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday at the main campus, 500 Genesee Street. Harris Beach is actively soliciting attorneys interested in

volunteering on a weekly or monthly basis. How and to what extent we volunteer will depend on the number of attorney volunteers we

have. We envision selecting a day of the week or one day a month and rotating attorneys through shifts. The time commitment will not be

demanding and we will structure the schedule flexibly. If you are interested (in volunteering or learning more about the program), please

contact Heidi Gregory. FYI Phil Spellane and VV Thiagarajan are current reading mentors! Feel free to talk to them directly with

questions or concerns. This is a very rewarding program.


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SYRACUSE

VLP Honor Roll

The Onondaga County Bar Association announced the VLP Honor Roll from October 2012 through January 2013. On that list were Harris

Beach attorneys and paralegals: Tim Frateschi, Kelly Griffith, Steven Marshall, Tony Marshall, Dave Martin, Don Martin, Molly

McElroy, Jim Muldoon and Kim Purdy.

Caseys Place Fundraiser

Dave Capriotti and his wife, Valerie, hosted a fundraiser for Caseys Place, a respite for parents whose children have developmental

disabilities. Funds were raised for Alexs Moonlight Room, a new multisensory room at Caseys Place.
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