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Dinse Obtains Favorable Settlement in Administrative Action on Behalf of National Medical Services Provider
Linda Cohen and Scott Fewell lead a team in successfully resolving an administrative proceeding brought by BISCHA against a large out-of-state medical services provider.
Dinse Obtains Summary Judgment in Higher Education Case
Jeff Nolan and Sophie Zdatny obtained summary judgment on behalf of an institution of higher education in a suit brought by a student over its disciplinary process.
Cohen to Conduct Trainings for the Vermont Health Care Association
Linda Cohen of the Healthcare Practice Group will be conducting two trainings for the Vermont Health Care Association. Both trainings will be on a new independent review and appeal mechanism, passed as part of the Affordable Care Act, for deficiencies found at nursing facilities by the Department of Aging and Independent Living as a result of their survey process. The first training will be for members of the Independent Informal Dispute Resolution panel who will be conducting the review. The second training will be for nursing home professionals who might appear before the panel to appeal future surveys. For a copy of the presentation, click here.
For more information, please contact Linda Cohen at lcohen@dinse.com or at (802) 859-7011.
Cole Teaches Online Course for the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA)
December 14, 2011. Leigh Cole taught an online course for the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA) on immigration law for colleges and universities, with fellow NACUA member Michael Pfahl, Associate Counsel at Kent State University. The course was designed for attorneys, paralegals and international education professionals seeking a foundational understanding of immigration for students and scholars and employment-based immigration on campus. The course was presented in November and December.
Nolan Speaks at National Employment Law Conference
On November 18, 2011, Jeff Nolan co-presented a session at the Advanced Employment Issues Symposium in Las Vegas, NV. Jeff’s portion of the session, titled “Handling Unique ADA Issues,” focused on employee mental health issues, and on strategies for addressing employee misconduct that is caused by a disability. Jeff also participated in a panel discussion of current ADA and FMLA issues.
Nolan Presents on Campus Threat Assessment Issues at National Symposium
On November 11, 2011, Jeff Nolan presented a seminar at the ACPA’s Senior Student Affairs Officer Symposium in Washington D.C. The seminar, titled “Campus Threat Assessment and Management in 2011: What You Need to Know Now.” Jeff’s comments addressed current standards of care and best practices for developing campus threat assessment teams, and also covered recent issues related to revisions in the standards to be applied where a student may present a threat to him or herself.
Nolan Presenting at Title IX Compliance Conferences
On November 9 and 10, 2011 in Philadelphia, Jeff Nolan of Dinse’s Higher Education Practice Group will be presenting at the second of several conferences on “Navigating Legal Issues Under OCR’s 2011 Dear Colleague Letter.”. The conference focuses on what colleges and universities need to know to handle sexual harassment and sexual violence issues on campus, in light of recent guidance from the U.S. Department of Education. The curriculum, which was first presented in Boston on September 20 and 21, was co-developed and co-presented by DKM and Margolis, Healy & Associates. More information regarding registration for the Philadelphia conference is available at: http://www.margolis-healy.com/index.php/seminars/detail/title_ix_compliance_seminars/.
Best Lawyers Recognizes Sixteen Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew Attorneys
Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew announces that sixteen of its attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 (Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.) in sixteen different practice areas. First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an annual peer-review survey in which more than 41,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.9 million votes on the legal abilities of other attorneys in their practice areas.
The practice areas and the attorney(s) listed in each area are as follows:
- Commercial Litigation: Ritchie Berger, Samuel Hoar, Jr., Karen McAndrew
- Corporate Law: Jeffrey McMahan, Brian Murphy
- Employment Law – Management: Robert McKearin, Jeffrey Nolan,
- Amy McLaughlin
- Healthcare Law: Spencer Knapp
- Immigration Law: Leigh Cole
- Insurance Law: Barbara Cory
- Litigation – Environmental: Samuel Hoar, Jr.
- Litigation – Intellectual Property: Shapleigh Smith, Jr.
- Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants: Ritchie Berger
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law: Spencer Knapp, Brian Murphy
- Non-Profit/Charities Law: Brian Murphy
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants: Ritchie Berger, Karen
- McAndrew, John Monahan
- Real Estate Law: Austin Hart, Molly Lebowitz
- Tax Law: Mark Langan
- Technology Law: Jeffrey McMahan
- Trusts and Estates: Mark Langan
Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C., with offices in Burlington, Vermont and Plattsburgh, New York, is one of the oldest and largest law firms serving Vermont and the Adirondack Region of upstate New York. For over 90 years, the firm has served its clients in important cases, transactions and legal developments.
Dinse Lawyers Named to Super Lawyers Top 50 Women Attorneys in New England
Dinse is pleased to announce that Karen McAndrew and Molly Lebowitz have been included by Super Lawyers in the Top 50 Women Attorneys in New England. Karen is senior litigation counsel at Dinse focusing on Complex Litigation and Higher Education Law. Molly is head of the commercial real estate practice at the firm.