CCM Workshop: So Now You’re a Municipal Attorney

Workshop:

So Now You're a Municipal Attorney:
Introduction to the Municipal Attorney's Role in Connecticut

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February 5, 2010
Berlin, CT
9:00 am – 1:00 pm, Registration 8:30 am

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Now that you've been appointed as municipal attorney,

Special Welcome by
Richard Blumenthal
Connecticut State Attorney General

you may not have much time to learn the nuances and particulars that will make you an effective municipal attorney.

Fortunately, CAMA and CCM have a proven educational program designed especially for newly appointed municipal attorneys which will help you get up-to-speed fast.

Participants at this workshop will:

Hear from veteran municipal attorneys about the role of the municipal attorney in Connecticut.
Get essential information on major legal issues municipal attorneys face.
Network with other municipal attorneys.

Plus much more!

PROGRAM Welcome
Richard Blumenthal
CT State Attorney General

Introduction and Overview
Jack Bradley
Rome McGuigan, P.C.

So now you’re a municipal attorney

Municipal powers - Can you do it?
Municipal attorney as administrator
Resolutions, ordinances and charter issues.

John Gorman
Associate City Attorney, Meriden

Lana Glovach
Murtha Cullina

Who Is Your Client? Ethical Considerations

Michael N. LaVelle
Pullman & Comley, LLC

Patrick Alair
Deputy Corporation Counsel
West Hartford

Freedom of Information Act - Avoiding Pitfalls

John Bennet
Gould, Larson, Bennet, Wells & McDonnell, P.C.

Finance and Budget Issues

Kenneth Povodator
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Stamford

Edward O’Connell
Waller, Smith & Palmer, P.C.

Land Use

Blight
Adult Entertainment
Intermunicipal Agreements

Gail E. McTaggart
Secor, Cassidy & McPartland

WHERE Hawthorne Inn
2421 Berlin Turnpike
Berlin, CT 06037
(860) 8283571 COST per attendee CAMA/CCM Members - $45, Non-Member Municipalities - $70

This workshop is open to CCM Member Municipalities only.

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So Now You’re a Municipal Attorney - CAMA/CCM Members - $45, Non-Member Municipalities - $70

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By submitting your on-line registration, you will be immediately registered. Payment is expected prior to workshop date. You will automatically be sent a registration confirmation form.

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For more information, or to register, call the CCM Training hotlines at (203) 498-3018 at any time or call (203) 498-3000 during business hours.

DIRECTIONS

From Hartford:
Follow 91 South to Exit 22 North toward New Britain. Then take another Exit 22 (Rt. 15 South). Take a right at the end of the ramp, and at the next light, take another right. At the next light, take a left and bear right onto the Berlin Turnpike (Rt. 15 South). The Hawthorne will be about 2 miles on the left hand side.

From New Haven:
Follow 91 North to Exit 17. Stay in the left lane and follow signs for the Berlin Turnpike (Rt. 15). The Hawthorne will be about 5 miles on the right hand side.
Or:
Take the Wilbur Cross Parkway (Rt. 15) all the way, and once you reach Meriden, the Hawthorne will be about 4 miles on the right hand side.

From Waterbury:
Take 84 East to 691 East. Take Exit 8 off 691, take a right off the ramp and the Hawthorne will be about 4 miles on the right hand side.

From Old Saybrook and Middletown:
Take Rt. 9 North toward New Britain to Exit 22. At the end of the ramp take a right. Then at the next light take another right. At the next light take a left and bear right onto the Berlin Turnpike (Rt. 15 South). The Hawthorne will be 2 miles on the left hand side.

Connecticut Conference of Municipalities
900 Chapel Street, 9th Floor
New Haven, CT 06510
Phone: (203) 498-3000
Fax: (203) 562-6314