Seminars
Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP provides continuing education to its lawyers and clients. The Firm sponsors client seminars on topics of interest to the healthcare and insurance industry, risk management and hospital administration and to employers on issues related to employment and labor law. In order for our clients to maximize the benefits of their attendance at MCB seminars, when possible, the Firm obtains professional continuing education accreditation for these seminars.
By continually monitoring the trends in the industry, MCB is able to provide clients with the latest information, law and technology to deal more successfully with emerging trends. MCB also conducts in-house presentations, seminars and mock trials for its clients.
Upcoming Events
SAVE THE DATE: April 23, 2015
"The Approach to Opposing Experts"
This MCB webinar will be presented by John L.A. Lyddane, Rosaleen T. McCrory, and John J. Barbera. The program is approved for 3 NY CLE Credits. This program is available via webinar only. To register, contact:
Courtney Scott
Marketing Coordinator
(212) 471-1235
Past Seminars
Employment & Labor Webinar
Monday, February 23, 2015
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Presented by: Greg Reilly & Adam Guttell
Cutting-Edge Workplace Issues - Employment & Labor Webinar
Monday, November 17, 2014
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Presented by: Greg Reilly
Professional Responsibility for Litigators: The Hot Topics in 2014
Thursday, October 23, 2014
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
The Westin Grand Central
Presented by: John L.A. Lyddane, Greg Reilly, Anthony E. Davis
How to Prepare a Case with the Court’s Charge in Mind
Thursday, April 10, 2014
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
The Westin Grand Central
Presented by: John L.A. Lyddane, Rosaleen T. McCrory, Michael A. Sonkin
Defending the Ophthalmologist in a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
American Academy of Ophthalmology 2013 Conference
New Orleans, LA
November 19, 2013
Senior Partners, Kenneth R. Larywon and Thomas A. Mobilia
Strategies for Maintaining, Settling and Disposing of Medical Malpractice Claims in a Safety Net Institution
Northeast Conference on Public Administration
November 2, 2013
Location: University of Delaware
Presented by: Kenneth R. Larywon
Trial Practice: After the Verdict - NYC CLE
Sponsored by: New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers
October 23, 2013 - October 24, 2013
Location: 485 Lexington Avenue, 22nd Floor
Partner Barbara D. Goldberg was a speaker at the New York Academy of Trial Lawyers CLE Program.
MCB Fall CLE: Recent Developments in the Defense of High Exposure Negligence Claims
Thursday, Octonber 3, 2013; 8:30 a.m. registration; 9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. program
Presented by Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP
Speakers: John L.A. Lyddane, Jeff Lawton, Nancy J. Block and Barbara D. Goldberg.
MCB Spring CLE: Narrowing the Focus of Exposure of Personal Injury Litigation
Thursday, April 25, 2013; 8:30 a.m. registration; 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. program
Westin New York Grand Central (formerly the Helmsley Hotel) - 212 East 42nd Street
Presented by Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP
Partners John L.A. Lyddane, Rosaleen T. McCrory, Michael F. Lynch and Barbara D. Goldberg.
MCB's Fall Ethics CLE Program
Thursday, October 25, 2012; 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Westin Grand Central ~ 212 East 42nd Street (formerly the Helmsley Hotel)
Presented by: MCB senior partners John L.A. Lyddane and Nancy J. Block as well as Anthony E. Davis of Hinshawa & Culbertson LLP. It is accreddited for 4 New York State CLE credits.
The Role of Non-Party Treating Physicians in the Defense of Personal Injury Claims
Thursday, October 20, 2011; 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Helmsley Hotel, Knickerbocker ABC
Presented by Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP
MCB Senior Partners John L.A. Lyddane, Michael F. Lynch and Michael A. Sonkin
MCB Spring CLE: The Evaluation of Damages Exposure in Cases of Catastrophic Injury
Thursday, May 12, 2011; 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 a.m.
New York Helmsley Hotel
Presented by Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP
Essentials of Employment Law: Summer Update
Wednesday, June 8, 2011; 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.; Hilton Manhattan East
Presented by Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP
Experts: From Retention to Trial
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
St. John's University, Manhattan Campus
Sponsored by: New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers
Senior Partner Bruce G. Habian
2010: ICJR Miami: Advances in Trauma and Arthroplasty
December 1 - 3, 2010
Bitmore Hotel, Florida
Sponsored by: The International Congress for Joing Reconstruction
Presented by: Senior Partner Sean F. X. Dugan
Legal Ethics in Litigation: 2010 Update
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Helmsley Hotel - Knickerbocker ABC
Sponsored by: Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP
Presented by: MCB Senior Partner John L.A. Lyddane and Anthony E. Davis of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP.
9th Annual Advanced Forum on Preventing, Managing and Defending Claims of Obstetric Malpractice
June 22 - 23, 2010
The Union League - Philadelphia, P.A.
Sponsored by: The American Conference Institute
Presented by: Senior Partner Bruce G. Habian
PIAA Data Sharing Project: An Examination from the Perspective of Claims, Risk Management and Defense Counsel
May 12 - 15, 2010
Chicago, IL
Sponsored by: The Physician Insurers Association of America
Presented by: Senior Partner Sean F.X. Dugan
Meet the Justices of the Appellate Division Second Department
May 18, 2010; 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Appellate Division, Second Department - 45 Munroe Place, Brooklyn, NY
Sponsored by: The New York State Bar Association
Essentials of the NEW Healthcare Reform Act
Wednesday, June 9, 2010; 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP, 13th Floor Conference Room
Sponsored by: The Employment and Labor Group of Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP
Spring CLE: Expert Witnesses
Thursday, May 13, 2010
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Breakfast will be served starting at 8:30 a.m.)
Helmsley Hotel - Knickerbocker ABC
Sponsored by: Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP
Expert Testimony: Recent Developments & Practical Solutions to Common Practice Problems
Wednesday, October 28, 2009; 6:00 a.m. - 8:45 p.m.
Presented by New York City Bar
Faculty Presented: Senior Partner Bruce G. Habian
Fall CLE Program: Critical Documentation Issues in Litigation
Thursday, October 29, 2009; 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
New York Helmsley Hotel
Presented by Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP
Anthony M. Sola and John L.A. Lyddane
Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company: Risk Management Seminar
Friday, October 30, 2009; 10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Syracuse, NY
Presented by Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company
Speaker: Senior Partner Joseph L. DeMarzo
Representing Licensed Professional Before the Office of Professional Medical Conduct and the Office of Professional Discipline
November 5, 2009
New Yorker Hotel - New York City
Presented by: New York State Bar Association
Speaker: Kenneth R. Larywon, Peter T. Crean, Joseph L. DeMarzo
The Best of the Big Apple: OBGYN Ultrasound 2009
October 11 - 13, 2009
The Marriott Marquis, New York, NY
Presented by World Class CME
Speaker: Senior Partner Bruce G. Habian
Essentials of Today's Hot Employment Law Issues
June 24, 2009 - 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Continental Breakfast will be served at 8:30 a.m.)
Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP - 220 East 42nd Street, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10017
Dangerous Liaisons-- What you need to know about Vicarious Liability
Thursday, May 28, 2009; 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
New York Helmsley Hotel
Presented by Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP
Forum on Obstetric Malpractice
February 23 - 25, 2009
Philadelphia, PA
Presented by IQPC
Expert Panelist: Senior Partner Bruce G. Habian
Litigation Ethics: 2008 Update
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Helmsley Hotel - New York, NY
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Presented by Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP
Speakers: Senior Partner John L.A. Lyddane and ethics specialist Anthony Davis from Hinshaw Culbertson LLP.
Obstetrical Liability: Creating the Successful Defense
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 - 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
New York Helmsley Hotel - Knickerbocker Suites ABC
Presented by Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP
Speakers: Senior partners John L.A. Lyddane and Bruce G. Habian
Medical Malpractice
Thursday, May 1, 2008 - 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. and Thursday, May 8, 2008 - 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Pace University
Presented by Pace University Center for Continuing Legal Education
Presenter: Senior Partner Jeff Lawton
MCB Partner Presents Lead Poisoning Seminar
November 2, 2007
Sponsored by: New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation and Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center Department of Pediatrics
Speaker: William P. Brady
MCB Fall CLE Program: The Role of the Defendant at Trial
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Helmsley Hotel ~ Knickerbocker Suites A, B & C
Presented by Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP
Speakers: Bruce G. Habian and John L.A. Lyddane
MCB Winter CLE: The Evaluation of Damages Exposure
Thursday, January 25, 2007- 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Helmsley Hotel- New York, NY
Presented by: Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP
Spealkers: John L.A. Lyddane & Anthony M. Sola
MCB Fall Ethics CLE: Ethics in the context of Medical Malpractice Defense: 2006 Update
Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Grand Central Hyatt - New York, NY
Presented by: Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP
Speakers: MCB Senior PartnerJohn L.A. Lyddane of Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP and Anthony E. Davis and Hal R. Lieberman of Hinshaw & Culberton LLP.
The Value of Organized Mentoring to the Trial Lawyer
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Cooperstown, NY
Presented by: New York State Bar Association
Speaker: MCB Partner John L.A. Lyddane
5th Advanced National Forum on Preventing, Managing and Defending Claims of Obstetric Malpractice
Tuesday, June 20, 2006 - Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Philadelphia, PA (Park Hyatt Philadelphia)
Presented by the American Conference Institute
Speaker: MCB Partner Bruce G. Habian
Representing Physicians and Other Health Care Practicioners in the Professional Disciplinary Process (CLE)
Friday, April 7, 2006
Hilton Huntington - Melville, NY
Presented by the New York State Bar Association
Speakers: Kenneth R. Larywon and Joseph L. DeMarzo
MCB Spring CLE: The Erb's Palsy Case: Its Prevention, Evaluation and Defense"
Thursday, April 14, 2005
Helmsley Hotel - New York, NY
Presented by: Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP
Speakers: Partners Bruce G. Habian and John L.A. Lyddane
Representing Physicians and Other Health Care Practicioners in the Professional Disciplinary Process
Friday, April 28, 2006
The New Yorker Hotel - New York, NY
Presented by the New York State Bar Association
Speakers: Kenneth R. Larywon and Peter T. Crean
Can The Delivery Team be Defended? 3rd Obstetric Malrapctice Conference
November 9 - 11, 2009
Chicago, Illinois
Presented by IQPC
Senior Partner Bruce Habian
Representing Licensed Professional Before the Office of Professional Medical Conduct and the Office of Professional Discipline
December 3, 2009
Melville Marriott - Melville, NY
Presented by: New York State Bar Association
Speakers: Kenneth R. Larywon, Peter T. Crean, Joseph L. DeMarzo
Bridge the Gap Weekend: So You are Going To Court...Now What Do you Do?
December 5, 2009; 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Sponsored by Pace Law School, Center for Continuing Education
Speaker: Senior Partner Jeff Lawton
Brain Injury and Brain Death: Concepts and Definitions in Practice
Wednesday, April 28; 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Pace Law School - Noot Courtroom, Law Library (Live/Webcast)
Sponsored by: Pace Law School, Center for Coninuing Legal Education
Senior Partner Jeff Lawton
Essentials of Employment Law for the New Year
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
9:00a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Sponsored by: Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP
What New Jersey Attorneys Need to Know
Saturday, October 23, 2010; 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Saddle Brook, NJ
Sponsored by: New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education
Essentials of Employment Law: What You Need to Know Now
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Hilton Manhattan East New York, NY (42nd Street between 1st and 2nd Avenue)
