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Friday November 9
2018
 Advanced CLARO Training - Part 1 Amending the Answer, Person Jurisdiction, Orders to Show Cause to Vacate Default Judgments, Discovery

A more in-depth examination of issues that frequently arise in the context of CLARO consultations:  amending the answer; analyzing an affidavit of service and preparing a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction; examining a court file and preparing an affidavit in support of an order to show cause to vacate a default judgment; and preparing discovery demands and responding to notices to admit and interrogatories.

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  • When
    Friday, November 9, 2018
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • Location
    Legal Services NYC - Central
    40 Worth St., 6th floor
    New York, NY 10013
  • CLE Credits
    Areas of Professional Practice: 2.00
  • Format
    Traditional Live Classroom
  • Practice Area(s)
    Housing
    Legal Practice
    Practice Skills
  • Price: $0
  • Materials
    Contains 1 training item(s)

About the Faculty

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    Dora Galacatos (Speaker)

    Senior Counsel to the Feerick Center, is a Fordham Law alumna (1996), with experience working in city government, the not-for-profit sector, and legal services for low-income individuals. Prior to coming to Law School, Dora worked for the New York City Department of Juvenile Justice and the New York City for Mayor's Office of Drug Abuse Policy from 1989 to 1993, where she focused on program development, program evaluation, and policy analysis. As part of a Skadden Fellowship (1997-98), Dora helped establish a family day care network at Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation, in Washington Heights, Manhattan. Dora had served as Staff Director to the New York City Family Homelessness Special Master Panel, working alongside John Feerick. Dora also served as a law clerk to the late-Honorable Milton Pollack (1996-97) and, more recently, to the Honorable Paul A. Crotty (2005-2006), both District Judges in the Southern District of New York. Dora is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where she received her Bachelor of Arts in History (1987), and the New School for Social Research, where she was a Kaplan M. Fellow and received a Master of Science in Urban Policy (1993).
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    Shanna Tallarico (Speaker)

    Shanna Tallarico is a Supervising Attorney with the New York Legal Assistance Group’s (NYLAG) Consumer Protection Unit (CPU) serving clients facing an array of consumer-related legal challenges. As an attorney for NYLAG’s Consumer Protection Project, Shanna represents vulnerable New Yorkers by fighting fraud, predatory lending, and illegal debt collection practices. Shanna advocates on behalf of clients who are facing identity theft, debt collection scams, credit reporting errors, subprime loan conditions, and other personal financial crises. Shanna serves as a project attorney for the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs Office of Financial Empowerment (“OFE”) project. Through this program, she provides legal advice and guidance to OFE financial counselors, and assists clients with consumer financial issues with a particular focus on student debt. Shanna spearheaded Volunteer Lawyer for a Day (“VLFD”) – Consumer Credit Project in the Bronx, Queens and Richmond Counties, a high impact program sanctioned by the New York Office of Court Administration. The VLFD program is housed in the county courthouses and provides free limited-scope representation to thousands of unrepresented consumer-litigants in New York City. She also performs bankruptcy-related work through CPU’s Bankruptcy Project. Through this project, Shanna provides advice and pro se assistance for people exploring bankruptcy as an option for dealing with debt, and provides full representation on our client’s bankruptcy cases. Shanna conducts trainings for attorneys and advocates on consumer debt matters including trainings coordinated by National Consumer Law Center, New York State Courts Access to Justice, Bridge-the-Gap Consumer Debt CLE Program, NYC Department of Consumer Affairs Office of Financial Empowerment, the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund, The Capitol Forum, and Legal Services NYC as well as asked to present at consumer advocacy meetings, and participate on panel discussions addressing consumer law topics. Shanna focuses her litigation work on issues related to auto-fraud, private student loans, and affirmative consumer claims.
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    Sidney Cherubin (Speaker)

    SIDNEY CHERUBIN, ESQ. is the Director of Legal Services of the Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project. . As Director of Legal Services of the VLP, Sidney supervises the Family Law, Bankruptcy, Guardianship, Matrimonial, Elder Law/Estate Planning and Consumer Debt practice. Sidney oversees and supervises the Kings County Civil Court CLARO Project. He is an active member of the Civil Law Advice and Referral Office (CLARO) Council, the NYC Bar's Civil Court Committee, the Brooklyn Bar Association Pro Bono Committee, Brooklyn Bar Association Judiciary Committee and the Brooklyn Bar Association Foundation Law Committee.