Local Government Law

NJ Specific

Ensuring Local Governments Comply With the Law - New Jersey Guide

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
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5 hours 50 minutes
Joshua Zielinski
Harold Moeller
Andrew Fede
With Joshua A. Zielinski from O'Toole Scrivo A Limited Liability Company + 2 others
Recorded December 04, 2024
Product ID 99753

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Overview

Adeptly Handle Governmental Legal Matters

Are you up to speed on local government law? Examine the disputes and challenges municipalities are currently faced with and listen as experienced faculty share their strategies and techniques for dealing with them. Get the information you need to prevent and resolve government problems - register today!

  • Stay up to date on developing cases and legal issues in government law.
  • Ensure compliance with public records access and retention laws.
  • When do open meeting laws apply? Find out what situations and email communications constitute a public meeting.
  • Explore ways to prevent and resolve public contract disputes and bidding protests.
  • Avoid employment disputes: know what personnel policies municipalities should and shouldn't have.
  • Examine the ethical considerations involved in public disclosure of government actions.
  • Discuss the current challenges facing budget committees and the legalities surrounding creative cuts and allocations.
  • Know the laws regarding government immunity and employee protections from costly lawsuits.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Open Meeting Laws
  2. Public Records Issues
  3. Human Resources Issues
  4. Budgets and Local Government Legalities
  5. Public Contracts and Procurement
  6. A Current Look at Government Immunity
  7. Ethics
Product ID 99753

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
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CLE

Agenda

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  1. Open Meeting Laws

    1. Overview of the Law and to Whom It Applies
    2. Required Content of Meeting Notices
    3. Exceptions to the Rule
    4. Email Communications
  2. Public Records Issues

    1. The Public's Right to Access Records - and Exceptions to the Rule
    2. The Law Regarding Retention, Maintenance, and Disposing of Public Records
    3. Issues With Electronic Records Retention
    4. Developing a Public Records Policy
  3. Human Resources Issues

    1. New Developments in Employment Law
    2. Conducting Successful Employee Investigations
    3. Protecting Your Employees' Privacy Rights
    4. Improving Your Personnel Policies
  4. Budgets and Local Government Legalities

  5. Public Contracts and Procurement

    1. Bidding Requirements and Processes
    2. Procedures for Payment
    3. Bid Protest Procedures
    4. How to Prevent Common Contract Disputes
    5. How to Resolve Common Contract Disputes
  6. A Current Look at Government Immunity

    1. Overview of §1983 Litigation
    2. Types of Immunities
    3. Common Causes of Action
    4. Popular and Effective Defenses
    5. The Latest Evidentiary Considerations
  7. Ethics

    1. Privileged vs. Public Communications
    2. Conflicts of Interest
    3. Whistleblowing: Duty to Report?
    4. Representing Clients After Public Service

Who Should Attend

This basic level online seminar is designed for:

  • Attorneys
  • Government Officials
  • Paralegals

Speakers

Joshua A Zielinski
Joshua A.
Zielinski
O'Toole Scrivo A Limited Liability Company
Harold C Moeller
Harold C.
Moeller
Law Office of Harold Moeller
Andrew T Fede
Andrew T.
Fede
Archer & Greiner, P.C.
Speaker bio
Joshua A Zielinski

Joshua A. Zielinski

O'Toole Scrivo A Limited Liability Company
Joshua Zielinski

is a partner with O'Toole Scrivo A Limited Liability Company, he has a wide range of trial and appellate experience, having successfully tried jury and non-jury trials to verdict or judgment. Mr. Zielinski's practice includes the litigation of complex commercial disputes in federal and state courts throughout the United States involving limited liability companies, partnership disputes, corporate governance, dissolution of partnerships and limited liability companies, breach of fiduciary duties, the priority of security interests, and breach of contract. He has experience litigating varied real-estate related claims, including mortgage-backed securities, mortgage put-back claims, the priority of mortgages, redevelopment projects, and the dissolution of businesses owning real estate. Mr. Zielinski also possesses extensive experience representing public entities and clients before public entities. Mr. Zielinski has also served as special counsel for the Township of West Caldwell, Hillside Township, Rockaway Township, and the Mayor of Trenton. He has also served as a court-appointed Receiver. Mr. Zielinski regularly appears before planning boards, zoning boards, and other governmental entities on behalf of his clients. He has successfully guided clients through New Jersey's byzantine approval process and is well-versed in New Jersey's redevelopment law and the redevelopment process. Mr. Zielinski is a contributing author to the New Jersey Local Government Deskbook. He earned his B.A. degree, cum laude, from Alfred University; and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Syracuse University College of Law. Mr. Zielinski is a member of the American Bar Association and the Essex County Bar Association. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York; and before the U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Speaker bio
Harold C Moeller

Harold C. Moeller

Law Office of Harold Moeller
Harold Moeller

has worked in public sector procurement and contract management for the past 25 years. He recently retired from his role as program administrator (procurement) with Rutgers University Health Care, where he managed a series of 50 ancillary services contracts valued at $170 million annually in support of the university's agreements to provide medical, mental health and dental services to inmates and residents of the state's correctional facilities. Mr. Moeller's continuing private practice of law at Law Office of Harold Moeller includes gaining access to electronic medical records to review petitions for guardianships. He received his M.P.A. degree from California State University at Long Beach and his J.D. degree from City University of New York School of Law. Mr. Moeller is admitted to practice law in New Jersey and New York, and holds certification as a certified professional contract manager (lifetime) from the National Contract Management Association. He has taught procurement and contract management courses as an adjunct faculty member in the M.P.A. programs at Troy University, Old Dominion University and Rutgers-Newark.

Speaker bio
Andrew T Fede

Andrew T. Fede

Archer & Greiner, P.C.
Andrew Fede

is a partner with Archer & Greiner, P.C., where he has more than 36 years of legal experience in practice areas including appellate litigation, commercial and governmental civil litigation, local government law, zoning and planning, labor and employment, employment and other forms of discrimination, probate law, real estate law, real estate tax appeals, and constitutional law. He has served as the attorney for the Boroughs of Bogota, Maywood, and Norwood; and as the attorney for the Township of Mahwah. Mr. Fede has been the planning board attorney, zoning board attorney, library board attorney, and special counsel in six other New Jersey municipalities. He is a certified mediator in the New Jersey Superior Court Mediation Program for civil, general equity, and probate cases; served as an arbitrator in the Bergen County Superior Court Contract/Commercial Arbitration Program; and has been appointed by several superior court judges to serve in cases as mediator, arbitrator, special master, and condemnation commissioner. Mr. Fede is an adjunct professor in the Department of Political Science and Law at Montclair State University and is the author of three books and many articles on legal topics. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey and before the New Jersey Supreme Court where he has argued five times. Mr. Fede earned his B.A. degree from Montclair State and his J.D. degree from Rutgers University School of Law.

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