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Speakers

Lorie Dakessian, Philadelphia-based vice chair of Conrad O'Brien's Title IX, due process and college discipline practice, is slated to speak on a panel titled "What Schools Need to Know About the New Title IX: Handling Claims of Sexual Harassment and Assault."

The event is co-sponsored by the New York County Lawyers Association and the Westchester County Bar Association.

The webinar is scheduled to be held from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. Thursday.

It will cover aspects of the new Title IX regulations and how the regulations impact higher education institutions and students, as viewed from varying perspectives and stakeholders.

The panel will also include Kimberly C. Lau, partner and chair of the Title IX/college disciplinary department of Warshaw Burstein; Suzanne Messer, member of Bond, Schoeneck & King; and Catherine Berryman, Title IX coordinator of Hamilton College.

Dakessian represents clients in several practice areas, including complex commercial litigation, white-collar and internal investigations, student and educator misconduct cases, and data privacy matters.

She is a certified information privacy professional.

Prior to joining Conrad O'Brien, Dakessian served for six years in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, managing all aspects of large and complex appellate cases.

She is a graduate of Boston College Law School.

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Jennifer Simpson Carr, director of business development at marketing firm Furia Rubel Communications Inc., is set to present a Legal Marketing Association webinar titled "From Business Case to Launch: Creating a Successful Legal Podcast."

The webinar is scheduled to be held at noon Tuesday and will address how to incorporate podcasting into a legal marketing strategy.

Carr, who is the producer of the On Record PR podcast, will join legal marketing and business development professional Marcie Dickson to present the webinar.

The webinar is free to LMA members and $20 for nonmembers.

The webinar will discuss how to evaluate whether podcasting is the right fit for a law firm or practice group and where to start.

Additionally, Carr and Dickson will discuss considerations when deciding whether to add podcasting to a firm's integrated marketing strategy, building a business case and achieving buy-in, evaluating and choosing software and equipment, and strategies for producing quality content, including attracting and retaining guests.

At Furia Rubel, Carr leads relationship management with prospective, new and existing clients.

Prior to joining Furia Rubel, Carr spent more than 10 years leading business development and marketing communications strategies in-house at Am Law 200 law firms in New York and mid-market law firms throughout the United States.

She assists attorneys, law firms and other professional service providers in obtaining new business.

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Daniel E. Cummins of Cummins Law in Clarks Summit presented, for the second year in a row, a civil litigation update at the Pennsylvania Defense Institute's annual meeting at the Bedford Springs Resort in Bedford Springs.

Cummins provided an update on a variety of cases and trends in the civil litigation context from over the past year and offered practice tips based upon those decisions.

Cummins also provided the audience with tips to improve their appearance on Zoom meetings as well.

Cummins is an insurance defense litigator who focuses his practice in the defense of automobile and trucking accident matters, premises liability cases and products liability matters.

Cummins also provides mediation services through Cummins Mediation Services.

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