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In January 2012, Alan J. Fumuso presented a lecture to the Department of Oral Surgery at Long Island Jewish Hospital. Speaking before both residents and attendings, Mr. Fumuso discussed his recently completed trial successfully representing an Oral Surgeon in Suffolk County, using actual case issues as a teaching tool and demonstration of Risk Management principles

Alan J. Fumuso has once again been chosen as a New York “Super Lawyer” by Super Lawyers Magazine. To achieve this honor, an attorney has to be nominated by his peers, and then go through a screening process by the magazine editorial board. Only 5% of practicing attorneys in New York achieve this designation. Mr. Fumuso will be featured in the September issue of Super Lawyers Magazine, and in the October 2nd issue of the Sunday New York Times Magazine.

Scott G. Christesen will be a member of the panel at the May 24, 2011 New York State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education program offered at the Melville Marriott, entitled ” How To Commence A Civil Lawsuit”. He will speak on the topic of motion practice dealing with procedural and substantive amendments to and dismissal of the pleadings.

In February 2011, Lorraine Berlund Polin and Suzanne LaVoie were guest lecturers at the New York State PeriAnesthesia Nurses Association, Winter Seminar. The seminar was attended by over 125 nurses from the region and was held at Stony Brook University Medical Center on February 5, 2011. Lori and Suzanne were both critical care nurses before attending law school, and Suzanne was a nurse at Stony Brook in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit. The lecture was entitled “Anatomy of a Lawsuit” and also covered “Documentation, a Legal Perspective.”