April 16, 2015
Events & Presentations

Reuben Ortenberg, Esq. will be featured speaker at May 5th CLE - Reflections on Voting Rights Act of 1965

Reuben Ortenberg, Esq. of Woods Oviatt will be a featured speaker at the CLE on May 5th in Jamestown, NY. For more information please read the details below.

Continuing Legal Education Seminar (CLE)

May 5th Spring Continuing Legal Education Seminar:

Reflections on the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Records Retention Practice & Legal Advice
Legal Strategies for Successful Marketing & Development

Tuesday May 5th
8:30 a.m.- 12:45 p.m.
CLE Seminar and luncheon to follow free of charge
Robert H. Jackson Center
305 E. Fourth Street, Jamestown NY

Please click here to download a pdf of the registration form

Register by Friday April 24th to
Mary Keatings, CLE Administrator
Phillips Lytle, LLP
phone (716) 847-5461
fax (716) 852-6100

The seminar will be immediately followed by a luncheon featuring a celebrity sports guest interview by Gregory L. Peterson, co-founder and board member of the Robert H. Jackson Center.

The program is approved for NYS CLE credit for both newly admitted and experienced attorneys for a maximum of 3.0 credit hours. Phillips Lytle LLP, an Accredited Provider of continuing legal education in the State of New York, will handle NYS CLE credit requests. Contact the Robert H. Jackson Center for more information #716-483-6646 or email ejones@roberthjackson.org.

Feature presentation titled: Reflections on the Voting Rights Act of 1965

Reuben Ortenberg, Former Trial Attorney for the US Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division

Reuben Ortenberg is Of Counsel to Woods Oviatt in Rochester. Mr. Ortenberg focuses his practice on zoning, planning and land use law, commercial real estate sales, purchases and leases, and commercial litigation. He frequently appears before zoning and planning boards and engages in Article 78 proceedings and Declatory Judgement actions in connection with land use matters. In addition to private developers, he advises municipalities on zoning procedures and litigation related to zoning and planning issues. After graduating from New York Law School, he spent three years at the United States Justice Department in the Civil Rights division. Mr. Ortenberg was a part of a team of young lawyers who investigated and prosecuted school desegregation, voting rights, and public accommodation cases in Alabama, Georgia and Florida under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.