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Variety of Legal Issues Discussed at CLE Event Held at the Jackson Center
May 2010 - Speaker, Thomas P. Benson, Managing Director of the Vineyard Group LLC
The Robert H. Jackson Center recently hosted a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Seminar titled “As the World Turns- the Next Decade.” The event, held on Tuesday May 4th, featured speakers, Thomas P. Benson, CPA, CMAP, CVA, CFFA, Managing Director of the Vineyard Group, LLC, Honorable Joseph Gerace, Arthur N. Bailey, Esq. Richard E. Dixon, Chief Financial Officer of Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency, Randall J. Sweeney, Executive Director of the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation, Michael B. Engdahl, JD, CFP ® Professor of Financial Services at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and Honorable Stephen W. Cass.
Seminar sponsors included Buffamante Whipple Buttafaro, P.C., Chautauqua Region Community Foundation, Phillips Lytle LLP, The Robert H. Jackson Center; Chautauqua Abstract Company, The Vineyard Group, LLC, The Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency, West Herr Auto, DFT Communications, The Maytum Company, HSBC Bank, ADKO, Allied Alarm Services, Inc., Cattaraugus County Bar Association, Chautauqua Opportunities, Inc., Edinboro University, Elegant Edibles Catering, Holt Associates, In Hand Sam Process Service, Jamestown Bar Association, Jamestown Business College, Jamestown Chamber of Commerce, Johnson Estate Wines, Manning & Napier, Merritt Estates Winery, Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation, Northern Country Bar Association, Peek ‘n Peak, The Resource Center, Short & Smith Insurance Associates, Town Club, TVGA Consultants and WCA Hospital.
The program was concluded with a luncheon featuring guest speaker, Steve Tasker, former Buffalo Bills special teams player and current Game Analyst for the NFL on CBS.
The program was approved for NYS CLE credit and although it was developed primarily as a continuing legal education seminar for attorneys, the seminar appealed to a cross-disciplinary audience of lawyers, municipal officials, business leaders, bankers, accountants, financial planners, insurance and investment agencies, not-for-profit organizations and their board members.
