Bill Singer > Speaking Engagements
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- 09.21.2024 Presentation of Singer Lifetime Achievement Award to Union County Commissioner Rebecca Williams at annual Rise Up LGBTQ+ event, Galloping Hills Golf Course, Kenilworth, NJ
- 06.25.2024 Speaker / trainer at clinic on name change applications hosted by Legal Services of New Jersey
- 06.18.2024 Speaker at Pride event at Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton, NJ
- 06.11.2024 Speaker at panel "We Say Gay" The Impact of Policy and Laws Creating Safe, Inclusive and Welcoming Spaces for LGBTQ+ People sponsored by the Social Justice Commission of Union County, Rahway, NJ
- 05.16.2024 Speaker on "Non-Traditional Families - Expanding the Notion of Family" at New Jersey State Bar Annual Meeting, Atlantic City, NJ
- 05.16.2024 Speaker at "Prideful Planning" webinar hosted by Citrin Cooperman and Corient Financial Planners
2023
- 12.18.2023 Testify before Senate Commerce Committee on insurance mandate coverage for infertility, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
- 12.14.2023 Webinar on "Estate Planning for LGBTQ+ community", sponsored by Garden State Equality
- 12.14.2023 Testify before Assembly Insurance Committee on insurance mandate coverage for infertility, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
- 10.25.2023 Panelist on Family Law webinar for law students sponsored by National LGBTQ Bar Association
- 10.12.2023 Seminar on "Intersection of ART and Estate Planning," at ABA Family Law Section, Louisville, KY
- 09.16.2023 Speech on "Who is Family" at Rise Up LGBTQ+ Health Conference, Morristown, NJ
- 07.26.2023 Moderator and creator of panel on "Tax Implications in Family Creation" at Lavender Law, National LGBTQ Bar Association, Chicago, IL
- 06.28.2023 Pride month speech at Chiesa, Shahinian & Giatomasi, Roseland, NJ
- 04.28.2023 Speech on per quod emotional distress in modern relationships at New Jersey Association for Justice, Boardwalk Seminar, Atlantic City, NJ
- 04.12.2023 Presentation on status of laws to Queer and Ally Group Hillsborough Township schools, Hillsborough, NJ
- 03.07.2023 "Estate Planning Essentials" speech at Hickory Corner library, East Windsor, NJ
- 02.23.2023 Speech to Outlaws Group about New Jersey legal practice at Rutgers University School of Law Camden, Camden, NJ
- 02.15.2023 Speaker at Pro Bono Awards, New Jersey State Bar Association dinner, New Brunswick, NJ
2022
- 11.17.2022 "The Troubling World of 'What Ifs' for Same-Sex Parents as Marriage Equality is Threatened" at ABA Custody Committee Brown Bag
- 11.14.2022 "Importance of Advance Planning for LGBTQ+ Individuals" Family Law Society at Rutgers Law School, Camden NJ
- 07.14.2022 Talk to Out Proud Employees at NASDAQ "Future of LGBTQ Rights after Dobbs"
- 06.21.2022 Talk to Talk to Chiesa Shahinian & Giatomasi, PC Pride Speaker Series
- 06.07.2022 Talk to NJ League of Conservation Voters for Pride Month
- 06.07.2022 Podcast interview "It May Interest You to Know"
- 03.10.2022 Podcast Interview with SideBar Advisors
- 02.09.2022 Talk to Hillsborough , NJ LGBTQ+ faculty and staff
2021
- 11.11.2021 "Who Gets Your Stuff When You Die?" for Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys webinar
- 10.07.2021 "Confirmatory Adoption" at American Bar Association Family Law Section Meeting at Orlando, Florida
- 06.30.2021 "LGBTQ+ Issues and Cultural Competency" at New Jersey Association for Justice Boardwalk Seminar for Family Lawyers
- 06.23.2021 "Marriage Equality Codification" at Garden State Equality Lobby Day
- 04.14.2021 "Estate Planning Issues for the LGBTQ Community" at Somerset County LGBTQ+ Advisory Board webinar
- 04.08.2021 "Parentage Issues are about Giving Security to our Families" at Justice Virginia Long Inns of Court
- 03.20.2021 "Parentage Issues are about Giving Security to our Families" at LGBTQ Update, Institute of Continuing Legal Education webinar
- 02.25.2021 "Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: Understanding the Difference to Make You a Better Lawyer and Person" at Mid-Winter Seminar of New Jersey Association for Justice Foundation
- 02.15.2021 "The Intersection of Ethics and Diversity" webinar presented by Somerset County Bar Association
- 02.02.2021 "Marriage Equality is not Parental Equality" Instagram Live Chat with Dr. Serena Chen of Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Science
2020
- 10.29.2020 "Tax Aspects of Assisted Reproductive Technology" as part of webinar "Adoption Update and Assisted Reproductive Technology Update"
- 08.13.2020 "Your Decisions Matter Over COVID-19" webinar presented by Garden State Equality and Atlantic Health Systems
- 06.10.2020 "Overview of S3528/A5396 Expanded Adoption Access to LGBTQ Families" presented Institute for Continuing Legal Education webinar
2019
- 10.22.2019 "Are your rights at risk?" presented by Union County Board of Directors and Office of LGBTQ Affairs, Scotch Plains, NJ
- 07.09.2019 Rutgers Club, "Are your rights at risk?", Piscataway, NJ
- 05.13.2019 Princeton PFLAG, "What's new for the LGBTQ community", Princeton, NJ
- 05.10.2019 New Jersey Association for Justice Boardwalk Seminar, "The Flesh and Blood Behind LGBTQ", Atlantic City, NJ
2018
- 11.20.2018 Cultural Competency about transgender and non-binary clients, New Jersey Legal Aid seminar, East Windsor, NJ
- 10.23.2018 LGBTQ History Month panel about women's equality, Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway, NJ
- 10.05.2018 "Why Can't This Child Have Two Mommies and a Daddy?" ABA Family Law Section, Multiple Parent Families and ART, Tucson, AZ
- 09.13.2018 Somerset County Bar Association Installation Dinner, honoring Michael Fedun as incoming President, Raritan Valley Country Club, Bridgewater, NJ
- 08.01.2018 "Issues about Taxes and Escrow under the NJ Gestational Carrier Act", NJ Institute for Continuing Legal Education, New Brunswick, NJ
- 07.17.2018 “Bridging the Gap: Elder LGBT Adults”, Estate Planning for LGBTQ Older Adults, Branchburg, NJ
- 06.29.2018 “Common and Not So Common LGBTQ Legal Relationship Issues", Judiciary Institute for Staff Attorneys, Hughes Justice Complex, Trenton, NJ
- 06.09.2018 “Myths and Truths about Estate Planning”, LGBT Senior Expo, Green Hill, West Orange, NJ
2017
- 10.23.2017 “Assisting Christopher Columbus Develop an Estate Plan", New Jersey State Bar Association Mid-Year Meeting, Madrid, Spain
- 06.21.2017 “Having, Raising and Keeping a Child: Basic Ideas, Increasing Complexity - It's Not as Easy as It Used to be", Kentucky Bar Association Annual Convention, Frankfort, KY
- 03.08.2017 “Understanding LGBT Families in a Swiftly Changing Environment”, Trial Smith, nationally broadcast webinar
- 02.25.2017 “Understanding LGBT Families in a Swiftly Changing Environment", New Jersey Association of Justice, Edison, NJ
- 01.26.2017 “Protecting LGBT Families in a Rapidly Changing Environment”, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
2016
- 10.01.2016 “Adoption Update, LGBT Families and Adult Adoptions", NJICLE, Mount Laurel, NJ
- 09.10.2016 “Adoption Update, LGBT Families and Adult Adoptions", NJICLE, Fairfield, NJ
- 08.04.2016 “LGBTQ Families Beyond Marriage Equality”, Lavender Law Conference of the LGBT Bar, Washington, DC
- 08.04.2016 "Polyamory and the Law", Lavender Law Conference of the LGBT Bar, Washington, DC
- 02.20.2016 “LGBT Update”, New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, NJ
2015
- 12.01.2015 “Fertility Issues and Insurance Coverage for Same-Sex Female Couples”, Schwarz Roounds, St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ
- 10.26.2015 “LGBT Cultural Competency Training”, Mid-Atlantic Association of Court Management, Long Branch, NJ
- 10.23.2015 “How to Create a Network for LGBT Lawyers”, Madrid, Spain
- 08.11.2015 “How the Supreme Court Changed Your Life - Again”, Private client meeting, Piscataway, NJ
- 08.06.2015 “Bisexuality - The Forgotten Letter in LGBT”, LGBT National Bar Lavender Law Conference, Chicago, IL
- 07.24.2015 “Understanding Obergefell - what marriage equality means and does not mean”, Hunterdon Chamber Radio, Flemington, NJ
- 06.10.2015 “Life and Estate Planning Issues”, LGBT Baby Boomers, Florham Park, NJ
- 06.10.2015 Cultural competency training for New Jersey Office of Probation, West Windsor, NJ
- 05.11.2015 “Reflections on a Career”, PFLAG-Princeton, Princeton, NJ
- 03.25.2015 Speaker on LGBT issues at “LGBT Family Building, Everything You Need to Know,” Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, NJ
- 03.14.2015 Speaker, “Domestic Partnerships and Civil Unions”, “Tax and Estate Planning” & “Best Practices when Representing LGBT Individuals” 2015 LGBT Update, Law Center, New Brunswick, NJ
- 01.21.2015 Speaker, “Counseling LGBT Clients in a Swiftly Changing Legal Environment,” Greater Middlesex/Somerset Estate Planning Council, Branchburg, NJ
2014
- 12.04.2014 Speaker, “Counseling LGBT Clients in a Swiftly Changing Legal Environment”, Baltimore Estate Planning Council, Baltimore, MD
- 11.21.2014 Speaker, “Protecting Families: Standards for LGBT Families” for Ethics and LGBT Law, Philadelphia Bar Association, Philadelphia, PA
- 11.03.2014 Speaker, “Living in a Heteronormative World: A Gay Man’s Experience” at Ashe Emeth Memorial Temple, New Brunswick, NJ
- 10.31.2014 Speaker, “Catching Your Breath: Celebrating Year One of Marriage Equality” Call in Conference, Belle Mead, NJ
- 10.23.2014 Speaker at Diversity Training for staff of Administrative Office of the Courts, East Windsor, NJ
- 09.29.2014 Speaker, “Estate Planning in the Pre-Windsor and Post-Windsor World,” conference on Estate and Tax Planning for Same-Sex Couples, Newark, NJ
- 09.22.2014 Moderator, “Potential Conflicts for the Attorney,” conference of American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, Philadelphia, PA
- 09.19.2014 Moderator, “Becoming Visible 2014: Finding a Way” at Cook Student Center, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
- 09.18.2014 Moderator, “Becoming Visible 2014: Finding A Way” at Rutgers University-Camden, Camden, NJ
- 09.23.2014 Moderator, Lavender Law general attendance plenary, “LGBT Youth in Crisis: What Can You as a Lawyer Do?” conference of National LGBT Bar Association, New York, NY
- 08.21.2014 Moderator for panel “Best Practices,” LGBT Family Law Institute, New York, NY
- 06.11.2014 Speaker, “We Are Family” North Jersey Pride, Maplewood, NJ
- 01.27.2014 Speaker, “Estate Planning in Wake of Windsor” LGBT Update, Law Center, New Brunswick, NJ
2013
- 11.10.2013 Moderator, “International ART Law” at conference of American Academy of Assisted Reproductive Attorneys, Charleston, SC
- 10.19.2013 Moderator, “Theory Meets Practice” LGBT Youth Conference, Beasley School of Law, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
- 08.23-24.2013 Speaker, Lavender Law general attendance plenary, “Recent Developments in Relationship Recognition,” conference of National LGBT Bar Association, San Francisco, CA
- 08.01.2013 Speaker at event for clients, “How the Supreme Court Just Changed Your Life,” Livingston College, Piscataway, NJ
- 07.10.2013 Speaker, “LGBT and Real Estate,” Board of Realtors Burlington and Camden Counties, Cherry Hill, NJ
- 04.25-26.2013 Speaker ,“Tiptoe through the Tulips or You Won’t Get No Satisfaction: Drafting Complex ART Contracts Competently & Ethically”, conference of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, San Diego, CA
- 04.03.2013 Speaker, “Symposium on Families and Technology: Reproductive Technology in the Legal and Bioethical Context”, Women’s Rights Law Reporter at Rutgers Law School, Newark, NJ
- 03.20.2013 Keynote Speaker at 8th Annual E. Nathaniel Gates Award Presentation to Deb Guston, Cardozo Law School, New York, NY
2012
- 11.28.2012 Speaker, “Estate Planning for Non-Traditional Families and A Civil Union Update,” Greater Middlesex/Somerset Estate Planning Council, Somerset, NJ
- 10.16.2012 Speaker, “Planning for Non-Traditional Families”, Rutgers University Foundation, New Brunswick, NJ
- 09.12.2012 Speaker, LGBT Family Building Seminar, MakeNJFamily, Clark, NJ
- 08.24.2012 Speaker, “Assisted Reproduction Technology and Ethics”, Lavender Law Conference of National LGBT Bar Association, Washington, D.C.
- 05.16.2012 Speaker, “The Intersection of assisted reproduction technology and the LGBT community”, New Jersey State Bar Association Annual Meeting, Atlantic City, NJ
- 05.02.2012 Moderator at panel on “Hot Topics in Assisted Reproductive Technology at annual conference of American Academy of Adoption Attorneys, Indianapolis, IN
- 04.17.2012 Speaker on LGBT Issues at several forums at Stockton College, Galloway, NJ
- 03.07.2012 Moderator of National Call-In on “Planning or the End of Life” sponsored by National LGBT Bar Association
- 02.25.2012 Speaker at LGBT Update seminar sponsored by New Jersey Institute of Continuing Education on adoption and surrogacy and latest tax developments, New Brunswick, NJ
- 02.08.2012 Speaker on LGBT Issues at dinner hosted by Morgan Stanley/Kate Sweeney for lawyers and accountants, New Brunswick, NJ
2011
- 10.13.2011 Speaker, LGBT family law issues, Albany Law School, Albany, NY
- 09.09.2011 Speaker on “Protecting Families – Standards for LGBT Families", Lavender Law Conference of National LGBT Bar Association, Los Angeles, CA
- 09.08.2011 Speaker on Advanced Surrogacy Issues at LGBT Family Law Institute, Los Angeles, CA
- 05.04.2011 Moderator of two panels on “Surrogacy Contract Drafting” at meeting of American Academy of Assisted Reproduction Attorney in Savannah, GA
- 02.19.2011 Speaker on both Domestic Violence and on Adoption at LGBT Update 2011 sponsored by New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, New Brunswick, NJ
- 02.03.2011 Organizer and moderator on CLE national conference call on “Implications of recent North Carolina Supreme Court decision”
- 01.25.2011 Speaker, “Diversity in Law Practice 2011”, Practicing Law Institute, New York, NY
- 01.12.2011 Speaker on elder law issues for LGBT community, Rutgers School of Social Work, New Brunswick, NJ
2010
- 12.18.2010 Moderator and panelist in CLE national conference call presentation on Cutting Edge Issues in LGBT Adoption and Parentage sponsored by National LGBT Bar Association
- 11.02.2010 Speaker on “Law, Ethics and Assisted Reproductive Technology”, Surrogacy Forum at Rutgers Camden Law School, Camden, NJ
- 10.16.2010 Speaker, “Hot topics in LGBT Family Law”, Gay Activist Alliance of Morris County, NJ
- 09.16.2010 Speaker, "How to Become a Parent”, LGBT law forum held by New Jersey State Bar Association
- 08.27.2010 Moderator on panel on ”Cutting Edge Issues in LGBT Family Law“, Lavender Law Conference in Miami Beach, FL
- 08.26.2010 Speaker at two panels on “Ethics and Assisted Reproductive Technology”, LGBT Family Law Institute, Miami Beach, FL
- 05.20.2010 Speaker at New Jersey State Bar Association panel on LGBT Issues, Atlantic City, NJ