Bill Singer > Speaking Engagements

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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