Art Law: From Murder To Museums - Recent Nazi Looted Art Cases - May 14 2015

Girl With Black Hair by Egon Schiele - Stolen From Fritz Grunbaum

(currently at Oberlin College)

THE NEW ROCHELLE BAR ASSOCIATION

Invites Members to attend a FREE 2 Credit CLE Course

FROM MURDER TO MUSEUMS: Recent Nazi Looted Art Cases

With Speakers:

Hon. Barbara Jaffe
Acting Justice, Supreme Court, 1st Judicial District, New York, NY
Raymond J. Dowd, Esq.
Partner-Dunnington Bartholow & Miller LLP, New York, NY


This free course, which includes lite dinner, is offered ONLY to our current members and is sponsored by NEW ROCHELLE BAR ASSOCIATION

WHERE: Monroe College, GADDY HALL, 380 Main Street, New Rochelle, N.Y.
WHEN: Thursday, May 14, 2015, Registration and Lite Dinner at 5:30 pm; CLE 6 – 8 pm

This 2-credit SKILLS CLE Course is approved as Transitional and Non-Transitional (appropriate for both newly admitted and experienced attorneys).  The NEW ROCHELLE BAR ASSOCIATION is certified by the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board as an Accredited Provider of Continuing Legal Education in the State of New York

EMAIL YOUR RESPONSE to Jeffrey L. Levin, Esq., at jeffrey.levin.law@gmail.com

PLEASE NOTE: SEATING IS STRICTLY LIMITED TO THE FIRST 75 REGISTRANTS.

[NOTE! We will send a confirmation of registration by return email.
  If you do not receive a confirmation you are not registered and will not be admitted.]

NOTE: You will not be admitted if you arrive 10 minutes or more after the program begins.
Also, if you enroll for a CLE class and are unable to attend, please call Jeff Levin, Esq. at 725-3468 at least 24 hours in advance so that members who may have been placed on a waiting list can be registered.  If you enroll but fail to timely cancel for more than one CLE class, you may be precluded from attending future CLEs.

For more information on Nazi art looting, check out Can A Jewish Man Imprisoned In The Dachau Concentration Camp Transfer Good Title To A Schiele Painting?

www.dunnington.com
 Copyright law, fine art and navigating the courts. All practice, no theory.
Copyright Litigation Handbook (Thomson Reuters Westlaw 2014-2015) by Raymond J. Dowd
 

European Fordham Law Alumni: Program In Paris on Nazi Looted Art June 26-27

I will be speaking on June 27 on Nazi art looting at the Sorbonne Law School in Paris France.  If you are a Fordham Law School alum, I hope you will consider joining us!  Thanks @fordhamlawnyc & @fordhamlawintl

Welcome Cocktail Reception
Friday, June 26, 2015
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Hosted by Assistant Dean Vera Bullock
7, Rue du Perche
75003 Paris
Complimentary
Academic Program
Saturday, June 27, 2015
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. – Registration
10 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. - Program
Sorbonne Law School
Pantheon Building
Salle 1 (2nd Floor)
12, Place du Pantheon
75005 Paris
Featuring:
Dean Michael M. Martin
Associate Dean Nestor Davidson
Assistant Dean Toni Jaeger-Fine
Raymond Dowd '91, Partner, Dunnington, Bartholow & Miller LLP
Ariane Samson-Division, Associate, K&L Gates
Lunch will immediately follow in the Apartment Decanal

Alumni Dinner
8 p.m.
Location to be confirmed.
Complimentary for alumni and incoming students, €TBD for guests


RSVP by Friday, June 19th to lawalumni@law.fordham.edu or 212-636-6806. 

More information at http://law.fordham.edu/alumni/34153.htm

www.dunnington.com
 Copyright law, fine art and navigating the courts. All practice, no theory.Copyright Litigation Handbook (Thomson Reuters Westlaw 2014-2015) by Raymond J. Dowd
 

Nazi Art Looting Program At Colorado Supreme Court - May 7, 2015

 

 
Looted Masterpieces:

The Ethical Implications of World War II Stolen Art

May 7, 2015 at 5:00 p.m.

 

Introduction by The Honorable Robert Bacharach,

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

 

Presented by Raymond J. Dowd

 

 

 

 

This seminar will give attendees an overview about art looting during the Second World War and how sales of stolen works bankrolled large parts of the Nazi war machine. Attendees will also learn about laws that were passed in the wake of the looting, to return stolen art to its rightful owners, and the extent to which those laws have been successful. 

 

1 Ethics and 1 General Hour of Colorado CLE Credit

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Registration  opens at 4:30 pm.

Introduction:  5:00 pm –  5:15 pm

Presentation:  5:15 pm-6:15 pm

Reception: 6:15 pm – 7:15 pm

Location:   The Colorado Supreme Court 2 East 14th Avenue Denver, CO 80203

 

Mr. Dowd is a partner in the law firm of Dunnington Bartholow & Miller LLP in New York City. His legal practice centers on litigation in federal and state trial and appellate courts, arbitration, and mediation. Notable cases in which he has acted as lead counsel involve art law, copyrights, trademarks, cybersquatting, privacy, trusts and decedents estates, licensing, corporate and real estate transactions. He has litigated questions of Austrian, Canadian, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Swiss law.

 

Registration Information

Name: __________________________________________

Firm:    __________________________________________

Address: ________________________________________

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Phone No.:  _____________________________

 

Registration Fee includes wine and cheese reception.

FBA Member □ $25                       Non Member □ $35

Send check payable to the Federal Bar Association Colorado Chapter

by May 4, 2015 to:  FBA Colorado Chapter, P.O. Box 13966, Denver, CO 80201

 

Cancellations received by 5:00 p.m., three business days before the seminar will receive a full refund; less than three business days prior to the seminar will be refunded less a $10 administrative fee; no shows will not receive a refund.

 

CLE Committee Co-Chairs Mimi Tsankov, Board Member,

and Margaret Cordova, President, FBA Colorado Chapter

For information on FBA Colorado Chapter membership, events and programs, please visit our website at www.fedbar.org.  Email:  fedbarcolorado@gmail.com.

www.dunnington.com
 Copyright law, fine art and navigating the courts. All practice, no theory.Copyright Litigation Handbook (Thomson Reuters Westlaw 2014-2015) by Raymond J. Dowd