Judges & Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert presents…
The Twenty-Fourth Annual
Ellen P. Hermanson Memorial Symposium
Legislating Genetic Testing:
Is Knowledge Power?
A mock legislative hearing will address whether our nation’s healthcare system can – and should – do more to empower Americans with knowledge about their genetic predisposition to cancer.
Register for this virtual event to be held by Zoom.
Open to the public without charge but registration is required.
CLE credit is pending.
Legislative Panel
Hon. Barbara Jaffe, NYS Supreme Court, JALBCA Board of Directors
Hon. Keith Powers, Member, New York City Council and Committee on Health
Hon. Alan D. Scheinkman, Presiding Justice, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
Erika Stallings, Esq., BRCA awareness advocate and attorney, Facebook Music
Testifying Witnesses
Patrick J. Burke, Esq., Partner, Chair of Data Technology & Cybersecurity Group, Phillips Nizer LLP
Kristen C. Kim, Esq., Associate General Counsel, Chief Regulatory Counsel, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Anya Prince, MPP, JD, Associate Professor of Law, Iowa College of Law, and Member of the University of Iowa Genetics Cluster
Kathryn M. Rattigan, Esq., Associate, Robinson + Cole LLP
Lisa Schlager, Vice President of Community Affairs & Public Policy, FORCE (Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered)
Julia A. Smith, MD, PhD, NYU Langone Perlmutter Cancer Center, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Fran Visco, JD, President, National Breast Cancer Coalition
Sponsors
The Ellen Hermanson Foundation, The Bench and Bar of the SDNY
Supporting Organizations
SHARE, The Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York
Symposium Co-Chairs
Desirée Ripo, Esq., Erika Stallings, Esq., Virginia K. Trunkes, Esq.
Fiercely committed to alleviating breast cancer, JALBCA funds legal initiatives to assist people in crisis following a diagnosis of breast cancer.