Presentations

June 20, 2024
The Interconnection of Ageism and Elder Abuse - Summer Intern Lecture Series
Hon. Deborah A. Kaplan, Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for the New York City Courts and Chair, New York State Judicial Committee on Elder Justice
Joan Levenson, Special Counsel to Deputy Chief Administrative Judge Deborah Kaplan and Counsel to the New York State Judicial Committee on Elder Justice

May 31, 2024
Ageism, Elder Abuse and Financial Exploitation During Covid-19 - CLE - Women's Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY) Convention
Hon. Deborah A. Kaplan, Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for the New York City Courts and Chair, New York State Judicial Committee on Elder Justice
Joan Levenson, Special Counsel to Deputy Chief Administrative Judge Deborah Kaplan and Counsel to the New York State Judicial Committee on Elder Justice

October 5, 2023
New York State's Supported Decision-Making Act - How We Got Here, Where We Are Going - Adult Abuse Training Institute
Hon. Deborah A. Kaplan, Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for the New York City Courts and Chair, New York State Judicial Committee on Elder Justice
Joan Levenson, Special Counsel to Deputy Chief Administrative Judge Deborah Kaplan and Counsel to the New York State Judicial Committee on Elder Justice

June 30, 2023
Ageism, Elder Abuse and Financial Exploitation During Covid and Beyond - Summer Intern Lecture Series
Hon. Deborah A. Kaplan, Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for the New York City Courts and Chair, New York State Judicial Committee on Elder Justice
Joan Levenson, Special Counsel to Deputy Chief Administrative Judge Deborah Kaplan and Counsel to the New York State Judicial Committee on Elder Justice

June 23, 2023
An Introduction to New York's Supported Decision-Making (SDM) Act - Summer Intern Lecture Series
Hon. Deborah A. Kaplan, Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for the New York City Courts and Chair, New York State Judicial Committee on Elder Justice
Joan Levenson, Special Counsel to Deputy Chief Administrative Judge Deborah Kaplan and Counsel to the New York State Judicial Committee on Elder Justice

May 4, 2023
Ageism & Elder Abuse - In Honor of Older Americans Month - Hosted by the UCS Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Hon. Deborah A. Kaplan, Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for the New York City Courts and Chair, New York State Judicial Committee on Elder Justice
Joan Levenson, Special Counsel to Deputy Chief Administrative Judge Deborah Kaplan and Counsel to the New York State Judicial Committee on Elder Justice

January 13, 2023
Ageism, Elder Abuse and Financial Exploitation - An Introduction for New Judges - Judicial Institute
Hon. Deborah A. Kaplan, Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for the New York City Courts and Chair New York State Judicial Committee on Elder Justice
Joan Levenson, Special Counsel to Deputy Chief Administrative Judge Deborah Kaplan and Counsel to the New York State Judicial Committee on Elder Justice

October 13, 2022
Times Change But the Work Remains - Adult Abuse Training Institute - Keynote delivered by Hon. Deborah A. Kaplan
Workshops: Article 81 Guardianships: A Closer Look at the Process Through the Eyes of Key Actors (Panelists: Hon. Lisa S. Ottley, Justice of the Supreme Court, Kings County Civil Term; Brian Balmes, Deputy Chief of Staff to Judge Kaplan; Lisa Rachmuth, LMSW, Executive Director of the NYC Elder Abuse Center at Weill Cornell Medical; Ivette Callender, Managing Director of Self-Help's Community Guardianship Program, Barry Clarke, Esq., former Chief of Operations for the Office of Court Administration; Moderator, Joan Levenson, Esq.); The Evolution of Capacity Determinations in Guardianships and Beyond (Morgan Thurston, Assistant Welfare Attorney for the Onondaga County Department of Law; Joan Levenson, Esq.)

June 14, 2022
Ageism, Elder Abuse and Financial Exploitation During Covid-19 - CLE Webinar
Hon. Deborah A. Kaplan, Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for the New York City Courts
Deborah Holt-Knight, Deputy Commissioner, NYC Human Resources Administration, Department of Social Services, Adult Protective Services
Joan Levenson, Special Counsel to Hon. Deborah A. Kaplan and Counsel to the NYS Judicial Committee on Elder Justice

June 1-2, 2022
Why Wait for Death Do Us Part? Issues Surrounding Later in Life Divorce - New York City Elder Justice Conference
Hon. Deborah A. Kaplan, Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for the New York City Courts
Jenifer Foley, Partner and Co-Founder, Alter, Wolff & Foley LLP
Joan Levenson, Special Counsel to Hon. Deborah A. Kaplan and Counsel to the NYS Judicial Committee on Elder Justice