Greater Newburyport

Bar Association

2025 Schedule​​​​​​​​​​

 

 

Cybersecurity: Protect Your Practice

How One Simple Click Or Call Could Cripple Your Practice

Tuesday, September 30, 4:30-6:00, Zoom

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1 in 4 small businesses will suffer a cyberattack this year — and 60% of them will go out of business within six months. (Statistic from the National Cybercrime Institute) Cybercrime is no longer a distant threat — it’s a daily reality for law firms of all sizes. Attend and open your eyes to the real risks your firm faces and the critical mistakes you’re making.

Attend and Learn

• Where your firm is most exposed

• Why traditional defenses are failing

• What simple actions you can take to drastically reduce your risk

• Clear, practical steps you can implement immediately, regardless of the size of your firm or your tech budget.

Topics include:

✅ Tips to recognize modern phishing emails, text scams, and scam calls

✅ Creating a Written Information Security Plan (WISP) 

✅ HIPAA, GLBA, and other legal compliance frameworks made simple

✅ USB threats & data storage best practices

✅ How to save your firm money through smarter IT practices

✅ What to look for when hiring the right IT provider

 

Faculty

David S. Markey, founder of CRCIT Cybersecurity, a veteran-owned IT company that specializes in protecting law firms and small businesses with enterprise-grade cybersecurity solutions.

Gary O. Todd, Todd & Weld and President, GNBA 

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Register:https://gnba.ticketbud.com/cybersecurity-how-one-simple-click-or-call-could-cripple-your-practice-

 

Avoiding Financial Pitfalls in Divorce

Tuesday, October 7, 4-6

Zoom

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Attend this dialogue between Financial Expert Thomas G. Kilgallen, and GNBA President Gary Todd and learn:

 

• What to do if the financial outlook for one or more of the spouses seems unsustainable?

• How to make the process more amicable / less tense with a comprehensive financial plan 

• How the divorce process might change if financials indicate an income gap that means the client would have to go back to work or increase employment income for a few years? 

• How evidence of a very sustainable financial trajectory might change divorce? 

• When is the ideal time to bring a financial planner / Certified Divorce Financial Analyst into the mix as part of the divorce process?

• Best processes for involving financial planners / CDFAs.

All registrants will receive book written by Thomas Kilgallen, The Divorce Financial Handbook

 

About the Faculty

Thomas G. Kilgallen, MBA, CDFA®, CFP®, Fair Weather Strategies, LLC, Andover

Gary O. Todd, Todd & Weld, Boston, President GNBA

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To Register: https://gnba.ticketbud.com/avoiding-financial-pitfalls-n-divorce

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Advanced Drafting Issues on Family Law

Thursday, November 13, 4-6:30

 

This program will be live in Newburyport and also available as livestream.

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Focusing on challenging drafting issues, with tips for how to improve your drafting, attend this program and learn:

How to handle expectancy when representing older couples

How to draft real estate transfer language in separation agreements

What are the drafting issues in mortgages, titles, deeds and promissory notes

How to clean up creditor issues

What are the common mistakes in drafting QDROs and pension documents

 

Faculty

Margot G. Birke, ElderLaw, Newburyport

Megan E. Breaker, Kline, Gardner & O’Connor P.C., Gloucester

Donald L. Pitman III, The Pitman Law Offices, LLC, Newburyport

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To Register: https://gnba.ticketbud.com/advanced-drafting-issues-in-family-law

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THE LIVE VENUE IS SOLD OUT BUT LIVE-STREAMING STILL AVAILABLE

 

The Rise of Authoritarianism: What’s Happening to Our Rights?

Thursday, November 6, 2025

5:30-7:00, Superior Court, High Street, Newburyport

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The Greater Newburyport Bar Association invites you, as a member of the public, to participate in this forum with legal experts on the state of our democracy and the rise of authoritarianism. Believing that knowledge can be a powerful tool, we invite you to join us for a discussion about fundamental constitutional rights and norms. Among the topics:

• Is our democracy at risk, and if so what do we do? 

• What does the rule of law mean and why it should we care? 

• Who is entitled to due process of law and how does one get it? 

• What does the First Amendment to our constitution say and mean?

 

Expert Faculty

• Hon. Karen F. Green (Ret.), Principal, Green Law LLC, former Associate Justice, Massachusetts Superior Court

• Hon. Mark V. Green, formerly, Chief Justice MA Appeals Court, MA

• Professor Renée M. Landers, Constitutional Law, Suffolk University Law School

• Lauren Rikleen, Executive Director, Lawyers Defending American Democracy

• Attorney Gary O. Todd, Todd & Weld, Boston, 

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To Register: https://gnba.ticketbud.com/the-rise-of-authoritarianism

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Get Smart: Artificial Intelligence for Law Practice Enhancement

Tuesday, December 2, 4:30-6:00

 

Artificial intelligence remains in the news, and almost everyone is experimenting with it.

But, if all you’ve done is to mess around with AI for your personal use – there’s a lot more that the tool can do, than just suggest condiments for your sandwich.

 

In this program, we’ll offer up some updates on legal technology software options and features; but, then we’ll cover the real deal: the ways in which you can use AI to improve your practice. We’ll discuss specific use cases for both administrative and substantive operations, as well as taking questions from the audience.

 

If you want to get more from AI in your law firm, join us for this compelling program.

 

Faulty

Jared D. Correia, Esq.

CEO | Red Cave Law Firm Consulting

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To Register: https://gnba.ticketbud.com/get-smart-artificial-intelligence-for-law-practice-enhancement