New York Stock Exchange "NYSE Regulation First Annual Securities Conference," Panel on Dispute Resolution/Arbitration, New York City, New York.

NASD Dispute Resolution Arbitrator Training, the "Discovery Arbitrator Pilot Program," Los Angeles, California.

Because the 2d U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals includes the financial center of New York, it hears many important securities law cases. In the past year, the 2d Circuit decided three issues of first impression in federal securities fraud law.

Securities Industry Association "Compliance and Legal Division Seminar," Palm Desert, California.

Brooklyn Law School Lecture "The History of Securities Arbitration," Brooklyn, New York.

In a decision of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently held that the new, longer statute of limitations for federal securities fraud claims that Congress adopted as part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act ("Sarbanes-Oxley" or the "Act") does not revive claims that already were time-barred under the former, shorter limitations period as of the Act's effective date, July 30, 2002.