• “It Takes Two: Partners in Health” on Monday, April 8th!

    Learn from doctors about natural medicine for your health and well-being! Monday, April 8th, join us at “It Takes Two: Partners in Health,”  for networking and valuable learning with Dr. Barbara George, Cardiac Nurse Clinician & Dr. Jillian Finker, primary care doctor and expert in natural medicine. Learn how to build better health and living a healthier lifestyle, and the importance of a support system to do so. Event is hosted by the Long Island Women’s Agenda and begins at  5:30 PM at Winthrop Welcome Cntr – 1300 Franklin Ave, GC. Register by email info@liwa.org

  • Help us Honor Our Own Annamarie Bondi-Stoddard at the 11th Annual Dignitary Awards Luncheon!

    Annamarie Bondi-Stoddard

    The United Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County, Inc.
    cordially invites you to the

     11th Annual  

    Dignitary Awards Luncheon

     Honoring

      Mary C. Hodge

    Citizens’ Choice Award

     

    Annamarie Bondi-Stoddard

    Managing Partner

    Pegalis & Erickson, LLC

    Corporate Leadership Recognition Award

     

    The Roosevelt Fire Department

    Excellence in Community Service Award

     

    Alphonse Lage

    Shining Star Award

     

    Friday, April 26, 2013

    The Carltun, East Meadow

    12 noon to 2:00 pm

    (Registration begins at 11:30 am) 

    VIP Table $1,000 – Table $850 – Individual $85

     Ninety cents of every dollar donated will go directly to our
    Endowment to provide for the future of  ucpn

  • Catch Our Radio Interview in Spanish Next Week!

    We are thrilled to announce that we’ll be on Spanish language radio show El Jangueo on Thursday, April 11, from 3:30 to 4 PM! Top radio personality AnaMaria will interview our own Giancarlo Arriaga. Join us on the radio on 98.5 or listen live at  http://www.lafiestali.com/

  • April 18th is the LICIL Casino Night at the Woodbury Country Club!

    LICIL Casino Night

    Help support the Long Island Center for Independent Living this Thursday at their “Casino Night” from 6:30-10:30 PM at the Woodbury Country Club!  A portion of the evening’s proceeds will be placed in a Scholarship Fund in memory of Disability Advocate Peter Zarba to benefit his children Mary & Peter.  For more information, check out the flyer or visit the Long Island Center for Independent Living online !

  • Annamarie Bondi-Stoddard, Medical Negligence Attorney, Honored by United Cerebral Palsy Nassau

    Annamarie Bondi-Stoddard

    Annamarie Bondi-Stoddard, Managing Partner at the leading medical malpractice law firm Pegalis and Erickson, LLC, was awarded the Corporate Leadership Recognition award at United Cerebral Palsy of Nassau’s11th Annual Dignitary Awards Luncheon today.

    Among only a handful of women in law to have risen to her position, Bondi-Stoddard has been the trusted advisor to plaintiffs for nearly 30 years with her encyclopedic knowledge of medical topics. Voted by her peers for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America®, New York Super Lawyers, and Top Female New York Super Lawyers, most of her successful cases concern medical negligence in pre-natal and birth injuries, surgeries, and late or misdiagnosed cancers.  Bondi-Stoddard is part of the stellar team at Pegalis and Erickson, LLC, who has a 40-year reputation as leading regional medical malpractice advocates.  In fact, in 2012, they won the highest verdict in New York State for medical malpractice.

    Pegalis and Erickson has supported United Cerebral Palsy of Nassau for many years through their Festival of Trees program, Polar Bear Plunge, Taste & Toast the Town, Trivia Challenge, and Forget-Me-Not Ball.

    Bondi-Stoddard holds that medical negligence litigation is critically necessary to improve the safety of day-to-day medical practices, while helping seriously injured individuals have a better quality of life by alleviating some of the families’ financial burden.   She has written and lectured extensively on medical malpractice for both the legal industry and lay audiences.

    Pegalis and Erickson, LLC also supports many local nonprofits including the Babylon Breast Cancer Coalition; Angela’s House, American Heart Association, The Theresa Foundation, Adelphi Breast Cancer Hotline, Stanley Lamm Institute, Long Island Women’s Agenda, and the American Cancer Society.  For more information visit us at www.pegalisanderickson.com or call (516) 684-2900.