NEW JERSEY ASBESTOS LITIGATION CONFERENCE
By: Cohen, Placitella & Roth @ Aug 19, 2016
NJICLE CLE Event Notice:
NEW JERSEY ASBESTOS LITIGATION CONFERENCE
Friday, September 23
Earn Up to 7.1 credits, including 1.2 in Ethics!
New Jersey Law Center – Central
9:00AM – 4:00PM
For more information, or to register now, click here or call NJICLE at (732) 214-8500.
Presented in cooperation with the NJSBA Product Liability and Mass Tort Section
| Co-Moderator/Program Coordinator: |
| Christopher M. Placitella, Esq. Editor-in-Chief, New Jersey Mass Torts and Class Action Treatise (NJICLE) Charter Member, Trial Masters Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney Asbestos Advisory Committee to New Jersey Superior Court Member of Steering Committee, Multi-District Asbestos Litigation Cohen, Placitella & Roth, PC (Red Bank and Philadelphia) |
| Co-Moderator: |
| Senator Kevin J. O’Toole (Former) Council on Litigation Management (CLM), National Committee Member 2015 NJ State Chamber of Commerce Legislator Of The Year O´Toole Fernandez Weiner Van Lieu, LLC (Verona, NYC, Philadelphia and San Francisco) |
| From the Bench: |
| Justice Russell M. Nigro Former Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (Philadelphia) |
| Justice Anne M. Patterson Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey |
| Justice Martin Shulman Justice of New York Supreme Court (New York City) |
| Hon. Linda R. Feinberg, AJSC (Ret.) Former Chair, New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law Szaferman Lakind (Lawrenceville) |
| Hon. John E. Keefe Sr., PJAD (Ret.) Keefe Bartels, LLC (Red Bank) |
| Hon. Ana C. Viscomi, JSC (New Brunswick) |
| From the Bar: |
| Lawrence R. Cohan, Esq. Anapol Weiss (Philadelphia & Cherry Hill) |
| Agatha N. Dzikiewicz, Esq. Special Master, Superior Court of New Jersey (New Brunswick) |
| John C. Garde, Esq. NJSBA 2015 William A. Dreier Award Recipient for Excellence in Product Liability Law McCarter & English, LLP (Newark) |
| Marc S. Gaffrey, Esq. Hoagland Longo Moran Dunst & Doukas, LLP (New Brunswick) |
| Kevin E. Hoffman, Esq. Kent/McBride, PC (Iselin) |
| Lynne M. Kizis, Esq. Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, PA (Woodbridge) |
| Jeffrey S. Kluger, Esq. McGiveney & Kluger, PC (Florham Park) |
| Moshe A. Maimon, Esq. Levy Konigsberg LLP (Lawrenceville) |
| Jennifer M. Perez, Esq. Chief of the Judiciary’s Automated Trial Court Services Unit, Superior Court of New Jersey (Trenton) |
| Karen Stanzione, Esq. Reilly, Janiczek, McDevitt, Henrich & Cholden, PC (Merchantville) |
| About the Program: |
| NJICLE is pleased to announce the first New Jersey Asbestos Litigation Conference. Our inaugural program panel features mass tort judges from the New Jersey tristate area, who will be joined by leading practitioners in the area of asbestos litigation. Gain insight and critical information never before presented in New Jersey – information you need to insure you are in the forefront in preparing and presenting asbestos cases. |
| Program Agenda: | |
| 9:00 | Program Welcome and Overview – Christopher M. Placitella, Esq.; Senator Kevin J. O’Toole, Esq. |
| 9:10 | Historical Perspective – Hon. John E. Keefe Sr., PJAD (Ret.) |
| 9:30 | Professionalism in Advocacy – It is About Who We Are – Justice Anne M. Patterson; Hon. Linda R. Feinberg, AJSC (Ret) |
| 10:00 | The Plaintiff’s Deposition Dos & Don’ts – Karen Stanzione,Esq.; Lawrence R. Cohan, Esq. |
| 10:30 | Break |
| 10:40 | Summary Judgment – What We Look For – Hon. Ana C. Viscomi, JSC; Justice Martin Shulman |
| 11:20 | Settlement: How to Best Position Your Case – Agatha Dzikiewicz, Esq.; Justice Russell M. Nigro; Justice Martin Shulman; Hon. John E. Keefe Sr., PJAD (Ret.); Hon. Linda R. Feinberg, AJSC (Ret.) |
| 11:50 | Judicial Roundtable Concerning Morning Topics Hon. Ana C. Viscomi, JSC; Justice Martin Shulman; Justice Anne M. Patterson, Hon. John E. Keefe Sr., PJAD (Ret.); Justice Russell M. Nigro; Hon. Linda Feinberg, AJSC (Ret) |
| 12:15 | Lunch |
| 12:30 | Luncheon Presentation by AOC on Electronic Filing – Jennifer M. Perez, Esq. |
| 1:15 | Dos & Don’ts – Agatha Dzikiewicz, Esq. |
| 1:45 | Ethics: Top 10 Ethical Issues Plus Dealing with Metadata under New RPC’s, Ex Parte Interviews & Social Media – Justice Anne M. Patterson; Senator Kevin J. O’Toole, Esq. |
| 2:45 | The Role of Treating Doctors – What You Need to Know – Jeffrey S. Kluger, Esq. |
| 3:00 | Trial Checklists & Cases You Need to Know: Plaintiff Panel – Moshe A. Maimon, Esq.; Lynne M. Kizis, Esq. Defense Panel – John C. Garde, Esq.; Kevin E. Hoffman, Esq.; Marc S. Gaffrey, Esq. |
| 4:00 | Adjourn |
