New Jersey State Bar Association Asbestos Conference

By: Cohen, Placitella & Roth @ Jun 24, 2016

New Jersey State Bar Association Asbestos Conference

Law Center, New Brunswick

Friday, September 23, 2016

9am-4:00pm

Presented in cooperation with the NJSBA Product Liability and Toxic Tort Section

New Jersey Asbestos Litigation Conference

Program Agenda

9:00 Program Welcome and Overview

Chairs Christopher M. Placitella, Esq. and 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 Feinberg, AJSC (Ret.)

10:00 The Plaintiff’s Deposition Dos & Don’ts –

Karen Stanzione, Esq. and Lawrence R. Cohan, Esq.

10:30 BREAK

10:40 Summary Judgment -What We Look For

Justice Martin Shulman (Supreme Court- NY) and Hon. Ana C. Viscomi, JSC

11:20 Settlement- How to Best Position Your Case-

Justice Martin Shulman (Supreme Court- NY), Justice Russell M. Nigro (Former Justice, Pennsylvania Supreme Court), Hon. John E. Keefe, Sr., PJAD (Ret.), Hon. Linda Feinberg, AJSC (Ret.) and Agatha N. Dzikiewicz, Esq., Special Master

11:50 Judicial Roundtable – Justice Anne M. Patterson, Justice Russell M. Nigro (Former

Justice, Pennsylvania Supreme Court), Justice Martin Shulman (Supreme

Court- NY), Hon. John E. Keefe, Sr., PJAD, (Ret.),

Hon. Linda Feinberg, AJSC (Ret.), and Hon. Ana C. Viscomi, JSC

12:15 Get Lunch & Bring Back

12:30 Lunch Presentation by AOC on Electronic Filing

Jennifer M. Perez, Esq., Director of Trial Court Services

1:15 Dos & Don’ts-Agatha N. Dzikiewicz, Esq., Special Master

1:45 Ethics- Top 10 Ethics Issues plus Dealing with metadata under the new RPC’s

Justice Anne M. Patterson and 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 Checklist & Cases You Need to Know:

Plaintiff Panel -Moshe A. Maimon, Esq. and Lynne M. Kizis, Esq.

Defense Panel- John C. Garde, Esq., Kevin E. Hoffman, Esq. and Marc S. Gaffrey, Esq.

4:00 Adjourn