Ethics Proceedings from Interview to Hearing

Date: Jun 16, 2026 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Location: New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, and Online

Member Price: $159.00

Non-Member Price: $199.00

Section Price: $0.00

Event Code: I304326

Areas of Law: Ethics

Earn up to 3.3 credits, including 3.3 in Ethics! (More Information)

Faculty

Keynote

Moderator

Robert B. Hille, Esq.
Past President, New Jersey State Bar Association
Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis, Roseland
Certified as a Civil Trial Attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey, is a Partner in Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis LLP in Morristown, New Jersey. He concentrates his practice in insurance and healthcare law and has litigated a number of insurance defense and coverage, healthcare, professional liability defense, fraud and abuse, and regulatory matters. He has also been involved in a number of reported decisions.

Mr. Hille is admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York, and before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Past President of the Bergen County Bar Association, he is Past President of the New Jersey State Bar Association, where he has chaired the Insurance Benefit and Amicus Committees, continues to serve on those committees and is a member of the Malpractice Insurance Committee and the Health and Hospital Law Section. He has been a member of the Health and Tort Law Sections of the American Bar Association as well as the New Jersey Supreme Court Civil Practice Committee.

Mr. Hille has lectured widely on insurance and healthcare law topics. His articles have appeared in the New Jersey Law Journal and other publications, and he is the recipient of several honors.

Mr. Hille received his B.A. from Bucknell University and his J.D. from Seton Hall Law School. He served a judicial clerkship with the Honorable Keven M. O’Halloran.

Presenters

Justin P. Walder, Esq.
Certified By the Supreme Court of New Jersey As a Civil Trial Attorney
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden

An esteemed panel will guide you through the important area of ethics proceedings. Acquire knowledge about the ethics proceedings as this esteemed panel guides you through every stage of a potential ethics grievance, from the initial phone call through the investigation stage, and beyond. Discover the various levels of ethics hearings, (before the Local Ethics Committee, before a Special Ethics Adjudicator, before the DRB, and before the New Jersey Supreme Court), as well as the rules and procedures followed. Register today!

CLE Credits
NJ CLE:NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 3.3 hours of total CLE credit, including 3.3 in Ethics (Full Credits Available: NJ Ethics: 3.3).
NY CLE (t&nt):NY Ethics Transitional: 3.0
PA CLE:PA Ethics Credit: 2.5
New: No PACLE fee is required for this program. To earn PA CLE credits, a valid PA Bar ID number must be entered into the CLE form provided after attending the program.

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