Effective Use of Objections at Deposition and Trial
Date: Jul 11, 2024 9:00 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.
Location: Online
Member Price: $177
Non-Member Price: $209
Section Price: $157
Areas of Law: Certified Attorneys, Civil Trial Bar
Earn up to 4 credits! (More Information)
Keynote
Moderator
- Mitchell J. Makowicz, Jr., Esq.
- Certified By the Supreme Court of New Jersey As a Civil Trial Attorney
Blume, Forte, Fried, Zerres & Molinari, PC, Chatham
Presenters
- Hon. Christopher D. Rafano, J.S.C.
- Middlesex County Courthouse
- Rebekah R. Conroy, Esq.
- Stone Conroy LLC, Florham Park
- Kelly P. Corrubia, Esq.
- Director, New Jersey Defense Association
Hall Booth Smith, P.C., Paramus - Thomas J. Manzo, Esq.
- Treasurer, New Jersey State Bar Foundation
Szaferman Lakind Blumstein & Blader PC, Lawrenceville - Rey O. Villanueva, Esq.
- Golden Rothschild Spagnola Lundell Boylan & Garubo, PC, Bridgewater
Objections are one of the most difficult parts of litigation that an attorney must master. Join our panel of seasoned litigators and presiding court judge as they give you a crash course on effectively using objections at deposition and trial.
Learn to:
1. Recognize when oral testimony, physical evidence or expert testimony is objectionable
2. Quickly identify the basis for the objection
3. Properly make the objection
4. Understand the rationale and manner to effectively raise objections at deposition – both discovery and de bene esse
5. Understand the rationale and manner to effectively raise objections at trial
6. Comply with the deposition objection rule
7. To object or not? Strategies behind objecting or not objecting
Plus a special session on Ask the Experts!
Program Agenda:
9:00 | Welcome
9:05 | The theory vs. the practice of objecting - Rebekah R. Conroy, Esq.
9:35 | Why a deposition? - Rey O. Villanueva, Esq.
- The proper form for making the objection
- Differences between objections to oral testimony, physical evidence and expert testimony
10:05 | Applying the above knowledge - Kelly P. Corrubia, Esq.
- quickly identifying the basis for the objection
- when to object
- when not to object
- why you object
- making the record
10:35 | Break
10:45 | Difference between objections at deposition and objections at trial (Part 1) - Mitchell J. Makowicz, Jr., Esq.
- Deposition practice for objections, de bene esse and discovery.
- A discussion of the abuses of R. 4:14-3c
11:15 | Difference between objections at deposition and objections at trial (part 2) - Thomas J. Manzo, Esq.
- Trial practice tips on objections
- Objections during opening and closings
11:45 | Judicial perspective and a discussion of whether or not objections may be initiated from the bench - Hon. Christopher D. Rafano, JSC
12:30 | Q&A
12:35 | Adjourn
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