Hot Topics in Civil Litigation

Date: Oct 22, 2024 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Location: Online

Member Price: $143.00

Non-Member Price: $179.00

Section Price: $134.00

Event Code: I154724

Areas of Law: Civil Trial Bar

Earn up to 2.4 credits! (More Information)

Faculty

Keynote

Moderator

Presenters

Hon. Wendy Allyson Reek, J.S.C.
Judge, Superior Court of NJ
Diane L. Cardoso, Esq.
Brady Reilly & Cardoso, LLC, Kearny
Certified as a Civil Trial Attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey, is a Partner in Brady Reilly & Cardoso, LLC in Kearney, New Jersey. She concentrates her practice in civil litigation involving automobile negligence, premises liability, construction site negligence, medical malpractice and legal malpractice.

Admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York, Ms. Cardoso is First Vice President of the Hudson County Bar Association and Treasurer of the New Jersey Association for Justice (NJAJ). She is a member of the Hudson County Bar Association’s Civil Arbitration Selection and Civil Practice Committees, and is the co-founding Chair of the Association’s Women in Law Section. Ms. Cardoso is Secretary of the American Association for Justice’s Women Trial Lawyer Caucus and is a member of the Board of Governors of the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association. She is a 2017-2018 Fellow of the New Jersey State Bar Association Leadership Academy.

Ms. Cardoso was the recipient of the 2021 American Association for Justice Women Trial Lawyers Caucus Excellence in Leadership Award, the 2021 American Association for Justice Distinguished Service Award, the 2017 Professionalism of the Year Award from the Hudson County Bar Association and several other honors. She has lectured for ICLE, the Hudson and Essex County Bar Associations, and the New Jersey Association for Justice.

Ms. Cardoso received her B.A. from Seton Hall University and her J.D. and Certificate in International Law from Pace University School of Law. Upon graduation from law school she served a Judicial Clerkship with the Honorable Dennis F. Carey, III and the Honorable John C. Kennedy, Judges of the Superior Court of New Jersey.
(9/23)
Frank D. DeRienzo, Esq.
Leary Bride Mergner & Bongiovanni P.A., Cedar Knolls
Norberto A. Garcia, Esq.
Certified By the Supreme Court of New Jersey As a Civil Trial Attorney
Blume Forte Fried Zerres & Molinari
John E. Gregory, Jr., Esq.
Spevack Law Firm, Iselin
Craig J. Hubert, Esq.
Szaferman Lakind Blumstein & Blader PC, Lawrenceville
Corinne L. McCann Trainor, Esq.
Fox Rothschild, Lawrenceville
Chad M. Moore, Esq.
Member, New Jersey Supreme Court Committee of AI in the Courts
Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas, LLP, New Brunswick and Hammonton
Dara A. Quattrone, Esq.
Westmoreland Vesper & Quattrone, Pleasantville

Presented in cooperation with the NJSBA Civil Trial Bar Section

Join us for an insightful seminar on the hottest topics in civil trial practice and procedure, ranging from ethics to social media discovery. This seminar is tailored to both new and experienced attorneys who want to learn the latest issues impacting civil practice in 2024 and refine their skills in navigating the complexities of civil litigation.

Discussion topics include:

  • Recent rules updates
  • Social media discovery in the wake of Davis v. Disability Rights New Jersey
  • Worker’s compensation permanency awards - how to address them during settlement negotiations and at trial as an element of damages against a third party
  • PIP changes under Goyco v. Progressive Insurance Company
  • The problems and implications that arise in sexual assault cases under Kathleen DiFiore v. Tomo Pezic
  • The nullification of arbitration clauses within employment contracts per Ogunyemi v. Garden State Medical Center
  • Preservation and spoliation of surveillance video evidence
  • Potential impacts on Rule 11 and Rule 1:4-8 arising from the In re Abbott decision regarding sham litigation and the crime/fraud exception to the attorney client privilege
  • Objection! Overruled or Sustained - How would you rule?

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 2.4 hours of total CLE credit (Full Credits Available: NJ General: 2.4).
NY CLE (t&nt):NY Professional Practice Non-Transitional: 2.0
PA CLE:PA Substantive Credit: 2.0
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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