Special Civil Part Practice Update 2024
Date: Oct 21, 2024 1:00 p.m. – 4:35 p.m.
Location: Online
Member Price: $177.00
Non-Member Price: $209.00
Section Price: $0.00
Areas of Law: Civil
Earn up to 4 credits! (More Information)
Keynote
Moderator
Presenters
- Hon. William Anklowitz, J.S.C.
- Special Civil Part Supervising Judge - Mercer County
Mercer County Courthouse - Christina F. Blunda, Esq.
- Office of Attorney Ethics
- Gerard J. Felt, Esq.
- Pressler Felt & Warshaw LLP, Parsippanyis a Partner in Pressler, Felt & Warshaw, LLP in Parsippany, New Jersey, where he has concentrated his practice in legal collections for 30 years. He has also promoted and fought legislation involving legal collections and collection practices.
Admitted to practice in New Jersey, Mr. Felt has been a member of the New Jersey State and Morris County Bar Associations, the Commercial Law League, the New Jersey American Collection Association and the National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys (NARCA). He has been President of the New Jersey Creditors Bar Association. He has sat on the Board of Directors of the Consumer Credit Association of Metropolitan New York and is a member of the Commercial Lawyers Bar. A founder and the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Creditors Bar Association, Mr. Felt has been a member of the New Jersey Association of Collection Agencies and has served as Chair and Legislative Liaison for the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Special Civil Part Committee. He has served as a member of the Supreme Court Rules Committee on the Special Civil Part and has been appointed to the Supreme Court Special Advisory Committee on Information Technology.
A long-time lecturer for ICLE’s Skills and Methods Course on Collection Practice, Mr. Felt has also lectured for the New Jersey State Bar Association, Lorman Education Services and the New Jersey Judicial College Conference on Best Practices in the Special Civil Part. He was a panelist on the Supreme Court’s Workshop on Post Judgment Enforcement and has testified before State Legislative bodies as the Special Civil Part representative for the New Jersey State Bar Association and the New Jersey Creditors Bar Association.
Mr. Felt received his B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany and his J.D. from Ohio Northern University.
(8/23) - Sung Lo Yoon, Esq.
- Ehrlich, Petriello, Gudin, Plaza & Reed, P.C., Newark
Join us for a comprehensive seminar tailored for attorneys practicing in the unique Special Civil Part in New Jersey. This esteemed panel will highlight key tips to enhance your practical skills and provide a road map to practicing in the Special Civil Part. Gain important insight into the best practice rules, along with the differences between handling cases in Small Claims Court, Special Civil Part and tenancy matters.
Topics include:
- Practicing in the Law Division Versus the Special Civil Part
- Small Claims Court
- Using and Understanding E-Courts/JEDS and Filing Fees
- Prejudgment - Uncontested and Contested Special Civil Cases
- Post-Judgment - Goods and Chattel Writs, Wage Garnishments, Statements for Docketing
- Landlord Tenant Cases
- Mediation in Special Civil Part
- Special Civil Part Officer Duties and Directives/Working with the Court Officer
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