Interactive Trial Techniques Part 1: Opening Statements
Category: On Demand
Member Price: $220
Non-Member Price: $275
Areas of Law: Civil
| 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. |
Keynote
Moderator
- Hon. Peter F. Bariso, Jr., A.J.S.C. (Ret.)
- Chasan Lamparello Mallon & Cappuzzo, PC
Presenters
- Michael G. Donahue, Esq.
- Certified By the New Jersey Supreme Court As a Civil Trial Attorney
Stark & Stark - William H. Mergner, Jr., Esq.
- Immediate Past President, New Jersey State Bar Association
Leary Bride Mergner & Bongiovanni P.A., Cedar Knolls - Monique Moreira, Esq.
- Moreira Sayles Ramirez LLC, Kearny
- Kathleen M. Reilly, Esq.
- Certified By the Supreme Court of New Jersey As a Civil Trial Attorney
Brady Reilly & Cardoso, LLC
Join us for the launch of this special three-part series, featuring an esteemed panel who will demonstrate all aspects of creating and delivering one of the most important parts of your trial. A retired Superior Court assignment judge and four experienced civil trial attorneys, both plaintiff and defense attorneys, will take you on an expedition through every stage of preparing and presenting an opening statement. Starting with the purpose and elements of an opening statement, you will receive crucial information for the start of your trial, including the application of the New Jersey Court Rules and New Jersey Evidence Rules to the opening statements. Learn when, why, on what grounds, and how an objection is properly made during an opening. Each trial attorney will present an opening statement that is created with input from the attendees, while the judicial panel member oversees the program’s opening presentations as though in the courtroom. Attendees can participate in lively feedback discussions.
Whether you are new to the profession, starting your first trial, or a seasoned attorney in need of an interactive refresher, you will leave ready to prepare for your next trial!
Program Agenda:
- 9:00 | Introduction - Hon. Peter F. Bariso, Jr., A.J.S.C. (Ret.)
- 9:05 | Opening statements - Panel
- Purpose
- Elements of the opening statement
- Introduction
- Facts
- Evidence
- Role of jurors
- Final point in opening
- New Jersey Court rules
- New Jersey evidence rules
- Objections
- Ethical obligations and implications
- 9:50 | Fact patterns
- 10:10 | Opening statement #1 - Plaintiff - Michael G. Donahue, Esq.
- 10:30 | Discussion and feedback.
- 10:50 | Break
- 11:00 | Opening statement #2 - Defendant - Monique Moreira, Esq.
- 11:15 | Discussion and feedback.
- 11:35 | Opening statement #3 - Plaintiff - Kathleen M. Reilly, Esq.
- 11:55 | Discussion and feedback.
- 12:20 | Opening statement #4 - Defendant - William H. Mergner, Jr., Esq.
- 12:35 | Discussion and feedback.
- 1:00 | Adjourn