2024 Asbestos Litigation Conference
Date: Nov 15, 2024 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, and Online
Member Price: $195.00
Non-Member Price: $244.00
Section Price: $183.00
Areas of Law: Civil Trial Bar, Product Liability & Mass Tort
Earn up to 7.1 credits, including 1.0 in Ethics and 0.8 in Diversity! (More Information)
Keynote
Moderator
- Hon. Ana C. Viscomi, J.S.C.
- Middlesex County Courthouse
- Christopher M. Placitella, Esq.
- Editor in Chief, New Jersey Mass Tort & Class Actions Treatise (New JerseyICLE 2020)
Cohen, Placitella & Roth, PC, Red Bank - Gary D. VanLieu, Esq.
- O'Toole Scrivo, LLC, Verona
Presenters
- John A. Bitetto, Esq.
- CMBG3 Law, PC, West Caldwell
- Kevin M. Costello, Esq.
- Costello & Mains, PC, Mount Laurel
- Clifford D. Dawkins, Esq.
- Dean & Director, Minority Student Program (MSP), Rutgers Law School
- Agatha N. Dzikiewicz, Esq.
- Special Adjudicator, Superior Court of New Jersey
- John C. Garde, Esq.
- McCarter & English, Newark
- Damian S. Jackson, Esq.
- Reilly, McDevitt & Henrich, P.C., Glenside
- Valerie A. Jackson, Esq.
- Diversity Officer & Legal Liaison, Department of the Treasury, TrentonValerie Jackson is the Diversity Officer and Legal Liaison at the New Jersey Department of the Treasury - Division of Administration.
Prior to her current role, Valerie was a Deputy Public Defender and Managing Attorney of the Office of the Public Defender (OPD), Office of Parental Representation, Central Region Office, in North Brunswick, New Jersey. Upon joining the OPD in 2009 she quickly earned a reputation as a zealous advocate and skilled litigator. In 2012, Ms. Jackson was promoted by the Public Defender to her current role as Managing Attorney and in 2020 was promoted to the title of Deputy Public Defender. Prior to joining the OPD, she was a solo practitioner in Middlesex County, where she focused in family law, education law and real estate.
Admitted to practice in New Jersey, Ms. Jackson is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association, and has served on the Association’s Board of Trustees, Diversity Committee and Child Welfare Law Section. She has also served as a Trustee for both the Middlesex County Bar Association and Foundation, and has been Co-Chair of the Association’s Board for the Advancement of Racial Equity and Social Justice. Ms. Jackson has been a member of the Association of Black Women Lawyers, the Garden State Bar Association, the Middlesex County Vicinage Committee on Diversity, Inclusion and Community Engagement, and the New Jersey Administrative Office of the Court’s Children in Court Race Equity Leadership Team. She has served on the OPD training faculty; where she has trained attorneys on many topics related to ethics, professionalism and trial advocacy for defense attorneys.
Ms. Jackson received her B.A. from Rutgers University, her M.A. in Journalism from New York University and her J.D. from Rutgers Law School. - David Katzenstein, Esq.
- Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, Newark
- Olivia P. Kelly, Esq.
- Simmons Hanly Conroy, New York
- Lynne M. Kizis, Esq.
- Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer P.A., Woodbridge
- James A. Lewis, V, Esq.
- Cole Schotz, PC, Hackensack
- Nancy McDonald, Esq.
- MG+M – The Law Firm, Basking Ridge
- David J. Molton, Esq.
- Brown Rudnick LLP, New York
- Jared M. Placitella, Esq.
- Cohen, Placitella & Roth, PC, Red Bank
- Eduardo Sotomayor, Esq.
- Weitz & Luxenberg PC, Cherry Hill
Presented in cooperation with the NJSBA Product Liability and Mass Tort Section
The popular Asbestos Litigation Conference returns with new topics, credits in both ethics and DEI and timely information for your practice. Superior Court Judge Ana Viscomi leads an esteemed panel of practitioners to bring you the latest in asbestos litigation.
A note for this year –the speakers strongly encourage in-person attendance!
Gain insight and critical information you need to stay at the forefront of preparing and presenting your asbestos cases in New Jersey.
Program Agenda:
- 9:00 | Introduction and Overview of Topics – Christopher M. Placitella, Esq. and Gary D. VanLieu, Esq.
- 9:05 | Asbestos Litigation and Bankruptcy
- 10:05 | Live Demonstration of Artificial Intelligence in Asbestos Litigation - David Katzenstein, Esq. and Eduardo Sotomayor, Esq.
- 10:55 | Break
- 11:05 | Case Management - Special Adjudicator Agatha Dzikiewicz
- 11:50 | Lunch
- 12:30 | DEI -Staying Anchored in Turbulent Times - Kevin M. Costello, Esq.; Clifford D. Dawkins, Esq.; Damian S. Jackson, Esq.; Valerie A. Jackson, Esq. and James A. Lewis, V, Esq.
- 1:10 | Case Law Update - Nancy McDonald, Esq. and Jared M. Placitella, Esq.
- 1:40 | Break
- 1:50 | Rule 104 Hearings - John Bitetto, Esq. and Olivia P. Kelly, Esq.
- 2:15 | Motion Practice, Ancillary Hearings and Pre-Trial Conferences - Hon. Ana C. Viscomi, J.S.C.
- 3:10 | Ethics and AI - John C. Garde, Esq. and Lynne M. Kizis, Esq.
- 4:00 | Adjourn
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