Abraham Lincoln’s Impact on Today’s Legal Practice – A Dialogue with President Lincoln and His Lessons for Lawyers
Keynote
Moderator
Presenters
- Hon. Travis L. Francis, A.J.S.C. (Ret.)
- Riker Danzig LLP
- Hon. John A. Jorgensen, J.S.C. (Ret.)
- Blick Law, LLC
- Hon. Gregg A. Padovano, J.S.C.
- Bergen County Superior Courtwas sworn in as a judge of the New Jersey Superior Court in February 2015 and sits in Hackensack, New Jersey. He initially served in the Family Division and has served in the Civil Division in Bergen since 2015. He has been assigned to handle civil trials, actions in lieu of prerogative writs and Mt. Laurel/affordable housing matters.
Prior to his appointment to the Superior Court, Judge Padovano worked at the law firm Beattie Padovano, LLC in Montvale, New Jersey, where he concentrated his practice in land use, real property tax, municipal law and insurance defense litigation. He served as a Municipal Court Judge for the Township of South Hackensack and was a Municipal Court Prosecutor for the Borough of Moonachie. He represented land use boards for several municipalities, including Leonia, Oradell, Maywood and Weehawken, and also served as Mayor of the Borough of Maywood immediately prior to his appointment to the bench.
Judge Padovano received his B.A. from Gettysburg College and his J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law.
(9/23) - Bob Gleason
- Portraying President Lincoln
- William Pat Schuber
- Clinical Professor of Public Administration, Silberman College of Business
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Florham Park
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