Hot Tips in Civil Litigation
Date: Feb 18, 2026 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, and Online
Member Price: $143.00
Non-Member Price: $179.00
Section Price: $0.00
Areas of Law: Civil
Earn up to 2.4 credits! (More Information)
Keynote
Moderator
- Frank A. Viscomi, Esq.
- Certified By the Supreme Court of New Jersey As a Civil Trial Attorney
Law Office of Frank A. Viscomi
Presenters
- Diana C. Manning, Esq.
- Second Vice President, New Jersey State Bar Association
Bressler Amery & Ross, PC, Florham ParkCertified as a Civil Trial Attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey, is a Principal of Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C. in the firm’s Florham Park, New Jersey, office. She concentrates her practice in complex commercial litigation and appellate advocacy, and has represented clients in those matters for more than 25 years.
Ms. Manning is admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York, and before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the Southern District of New York, the Second and Third Circuit Courts of Appeals, the United States Bankruptcy Court and the United States Supreme Court. Past President of the Morris County Bar Association and Foundation, and Trial Attorneys of New Jersey (TANJ), she has served on TANJ’s Amicus Committee and is Secretary of the New Jersey State Bar Association. Ms. Manning has also been appointed by the New Jersey Supreme Court as Chair of the District XA Ethics Committee and has been Vice Chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Amicus Committee. Because of her depth of experience in the area of legal malpractice, she was also appointed to the NJSBA Blue Ribbon Panel Committee in Professional Malpractice.
Ms. Manning authored the “State of New Jersey” chapter of The Law of Lawyers’ Liability: Fifty-State Survey of Legal Malpractice (ABA/First Chair Press, 2012), which gives an overview of the laws governing attorney wrongdoing in each state, written by lawyers who practice in that state. She is a frequent lecturer for ICLE on legal malpractice and professional responsibility topics and the recipient of several honors.
Ms. Manning received her B.A. from Rutgers College and her J.D. from Rutgers School of Law-Newark.
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Join us for this seminar to sharpen your civil litigation skills! A distinguished panel of civil litigation attorneys will guide you through the complex arena of civil litigation. Learn effective tips and strategies in civil litigation including discovery, motion practice, pre-trial exchanges, recent developments in case law, trial preparation, ethical considerations and more. Register today!
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