Legal Malpractice Update
Date: Jun 14, 2024 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: New Jersey Law Center, and Online
Member Price: $167
Non-Member Price: $209
Section Price: $157
Areas of Law: Ethics
Earn up to 4.5 credits, including 4.5 in Ethics! (More Information)
Keynote
Moderator
- Scott B. Piekarsky, Esq.
- Offit Kurman, Hackensack
Presenters
- Hon. Harry G. Carroll, JAD (Ret.)
- Meyerson Fox & Conte, PA, Montvale
- Meredith Kaplan Stoma, Esq.
- Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Newark
- Michael T. McCormick, Esq.
- Director, New Jersey Lawyers Fund For Client Protecction, Trenton
- John L. Slimm, Esq.
- Marshall Dennehey, Mount Laurel
- Kenneth Thyne, Esq.
- Simon Law Group, LLC, Somerville
- Iram P. Valentin, Esq.
- Kaufman Dolowich, Hackensack
- Jennifer McAndrew Vuotto, Esq.
- McAndrew Vuotto LLC, Morristown
Every year, an increasing number of New Jersey attorneys find themselves facing ethical issues, often without realizing they were in violation.
Join us at this year’s program to avoid becoming another statistic and gain knowledge on how to effectively protect against ethical grievances and legal malpractice in 2024.
Speakers will touch on ethical issues in legal malpractice, claims and proofs involving the New Jersey Lawyers Fund for Client Protection, problems arising from accepting electronic payments, fee splitting and referral fees, emotional distress damages and the impact of artificial intelligence on legal malpractice. The program will culminate with a demonstration focusing on appellate malpractice.
Learn to protect yourself and others from potentially damaging malpractice and ethical claims.
Program Agenda:
- 9:00 | Welcome - Scott B. Piekarsky, Esq.
- 9:05 | Ethical issues as they pertain to legal malpractice - Jennifer McAndrew Vuotto, Esq.
- 9:35 | New Jersey Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection and ethical concerns arising from accepting
- 10:05 | Issues involving feel splitting, referral fees, and conflicts - Iram P. Valentin, Esq.
- 10:40 | Break
- 10:50 | Emotional distress damages in legal malpractice cases - Kenneth Thyne, Esq.
- 11:20 | Impact of AI on legal malpractice - Meredith Kaplan Stoma, Esq.
- 11:50 | Thorny issues in appellate malpractice
- Hon. Harry G. Carroll, JAD (Ret.); Scott B. Piekarsky, Esq.; John L. Slimm, Esq.- Is there a cause of action?
- When does it arise?
- And who can really hear it?
- 12:40 | Wrap up/Q&A
- 12:45 | Adjourn
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