The Regional Trial Bootcamp
Date: Nov 25, 2024 8:45 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: The Westin, Mount Laurel, and Online
Member Price: $195.00
Non-Member Price: $244.00
Section Price: $0.00
Areas of Law: Civil
Earn up to 8.6 credits! (More Information)
Keynote
Moderator
- Edward T. Kole, Esq.
- Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer P.A., Woodbridge
Presenters
- Hon. Colm F. Connolly, U.S.D.J.
- Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Delaware
- Hon. Gerald A. McHugh, U.S.D.J.
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- Hon. Christine P. O'Hearn, U.S.D.J.
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- Hon. Karen M. Williams, U.S.D.J.
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- Victor A. Afanador, Esq.
- Lite Depalma Greenberg & Afanador, LLC, Newark
- John D. Balaguer, Esq.
- Balaguer Milewski Imbrogno, Wilmington
- Jay J. Blumberg, Esq.
- Blumberg & Lindner, Woodbury
- Cathy Fleming, Esq.
- Offit Kurman Attorneys At Law, Hackensack
- Linda Dale Hoffa, Esq.
- Dilworth Paxson, LLP, Philadelphia
- Michelle Morgan
- Assistant United States Attorney
Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, Wilmington - Brian J. Neary, Esq.
- Law Offices of Brian J Neary, Hackensack
- John D. North, Esq.
- Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis LLP, Iselin
- Jeffrey L. O'Hara, Esq.
- Connell Foley LLP, Roseland
- David S. Osterman, Esq.
- Goldberg Segalla LLP, Princeton
- David E. Ross, Esq.
- Ross Aronstam & Moritz, Wilmington
- Paul Mark Sandler, Esq.
- Of Counsel, Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler, Baltimore
- Kevin R. Shannon, Esq.
- Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington
- Samuel W. Silver, Esq.
- Welsh & Recker, PC, Philadelphia
- Rubin M. Sinins, Esq
- Javerbaum Wurgaft, Springfield
- John L. Slimm, Esq.
- Marshall Dennehey, Mount Laurel
- Peter J. Walsh, Esq.
- Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP
Presented in cooperation with the American College of Trial Lawyers, the New Jersey State Bar Association, the Delaware State Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Bar Association
Join this one-of-a kind, immersive trial bootcamp presented by some of the most experienced and respected trial attorneys and jurists in the region. Presenters will take you through the anatomy of a trial by conducting the full-blown trial of Al Capone for the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. The speakers will offer demonstrations, presentations and panel discussions – including a critique of the demonstrators’ trial techniques – as they navigate through the trial from opening to closing. Attendees will be eligible for credits in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and New York, and all will receive Paul Sandler’s best-selling book, “The Art of Persuasion.”
Whether you are a criminal or civil practitioner, a recently admitted attorney or are well-established in your career, you won’t want to miss this unique experience!
The Setting and Background - Chicago during the 1920s was the gangster capital of the world. It was a city largely controlled by mobsters engaged in bootlegging, gambling and murder. Leaders of the gangs thought nothing of “rubbing out” those who betrayed them, or more likely instructing their minions to accomplish the task.
The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre is the name given to the ghastly murders of six members and a companion of the North Side Chicago Gang on Feb. 14, 1929. On that cold winter morning, two mobsters impersonating police officers in uniform confronted members of the Moran crime gang. The victims, believing they were experiencing a routine police raid, submitted to a line up, faces against a wall, in an unoccupied garage. After the victims surrendered their weapons, the two police impersonators summoned in two companions dressed in overcoats and immediately killed the victims in a hail of gunfire while they faced the wall.
News of the massacre stunned not only Chicago, but the entire country. Still, there was never an indictment or trial relating to this crime. Theories abound about who was responsible. Some to this very day say it was Capone. Others point to different perpetrators. How will these attorneys handle the prosecution and defense?
Join our Regional Trial Bootcamp and earn 8.6 NJ General, 8.5 NY Professional Practice Transitional, 7.0 PA Substantive, 7.3 DE CLE credits.
The agenda:
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8:00 | Registration and Breakfast
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8:45 | Discussion of Case Analysis, Theory of Case, Professionalism (And The 12 Secrets of Persuasion) - Paul Mark Sandler, Esq.
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9:15 | Opening Statements
- NJ: Brian J. Neary, Esq. -
9:45 | Demonstration of Opening Statements
- PA: Samuel W. Silver, Esq. -
10:15 | Panel Discussion on Openings
- Moderator: John D. North, Esq.
- NJ: John L. Slimm, Esq. and Jeffrey L. O’Hara, Esq.
- PA: Linda Dale Hoffa, Esq. -
10:45 | Break
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10:55 | Lecture on Direct Examination
- PA: Linda Dale Hoffa. Esq. -
11:25 | Demonstrations of Direct
- NJ: Cathy Fleming. Esq. -
11:55 | Critique of Direct Panel Discussion
- Moderator: Edward T. Kole, Esq.
- NJ: Victor A. Afanador, Esq. and Rubin M. Sinins, Esq.
- DE: Michelle Morgan, Assistant United States Attorney -
12:25 | Lunch
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1:05 | Panel Discussion - What Judges Want from Trial Judges
- Moderator: Edward T. Kole, Esq.
- NJ: Hon. Christine P. O’Hearn, U.S.D.J. and Hon. Karen M. Williams, U.S.D.J.
- DE: Hon. Colm F. Connolly, U.S.D.J.
- PA: Hon. Gerald A. McHugh, U.S.D.J -
1:50 | Presentation on Cross-Examination
- NJ: Jay J. Blumberg, Esq. -
2:25 | Cross-Examination Demonstrations
- DE: Kevin R. Shannon, Esq.
- DE: Witness TBA -
2:55 | Break
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3:05 | Critique of Cross
- Moderator: Edward T. Kole, Esq.
- NJ: Victor A. Afanador, Esq. and Rubin M. Sinins, Esq.
- PA: Michelle Morgan, Assistant United States Attorney
- DE: John D. Balaguer, Esq. -
3:35 | Lecture on Closing
- NJ: David S. Osterman, Esq. -
4:00 | Demonstration of Closing
- DE: David E. Ross, Esq. and Peter J. Walsh, Esq. -
4:30 | Critique of Closing
- Moderator: John D. North, Esq.
- NJ: John L. Slimm, Esq. and Jeffrey L. O’Hara, Esq.
- PA: Linda Dale Hoffa, Esq. - 5:00 | Adjourn
Breakfast, lunch and “The Art of Persuasion” included.
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