A Day on Evidence
Category: Materials
Member Price: $40
Non-Member Price: $50
Areas of Law: Civil, Ethics
Featured Speaker
Moderator
- John D. North, Esq.
- Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis LLP, Iselin
Presenters
- Hon. Arnold L. Natali, Jr., J.A.D.
- Bhaveen R. Jani, Esq.
- Stark & Stark, Hamilton
- David R. Kott, Esq.
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
McCarter & English LLP, Newark - Jonathan H. Lomurro, Esq., LLM
- Certified By the Supreme Court of New Jersey As a Civil Trial Attorney
Lomurro, Munson, Comer, Brown & Schottland, LLC - Diana C. Manning, Esq.
- Bressler Amery & Ross, PC, Florham Park
- Jared M. Placitella, Esq.
- Cohen, Placitella & Roth, PC, Red Bank
- Kathleen M. Reilly, Esq.
- Certified By the Supreme Court of New Jersey As a Civil Trial Attorney
Brady Reilly & Cardoso, LLC - Justin P. Schorr, PhD
- President and Principal Collision Reconstruction Engineer
DJS Associates Inc., Abington
Presented in cooperation with the NJSBA’s Certified Attorneys and Civil Trial Bar sections
Evidence skills can take years to master. John North, Esq., an accomplished trial attorney and author of the NJICLE treatise, A Trial Lawyer’s Strategic Guide to the New Jersey Rules of Evidence, will lead our distinguished panel in a full-day program specifically designed to give litigators at all levels an opportunity to improve their evidence skills. The panel will delve into topics, including: a report from the Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Evidence, recent amendments to F.R.Ev. Rule 702, the use of animations to illustrate and simplify complex expert opinions, the importance of witness testimony, a review of common rules of evidence, recent case law developments and a presentation on judicial notice of the Internet of “Facts”. The program will culminate with an important discussion of spoliation and ethical evidence issues every attorney needs to be aware of. Don’t miss this opportunity to strengthen your evidence skills!
Program Agenda:
- 9:00 | Welcome
- 9:05 | Report from the Supreme Court Committee on rules of evidence
- 9:35 | Recent issues and rulings of interest
- 10:00 | Expert witness issues
- Trial Court’s “gatekeeping” role under In re Accutane; Barden v Brenntag North America, Inc. and other recent opinions.
- Recent Amendments to F.R.Ev. R. 702 - 10:45 | Break
- 10:55 | Use of animations to illustrate and simplify complex expert opinions
- 12:00 | Luncheon
- 12:45 | Witness statements
- 1:15 | Judicial notice of internet “facts”
- 1:50 | Spoliation/fraudulent concealment of evidence claims
- 2:25 | Evidence –spoliation and ethics
- 3:25 | Program wrap up
- 3:30 | Adjourn