Discovery Workshop for Municipal Court Attorneys
Category: Materials
Member Price: $12
Non-Member Price: $15
Areas of Law: Municipal Court Practice
Featured Speaker
Moderator
- Emeka Nkwuo, Esq.
- Lomurro Law, Freehold
Presenters
- Tamra Katcher, Esq.
- Rem Weis Katcher Duarte, Attorneys At Law, Hackensack
- Peter H. Lederman, Esq.
- Lomurro Law, Freehold
- Sophia M. Shalaby, Esq.
- Law Offices of Sophia M. Shalaby, LLC, New Brunswick
- Brian Wilkie, Esq.
- Citta, Holzapfel & Zabarsky, Toms River
Presented in cooperation with the NJSBA Municipal Court Practice Section
Enhance your ability to conduct effective discovery!
Learn what is discoverable. Know what you need to ask for.
Discovery is an essential part of every case and is often the most important part of the litigation process. Arguably, cases are won or lost during the discovery phase. The key to effective discovery is knowing what is available and how to get it.
Emeka Nkwuo, Esq., one of New Jersey’s most respected municipal court attorneys, will lead our panel in a discussion of:
- The importance and timing of discovery
- How to obtain discovery from equipment used in a police investigation
- Stop reports and other discovery from the New Jersey State Police
- Other valuable discovery that is available
- The consequences of destruction of discovery
- Motions to compel discovery, relevant case law and more
Make plans to attend this thorough and productive new workshop on municipal court discovery. Register today! You’ll walk away with strategies and important information that can be put to work right away in your practice.
- 4:30 - Overview - Emeka Nkwuo, Esq.
- 4:40 - Recent Decisions in Municipal Court Discovery – Peter H. Lederman, Esq.
- 5:00 - Demand and discovery in Municipal Court; Court Rule; Discovery from a Strategic Standpoint - Emeka Nkwuo, Esq.
- 5:30 - Discovery from a Defense Counsel’s Standpoint – Peter H. Lederman, Esq.
- 5:50 - Discovery from a Prosecutor’s Standpoint – Brian K. Wilkie, Esq.
- 6:20 - Break
- 6:30 - Procedures on Improving the Discovery Process; Electronic Media and Technology; 10-Day Rule; Best Practices – Sophia M. Shalaby, Esq.
- 7:00 - Motions to compel; Holup applications; Sanctions for Failure to Produce; How to get Information from the Record Room; Specific Discovery Demands Based on the Type of the Offense – Tamra Katcher, Esq.
- 7:30 - Special Issues - A Panel Roundtable
- Importance of timing of discovery
- Importance of redaction of discovery-OPRA v. discovery rules
- When is it necessary to obtain a protective order?
- Reciprocal discovery- what do you know? What do you have to provide? What if its part of your work product? Are you holding on to something that may be a detriment to your client? Rebuttal and impeachment considerations
- Consequences of destruction of evidence
- 8:05 - Adjourn