Effective Use of Objections at Depositions and Trials
Category: On Demand
Member Price: $220
Non-Member Price: $275
Areas of Law: Civil
| NJ CLE: | NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 4 hours of total CLE credit (Full Credits Available: NJ General: 4.0). |
| NY CLE (t&nt): | NY Professional Practice Transitional: 4.0 |
| PA CLE: | PA Substantive Credit: 3.0
New: No PACLE fee is required for this program. To earn PA CLE credits, a valid PA Bar ID number must be entered into the CLE form provided after attending the program. |
Keynote
Moderator
- Mitchell J. Makowicz, Jr., Esq.
- Certified By the Supreme Court of New Jersey As a Civil Trial Attorney
Blume Forte Fried Zerres & Molinari
Presenters
- Hon. Wendy Allyson Reek, J.S.C.
- Judge, Superior Court of NJ
- Rebekah R. Conroy, Esq.
- Stone Conroy LLC, Florham Park
- Kelly P. Corrubia, Esq.
- Director, New Jersey Defense Association
Hall Booth Smith, P.C., Paramus - Thomas J. Manzo, Esq.
- Treasurer, New Jersey State Bar Foundation
Szaferman Lakind, Lawrenceville - Rey O. Villanueva, Esq.
- Golden Rothschild Spagnola Lundell Boylan & Garubo, PC, Bridgewater
A crucial component of litigation is mastering the art of objections. Join us as a distinguished panel, including a presiding court judge and experienced litigators, present effective strategies on how to effectively use objections at depositions and trials. Discover how to properly make an objection and how to quickly identify the basis for an objection. Learn how to recognize when oral testimony, expert testimony, or physical evidence are objectionable. Learn how to comply with the deposition objection in both discovery depositions and de bene esse depositions. This seminar will fully prepare you to make your next objection!
Program Agenda:
- 9:00 |Introduction - Mitchell J. Makowicz, Jr., Esq.
- 9:05 | The theory vs. the practice of objecting - Rebekah R. Conroy, Esq.
- 9:35 | Why a deposition? - Rey O. Villanueva, Esq.
- The proper form for making the objection
- Differences between objections to oral testimony, physical evidence and expert testimony
- 10:05 | Applying the above knowledge - Kelly P. Corrubia, Esq.
- Quickly identifying the basis for the objection
- When to object
- When not to object
- Why you object
- Making the record
- 10:35 | Break
- 10:45 | Difference between objections at deposition and objections at trial (Part 1) - Mitchell J. Makowicz, Jr., Esq.
- Deposition practice for objections, de bene esse and discovery.
- A discussion of the abuses of R. 4:14-3c
- 11:15 | Difference between objections at deposition and objections at trial (part 2) - Thomas J. Manzo, Esq.
- Trial practice tips on objections
- Objections during opening and closings
- 11:45 | Judicial perspective and a discussion of whether or not objections may be initiated from the bench - Hon. Wendy Allyson Reek, J.S.C.
- 12:30 | Q&A
- 12:35 | Adjourn