Ethics Proceedings from Interview to Hearing

Category: On Demand

Member Price: $200

Non-Member Price: $250

Product Code: ON304326

Areas of Law: Ethics

CLE Credits
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 3.3 hours of total CLE credit, including 3.3 in Ethics (Full Credits Available: NJ Ethics: 3.3).
NY CLE (t&nt):NY Ethics Non-Transitional: 3.0
PA CLE:PA Ethics Credit: 2.5
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.
Faculty

Featured Speaker

Moderator

Robert B. Hille, Esq.
Past President, New Jersey State Bar Association
Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis, Roseland

Presenters

Monique Moreira, Esq.
Certified By the Supreme Court of New Jersey As a Civil Trial Attorney
Moreira Sayles Ramirez LLC
Justin P. Walder, Esq.
Certified By the Supreme Court of New Jersey As a Civil Trial Attorney
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden

Learn about ethics proceedings as this esteemed panel guides you through every stage of a potential ethics grievance, from the initial phone call through the investigation stage, and beyond. Discover the various levels of ethics hearings before the local ethics committee, a special ethics adjudicator, the Disciplinary Review Board and the New Jersey Supreme Court, as well as the rules and procedures followed. Register today!

Program Agenda:

  • 9 | Introduction

  • 9:05 | Grievance – Who can file/where filed, standard of review by DEC secretary/OAE – Panel discussion with Robert B. Hille, Esq.; Monique Moreira, Esq. and Justin P. Walder, Esq.

  • 9:25 | Investigation – DEC/OAE, duty to cooperate, confidentiality, diversion, report and recommendation, standard for investigator/chair in deciding to file a complaint – Panel discussion with Robert B. Hille, Esq.; Monique Moreira, Esq. and Justin P. Walder, Esq.

  • 9:45 | Complaint/Answer and Exhibits; what’s public - Panel discussion with Robert B. Hille, Esq.; Monique Moreira, Esq. and Justin P. Walder, Esq.

  • 10:05 | Panel/Special Adjudicator Assignment - Panel discussion with Robert B. Hille, Esq.; Monique Moreira, Esq. and Justin P. Walder, Esq.

  • 10:25 Break

  • 10:35 | Pre-Hearing Conference – Discovery issues, motions, constitutional issues - Panel discussion with Robert B. Hille, Esq.; Monique Moreira, Esq. and Justin P. Walder, Esq.

  • 10:55 | Hearing – Evidentiary considerations, burdens, public and proceeding of record, recommendations, violations found but not alleged - Panel discussion with Robert B. Hille, Esq.; Monique Moreira, Esq. and Justin P. Walder, Esq.

  • 11:15 | DRB Determination and Review - Panel discussion with Robert B. Hille, Esq.; Monique Moreira, Esq. and Justin P. Walder, Esq.

  • 11:35 | Appeals: Supreme Court - petitions and orders - Panel discussion with Robert B. Hille, Esq.; Monique Moreira, Esq. and Justin P. Walder, Esq.

  • 12 | Adjourn