Excelling at Litigating Wrongful Death Action Cases

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Meeting

Location:

Wilshire Grand, West Orange
350 Pleasant Valley Way West Orange, NJ 07052-2918

Date:

October 19, 2018

Time:

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM ET

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Tuition:

General Tuition:$185

NJSBA Member Rate: $148

Moderator/Speaker:
Richard E. Brennan, Esq. Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney Author: A Practice Guide to Wrongful Death Actions...

Tuition:

General Tuition:$185

NJSBA Member Rate: $148

Moderator/Speaker:
Richard E. Brennan, Esq. Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney Author: A Practice Guide to Wrongful Death Actions (NJICLE, 2012) McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP, Morristown
Speakers include:
Hon. C. Judson Hamlin, PJCv (Ret.) Executive Director of the National Phen Fen settlement trust Keefe Law Firm, New Brunswick
Kenneth T. Betz, MBA, MA Economist Sobel Tinari Economics Group, Livingston
Andrew J. Renda, Jr., Esq. Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney Renda and Voynick, Cedar Grove
Judith A.Wahrenberger, Esq. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney Ruprecht Hart Weeks & Ricciardulli, LLP, Westfield

About The Program:

An in-depth guide on how to handle a wrongful death or survivor action.

Wrongful death actions are a unique type of personal injury action. In New Jersey, the law pertaining to wrongful death actions is New Jersey’s Wrongful Death Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:31-4.

In these cases, the parties and the damages that can be collected differ from the typical personal injury claim. At this seminar, a panel of well- respected New Jersey personal injury practitioners along with a former presiding civil trial judge and an economic expert will offer a well-rounded perspective on this every growing area of law as they offer strategic tips specific to handling cases wrongful death action cases.

Program Agenda:

9:00	Welcome and Introduction to the program - Richard E. Brennan, Esq.
9:10	Overview of the law of Wrongful Death - Hon. C. Judson Hamlin, PJCv (Ret.)
9:30	Plaintiff’s perspective- proving and allocating damages - Andrew J. Renda, Jr., Esq.
10:00	Defense Perspective - Judith A.Wahrenberger, Esq.
10:30	Panel comments
10:40	Break
10:50	The importance of the expert/ expert voir dire - Richard E. Brennan, Esq. -use of medical expert -use of economist
11:20	The economist components and calculations- Kenneth T. Betz, MBA, MA - Bringing Green v. Bittner to life
12:10	Settlement tips - Hon. C. Judson Hamlin, PJCv (Ret.)
12:35	Panel discussion (i.e., elements of pecuniary loss, trial tips, etc.)
12:50	Q&A
1:00	Adjourn

CLE Credits:
NJ CLE information:	This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 4.5 hours of total CLE credit.Of these, 4.5 qualify as hours of credit toward certification in civil trial law and workers’ compensation law.
NJ CLE:	This program has been approved for 4.5 credits (50 minute hour)
PA CLE:	3.5 substantive credits pending ($16 fee – separate check payable to NJICLE must be submitted at the end of the program)
Trial Attorney Certification:	4.5 civil credits pending
NY CLE (nt):	4.5 professional practice credits

Door Registration: $205
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