Basics of Trial Practice - After the Verdict

Friday, April 12, 2013

- Location -
Melville Marriott Long Island
1350 Old Walt Whitman Road
Melville, NY 11747
(631) 423-1600

Description

The trial is over, but your work is far from completed. What do you do after the jury returns their verdict? This unique half-day course will provide you with the information you need to navigate the tricky waters of post-verdict trial practice. Top notch trial lawyers will provide insights and practice tips re:

          - Challenging civil jury verdicts
          - Polling the jury
          - Post-trial motions
          - CPLR Sec. 4545 collateral source reductions
          - GOL Sec. 15-108 set-offs
          - CPLR Articles 50-A and 50-B
          - Preparing the Judgment and Bill of Costs

Don't miss this practical course covering the crucial aspects of post-verdict trial practice so seldom discussed in trial advocacy programs.

Agenda

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Registration

9:00 a.m. - 9:10 a.m. Welcome and Introductions

9:10 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.              Challenging the Verdict of the Civil Jury
                                                             - Polling the Jurors
                                                             - Preserving the Record
                                                             - Post-Trial Motions
                                                             - JNOV
                                                             - New trial
                                                             - Misconduct
                                                             Speaker: Marvin Salenger, Esq., Salenger, Sack, Kimmel & Bavaro, LLP, Woodbury

10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.            An Introduction to Collateral Source Reductions under CPLR Sec. 4545 and Set-offs under GOL Sec. 15-108
                                                             - Collateral Sources under CPLR Sec. 4545
                                                             - Preserving entitled to post-verdict set offs
                                                             - Set-offs under General Obligations Law Sec. 15-108
                                                              Speaker: Timothy R. Capowski, Esq., Shaub Ahmuty Citrin & Spratt, LLP, New Hyde Park

10:50 a.m. - 11:05 a.m. Coffee Break

11:05 a.m. - 11:55 a.m.           An Introduction to the Operation of Articles 50-A 50-B of the CPLR
                                                              - Preserving and litigating Article 50-B issues
                                                              - Procedural issues
                                                              - Statutory Computations
                                                              Speaker: Josefina Tranfa-Abboud, Ph.D., Marks, Paneth & Shron, LLP, NYC

11:55 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.            Preparing the Judgment and Bill of Costs
                                                              - Amounts that may be included as interest, costs and disbursements
                                                              - Entering, filing and serving judgments with costs and disbursements
                                                              Speaker: Barbara A. Sheehan, Esq., Nicoletti, Hornig, Campise & Sweeney, NYC

12:45 p.m. Adjournment

Faculty

Saul Wilensky, Esq., Local Co-Chair, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, LLP, New York City
Carl J. Schaerf, Esq., Local Co-Chair, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, LLP, New York City
Marvin Salenger, Esq., Salenger, Sack, Kimmel & Bavaro, LLP, Woodbury
Timothy R. Capowski, Esq., Shaub Ahmuty Citrin & Spratt, LLP, New Hyde Park
Barbara A. Sheehan, Esq., Nicoletti, Hornig, Campise & Sweeney, New York City
Josefina Tranfa-Abboud, Ph.D., Marks, Paneth & Shron, LLP, New York City

Directions

From Eastern Long Island: Take the Long Island Expressway (495) West to Exit 49 North (Route 110 Huntington). Stay on the Service Road and after the second light, the hotel is on the right hand side. From Western Long Island: Take the Long Island Expressway (495) East to Exit 49 South (Route 110 Huntington). Make a left at the first light into Old Walt Whitman Road. Stay on Old Walt Whitman Road and the hotel will be on the right side. From the Northern State Parkway: Take the Northern State Parkway to Exit 40 South (Route 110 South). Continue to the westbound Service Road of the Long Island Expressway (495) West. Make a left onto the Service Road and the hotel will be on your right hand side. From the Southern State Parkway: Take the Southern State Parkway to Exit 32 North (Route 110 Huntington) to the Service Road of the Long Island Expressway (495) West. Make a left onto the Service Road and the hotel will be on your right hand side. From MacArthur (Islip) Airport: Take Veterans Memorial Highway (Junction 454) Northbound to the Long Island Expressway (495) West to Exit 49 North (Route 110 Huntington) Continue on the Service Road and the hotel is just past the second light on the right hand side. From LaGuardia Airport: Take the Grand Central Parkway Eastbound to the Northern State Parkway East to Exit 40 South (Route 110 South) Continue to the Westbound Service Road of the Long Island Expressway (495). Make a right at the light onto the Service Road and the hotel is on the right hand side. From JFK Airport: Take the JFK Expressway East to the Belt Parkway East and follow the signs to the Southern State Parkway East. Take the Southern State Parkway to Exit 32 North (Route 110 Huntington). Make a left onto the Westbound Service Road of the Long Island Expressway (495) and the hotel will be on your right hand side. From Newark International Airport: Take the New Jersey Turnpike North (Route 95) to Exit 13. To the Verrazanno Bridge. From the bridge take the Belt Parkway East to the Cross Island Parkway North to the Long Island Expressway East to Exit 49 South (Route 110 Huntington). Make a left at the first light, onto Old Walt Whitman Road and the hotel will be on your right hand side. From the Verrazanno Bridge, Staten Island, New Jersey and Brooklyn: Belt Parkway East to the Cross Island Parkway North to the Long Island Expressway (495) to Exit 49 South (Route 110 Huntington). Make a left at the first light onto Old Walt Whitman Road and the hotel will be on your right hand side. From Throgs Neck Bridge, Whitestone Bridge, Upstate NY and New England: Cross Island Parkway South to the Long Island Expressway (495) East to Exit 49 South (Route 110 Huntington). Make a left at the first light onto Old Walt Whitman Road and the hotel will be on the right hand side.

The last day to pre-register online was April 11, 2013.

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LI-Registration	$99.00

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Seminar

LI-Registration	$240.00

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LI-Registration	$50.00

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