The Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association is pleased to present this first ever Commercial Litigation Academy, bringing together an extraordinary panel of distinguished and well-known commercial litigators and judges who take you through federal and state commercial litigation practice. 

You will receive training necessary for handling all aspects of a commercial litigation in New York state and federal courts, from the commencement of the case, through discovery and motion practice, to the trial and appeal process.  The topics include venue decisions, pleadings, injunctive relief, discovery and disclosure, including e-discovery, expert discovery, arguing your first motion, trials and appeals. Ethical and evidentiary problems encountered by the civil trial attorney are also addressed.

Program Topics

• Venue Decisions: State court vs. Federal court vs. Arbitration

• Pleadings

• Injunctive Relief: Temporary Restraining Orders, Order to Show Cause, Preliminary and Permanent Injunctions and Ethical Considerations

• Disclosure and Discovery, including E-Discovery

• Expert Discovery - State v. Federal and Ethical Considerations 

• Arguing Your First Motion

• Trials (including Evidence Rules)

• Civil Appeals


Program Faculty

Kevin J. Smith, Esq. (Overall Planning Chair)
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Robert M. Abrahams, Esq.
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

Lauren E. Aguiar, Esq.
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP

Jack C. Auspitz, Esq.
Morrison & Foerster LLP

Honorable Eileen Bransten
New York State Supreme Court
New York County

Honorable Naomi Reice Buchwald
United States District Court
Southern District of New York

Leslie D. Corwin, Esq.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Honorable  Barry A. Cozier
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.

Honorable Carolyn E. Demarest
New York State Supreme Court
Kings County

Steven M. Edwards, Esq.
Hogan Lovells US LLP

William A. Escobar, Esq.
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Marshall H. Fishman, Esq.
Freshfields, Bruckhaus, Deringer US LLP

Honorable Bernard Fried
New York State Supreme Court
New York County

Robert J. Jossen, Esq.
Dechert LLP

Honorable Barbara R. Kapnick
New York State Supreme Court
New York County

Honorable Shirley Werner Kornreich
New York State Supreme Court
New York County

Jonathan J. Lerner, Esq.
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP

Lewis J. Liman, Esq.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Mitchell A. Lowenthal, Esq.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Betty Lugo, Esq.
Pacheco & Lugo, PLLC

Jonathan D. Lupkin, Esq.
Flemming Zulack Williamson Zauderer LLP

Gregory A. Markel, Esq.
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP

Honorable Victor Marrero
United States District Court
Southern District of New York

David R. Marriott, Esq.
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Hon. Frank Maas
United States Magistrate Judge
Southern District of New York

Gary P. Naftalis, Esq.
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Dennis P. Orr, Esq.
Morrison & Foerster LLP

Robert D. Owen, Esq.
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

Marcia B. Paul, Esq.
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

James W. Quinn, Esq.
Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP

Alan I. Raylesberg, Esq.
Chadbourne & Parke LLP

Bradley I. Ruskin, Esq.
Proskauer Rose LLP

Paul C. Saunders, Esq.
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Karen Patton Seymour, Esq.
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

David J. Sheehan, Esq.
Baker & Hostetler LLP

Louis Solomon, Esq.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Guy M. Struve, Esq.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Peter N. Wang, Esq.
Foley & Lardner LLP

Mark C. Zauderer, Esq.
Flemming Zulack Williamson Zauderer LLP

Peter L. Zimroth, Esq.
Arnold & Porter LLP

James D. Zirin, Esq.
Sidley Austin LLP

Total MCLE Credits 16.0
Ethics MCLE Credits  3.0

This archived webcast is a video online program that you will view and listen to on your computer screen. The program code for each topic that you write on the included MCLE Form only appears on the screen and is not announced by audio.