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Commercial Litigation Academy

- Location -
Concierge Conference Center
780 Third Avenue (at 48th Street)
New York, NY 10017
(212) 735-0072

9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. (both days)

16.0 MCLE Credits

(7.0 areas of professional practice, 6.0 skills, 3.0 ethics)

This two-day, bridge-the-gap program is geared towards newly admitted attorneys and experienced practitioners seeking to sharpen their skills as commercial litigators and trial lawyers.

Due to an overwhelming response, the New York City program has sold out, however, an overflow room has just been added!  Additional registrants will be accommodated in the overflow room and will participate in the program via live interactive video conference.  This video conference is approved for MCLE credit for attorneys, including those newly admitted!

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 will take you through federal and state commercial litigation practice.  You will receive training and skills 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 will 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 will also be addressed.

You can’t afford to miss this opportunity to learn the in’s and out’s of commercial litigation practice in both New York state and federal courts from the leading experts in the field!

This course provides newly admitted attorneys with one full year of required transitional MCLE credits.  The two-day program carries 16.0 MCLE credits (7.0 areas of professional practice, 6.0 skills and 3.0 ethics).

Program Agenda | Day One | Thursday, May 5, 2011 

8:30 a.m.                                   Registration

9:00 a.m. - 9:10 a.m.              Welcoming Remarks and Introduction

9:10 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.          

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

Panelists:

Hon. Victor Marrero,United States District Judge, Southern District of New York
Lauren E. Aguiar, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Robert M. Abrahams, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
Marcia B. Paul, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Bradley I. Ruskin, Proskauer Rose LLP

10:50 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.           Break

11:00 a.m. – 12:45 a.m.            

Pleadings
                                               
Panelists:

Hon. Carolyn E. Demarest, N.Y. Supreme Court
Alan I. Raylesberg, Chadbourne & Parke LLP
Jack C. Auspitz, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Paul C. Saunders, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

12:45 a.m. -  2:00 p.m.             Lunch

2:00 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.               

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

Panelists:

Hon. Shirley Werner Kornreich, N. Y. Supreme Court
Hon. Bernard Fried, N.Y. Supreme Court
Jonathan J. Lerner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
David J. Sheehan, Baker & Hostetler LLP
Mark C. Zauderer, Flemming Zulack Williamson Zauderer LLP

3:50 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.               

Disclosure and Discovery, including E-Discovery

Panelists:

Hon. Barbara R. Kapnick, N.Y. Supreme Court
Hon. Eileen Bransten, N.Y. Supreme Court
Robert D. Owen, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
William A. Escobar, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Steven M. Edwards, Hogan Lovells US LLP

Program Agenda | Day Two | Friday, May 6, 2011 

8:30 a.m.                                     Registration

9:00 a.m.- 9:10 a.m.                 Welcoming Remarks and Introduction

9:10 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.

Expert Discovery, State v. Federal
Ethical Considerations  (10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.)

Panelists:

Gregory A. Markel, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Louis Solomon, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Jonathan D. Lupkin, Flemming Zulack Williamson Zauderer LLP
Dennis P. Orr, Morrison & Foerster LLP

10:50 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.            Break

11:00 a.m. – 12:45 a.m.            

Arguing Your First Motion

Panelists:

Hon. Naomi Reice Buchwald, United States District Judge, Southern District of New York
Mitchell A. Lowenthal, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Peter L. Zimroth, Arnold & Porter LLP
Peter N. Wang, Foley & Lardner LLP
David B. Tulchin, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

12:45 a.m. -  2:00 p.m.             Lunch

2:00 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.               

Trials (including Evidence Rules)

Panelists:

James W. Quinn, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Gary P. Naftalis, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Evan R. Chesler, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Karen Patton Seymour, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Betty Lugo, Pacheco & Lugo, PLLC

3:40 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.               Break

3:50 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.               

Civil Appeals

Panelists:

Robert J. Jossen, Dechert LLP
Leslie D. Corwin, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Guy M. Struve, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Barry A. Cozier, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
James D. Zirin, Sidley Austin LLP
Lewis J. Liman, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Program Faculty

Overall Planning Chair

Kevin J. Smith, Esq.
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
New York City

Panelists

Robert M. Abrahams, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP * Lauren E. Aguiar, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP * Jack C. Auspitz, Morrison & Foerster LLP * Honorable Eileen Bransten, New York State Supreme Court, Southern District of New York * Honorable Naomi Reice Buchwalk, United States District Court, Southern District of New York * Evan R. Chesler, Cravtah, Swaine & Moore LLP * Leslie D. Corwin, Greenberg Traurig, LLP * Barry A. Cozier, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. * Honorable Carolyn E. Demarest, New York State Supreme Court, Kings Court  * Steven M. Edwards, Hogan Lovells US LLP * William A. Escobar, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP * Marshall H. Fishman, Freshfields, Bruckhaus, Deringer US LLP * Justice Bernard Fried, New York State Supreme Court, New York County * Robert J. Jossen, 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, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP * Lewis J. Liman, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP * Mitchell A. Lowenthal, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP * Betty Lugo, Pacheco & Lugo, PLLC * Jonathan D. Lupkin, Flemming Zulack Williamson Zauderer LLP * Gregory A. Markel, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP * Honorable Victor Marrero, United States District Court, Southern District of New York * Gary P. Naftalis, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP * Dennis P. Orr, Morrison & Foerster LLP * Robert D. Owen, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP * Marcia B. Paul, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP * James W. Quinn, Weil Gotshal & Manges, LLP * Alan I. Raylesberg, Chadbourne & Parke * Bradley I. Ruskin, Proskauer Rose LLP * Paul C. Saunders, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP * Karen Patton Seymour, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP * Louis Solomon, Cadwalder Wickersham & Taft LLP * Guy M. Struve, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP * David B. Tulchin, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP * Peter N. Wang, Foley & Lardner LLP * Mark C. Zauderer, Flemming Zulack Williamson Zauderer LLP * Peter L. Zimroth, Arnold & Porter LLP * James D. Zirin, Sidley Austin LLP.

Directions to the Concierge Conference Center

780 Third Avenue between 48th and 49th Street
Using Public Transit: Take the 4, 5, 6, S Subway to Grand Central Station Walk one block East to Third Ave, continue North on Third Ave to 48th Street Take the E, V Subway to Lexington Ave/53rd Street. Walk one block East to Third Ave, continue South to 49th Street

For more information about this program, please contact Katherine Suchocki in the Continuing Legal Education Department at 518-487-5590 or ksuchocki@nysba.org.

For questions about registration, please contact the CLE Registrar at 1-800-582-2452 (in Albany & the surrounding area dial 518-463-3724).

The last day to pre-register online was May 4, 2011.

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NYSBA welcomes participation by individuals with disabilities. NYSBA is committed to complying with all applicable laws that prohibit discrimination against individuals on the basis of disability in the full and equal enjoyment of its goods, services, programs, activities, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations. To request auxiliary aids or services or if you have any questions regarding accessibility, please contact Cindy O'Brien at 800-582-2452 or cobrien@nysba.org.