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Motor Vehicle Accident Litigation - The Road Less Travelled

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

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

Agenda

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

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

9:10-10:00 a.m.                       Truck and Bus Accidents
                                                        -MTA Cases
                                                        -Internal Investigations and the Standard of Care
                                                       -Special Considerations in Discovery and Litigation

(1.0 credit in areas of professional practice)

10:00-10:50 a.m.                     Motorcycle and Bike Accidents
                                                         -Coverage Issues
                                                         -The Perceived Bias Against Motorcycles
                                                         -Helmet Issues

(1.0 credit in areas of professional practice)

10:50-11:00 a.m. Coffee Break

11:00-11:50 a.m.                     Highway/Roadway Defect Cases
                                                         -The Hard Road to Victory
                                                         -Weiss v. Fote

(1.0 credit in areas of professional practice)

11:50-1:00 p.m. Lunch (on your own)

1:00-1:50 p.m. Dram Shop Litigation – Proving and Disproving Liability

(1.0 credit in skills)

1:50-2:40 p.m.                         Summary Judgment for the Plaintiff – Not Just in Rear-end Collision Cases
                                                          -Crosswalk Cases
                                                          -Statutory Violations

(1.0 credit in skills)

2:40-2:50 p.m. Coffee/Soft Drink Break

2:50-3:40 p.m.                         Summary Judgment for the Defendant
                                                         -Threshold Motions
                                                         -Rear-end Cases
                                                         -Dart-outs
                                                         -Drunk Drivers

(1.0 credit in skills)

3:40-4:30 p.m. Ethical Considerations in Motor Vehicle Litigation

(1.0 credit in ethics)

4:30 p.m. Adjournment

7.0 MCLE Credits
(3.0 areas of professional practice, 3.0 skills, 1.0 ethics)

Faculty

Melville, L.I. Session: Robert A. Glick, Esq. (Chair), Brand, Glick & Brand, P.C., Garden City * Christopher L. Sallay, Esq., Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom & Rubinowitz, New York City * Edward T. Cooper, Esq., Torgan & Cooper, P.C., New York City * David J. Dean, Esq., Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannovo P.C., New York City * Brian T. Stapleton, Esq., Goldberg Segalla LLP, White Plains * Michael E. Jaffe, Esq., Pazer, Epstein & Jaffe, P.C., New York City.

Albany Session: John W. Bailey, Esq. (Chair), Bailey, Kelleher & Johnson, P.C., Albany * Jeffrey N. Miller, Esq., Friedman, Hirschen & Miller, LLP, Albany * Brian H. Breedlove, Esq., Breedlove Noll LLP, Clifton Park * James P. Donovan, Esq., Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP, White Plains * Salvatore D. Ferlazzo, Esq., Girvin & Ferlazzo, P.C., Albany * Christine D. Hanlon, Esq., Hanlon, Veloce & Wilkinson, Albany * Carolyn Sicuranza Rankin, Esq., Brand, Glick & Brand, PC.

New York City Session: Christopher L. Sallay, Esq. (Chair), Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom & Rubinowitz, New York City * Edward T. Cooper, Esq., Torgan & Cooper, P.C., New York City * Brian T. Stapleton, Esq., Goldberg Segalla LLP, White Plains * Howard S. Herschenhorn, Esq., Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom & Rubinowitz, New York City * Robert A. Glick, Esq., Brand, Glick & Brand, P.C., Garden City * Carolyn Sicuranza Rankin, Esq., Brand, Glick & Brand, PC.

Syracuse Session: Kenneth L. Bobrow, Esq. (Co-Chair), Felt Evans LLP, Clinton * Michael P. Kenny, Esq. (Co-Chair), Kenny & Kenny, PLLC, Syracuse * Paul G. Ferrara, Esq., Costello, Cooney & Fearon, PLLC, Syracuse * Jenna W. Klucsik, Esq., The Sugarman Law Firm, Syracuse * Richard A. Pertz, Esq., Brindisi, Murad, Brindisi, Pearlman, Julian & Pertz, LLP, Utica * Paul V. Mullin, Esq., The Sugarman Law Firm, Syracuse * Kevin C. Kuehner, Esq., The Kuehner Law Firm, PLLC, Syracuse * Benjamin C. Rabin, Esq., Rabin Law Firm, Syracuse * Eric C. Nordby, Esq., Porter, Nordby & Howe, Syracuse.

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 November 7, 2011.

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Pricing Information for Member


Seminar

LI-REGISTRATION	$165.00

Pricing Information for Non Member


Seminar

LI-REGISTRATION	$250.00

Pricing Information for Student Member


Seminar

LI-REGISTRATION	$60.00

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