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CPLR Update 2013

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The New Yorker Hotel
481 Eighth Avenue @ 34th Street
New York, NY 10001
(212) 244-0719

Description

This program is the third annual update on New York Civil Practice rules and decisions delivered statewide by David Paul Horowitz. Mr. Horowitz will discuss recent developments in New York civil practice; flagging problems, suggesting solutions, and focusing on best practices. Topics include ethics, the new uniform notice of claim statute, statutes of limitations, jurisdiction, pleadings, electronic and other disclosure developments, evidence, motion practice, and trials, emphasizing the practical impact of recent case law and statutory developments.

A must-attend program for New York practitioners. Register today and guarantee your seat at the program. Earn 4.0 MCLE credits (3.0 in Areas of Professional Practice and 1.0 in Ethics)

Agenda

5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Registration (outside of meeting room)

5:30 p.m. - 5:40 p.m Welcome and Introduction

5:40 p.m. - 6:05 p.m. Uniform Notice of Claim & Commencement

6:05 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Statutes of Limitation and Jurisdiction

6:30 p.m. - 6:55 p.m. Pleadings and Motion Practice

6:55 p.m. - 7:20 p.m. Ethical Issues in Electronic Disclosure

7:20 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Refreshment break

7:30 p.m. - 7:55 p.m. Other Disclosure Developments

7:55 p.m. - 8:20 p.m. Expert Exchanges & Testimony

8:20 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. Summary Judgment & Trial Issues

8:45 p.m. - 9:10 p.m. Ethics Developments

9:10 p.m. Adjournment

About the Presenter

David Paul Horowitz, Esq., has litigated in New York courts for over 24 years as a plaintiff's personal injury attorney and may be reached at david@newyorkpractice.org. He is "of counsel" to Ressler & Ressler in New York City and concentrates his practice in complex tort claims, including products liability, legal and medical malpractice, and construction litigation, as well as general negligence cases. He has been selected annually since 2007 for inclusion in the New York Super Lawyers listing.

He is a reporter for the New York Pattern Jury Instruction Committee: Civil, a member of the Office of Court Administration's CPLR Advisory Committee, and a member of the New York State Bar Association's CPLR Committee and the New York City Bar Association's Courts of Superior Jurisdiction Committee.

He teaches New York Practice, Professional Responsibility and Electronic Evidence & Disclosure at Brooklyn Law School. In addition to programs in civil practice, evidence, disclosure, and settlements at the New York State Judicial Institute, he lectures statewide on these and other topics on behalf of numerous bar associations, and at law firms and legal departments. Mr. Horowitz received his B.A. from Lehman College, City University of New York and his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.

Effective May 1, 2010, he is the sole author of the nine-volume set Bender's New York Evidence. He is also the author of the treatise, New York Civil Disclosure, revised and reissued annually since 2004, together with the 2008 and 2013 Supplements to Fisch on New York Evidence. He pens the monthly column, "Burden of Proof," on disclosure and evidence, for the New York State Bar Journal.

Mr. Horowitz is a founding Dean of CLE at the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Directions

The last day to pre-register online was March 12, 2013.

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