Oct 10, 2013

Onondaga County Bar Association, “Advice from the Experts: Successful Strategies for Winning Commercial Cases in New York State Courts”

Advice from the Experts: Successful Strategies for Winning Commercial Cases in New York State Courts

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Sign In: 1:30 p.m. | Program: 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. | Reception for Presiding Justice Scudder: 5:00 p.m.

This special program features an extraordinary panel including two distinguished judges, 15 well‑known commercial litigators and two prominent in-house counsel for major corporations. All registrants receive a copy of the critically acclaimed six-volume treatise Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts, published by Thomson Reuters and the New York County Lawyers’ Association. Written by 144 outstanding attorneys and judges throughout New York these books provide everything you need to handle commercial cases from initial assessment through pleadings, discovery, motions, trial, appeal and enforcement of judgment. Great emphasis is placed on strategic considerations specific to commercial cases, with sample forms provided, procedural checklists and comprehensive coverage of 38 areas of substantive law. Hon. Stewart F. Hancock, Jr. and Hon. Deborah H. Karalunas are among the authors of this treatise.

SUNY OSWEGO METRO CENTER| The Atrium | 2 Clinton Square | 100 S. Salina Street | Syracuse, NY

Co-Chairs: George H. Lowe, Esq. | John L. Murad, Jr., Esq. | Robert L. Haig, Esq.

Case Investigation and Evaluation: Maureen G. Fatcheric, Esq. | James R. Muldoon, Esq. | Samuel Vulcano, Esq.

Deposition Techniques: Jonathan B. Fellows, Esq. | Michael E. Getnick, Esq. | Robert J. Smith, Esq.

Ethics for Business Litigators: Robert A. Barrer, Esq. | Julian B. Modesti, Esq. | Doreen A. Simmons, Esq.

Trial Advocacy: Stephen T. Helmer, Esq. | Mitchell J. Katz, Esq. | John G. McGowan, Esq.

Settlement Strategies: Janet D. Callahan, Esq. | Hon. Deborah H. Karalunas

Appellate Advocacy: A. Vincent Buzard, Esq. | Hon. Henry J. Scudder

Client’s Perspective of Business Litigation: George J. Getman, Esq. | Daniel S. Jonas, Esq. | John P. Langan, Esq.

Total of 3.5 MCLE | 1.5 Skills | 1.5 Professional Practice | 0.5 Ethics