9-9:15 a.m.
Hofstra President Stuart Rabinowitz – Tribute and Dedication of the Conference to Professor Monroe Freedman
9:15-9:45 a.m.
Aggregate Settlements and Attorney Liability: The Evolving Landscape
Lynn A. Baker
9:45-10:15 a.m.
Legal Malpractice in International Business Transactions
Vincent R. Johnson
10:15-10:30 a.m.
Commentary and Questions
Roy Simon
10:30-11 a.m.
Juror Hostility to Defendants in Legal Malpractice Trials
Dr. Herbert M. Kritzer, Co-author Neil Vidmar
11-11:30 a.m.
Examining the Role of an Ethics Expert in a Legal Malpractice Case: Perspectives of the Expert and the Litigator
Michael H. Hoeflich and William Skepnek
11:30-11:45 a.m.
Commentary and Questions
Marian Rice
11:45 a.m.-1 p.m.
Lunch
Ethical Regulations and Civil Liability, Do They Interrelate?
Ronald E. Mallen
1-1:30 p.m.
Trumping Permissive Disclosures Under RPC 1.6(b) with Mandatory Disclosures Under ABA Model Rule 4.1(b) as a Matter of Discipline and Civil Liability: From the Sublime to the Ridiculous?”
Peter R. Jarvis and Trisha Rich
1:30-2 p.m.
The Litigation Privilege: Its Place in Contemporary Jurisprudence.”
Louise L. Hill
2-2:15 p.m.
Commentary and Questions
Ronald E. Minkoff
2:15-2:45 p.m.
When Clients Sue Lawyers For Failing to Disclose Their Own Malpractice
Benjamin P. Cooper
2:45-3:15 p.m.
The Role of A Proactive General Counsel in Preventing Legal Malpractice
Marty Kaminsky
3:15-3:30 p.m.
Commentary and Questions
Janis Meyer
3:30-3:45 p.m.
Break
3:45-4:15 p.m.
Dealing with Conflicts and Disqualification Risks Professionally
James B. Kobak, Jr.
4:15-4:45 p.m.
Tort Alternatives and Legal Malpractice
Melissa Mortazavi
4:45-5 p.m.
Commentary and Questions
Bennett Wasserman