February 20, 2025 : Best Practices for Written Advocacy in Federal Court
The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, in conjunction with the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey, presents:
Best Practices for Written Advocacy in Federal Court
Thursday, February 20, 2025
12:00 – 1:30 pm
Virtual Webinar
Moderator:
Christina O. Hud, Esq., Pfizer Inc., Senior Counsel – Global Investigations
Panelists:
Hon. Ann Marie Donio, U.S. Magistrate Judge, District of New Jersey
Hon. Jerrold N. Poslusny, Jr., U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, District of New Jersey
Hon. Noel L. Hillman (Ret.), Gibbons P.C.
This program will cover both the form and substance of written submissions to the federal court and will discuss how well-written submissions can advance your clients’ interests and build credibility with the court. The panel of sitting and retired Judges will provide insight regarding common mistakes, issues they see and how to handle mistakes that have been made.
This CLE event is free of charge for current AFBNJ members, $25 for non-members and will be held virtually.
This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 1.8 hours of total substantive CLE credit. Of these, 0 qualify as hours of total credits for ethics, professionalism, and professional responsibility, of which 0 qualify as hours of credit for diversity, inclusion and elimination of bias (BCLE Reg. 302:1).
This program has been approved for 1.5 Pennsylvania CLE credit.
Since 2012, the AFBNJ and U.S. District Court have collaborated to produce the District of New Jersey’s Brown Bag Seminar Luncheons (“Brown Bag Lunches”) in order to support the New Jersey federal courts and provide valuable continuing legal education and training to the practitioners who litigate in them.
These lively events for litigation veterans and newer attorneys alike are designed to provide substantive knowledge, guidance and dialogue relating to civil and criminal court action in our three vicinages.
Modeled on the “lunch and learn” format, these panel presentations are held in the Newark, Trenton and Camden courthouses at no charge for a limited number of attendees. Additionally, Continuing Legal Education credit is available to attorneys licensed in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Brown Bag Lunch panels have included New Jersey U.S. District and U.S. Magistrate Judges, along with experienced AFBNJ-member attorneys. The lunch programs encourage discussion while they tackle subjects of interest to the New Jersey federal bar as a whole.
The District’s first Brown Bag Lunch was held in Trenton in March 2012. Since then, the AFBNJ and the U.S. District Court has co-sponsored approximately three Brown Bag Lunch programs per year, one in each of the three courthouses.
Below are links to past Brown Bag luncheon presentations:
May 2018 in Trenton:
April 2015 in Trenton:
November 2014 in Camden:
October 2014 in Newark: