45th Annual Judicial Conference: Thursday, March 17, 2022

Forsgate Country Club
Monroe Township
and
Live Zoom Webinar
THE ETHICAL PARAMETERS OF ATTORNEYS’ USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS 
In addition to providing information about attorneys’ obligation to have working knowledge about social media platforms, the panel will showcase the manner in which lawyers are using social media to “advertise” and whether such uses are permitted under New Jersey’s ethical rules.

Introduction: Eric H. Jaso, Partner and General Counsel, Spiro Harrison

Keynote: Professor Ronald K. Chen, Rutgers Law School

Moderator: Corinne McCann Trainor, Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP

Panelists:

Rachelle Bin, Deputy General Counsel, Fox Rothschild LLP
Thomas R. Curtin, Partner, McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney and Carpenter, LLP
Shana Gillis, Director of Marketing, Day Pitney LLP
Carol Johnston, Secretary to the Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics and the Committee on Attorney Advertising, Supreme Court of New Jersey Clerk’s Office
David Rubin, Principal, David B. Rubin, P.C.

STATE OF THE JUDICIARY
Hon. Freda L. Wolfson, Chief Judge
REMEDIES FOR MASS TORTS IN FEDERAL COURTS AND THE IMPACT OF CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY CASES 
This panel will examine the considerations and dynamics of resolving mass tort cases in bankruptcy court through the lens of Purdue Pharma and other recent cases.

Moderator: Richard D. Trenk, Trenk Isabel Attorneys at Law

Panelists:

Hon. Rosemary Gambardella, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of New Jersey
Lorraine Armenti, Partner, Coughlin, Midlage & Garland
Hon. Melanie L. Cyganowski (ret.), Member, Otterbourg, P.C.
Lynne M. Kizis, Shareholder, Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A.
Professor Stephen Lubben, Harvey Washington Wiley Chair in Corporate Governance & Business Ethics, Seton Hall University School of Law
David Nachman, former Counsel for Opioids and Impact Litigation, New York Attorney General’s Office

Earn 3.0 NJ CLE credits (including 1.0 ethics credit) and 2.5 PA CLE (including 1.0 ethics credit) by attending the full program.

Judicial Conference Co-Chairs:
Joseph DiPasquale and Jeanne LoCicero
Eric Jaso and Corinne McCann Trainor

COVID-19 POLICY AND PROTOCOL:

The AFBNJ is excited to continue holding in-person events.  We would like everyone who wishes to attend in person to do so with confidence in the health and safety precautions we are taking. The following COVID protocols will apply at AFBNJ in-person events beginning March 1, 2022:

  • All attendees must be vaccinated or show proof of a negative rapid antigen test taken within 24 hours of the event.
  • Mask wearing is optional.
  • The AFBNJ will consider capping attendance depending on the event and the venue.