Taking the Lead 2022: Winning Strategies and Techniques for Commercial Cases

Taking The Lead 2022: Winning Strategies and Techniques for Commercial Cases

and the Presentations of the

Hon. Shira A. Scheindlin Award for Excellence in the Courtroom
and the Hon. Judith S. Kaye Commercial & Federal Litigation Scholarships

Thursday, November 10th

5:30 pm to 8:30 pm

This program will showcase methods of creating compelling opening and closing statements and direct and cross-examinations of witnesses through a re-enactment of an actual civil trial by  commercial litigators, and critiqued by prominent members of the judiciary. 

There will also be a ceremony for the presentation of the Hon. Shira A. Scheindlin Award for Excellence in the Courtroom, and the Hon. Judith S. Kaye Commercial and Federal Litigation Scholarship. The program and awards ceremony will be followed by a reception.

Program Chair:

Lauren J. Wachtler, Esq., Barclay Damon LLP

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Program Faculty:

Hon. Shira A. Scheindlin (ret.), Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

Hon. Elizabeth A. Wolford, Chief Judge of the Western District of New York

Hon. Richard J. Sullivan, 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals

Hon. Jennifer G. Schecter, Commercial Division New York County

Hon. Joel M. Cohen, Commercial Division New York County

Carrie H. Cohen, Esq., Morrison & Foerster LLP

Tracey Salmon-Smith, Esq., Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Hon. Shira A. Scheindlin Award for Excellence in the Courtroom

will be awarded to

Lauren J. Wachtler, Barclay Damon, LLP, former Chair of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of NYSBA

Presented by Hon. Sol Wachtler, former Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals

and

Bernice K. Leber, Arent Fox Schiff LLP, former NYSBA President

Presented by Hon. Betty Weinberg Ellerin, Senior Counsel at Alston & Bird

Thursday, November 10, 2022

5:30 PM – 8:30 PM  

US District Court Southern District of New York  

Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, Ceremonial Courtroom  

New York, NY 10007  

PROGRAM:   

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM: Taking the Lead CLE Program

7:00 PM – 7:30 PM: Awards Ceremony  

7:30 PM- 8:30 PM: Reception   

Please Note: You must be vaccinated for COVID-19 to attend a live NYSBA meeting, program, or event.

CLE SINGLE DAY PROGRAMS (Live, Webcast, Webinars & Video Replays)

Cancellations received more than 3 days from the scheduled program date    100% refund

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