An Evening With Brooklyn’s Commercial Division Justices

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An Evening With Brooklyn’s Commercial Division Justices

An Evening With Brooklyn’s Commercial Division Justices

The New York State Unified Court System has faced its share of the pandemic’s impact. As the state continues its uncertain recovery, a check-in with Brooklyn's Commercial Division Justices is timely. Please join the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section for a discussion with Brooklyn’s Commercial Division Justices Lawrence S. Knipel and Reginald A. Boddie. The conversation will cover a broad range of topics, including discovery issues, motion practice, settlement conferences, trials, ethical concerns, and the changes brought on by the pandemic, to name a few. This program is co-sponsored by the Brooklyn Bar Association.

Start Date:

November 10, 2021

Start Time:

6:00 PM

End Time:

7:30 PM

Region:

Virtual Participation

Agenda

Program Agenda: Note that the timeframe outlined below is subject to change.

6:00pm – 6:10 pm

Introductory remarks

Daniel K. Wiig/ Joam Alisme

6:10 pm – 6:30 pm

The state of the Commercial Division in Brooklyn

• Judge Boddie’s appointment as presiding justice

• The process to appoint Judge Boddie to that role

• The division of commercial cases between Judges Knipel and Boddie

• The kind of cases that are typical of Brooklyn’s commercial division

6:30 pm – 7:00 pm

The procedures of Brooklyn’s Commercial Division

• Part rules

• How do Judges Knipel and Boddie develop their part rules

• Enforcement of part rules

• How does a case get assigned to the commercial division

• What are Judges Knipel and Boddie’s conference days and motion days

• About settlement conferences

• How often do you hold trials

7:00 pm – 7:15 pm

Relevant Ethical Issues

7:15 pm – 7:30 pm

Questions and Answers

Moderator: Daniel K. Wiig/Joam Alisme

Panelists: Judge Lawrence S. Knipel and Judge Reginald A. Boddie

Program Faculty

Daniel K. Wiig, Moderator, Chair, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section
Joam Alisme, Moderator, Founder & Managing Attorney, ALISME Law, LLC
Judge Lawrence S. Knipel, Speaker, Justice of the Kings County Supreme Court, Civil Term in the Second Judicial District of New York
Judge Reginald A. Boddie, Speaker, Supreme Court 2nd Judicial District in New York

Format:

Webinar

Product Code:

0LE41

Section Member Price: Free

NYSBA Member Price: Free Join (or renew) for special member pricing

Non-Member Price: Free

Sponsoring Committee Group

Commercial & Federal Litigation Section
Committee on Continuing Legal Education