MORRIS PASHMAN INN OF COURT
Syllabus 2024 – 2026 Term
Year 1 of Term

October 8, 2024 – 5:30 p.m.
Introduction and Remarks – Hon. Gregg A. Padovano, J.S.C.
History of the Inn – Valerie Vladyka, Esq.

Introduction of Course Problem and Identification and discussion of legal and evidentiary issues concerning as to liability and damages
from the litigation perspective of Plaintiff and Defendants – Valerie Vladyka, Esq. and Mary McDonnell, Esq.

November 6, 2024 – 5:30 p.m.
New Client Intake/Evaluation – Michael Maggiano, Esq.
Initial Pleadings and Initial Discovery – Kelly Corrubia, Esq.

December 3, 2024 – 5:30 p.m.   
Expert Witnesses:  Selection, Reports, Net Opinion, and other issues – Donald Ottaunick, Esq.

January 14, 2025 – PUPILAGE SESSION: 4:15 p.m. – GENERAL SESSION: 5:30 p.m.
E-Discovery; Impact of Social Media Presence – Beth Rose, Esq. and additional speaker TBD

February 11, 2025 – 5:30 p.m.
Depositions: Parties, Witnesses and Experts – Gregg Ilardi, Esq. and Arthur Neiss, Esq.

March  11, 2025 – PUPILAGE SESSION: 4:15 p.m. – GENERAL SESSION: 5:30 p.m.
Motion Practice and Court Conferences: Case Management Conferences, Settlement Conferences – Panel of Superior Court Judges

April 8 , 2025 – 5:30 p.m.
Evidence Presentation – E. Drew Britcher, Esq.

May 13,  2025 – PUPILAGE SESSION: 4:15 p.m. – GENERAL SESSION: 5:30 p.m.
Non-Jury Court Presentations: Special Civil Part, Orders to Show Cause and Friend Hearings – Hon. Joseph Monaghan, J.S.C. and Denise M. Luckenbach, Esq.

All regular Inn meetings will be held at the Bergen County Justice Center, Courtroom 426 (10 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601), while the
locations of the three Pupilage Sessions will be determined in the near future.