Check In: 3:00 pm
Registration: 4:00 – 6:00 pm
Check Out: 11:00 am (late check out may be arranged at front desk)
Casual dress for entire conference; business casual for dinner on Friday evening
Hotel Information:
Congress Hall Website: http://www.congresshall.com/
Congress Hall Address:
251 Beach Avenue
Cape May, NJ 08204
From the Garden State Parkway
Take the Parkway to the end, Exit "0", to 109 South, Follow Route 109 over a large then a small bridge. This becomes Lafayette Street. Follow Lafayette Street through two traffic lights to the end. Lafayette will end at Jackson Street where there is a green liquor store called "Collier's". Turn left onto Jackson Street and immediately turn right onto Mansion Street. Continue to stop sign and turn left onto Perry Street. Make first right onto Congress Place and turn left into hotel reception area.
From Philadelphia
Walt Whitman Bridge to 42 South, to Atlantic City Expressway East. Take the A.C. Expressway to the Garden State Parkway south. G.S. Parkway to end, Exit "0", to 109 South, Follow Route 109 over the Cape May bridge onto Lafayette Street. Follow Lafayette Street approximately 1.5 miles until you dead end at Jackson Street. Turn left onto Jackson Street and immediately turn right onto Mansion Street. Continue to stop sign and turn left onto Perry Street. Make first right onto Congress Place and turn left into hotel reception area.
From the Cape May Lewes Ferry
From the Ferry Terminal in North Cape May, follow the signs for Route 109 South and the Garden State Parkway. Take Route 109 South over the Cape May bridge onto Lafayette Street. Follow Lafayette Street approximately 1.5 miles until you dead end at Jackson Street. Turn left onto Jackson Street and immediately turn right onto Mansion Street. Continue to stop sign and turn left onto Perry Street. Make first right onto Congress Place and turn left into hotel reception area.
From Washington/Baltimore
95 North to Delaware Memorial Bridge, take bridge to Route 40 East. Follow Route 40 to Route 55 South to end (at Route 47 South). Route 47 South to Garden State Parkway South. G.S. Parkway to end, Exit "0", to 109 South, Follow Route 109 over the Cape May bridge onto Lafayette Street. Follow Lafayette Street approximately 1.5 miles until you dead end at Jackson Street. Turn left onto Jackson Street and immediately turn right onto Mansion Street. Continue to stop sign and turn left onto Perry Street. Make first right onto Congress Place and turn left into hotel reception area.
For further information or questions, please contact Congress Hall at 888.944.1816 or 609.884.8421
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2006
6 - 9 pm - WELCOME RECEPTION AND DINNER
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2006
7:30 - 9:30 am - BREAKFAST/VENDOR EXPO
8:30 - 9:30 am - MALPRACTICE AVOIDANCE - USI COLBURN
9:30 - 10 am - BREAK/VENDOR EXPO
10 - Noon JUDGES FORUM WITH BREAKOUTS (TOM MCANDREW, MODERATOR)
Noon - LUNCH
1 - 1:30 pm VENDOR EXPO
12:00 pm - GOLF TOURNAMENT Fee includes green fees, golf cart, box lunch and prizes at Stone Harbor Golf Club and Shore Gate Golf Club
1:30 pm - FREE TIME
7 pm - RECEPTION
8 pm - DINNER
9:30 pm - Stively Players
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2006
8 - 9:30 am - BREAKFAST/VENDOR EXPO
9 - 10 am CAN HE DO THAT?
Hear the most frequently asked questions in family law answered by the experts. Whiney wife and whiney husband will pose dozens of “can he/she do that?” questions to a panel of three experienced family lawyers. Even though these questions may be annoying to us as practitioners, the same questions are sometimes the most important issues in regard to the parties. Do you, as a practitioner, handle them with the “deer-in-the-headlight” stare, or can you try to solve the problems with some good practical advice. Marta Laynas, Esquire, will chair the panel who will be answering these burning questions.
OR
9 - 10 am ADVANCED TRIAL SKILLS WITH HON. LAWRENCE E. WOOD
10 - 10:15 am - BREAK/VENDOR EXPO
10:15 - 11:15 am CIVILIZED CUSTODY: AN OXYMORON?
Judge Katherine B. L. Platt will chair this Conference Schedule panel consisting of a custody conciliator, a mediator, and a family law practitioner. The panel will suggest ways to improve the general culture of custody litigation. The panel will look at this issue from each of their individual perspectives and give the attendees some practical pointers for successfully negotiating a cease-fi re between custody litigants.
OR
10:15 - 11:15 am
ADVANCED TRIALS SKILLS - HANDLING EXPERT
WITNESSES AT TRIAL
Speakers will discuss strategies and techniques in examining expert witnesses in civil cases and administrative hearings. It is geared towards the new practitioner and will focus on medical and non-medical experts. Both the plaintiff and defense perspective will be provided. Peter J. Hart, Esquire and Glenn E. Davis, Esquire will present and PBI materials on this topic will be available to each registrant.
11:15 - 11:30 am - BREAK/VENDOR EXPO
11:30 am - 12:30 pm “BY GEORGE! MR. WASHINGTON’S GUIDE TO CIVILITY TODAY” WITH STEVEN M. SELZER, ESQUIRE
12:30 am - LUNCH
