Dughi, Hewit & Domalewski, P.C. is proud to announce that Brandon D. Minde has been reappointed as Chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Election Committee for 2015-2016. The Election Committee supervises the conduct of elections for contested positions in the Association and voting on amendments to the Bar Association’s bylaws; informs candidates for office and the entire Bar Association membership of the procedures governing elections; and ensures that all elections are conducted fairly and even-handedly. Two consecutive Bar Association presidents have appointed Mr. Minde to lead this standing committee that plays an extremely important role in helping to advance the interests of the Bar Association and the legal profession.
The Honorable William L’E. Wertheimer, J.A.D. (ret.) will be a speaker on a panel for the Trial Attorneys of New Jersey. The panel will address “The Do’s and Don’t’s of State and Federal Court Trial Practice.” The seminar will take place on April 23, 2015, at Mayfair Farms in West Orange, New Jersey, from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. A reception will follow immediately after the seminar. (more…)
Brandon D. Minde will be a speaker at the 2015 NJSBA Annual Meeting and Convention. Mr. Minde will participate on a panel entitled “White Collar Crime – the Pen is Mightier Than the Sword.” The panel of judges, prosecutors and defense counsel will provide information for practicing attorneys on how to handle cases involving white collar crime. The panel will take place at the Borgata Casino Water Club on May 14, 2015.
For more information or to register, click here.
Mr. Minde, the former executive director of the Government Records Council, represents both requestors and government agencies on OPRA matters. Read more at Philly.com
Four Dughi, Hewit & Domalewski partners – Louis John Dughi, Jr., Craig A. Domalewski, Robert W. Donnelly, Jr. and Gary L. Riveles – have been named by New Jersey Super Lawyers magazine as among the top attorneys in New Jersey for 2015. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by Super Lawyers to receive this honor. (more…)
DH&D partner Russ Hewit was part of the lead team representing Hoffman-La Roche, Inc. (Roche) in its successful challenge to plaintiffs’ claims that Accutane (generic name isotretinoin) causes Crohn’s disease. On February 20, 2015, following a 9 day Kemp hearing, Judge Nelson Johnson issued his ruling in the Accutane MultiCounty Litigation pending in Atlantic County, barring plaintiffs’ experts from offering an opinion that Accutane causes Crohn’s disease and finding that the testimony of plaintiffs’ experts fell “far short of ‘sound, adequately-founded scientific methodology . . . of the type reasonably relied upon by experts in the scientific field.'” Judge Johnson described plaintiffs’ presentation as a “ruse” and “sophistry.” The decision, In Re: Accutane, Civil Action No. 271 (MCL) (Superior Court of NJ, Atlantic County, February 20, 2015) is available here and on the NJ Judiciary website.
There are approximately 7500 cases pending against Roche in the In Re: Accutane Multicounty Litigation and it is estimated that this ruling will result in the dismissal of over 2500 cases.
Brandon D. Minde will be a speaker at the 2015 Muhlenberg College Law Alumni Panel. Mr. Minde will participate on a panel which will discuss the transition from college student, to law student, to lawyer – and how to prepare yourself for a successful and rewarding legal career. The panel will take place at Muhlenberg College on February 19, 2015.
For more information or to register, click here or contact the Muhlenberg College Pre-Professional Office
Craig A. Domalewski will be a speaker at the 2015 Annual Redevelopment Law Institute. Mr. Domalewski will participate on a panel which will discuss the future of Atlantic City redevelopment amid all of the changes taking place. The seminar will take place at the New Jersey Law Center on January 30, 2015.
For more information or to register: 2015 Annual Redevelopment Law Institute
John Dughi, a founding partner of the firm, will be a speaker at the 18th Annual Medical Malpractice update at the Crown Plaza, 390 Forsgate Drive in Monroe on Saturday November 1st, 2014. The program is being presented by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education in cooperation with the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Medical Malpractice Committee.
This program is designed for trial attorneys at every level of experience who handle medical malpractice cases or complex personal injury litigation. Mr. Dughi has tried hundreds of medical malpractice cases over the course of his distinguished career, and he will be participating in a small panel discussion entitled: “The Ten Most Common Mistakes by Plaintiff’s and Defendant’s Counsel in a Medical Malpractice Case.”
For more information or to register please click here: NJICLE 18th Annual Medical Malpractice Update
