The Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI) is offering a CLE seminar titled The Federal Local Eastern District Rules of Civil Procedure: A Practical Review.
The program will take place on Wednesday, August 15 from noon to 2 p.m. at the CLE Conference Center, Wanamaker Building, Juniper St, Philadelphia.
An experienced panel of federal magistrate judges and an experienced trial lawyer will discuss: what is necessary to file a lawsuit; what to include and what to omit from motions; how to avoid problems in discovery; how to deal with out-of-town counsel; what to do and what to avoid as local counsel; when to agree to mediation, and when to request reconsideration.
The course planner is Peter F. Vaira, Vaira & Riley, P.C. Speakers will be the Hon. Thomas J. Rueter and the Hon. David R. Strawbridge, both U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and Abbe F. Fletman, Flaster Greeenberg.
For details on registration fees and CLE credits, see the Bulletin Board on The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel website at www.metrocorpcounsel.com.
For reservations, call (800) 247-4724 or visit www.pbi.org.