NJAPM Conference

 -  Friday, October 16, 2020

Friday, October 16, 2020 Track 1   -   Industry Track Track 2   -   Divorce Track
8:45 - 9:00 a.m. ET Welcome and Introductions
Gabrielle Strich, Esq., APM    
9:00 - 9:15 a.m. ET NJAPM Overview and State of the Organization
Carl Peters    
9:15 - 10:15 a.m. ET Featured Speaker Keri Zoumas — Getting to ‘Yes’ through Conscious Communication
Keri Zoumas    
10:15 - 10:30 a.m. ET 15 Minute Break
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. ET Mediating Online During Covid-19
Gabrielle Strich, Esq., APM  | Richard H. (Rick) Steen, Esq., APM  | David Reilly, Esq.  | Ken Neumann 
11:30 a.m. - 12:300 p.m. ET Featured Speaker Jim Melamed— The The Future of Mediation
Jim Melamed    
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. ET Break--A Virtual Networking Luncheon
Anju Jessani MBA, APM    
1:30 - 2:30 p.m. ET Civil Workshop - Effectively Managing Virtual Mediations
Felicia Farber, Esq., APM  | Andrew Smith, Esq., APM  | Michelle Cresti, Esq.  		 Divorce Hot Topics— i. New court program on Economic Mediation in domestic violence cases, and review of DV | ii. Legal weed, family law and mediation
Hon. Lawrence R. Jones (Ret.)  | Christine M. Heer, JD, LCSW  | Pamela M. Copeland, Esq.  
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. ET Civil Workshop - Minkowitz v. Israeli (2013) and Mediation/Arbitration Rules, the New NJ Arbitration Law, Practice Opportunities and Implications
Gabrielle Strich, Esq., APM  | Hon. Bradley J. Ferencz (Ret.)  | Robert Margulies, Esq.  		 Divorce Hot Topics— i. Relocation issues in mediation, Intrastate moves (AJ v RJ 2019) | ii. Top 5 Financial Errors in Divorce Mediation
Bruce Matez, Esq., APM  | Amber Leach, MBA, CDFA  | Robert Margulies, Esq.  
3:30 - 3:40 p.m. ET 10 Minute Break
3:40  - 4:30 p.m. ET Ethics & Professional Responsibility- Willingboro, What It Means to Civil and Family Mediators Including a Review of the Standards of Conduct for Mediators
Richard Herman, Esq.  | Robert Lenrow, Esq., APM  | Amy Wechsler, Esq., APM  | Hon. Bradley J. Ferencz (Ret.)