Robert Ryan Presents on Professional Liability and Legal
Malpractice Developments in 2010
ROSELAND, N.J., July 1, 2010
--- Connell Foley partner
Robert E. Ryan delivered an informative seminar titled
“Legal
Malpractice: Professional Liability and the Rules of
Professional Conduct in 2010”, sponsored by
the New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association (NJCCA), on
Tuesday, June 29,2010 at the Hanover Marriott, in Whippany,
NJ.
Mr.
Ryan’s seminar was designed to reintroduce licensed New
Jersey attorneys to the fundamental concepts of professional
liability and legal malpractice in 2010. Designed to be of
general interest to all New Jersey attorneys, the seminar
focused upon:
1. the
public perception of attorneys in 2010;
2. the
profiling of legal malpractice claims and the identification
of trends
in claims;
3. the
fundamental law of legal malpractice in New Jersey,
including accepted standards of legal practice, deviation
from
standards of practice, proximate cause and damages;
4. the
utilization of experts in legal malpractice matters;
5. New
Jersey statutes impacting legal malpractice litigation;
6. potential
legislation impacting the statute of limitations and fee
shifting
in legal malpractice actions;
7. claims
by non-clients against attorneys;
8. Rules
of Professional Conduct as related to claims of legal
malpractice.
Mr.
Ryan is the Managing Partner of the Firm’s
Professional
Liability Practice Group and a four time Certified Trial
Attorney. He has litigated and tried a wide variety of
substantial and complex matters, including professional
liability, general liability, product liability,
catastrophic construction accidents, wrongful death, design
and construction-related property damage and economic loss
actions, declaratory judgments and environmental law matters
in the State and Federal Courts. Additional, Mr. Ryan has
extensive experience in the representation of parties in
mediation and other alternative dispute resolution forums.
For
more information, please contact Robert E. Ryan at
973-535-0500 or rryan@connellfoley.com.
