Boardwalk Seminar 2026
New Lawyers Seminar

11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Lunch

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12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Seeing the Case the Way Adjusters Do: 
Using PI Data Intelligence to Gain Leverage
Charles Ruderman • Supio • Seattle, WA

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12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
Mediations
Honorable Joseph P. Quinn, J.S.C. (Ret.) • Ocean, NJ

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1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Maximizing Case Value, Settlement and Negotiation
Travis W. Nunziato, Esq. • Sparta, NJ

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1:30 pm - 2:15 pm
Building Better Cases with AI: Discovery, Strategy, and Trial Readiness
John W. Blake • Anytime AI Inc. • White Plains, NY

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2:15 pm - 2:45 pm
Lava Rules – How to Incinerate the Defense with the Rules of Court
Christian C. LoPiano, Esq. • Florham Park, NJ

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2:45 pm - 3:00 pm
Coffee Break

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3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Proving Causation and Permanency of Disc Herniations
Gregory J. Lawler, D.O. • Integrity Interventional Pain Management • Union, NJ

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3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Insurance War Stories 
Robert Hatami, Esq. • Freehold, NJ

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4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Understanding Bad Faith
Norberto A. Garcia, Esq., Jersey City, NJ

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4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
What We Learned in Our First Year
Dominick J. Gargano, Esq. • Jersey City, NJ
Lauren B. Jones, Esq. • Springfield, NJ
Joseph J. Maggiano, Esq. • Fort Lee, NJ
Jeffrey A. Salomon, Esq. • Teaneck, NJ
Spencer Sink, Esq. • Freehold, NJ

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Regular Members Only!

The seminar is offered as a service to Regular* Members of NJAJ only. If you would like to join NJAJ, you can call NJAJ Headquarters at 609.396.0096
or you can submit an application at our web site (www.nj-justice.org) and click on 
Join NJAJ.
*A Regular Member is an attorney, who, for the most part, represents the plaintiff in personal injury cases.

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Boardwalk Seminar® 2026 will feature 32 programs presented  for trial attorneys and includes outstanding local and regional speakers along with top national speakers. 

A cornerstone of NJAJ’s mission is to advance the education and skills of the membership. 

This year's program features three days of thought leadership on topics related to improving the practice of plaintiff trial attorneys. Our faculty includes top litigators from across the country. 

 

* * * Special Offer * * *
Join NJAJ & Save $300 on Boardwalk Seminar registration.
If you join the New Jersey Association for Justice when registering for the Boardwalk Seminar 2026, you will receive the member registration fee ($200 less than the non-member rate) and as a part of this special offer you will receive an additional $100 off of the registration fee. Join NJAJ.

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MCLE Credits
New Jersey - (Earn 5.70 Credits/Earn 0.0 Ethics Credits)
New York - (Earn 5.50 Credits/Earn 0.0 Ethics Credits)
Pennsylvania - (Earn 0.0 Credits/Earn 0.0 Ethics Credits)

This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 5.70 hours of total CLE credit.

Of these, 0.0 qualify as hours of credit for Ethics/Professionalism, and 0.0 qualify as hours of credit for Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias.

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Full-Time Judges, Full-Time Law School Professors, 
Judicial Law Clerks & Law Student Members
Registration is complimentary for the seminar.
Pre-registration is required.

Course Materials
The seminar course materials will be online for attendees to download on April 24, 2026.

Registration on or after April 29th: 
An additional $25 will be added to fees for registering on the day of the program.

REGISTER FOR BOARDWALK SEMINAR 2026

If you have a disability that will require special assistance or services, 
please send a letter describing your needs.