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Arbitrator Selection Committee
The Arbitrator Selection Committee
exists pursuant to Court Rule 4:21A-2(b). The Committee selects
attorneys admitted to practice in New Jersey who have at least
seven years of experience in any of the substantive areas
of law subject to arbitration.
Chancery Practice Committee
The Chancery Practice
Committee of the Morris and Sussex Bar Associations,
consisting of members of the Morris or Sussex County Bar
Associations, meets periodically with the Honorable
Catherine M. Langlois, Presiding Judge of
the Chancery Division, General Equity Part, of the Morris
and Sussex vicinage to discuss issues relating to the general
equity practice and procedures. The Committee strives to host
a seminar at least annually on topics concerning the practice
before the Chancery Division.
Civil Trial Practice Committee
The Civil Trial Practice Committee
meets quarterly with the Presiding Civil Division Judge in
order to discuss issues affecting the Civil Bar. The Committee
consists of plaintiff and defense attorneys who handle various
types of civil matters.
Condemnation Committee
The Condemnation Committee strives to coordinate the efforts of the bench,
the court-appointed condemnation commissioners, and members
of the bar in their administration and litigation of condemnation
matters pursuant to the provisions of the Eminent Domain Act
and its implementing Rules.
Criminal Practice Committee
The mission of the Criminal Practice
Committee of the Morris County Bar Association is to keep
the criminal bar up to date as to local criminal practice
and procedure, and informed about recent developments in criminal
law.
Environmental Committee
The Environmental Committee concentrates
on keeping members of the Morris County Bar Association apprised
of developments in the laws and regulations of the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection and the United States
Environmental Protection Agency. The Environmental Committee
further seeks to promote improvement and professionalism in
the practice of environmental law.
Family Law Committee
The mission of the Morris County Family
Law Committee is two fold; first, to develop and maintain a
high level of communication and professional rapport between the
bench and bar and second, to improve the skills of lawyers and judges
through educational seminars and individual counseling.
JBWS
Legal Advocacy
The Battered Women's Legal Advocacy
Project ("BWLAP") is a joint program of the Morris
County Bar Association and the Jersey Battered Women's Service,
Inc. Since its formation in 1992, the BWLAP has provided pro
bono attorneys to represent victims of domestic violence in
court to obtain final restraining orders against their abusers.
Lawyer Referral Service
("LRS")
The Lawyer Referral Service ("LRS")
provides an important service to the public and to our members
by forwarding matters to attorneys engaged in specific practice
areas. LRS member attorneys are permitted to list three (3)
areas in which they regularly practice, and are selected from
the listings for appropriate referrals. The net result is
that attorneys and clients are properly matched according
to the case subject.
Municipal Law Committee
The Municipal Law Committee of the Morris County Bar Association
provides opportunities for participation in discussions reviewing
developments in the law affecting local government, as well
as networking with other municipal law practitioners in an
informal setting. A key highlight of the Committee's agenda
is its annual joint meeting with the Land Use Section of the
Morris County Bar where the Judge handling Prerogative Writs
for Morris County addresses the committees on the state of
prerogative writs in Morris County.
Minority Lawyers Committee
The Morris County Minority Lawyers
Committee was formed to increase awareness of minority lawyers
practicing and living in Morris County. Its purpose is to
actively promote diversity and greater representation of people
of color throughout the legal community.
Professionalism Committee
The Professionalism Committee consists
of lawyers and judges who meet six to eight times annually
to maintain a professional counseling program designed to
improve the conduct of lawyers and judges through educational
seminars and individual counseling. Neither the program nor
the process it involves is disciplinary or punitive in nature;
rather, each is intended to be rehabilitative and informal.
Unlike the ethics or court systems, the Professionalism Committee
is composed of lawyers and judges acting for the benefit of
other lawyers and judges about whom still other lawyers and
judges complain.
Securities Committee
The Securities Committee is comprised
of attorneys who litigate securities claims and/or represent
clients involved in the securities industry. An important
purpose of the committee is to promote dialogue among the
members on issues of common interest.
Solo Practice Committee
The Committee
is made up of members who are in solo practice in Morris County.
Members meet every other month to discuss the nuts and bolts
of running one's own law practice and how best to accomplish
that while giving full service to clients. Forms are shared
and discussion topics include: billing practices and programs,
how to keep track of your billable time, allocating expenses
to files, fee related issues and ethics issues. Via e-mail,
members also have access to each other concerning legal issues.
An informal referral network is up and running.
Women Lawyers Committee
The Women Lawyers Committee provides
an excellent opportunity for women lawyers to network, attend
and speak at seminars, volunteer and contribute to charitable
causes, and generally address the challenges that are unique
to women lawyers. Over the last several years, we have sponsored
a variety of events, including networking luncheons and a
marketing seminar. For the past three years, the Committee
has sponsored a summer associate luncheon that has featured
members of the judiciary as its keynote speaker.
Workers' Compensation Committee
The Workers' Compensation Committee
sponsors seminars and meets informally to
discuss current issues of interest to the workers' compensation
bar.
Young Lawyers Committee
The Young Lawyers Committee works to
provide those Morris County attorneys practicing for five
years or less with the following opportunities:
- Networking Opportunities for business development;
- Educational Programs to enhance professional development
and practical skills;
- Leadership Opportunities through the various Bar Association
committees and projects;
- Social Programs to connect with other practicing lawyers
in this terrific community; and
- Exposure to rewarding Pro Bono and other charitable programs
through which you may offer legal assistance to the disadvantaged
and marginalized.
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