Are you prepared to prosecute or defend your client in new Alcotest cases?

This informative guide to Municipal Court practice and procedure will familiarize you with the most recent developments affecting cases that are heard in Municipal Court.

An authoritative panel of experienced attorneys will be joined by a Presiding Municipal Court Judge to explore a wide variety of matters that you are likely to encounter. They will also bring you up to date on recent developments you need to understand in order to effectively represent your clients.

Program Preview:
� Criminal Case Law and Legislative Update
� The Prosecutor�s Perspective: DWI, no-insurance cases, recent directives from the Attorney General and Prosecutor, plea agreements in drug cases, double jeopardy issues
� Judicial Perspective: Expert arguments, important court rules, common errors by defense attorneys and prosecutors, how to impress the court and not annoy the court staff
� Recent developments in traffic law, merged traffic tickets and more
� DWI and Chun
� Ask the Experts

Speakers include:
KENNETH A. VERCAMMEN, ESQ.
Past Chair, NJSBA Municipal Court Section
Chair, ABA Elder Law Committee
Past GP Solo Section Attorney of the Year
2006 NJSBA Municipal Court Practitioner of the Year
K. Vercammen & Associates
HON. JOAN ROBINSON GROSS, PJMC
(Union County)
Chair, Supreme Court Municipal Practice Committee (Union County)

WILLIAM G. BRIGIANI, ESQ.
Brigiani, Cohen & Schneider

NORMA M. MURGADO, ESQ.
Chief Prosecutor (Elizabeth)
Assistant Prosecutor (Woodbridge)
Murgado & Carroll, Esq. (Elizabeth)


JOHN MENZEL, ESQ.
Moore & Menzel



Seminar number S1507-15379
Presented in cooperation with the NJSBA Municipal Court Section and the NJSBA Young Lawyers� Division


New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education
The non-profit continuing education service of:
The New Jersey State Bar Association
Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey
Seton Hall University
One Constitution Square,
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-1520
Phone: (732)214-8500 Fax: (732)249-0383 �

Major Municipal Court and Criminal Cases
to be discussed

1. State in the Interest of J.A. 195 NJ 324

2. State v. Buda
195 NJ 278
2b State v. Coder 198 NJ 451 (2009)

3. State v. Sweet
195 NJ 357

4 State v. Moran 408 NJ Super. 412 (App Div. 2009)

5 Herring v United States
129 S. Ct. 695 (2009)

6. State v Smith 408 NJ Super. 484 (App. Div. 2009)

7. Patel v. MVC __ NJ __
(Sup Ct. 2009)

8. State v. Marquez 408 NJ Super. 273 (App. Div. 2009)

9 Melendez-Diaz v Mass
129 S. Ct. 2527 (2009)

10 State v. Reeds
197 NJ 280 (2009)

11. State v. Hewitt
400 NJ Super. 376 (2008)

12 State v. Spell
142 NJ 514 (2008)

13. State v. Bogan
200 NJ 61 (2009)

14. State v. Baum
199 NJ 407 (2009)

15. State v. Best 403 NJ. Super. 428 (App. Div. 2008) [cert granted]

16 State v. Amelio
197 NJ 207 (2008)

17. Arizona v Johnson
172 L. Ed. 2d 694 (2009)

18 State v. Bertrand 408 NJ
Super. 584 (App. Div. 2009)

19 State v. Nyhammer
197 NJ 383 (2009)

20 State v. Filson 409 NJ
Super. 246 (Law Div. 2009)

21 State v. Popovich
405 NJ Super. 392 (App. Div. 2009)
22. State v. Pena-Flores
198 NJ 6 (2009)
23 Arizona v. Gant
129 S. Ct. 1710 (2009)