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New Directions in Class Action Litigation - Part I

Provided By: The Daily Business Review

Approved for CLE credit in: AK, AZ, CA, ME, MO, ND, NY

This two hour and sixteen minute streaming video seminar is provided by the Daily Business Review, an American Lawyer Media publication.

Additional streaming video segments from New Directions in Class Action Litigation are also available on Law.com:

• New Directions in Class Action Litigation - Part II

Join top class-action scholars and litigators for a symposium on the latest and most controversial developments in class-action litigation. This symposium explores a mock class-action scenario, and panelists address questions about all aspects of the class-action process, including the legal boundaries, ethical implications and public policy ramifications.

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This program is has been approved for credit in AK, AZ, CA, ME, MO, ND, NY

New Directions in Class Action Litigation - Part II

Bruce E. Gerstein Senior Partner Garwin, Bronzaft, Gerstein & Fisher, LLP New York, NY Bruce E. Gerstein is a senior name partner at Garwin, Bronzaft, Gerstein & Fisher, LLP, New York. Mr. Gerstein graduated from Bernard M. Baruch College of the City University of New York with a Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in public accounting. He graduated from Brooklyn Law School with honors. Before Garwin, Bronzaft, Mr. Gerstein was a forensic accountant specializing in stockholders' derivative suits and class actions.

The Honorable Alan S. Gold United States District Judge Southern District of Florida Southern District of Florida, FL The Honorable Alan S. Gold is a United States District Judge, Southern District of Florida. Prior to his confirmation in July 1997, Judge Gold was appointed by Governor Lawton Chiles as a circuit court judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Dade County, Florida. He served in that capacity from July 1992 to July 1997. Before becoming a judge, Judge Gold was a Principal Shareholder at the law firm of Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen and Quentel, P.A., for 17 years, specializing in the areas of land use, environmental and administrative law and litigation. He graduated from the University of Florida with a B.A. degree with high honors in 1966. He received his J.D. from Duke University Law School in 1969, and his Masters in Taxation from the University of Miami School of Law in 1974. Judge Gold worked as a law clerk to Chief Judge Charles Carroll of the Florida Third District Court of Appeal from 1969 to 1971 and as an Assistant Dade County Attorney from 1971 to 1975.

Ervin A. Gonzalez Partner Colson Hicks Edison Coral Gables, FL Ervin A. Gonzalez is a partner at Colson Hicks Edison, Coral Gables, Florida. Mr. Gonzalez is a governor on the Florida Bar Board of Governors, a member of the Supreme Court Judicial Ethics Advisor Committee, past President of the Dade County Bar Association, past President of the Dade County Trial Lawyers Association, the Florida Bar's liaison to the Florida Bar Rules of Civil Procedure Committee, a former director of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, and a current member of the Continuing Legal Education Committee of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers. In addition, Mr. Gonzalez is an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law, where he teaches trial skills. He graduated cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law. Mr. Gonzalez is the author of the Florida Bar's Florida Civil Trade Practice (6th ed.) chapter on Demonstrative Evidence as well as five volume series on Florida Civil Trial Preparation.

Dennis O. Lynch Dean and Professor of Law University of Miami School of Law Miami, FL Dennis O. Lynch is Dean and Professor of Law at the University of Miami School of Law. He holds a B.A. from the University of Oregon, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and J.S.D. and LL.M. degrees from Yale Law School. A nationally recognized authority of Latin American Law, employment law, and labor arbitration, he was a Fulbright Scholar in economics in Venezuela. On the faculty of the University of Miami School of Law from 1974-90, he joined the University of Denver College of Law as dean in 1990. He returned to Miami as Dean in 1999.

M. Minnette Massey Professor of Law University of Miami School of Law Miami, FL M. Minnette Massey is a Professor of Law at the University of Miami School of Law. She received a B.B.A. in 1948, an LL.B. in 1951, and an M.A. in 1952, all from the University of Miami, and an LL.M. in 1958 from New York University, where she was a Kenison Fellow. She joined the Miami faculty upon graduation from law school in 1951 and served as Acting Dean from 1962 to 1965. She is a member of the American Law Institute, and has served on the NCAA Committee on Infractions and the Federal Judicial Nomination Committee. Author of three books and numerous articles on civil procedure and federal jurisdiction, Professor Massey teaches courses in those fields.

Adam M. Moskowitz Partner Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A. Miami, FL Adam M. Moskowitz is a partner at Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A., Miami. He graduated from Syracuse University, where he was President of the Debate Team. He graduated from the University of Miami School of Law, where he was the Managing Editor and Assistant Articles and Comments Editor of the University if Miami Law Review. Mr. Moskowitz has served as the Chairperson on numerous NASD arbitration panels and has considerable experience in securities arbitration and class action litigation.

Harley S. Tropin Partner Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A. Miami, FL Harley S. Tropin is a partner at Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A., Miami. He received his B.A. in Political Science from George Washington University and graduated cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law, where he was President of the Wig & Robe Society and Articles and Comments Editor of the University of Miami Law Review. Mr. Tropin regularly lectures in the area of commercial litigation, including the management of complex litigation and trademark law. He teaches trial advocacy at the University of Miami School of Law and regularly chairs an annual seminar, "Damages in Commercial Litigation." Mr. Tropin wrote the injunctions chapter for Florida Civil Practice Before Trial, a litigation text.

Joe R. Whatley, Jr. Partner Whatley Drake, LLC Birmingham, AL Joe R. Whatley, Jr., is a partner at Whatley Drake, LLC, Birmingham, Alabama. Mr. Whatley has tried cases and handled arguments, including class actions, in trial and appellate courts throughout the country, including arguing before the United States Supreme Court. He is a graduate of Harvard College (A.B. cum laude, 1975) and the University of Alabama (J.D., 1978). He served as law clerk to Chief United States District Judge Frank H. McFadden, Northern District of Alabama, in 1978-1979. Mr. Whatley is a past president of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Alabama Bar Association and of the Federal Bar Association of Birmingham. He has taught as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Alabama School of Law.

New Directions in Class Action Litigation - Part I

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