Law School Program Highlights 75th Anniversary of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
A star-studded panel of judges, academics, politicians, lawyers and businesspeople will come together to discuss the impact of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the importance of the rules' 75th anniversary. The panel will be taking a wide-angle view of what the rules were designed to achieve, how they have been applied, what is happening now and what the future of the rules might be. Arthur R. Miller, university professor at New York University, the nations leading scholar in the field of American civil procedure and co-author with the late Charles Wright of Federal Practice and Procedure, will serve as moderator.
The event will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 27, at 3 p.m. in the Patricia Corbett Theater at the College-Conservatory of Music. A reception will follow.
Participants include:
- Thomas Y. Allman, senior VP, general counsel and chief compliance officer, BASF Corporation (retired)
- Hon. Michael R. Barrett, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
- Hon. Susan J. Dlott, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
- Al Gerhardstein, partner, Gerhardstein and Branch Co., LPA
- Hon. Nancy Gertner (ret.), professor of practice, Harvard Law School
- Hon. Maureen O'Connor, chief justice, Supreme Court of Ohio
- Hon. Solomon Oliver, Jr., chief judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
- Andrew J. Pincus, partner, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C.
- Victor E. Schwartz, partner, Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Washington, D.C.
- Senator Bill Seitz, 8th District, Ohio Senate
- David A. Singleton, executive director, Ohio Justice and Policy Center
- Michael E. Solimine, Donald P. Klekamp Professor of Law, University of Cincinnati College of Law
- Hon. Jeffrey S. Sutton, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- Carolyn A. Taggart, partner, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
- Suja A. Thomas, professor, University of Illinois College of Law
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John Vail, vice president and senior litigation counsel, Center for Constitutional Litigation, Washington, D.C.
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Two (2) hours of CLE credit have been approved for Ohio and Kentucky for attorneys.
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