ELLIOTT ABRUTYN
EAbrutyn@morganlawfirm.com
Partner
New Jersey Office
T 973.863.7601
F 973.994.3375

Seminars, Speeches and Articles

  • Speaker, International Association of Defense Counsel Professional Liability Roundtable; New York, May 2011. “Claims Arising from the Foreclosure Crisis.”

  • Speaker, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Legal Malpractice Update; 2010. "Liability and Other Aspects to Consider When an Attorney Changes Law Firms".

  • Article, American Bar Association, Legal Malpractice Committee co-authored article entitled "Challenging Economic Conditions, Shifting Practice Areas and Attorney Mobility: A Combustible Legal Malpractice Liability Mix"; 2009.

  • Speaker, Participant at the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Legal Malpractice Seminar with respect to "Challenging Economic Conditions, Shifting Practice Areas and Attorney Mobility: A Combustible Legal Malpractice Liability Mix"; 2009.

  • Speaker, Legal Malpractice Update Seminar, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education; 2009.

  • Moderator, International Association of Defense Counsel Professional Liability Roundtable, New York, May 2008, Claims Against Professionals Arising From the Subprime Crisis

  • Speaker, International Association of Defense Counsel Professional Liability Roundtable, Claims Against Professionals Arising from Illegal Real Estate Flipping Schemes; New York, May 2007.

  • Article, When Did They Know and What Did They Know?; American Bar Association, Lawyers Professional Liability eAdvisory Newsletter, April 2007.

  • Article, To Impute or Not To Impute: An Historical Analysis of New Jersey's Hardline Stance Against the Application of the Doctrine of Imputation as a Defense for Corporate Auditors , International Association of Defense Counsel Newsletter, November 2006, Volume 1.

  • Speaker, Avoiding Bad Faith Claims; Presentation to Firm clients; September 2005.

  • Moderator, International Association of Defense Counsel Professional Liability Round Table, Chicago, Illinois ; May, 2004.

  • Panelist, New Jersey Continuing Legal Education Program; Trends in UIM coverage with emphasis on stepdown provision; May 2003.

  • Speaker, How to Avoid Legal Malpractice Claims in Handling Real Estate Transactions; June 1999.

  • Speaker, Y2K Related Liability and Insurance Coverage Issues; Seminar for firm clients; April, 1999.

  • Moderator, Duty to Defend; Seminar for firm clients; October, 1998.

  • Moderator, Employment Discrimination; Seminar for firm clients; June, 1997.

  • Panelist, How to Avoid Legal Malpractice Claims; to The New Jersey Association of Real Estate Attorneys; April, 1997.

  • Article, Failing to Follow Advance Directives: Legal Issues Surrounding the Procedure for Informing Others of a Patient’s Right to Die; Prepared for Zurich-American Specialties, Healthcare Briefings; December, 1996.

  • Panelist, Insurance Coverage for Advertising Injury and Personal Injury Claims; Seminar for firm clients; June, 1996.

  • Speaker, Professional Malpractice Actions in New York and New Jersey, A Comparison; for firm clients in Chicago, Illinois; December, 1994.

  • Moderator, Alternate Dispute Resolution; for firm clients; November, 1993.

  • Panelist, Panel Discussion of Impact of Morton International v. General Accident Insurance Company, 134 N.J. 1 (1993); at the Annual Meeting of New Jersey State Bar Association, Desert Palm, California; November, 1993.

  • Panelist, Videotaped Discussion of Impact of Supreme Court Decision in Morton International v. General Accident Insurance Company, 134 N.J. 1 (1993); at New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education; August, 1993.

  • Speaker, Automobile Reparations in New Jersey; at Firemen’s Fund Insurance Company; August, 1993.

  • Moderator, Automobile Reparations after Oswin v. Shaw; for firm clients; November, 1992.

  • Speaker, The Duty to Defend, An Overview; Seminar for firm clients; October, 1991.