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4 Litig. News 1 (1978-1979)

handle is hein.journals/lignws4 and id is 1 raw text is: '1' iS *0 - -- . . . . S * S. : ' 5 o Excellent Programs Planned for Washington A comprehensive program featuring evidence, exam- ination of expert witnesses, discovery and trial strategy has been set for the Litigation Section's third annual fall meeting in Washington, D.C., November 9-11, 1978. Participants will meet in Washington's newest luxury hotel, the Hyatt Regency, located downtown near the Capitol. A Friday night reception in the historic and ex- clusive State Department diplomatic reception rooms, hosted by Deputy Attorney General Benjamin R. Civi- letti, will highlight a full social schedule. Attorneys from two well-publicized cases-the Buf- falo Creek Disaster and the Ford Pinto case-will demonstrate trial techniques. David Webster and Gerald M. Stern-who has authored a book on the Buf- falo Creek situation-will discuss that case, while Ar- thur Hewes and Francis H. Hare will analyze the Cali- fornia Pinto case. James W. McElhaney, Case Western Reserve Profes- sor and noted authority on the law of evidence, will pre- sent a thorough update in that field. In addition, the Section will repeat by request two highly successful pro- grams from the 1977 ABA annual meeting in Chicago: (1) How to Prove Lost Profits of a Business; and (2) Complex Construction Lawsuits Made Simple. (See pages 9-11 for the complete. Washington program. Corboy, Rountree to Lead Section Philip H. Corboy, Chicago, was chosen at New York to serve the Section as Chairman-Elect. He will succeed Weyman I. Lundquist as Chairman next August after the ABA convention in Dallas. Corboy is a leading trial attorney of national reputa- tion. He has served on the Section Council and as Vice- Chairman. He was president of the Chicago Bar Asso- ciation and the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Asa Rountree, New York, was elected Vice-Chair- man. The entire Section is grateful to Asa for a splendid job of planning and coordinating the activities and pro- grams at the ABA meeting in New York. He served on the Section's original Council and has made distin- guished contributions to the development and growth of the Section from the beginning. Roderick B. Mathews, Richmond, VA, was elected Secretary and Robert F. Hanley, Chicago, was re- elected Section Delegate to the ABA House of Dele- gates. Hanley served as Chairman of the Litigation Sec- tion in 1975-76. Elected to the Council were Judah Best, Washington, D.C.; John J. Curtin, Jr., Boston; Amalya L. Kearse, New York; Harley J. McNeal, Cleveland; and George 1. Milckum III, Washington, D.C. Copyright © 1978 American Bar Association N E w S Produced by the ABA Press

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