Speaking Engagements and Seminars

LCBF Member Janelle N. Winters will speak on April 16^th at DRI’s 2026 Toxic Torts and Environmental Law (TTEL) Seminar in Miami, FL.

The TTEL Seminar will take place from April 15, 2026 – April 17, 2026 at the Hyatt Regency-Miami.

Janelle’s panel will dive into the latest challenges to expert methodologies at the discovery, pre-trial, trial, and appellate stages of asbestos and talc litigation. She will discuss lessons from these defense strategies and their impacts on discovery, trial prep, and overall case strategy going forward.

The conference additionally includes panels on the following topics:
• Microplastics on the Radar: Key Compliance and Liability Issues
• Navigating Legal Currents: Data Centers, Water Supply Risks, and Regulatory Challenges
• Fresh Data on Blood Markers
• 30(b)(6) Testimony
• Artificial Intelligence and ethics
• Emerging litigation trends and risk management
• Citizen Science
• Cutting-Edge Graphics, Demonstratives, and Uses of AI for Trial
• New and Emerging Issues Concerning Quartz Countertop Litigation

You can find more information about and register for the conference, here.

LCBF Member Andrew Kornblau will speak on Tuesday, March 10^th at HarrisMartin’s annual New Jersey Asbestos Litigation Conference in New Brunswick, NJ.

Andrew will join the “New Jersey Law Update” panel, which will discuss recent case law decisions impacting asbestos and toxic tort litigation in New Jersey.

The conference additionally includes panels on the following topics:

• State of the Middlesex County Docket
• The Impact of A/I on the Legal Practice
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Ethical Considerations in Mass Tort Litigation
• Bankruptcy Update
• State of the Experts: The Recent MDL Recommendation and Possible Effects Across Talc Litigation in NJ and Nationwide

You can find more information about and register for the conference, here.

On February 18, 2026, Ron Joseph presented an impactful seminar on deposition skills and techniques to attorneys across all four LCBF offices. The seminar is part of the firm’s commitment to ensuring continuity and consistency in defense litigation skills firmwide. The program also provided our associates the opportunity to earn CLE credit in an area of direct relevance to their practices.

The seminar included instruction in the following areas:

• Identifying and focusing on the goals of each deposition
• How to prepare for depositions
• Establishing the appropriate atmosphere for depositions
• Skills and style in examination
• Deposition skills for specific types of injuries, including
  • head injuries
  • mental health related injuries
• Objections

Vincent Mehnert teamed up with Lawline, as part of the firm’s associate development initiative, to provide new associates a three-day seminar on ‘Attorney Nuts and Bolts’. The seminar included the following programs:

• First-Year Litigation Essentials, presented by Fabiola Vieites
• Essential Billing and Practice Management Skills, presented by Janelle N. Winters and Thomas J. Patania
• Research and Caseload Management, presented by Gerald T. Ford and Vincent Mehnert
• Medical Records Discovery, Expert Discovery, and Jury Research, presented by Rachel S. Rubenstein
• Deposition Practice Fundamentals, presented by Alex Marcus
• Court Filing Essentials, presented by Vincent Mehnert and Timothy Collazzi
• New York Practice Essentials, presented by Gerald T. Ford, Jerry Cuomo, and Vincent Mehnert

Andrew Kornblau presented on “Industrial Talc: The Lesser-Known Toxic Tort,” at DRI’s Toxic Tort & Environmental Law Seminar, Atlanta, GA

Andrew Kornblau presented on “Court Rules, Case Law and Appellate Changes,” at Harris Martin’s New Jersey Asbestos Litigation Conference, New Brunswick, NJ

Janelle Winters presented on “Motion Practice In the Zoom Era,” for the New Jersey State Bar Association, virtually in NJ.

Andrew Kornblau presented on “Cosmetic Talc and Asbestos: Current State of the Science,” at Updates on Health Science Topics, Princeton, NJ.

Andrew Kornblau presented on “New Jersey Law Updates Affecting Asbestos Litigation,” at Harris Martin’s New Jersey Asbestos Litigation Conference, New Brunswick, NJ.

Janelle Winters presented on “Talc Updates ” Talc Discovery, Lanzo & Nemeth,” at HarrisMartin’s New Jersey Asbestos Litigation Conference in New Brunswick, NJ

Dan Moretti was a featured speaker at the 2018 National Sciences Foundation International Conference on Legionella. Dan gave a presentation on the legal and financial risks that can develop when commercial and residential building owners and operators and others are confronted with outbreaks of Legionnaire’s Disease.

As part of the firm’s associate training program, Ron Joseph gave seminars on “Taking Depositions” and “Medicine for Lawyers.”

Ron Joseph gave a lecture on how to investigate construction accidents. The attendees included a) investigators from several private investigation companies; and b) insurance brokers specializing in construction coverage and claims handling.

Ron Joseph gave a lecture to the command staff of a police department, including its Chief, Assistant Chiefs Inspectors and Captains, concerning jurisdiction, off-duty arrests and the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act.

Dan Moretti gave a presentation at a workshop at Emory University – Rollins School of Public Health. It focused on the legal challenges and ramifications of Legionella escalation in commercial and residential buildings, and included an analysis of the many guidelines and regulations governing the standard of care for property owners and others responsible for maintaining water treatment systems throughout the country.

Ron Joseph conducted a seminar on Defense and Indemnification for the claims department of one of the firm’s largest clients.

On August 18, 2015, Ron Joseph presented a seminar to attorneys on taking depositions in state and federal cases.

On July 14, 2015, Ron Joseph presented a seminar, to claims professionals and attorneys, on how to investigate construction accidents.

Dan Moretti gave a presentation entitled “Labor and Employment Laws for Dentists.” The lecture addressed types of employment claims, and tools for prevention as well as New York City’s recently amended Paid Leave Act.

On December 5 and 6, 2013, Ron Joseph gave lectures to the sergeants and lieutenants of a police department concerning stop and frisk procedures and probable cause in preparation for that police department’s 2014 Super Bowl mobilization.

On April 19, 2013, Dan Moretti gave a presentation in Albany to members of the New York State Society of Orthodontists. Her presentations focused on harassment/discrimination prevention, as well as wage and hour regulations, record keeping, insurance coverage and the handling of discrimination claims should they arise.