FRIDAY 9TH NOVEMBER, 3pm - 6.30pm - followed by a drinks reception

COURT 9, PARLIAMENT HOUSE, EDINBURGH

The Mike Jones Excellence in Advocacy Event will be held for the second year running, on Friday 9th November 2018 in Parliament House, and will continue to celebrate Lord (Mike) Jones’ contribution and commitment to advocacy skills training. The keynote address will be delivered by Tim Finnegan (Greenspoon Marder LLP, New York). Devils and Junior members of the Faculty of Advocates take part in moots, beginning at 3pm, which will form a competition culminating in the award of the prize for excellence in advocacy, in Lord Jones’ memory. The lecture will begin at 5pm, also in Court 9. The event will end with a Drinks Reception hosted by the Faculty of Advocates.

Admittance will be by ticket only. Please register all delegates individually. Guests can choose to attend both the moot and the lecture, or just the lecture on its own - indicate which you will attend by ticket type.

TIM FINNEGAN is a Partner at Greenspoon Marder LLP (New York, USA). Mr. Finnegan has acted as national coordinating counsel for several major clients and served as a member of the trial team in the successful defense of a United States tobacco company in a product liability action brought in U.S. District Court in Oklahoma City. He has also rendered product liability advice to manufacturers of alcohol beverages and dealt with numerous claims of occupation-induced asthma on behalf of a manufacturer of an industrial product. In connection with these matters, Mr. Finnegan has worked extensively with experts in the fields of cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and addiction.

Mike Jones Excellence in Advocacy Event 2018