A Trial Advocacy Inn Only five years after the American Inns of Court Foundation was organized by the Judicial Conference of the United States, the Worrall F. Mountain AIC chapter was formed to promote its ideals of professionalism in the bar of Morris, Sussex and Warren counties. Meeting in Morristown, the Worrall F. Mountain Inn was chartered as the 97th Inn of Court on June 1, 1990. The Honorable Peter N. Conforti, J.S.C. served as its first president, followed by the Honorable John Harper, J.S.C. in 1992 and the current president, John C. Maloney, Jr., Esq., of Pitney Hardin in 1999.
The Mountain Inn is based upon a training model in which Pupils participate in a structured trial advocacy program under the guidance and tutelage of more experienced members of the bar and bench. The Inn’s programs focus on civil litigation from discovery through appeal, but seek to expose its members to a broad range of issues for which a practitioner may be called upon, including municipal, criminal, chancery and matrimonial, to name a few. Led by a group of distinguished Masters, many of its Pupils have continued in the Inn as Barristers and Associates to create a constantly evolving program and membership, while retaining a core of expertise and feeling of camaraderie. Upon occasion, the Inn’s program will feature a lecturer having special expertise or show and discuss a video, examine and cross-examine actual experts, or stage appellate arguments before such jurists as the former New Jersey Supreme Court Associate Justice Robert L. Clifford.
Over the years, the Mountain Inn has had the honor of the membership of approximately 15 Superior Court judges. Currently, it boasts about 46 active members, including four Superior Court judges. The Inn meets on every fourth Monday each month, except July and August, and guests are welcomed.
Since its inception, the Mountain Inn gained prominence throughout the American Inns of Court movement. It has the distinction of electing two successive Pupil Trustees to the National Board of Directors and has been consistently represented at the AIC National Leadership Conferences for a number of years. It especially encourages its Pupils to attend regional and national programs by sponsoring one or more members annually.
If you would like information about joining the Worrall F. Mountain Inn of Court, please contact:
John C. Maloney, Jr., Esq.
Day Pitney, LLP
P.O. Box 1945
Morristown, New Jersey 07962-1945
phone: 973-966-8180
fax: 973-966-1550
e-mail: jmaloney@daypitey.com