07/15/2026
Javerbaum Wurgaft attorneys conducted a Civil Discovery Workshop for the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education on Tuesday, July 14, 2026.
David L. Wikstrom moderated the seminar. Joining him were Javerbaum Wurgaft attorneys Hon. Kenneth J. Grispin, P.J.S.C. (Ret.) and Karina Garcia.
The seminar discussed the scope of civil discovery available under the New Jersey Court Rules, including the types of discovery, applicable rules, and case law. Conformity, timing, permissibility, and boundaries of discovery during litigation were also covered.
Mr. Wikstrom, a Certified Civil Trial Attorney, represents clients in claims involving Legal Malpractice, Product Liability, Personal Injury, Dramshop and Employment Discrimination. David L. Wikstrom has been selected for inclusion in the New Jersey Super Lawyers list from 2008–2025 and was named to the “Top 100 Attorneys in New Jersey” list for 2019–2020.* He is a Past President of the Union County Bar Association, former Chairman of the Product Liability Section of the Essex County Bar Association and a member of the Standing Committee for Legal Malpractice and Insurance. He served as a past Trustee of the New Jersey State Bar Association, Chairman of the Union County Bar Association’s Civil Practice Committee and Chair of the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Civil Trial Certification. He is a frequent lecturer for ICLE on Legal Malpractice and Ethics and has presented seminars both nationally and internationally.
Judge Grispin served as a Superior Court Judge from 2008–2018, serving the first two years in the Family Division and the last eight-plus years as Presiding Judge of the Civil Division, two of which were as the Conference Chair of all the Civil Presiding Judges in New Jersey. Prior to his appointment to the bench, he practiced law for thirty-five years and was continuously certified as a Civil Trial Attorney beginning in 1983 and a Criminal Trial Attorney beginning in 1982. He mediates a plethora of cases, including claims involving personal injury, medical malpractice, dental malpractice, legal malpractice, insurance coverage, employment discrimination and contracts.
Ms. Garcia is a trial attorney who focuses on all aspects of personal injury law, such as automobile accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, fall-downs, animal attacks and pedestrian accidents. Prior to joining private practice, Ms. Garcia served as a law clerk to the Honorable Mary K. Costello, P.J. Cv., Presiding Judge of the Civil Division in Hudson County Superior Court.
Also appearing on the panel were Hon. Danielle Walcoff, J.S.C., Atlantic County Superior Court; Richard J. Albuquerque, Esq.; and Diane Magram, Esq.
