Description
Gain an understanding of best practices for trial lawyers during critical decisions within cases.
Whether you are on the plaintiff’s or the defense side, you must engage in critical decision making through the life of a case. Be ready for the challenge. This topic will take you through a high exposure death case and fifteen critical decisions you and your opponent will have to make case selection for the plaintiff discovery issues and expert retention for both sides timing and contents for dispositive motions for the defense and how plaintiffs can overcome them best time to talk settlement pretrial motions on evidentiary issues selection of a jury that favors your side presentation and crossexamination of key witnesses winning at closing argument qualified immunity issue to the judge and jury structure of the special verdict form posttrial motion if you need to file one and fee petition for the prevailing plaintiff. All that, plus background materials, checklists, tips, and forms to use in your practice.
Date: 2019-05-09 Start Time: End Time:
Learning Objectives
Representation and Discovery
• Should Counsel Take Plaintiff’s Case?
• Can One Lawyer Represent Individual and Municipal Defendants?
• Should Discovery Go Forward When Criminal Charges Are Pending?
• How Can You Protect Confidential Materials Produced in Discovery?
Experts, Motions, Settlement
• Should Counsel Retain an Expert?
• When Should the Defense File for Summary Judgment?
• Should You Discuss Settlement and When?
• What Motions in Limine Should You File?
Critical Decision Making at Trial
• What Kind of Jury Should You Have?
• How to Examine and Cross-Examine Key Witnesses?
• Can Your Closing Argument Win Your Case?
• How Should the Qualified Immunity Defense Be Handled?
• Can Your Special Verdict Form Avoid an Appeal?
Post-Trial Motions and Attorney’s Fees
• What Motions Should the Losing Party File After Trial?
• What Must a Prevailing Plaintiff Include in a Fee Petition?
CLE (Please check the Detailed Credit Information page for states that have already been approved) ,Additional credit may be available upon request. Contact Lorman at 866-352-9540 for further information.
Rachael Rubenstein-Clark Hill Strasburger, T. Joshua Wu – Clark Hill Strasburger
