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Saturday, March 20, 2010
Registration
8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
• Giving Plaintiff Jurors the Facts and Arguments They Need to Prevail in the Jury Room
- Juror perceptions and beliefs
- Techniques for overcoming bias
- Anticipating the defense arguments
• Voir Dire: Deselecting Jurors
- Open-ended questions
- Challenges for cause
- Persuasion in voir dire
• Winning Techniques from the Beginning: Storytelling and Theming in Opening Statement
- Preparing “early” for opening statement
- Crafting and weaving the story
- Delivery techniques
Workshop Introductions and Orientation
Lunch (on your own)
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Afternoon Session
1:00 – 6:00 pm
• Developing and Executing a Deposition Plan
- Developing goals for each deposition
- Deciding on approach for questioning
- 30(b)(6) depositions
- Restating and summarizing techniques
Workshop on Voir Dire/Opening Statement
Networking Reception
6:00 – 7:00 pm
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Morning Session
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
• Witness Preparation
- Reducing/Eliminating witness behaviors that affect credibility
- Dealing with weaknesses in your case
- Anticipating cross-examination
• Direct Examination
- Introduction of exhibits
- Refreshing recollection
- Techniques for controlling the witness
(restating, summarizing, asking the reverse cross question)
• Cross-Examination of Lay and Expert Witnesses
- Asking about facts, not conclusions
- One fact, one question
- Control techniques
- Impeachment
• Panel: Ethics for Lawyers
- Associating counsel (referral fees)
- Fees on structured settlements
- Hall v. Clifton Precision
Lunch (on your own)
12:00 – 1:30 pm
Afternoon Session
1:30 – 5:30 pm
Workshop on Direct and Cross of Lay Witnesses
Individual Trial Consultant Meetings
Monday, March 22, 2010
8:00 – 11:00 am
• Cross-Examination of the DME
• Effective Design and Use of Demonstratives/Exhibits
• Crafting the Closing and Rebuttal Argument
- Incorporating jury instructions
- Inoculating jurors from defense juror arguments and conduct
- Arguing damages
Lunch (on own)
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Afternoon Session
12:30 – 4:30 pm
Workshop on Direct and Cross-Examination of Expert Witnesses
Individual Trial Consultant Meetings
Evening Session
6:00 – 9:00 pm
Focus Groups: Insights to Jury Decision Making and Jury Selection
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Morning Session
8:00 am – 1:30pm
Workshop on Closing Argument and Rebuttal
Individual Trial Consultant Meetings
• Roundtable Discussions
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