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AGENDA continued AFTERNOON SESSION 2:00 pm–5:30 pm Crawling Inside the Skin of Your Deponent Demonstration: Dealing with the Evasive Witness • Techniques in handling the evasive witness • Demonstration of deposing the evasive witness Workshop: Establishing Standards of Care and Conduct Sunday, January 17 MORNING SESSION (Continental breakfast available) 8:00 am–12:30 pm Dealing with the Rambo Litigator (ethics) • Rule 4.2 and ex parte communications • Use of deposition protocol • Hall v. Clifton Precision Tools Witness Preparation • Learning styles • Processing styles • Making your witness defamation proof • Diagnosing witness’s problems and issues (Live demonstration with a former client) LUNCH 12:30 pm–1:30 pm AFTERNOON SESSION 1:30 pm–4:45 pm Special Considerations for Deposing Experts • Establishing facts and theories favorable to your case • Daubert • Silver bullets Microexpressions Workshop: Deposing Experts Monday, January 18 MORNING SESSION (Buffet breakfast) 8:30 am–1:00 pm How to Effectively Use Your Depositions in Trial • Maximum effect as impeachment • Substantive evidence when the witness is unavailable • In opening and closing using PowerPoint Faculty Deposition Demonstrations So, Now What Do We Do? • How to use what we have learned • Applying the advanced techniques to our practice About Workshops Through hands-on workshops in small groups, you will receive individual attention and critiques of your skills by highlyexperienced faculty. Your recorded workshops are yours to take home for further study. INVITED FACULTY Richard D. Hailey concentrates his practice in personal injury. Mr. Hailey is a past president of AAJ (formerly ATLA®), Fellow of the Pound Civil Justice Institute, Governor of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA), and a member of the ITLA’s College of Fellows. The law firm of Ramey & Hailey is in Indianapolis, Indiana. Katherine James is cofounder, with Alan Blumenfeld, of ACT of Communication in Culver City, California whose workshops have trained more than 20,000 lawyers and whose work as part of trial teams has taken more than 700 cases to trial. Her expertise is in helping to make attorneys more effective in live communication as well as to prepare witnesses for deposition, mediation, arbitration, and trial. She has been a part of the faculty at various trial colleges, universities, and law schools including ATLA’s Ultimate
INVITED FACULTY continued Trial Advocacy Course: Art of Persuasion. ACT of Communication’s newest project, What Can Lawyers Learn From Actors?, takes their nationally acclaimed workshops and translates them into a packaged video series with workbooks to maximize the interactive learning experience. William L. Keating concentrates his practice in complex personal injury/wrongful death litigation, including products liability, fire/explosions, trucking/auto collisions, automotive defects, construction accidents, insurance bad faith and catastrophic injuries. He has been elected to membership in The American College of Trial Lawyers, The International Society of Barristers, The American Board of Trial Advocates, The International Academy of Trial Lawyers and The Academy of Catastrophic Injury Attorneys. He is a past president of the Colorado Lawyers Association. Mr. Keating is a partner with the law firm of Fogel Keating Wagner Polidori Shafner, P.C., in Denver, Colorado. Mark R. Kosieradzki concentrates his practice in products liability, wrongful death, spinal cord injuries, amputations, nursing home abuse and burns. Mr. Kosieradzki is certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and the Minnesota Bar Association as a Civil Trial Specialist, was elected to the American Board of Trial Advocates, and is a past president of the Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association. He has served on AAJ’s Board of Governors, is past chair of AAJ’s Nursing Home Litigation group, is a member of AAJ’s NCA Board of Trustees, and is a Diplomate of AAJ’s NCA. The Kosieradzki Smith Law Firm, LLC is in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Thomas S. McGrath represents homeowners and commercial property owners against building contractors, pest control operators, architects, and real estate agents regarding construction defects, termite damage, pesticide exposure, toxic mold and real estate fraud. He is a frequent lecturer on these subjects and a Diplomate of AAJ’s National College of Advocacy (NCA). Mr. McGrath is admitted to practice in Colorado, Illinois, and Alabama. The McGrath Law office is located in Huntsville, Alabama. Phillip H. Miller, course advisor, has an exclusively personal injury practice. Mr. Miller has tried 48 jury trials to a verdict and handled a wide range of complex cases including trucking litigation, nursing home claims, pharmaceutical torts, and daycare center child abuse. He is AV rated and has been certified as a civil trial specialist continuously since 1991. In addition to his law practice, Mr. Miller has extensive experience working as a trial consultant on cases nationwide specializing in discovery planning and trial preparation. He serves on the executive committee for the Tennessee Association for Justice, is a member of AAJ’s NCA Board of Trustees, is a Diplomate of AAJ’s NCA, and is a frequent speaker for AAJ and state trial lawyer associations. Phillip H. Miller & Associates is located in Nashville, Tennessee. Christopher J. O’Brien, course advisor, concentrates his practice in automobile negligence, sexual assault, food poisoning, and wrongful death litigation. He is past president of the Western Affiliate of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA) and a Diplomate of AAJ’s NCA. Mr. O’Brien is a frequent speaker for AAJ and NYSTLA CLE programs and is an adjunct faculty professor at SUNY at Buffalo Law School. He is a partner with O’Brien Boyd, P.C. in Buffalo, New York. Karen R. Roberts concentrates her practice on personal injury and products liability litigation. Ms. Roberts worked as a broadcast journalist for several years before receiving her J.D. She is a current Vice President of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, immediate past-chair of the TTLA Board of Advocates and a former member of AAJ’s NCA Board of Trustees. She practices with the Roberts Law Office in Tyler, Texas. Thomas J. Vesper’s practice focuses on products liability, professional malpractice, medical negligence, and consumer fraud cases. He is a former member of AAJ’s NCA Board of Trustees, a frequent lecturer, and author of the Trial and Depositions Notebooks, published by West/ AAJ Press (formerly ATLA Press). Mr. Vesper is a senior partner in the firm of Westmoreland Vesper & Quattrone in West Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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