YLD Trial Practice
Trial Practice for Today's Litigator: Prepare, Persuade, & Prevail In (and Out of) the Courtroom
Description: Want to sharpen your litigation skills? Then this three-hour seminar, sponsored by the Young Lawyer Division, is for you. Whether your practice involves time in the courtroom or preparing for cases that ultimately settle, this program will equip you with practical tools to enhance your litigations skills. Hear from practitioners as they discuss how to prepare and examine expert witnesses, including deposing opposing witnesses and effectively using their testimony, as well as technology, in pre-trial hearings. Interact with a panel of practicing litigators and sitting judges as they share their own methods, or those they have observed, for effectively communicating with juries. And learn how to handle post trial issues such as collecting damages, preserving the record, initiating an appeal, and managing client expectations.
Take this class for free! With your TBA Complete Membership, three hours of TennBarU programming is prepaid. Register now to take advantage of the savings.
Speakers/Producers
- Carol Anne Long, University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville
- Heidi Barcus, Lewis Thomason, Knoxville
Heidi A. Barcus has been involved in complex litigation involving the areas of professional negligence, medical defense, health care law, long term care, prison health and a wide range of insurance...
- Charles Cerny Jr., Genl Sessions Judge, Knoxville
- Charles Swanson, City of Knoxville Law Dept, Knoxville
Charles W. Swanson is a graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Law and has been licensed to practice law in Tennessee since 1979. Following two years in the City Law Department,...
- William Vines III, Butler, Vines & Babb, PLLC, Knoxville
- Edward White II, Hodges, Doughty & Carson, PLLC, Knoxville
- Honorable Dale Workman, , Knoxville
This course is no longer available for purchase.