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CLE Hours

6 CLE Hours including 1 Ethics Hour, 1 Professionalism Hour and 6 Trial Practice Hours

 

Originally Recorded December 9, 2004

Archived Web Cast
Presiding:
Ronald L. Carlson, Fuller E. Callaway Professor of Law, University of Georgia School of Law, Athens
WELCOME AND PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Ronald L. Carlson
HOW TO BUILD WINNING EVIDENTIARY FOUNDATIONS
This segment features a trial demonstration with an on-going “Carlson” commentary on the legal issues presented, which will focus on laying evidentiary foundations. The lively demonstration will be performed by the “Mighty Carlson Players,” led by John W. Timmons, Jr., Timmons, Warnes & Anderson, LLP, Athens and Stephen J. Harper, Director of Programs, ICLE; Adjunct Professor, University of Georgia School of Law, Athens
SUCCESSFUL OPENINGS AND TRIAL PROOF:
PLAINTIFF’S STRATEGY
Andrew M. Scherffius, III, Scherffius, Ballard, Still & Ayers, LLP, Atlanta

DEFENDING WITH SKILL: DEFENSE TACTICS
Bernard Taylor, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta

OBSERVATIONS FROM THE BENCH
Hon. Neal W. Dickert, Judge, Superior Court, Augusta Circuit, Evans; Author of The Georgia Handbook on Foundations and Objections, 2004 Edition (Thomson*West)
FACTS AND DRAMA IN CLOSING ARGUMENT —
A DEMONSTRATION
For the State:
Michael Scott Carlson, District Attorney’s Office, Augusta Circuit,
Augusta

For the Defense:
Bruce Steven Harvey, Attorney at Law, Atlanta

OBSERVATIONS FROM THE BENCH
Hon. Neal W. Dickert
Hon. Wendy L. Shoob, Judge, Superior Court of Fulton County, Atlanta
THE ETHICS OF SUCCESSFUL ADVOCACY
J. Randolph Evans, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, Atlanta
PROFESSIONALISM IN MODERN DISCOVERY AND
TRIALS
Hon. Roy E. Barnes, Former Governor of the State of Georgia, The Barnes Law Group, LLC, Marietta