Seminar Number
086787
CLE Hours
(Self-Study Only)
6 CLE Hours
including
1 Ethics Hour,
1 Professionalism
Hour and
4 Trial Practice
Hours
DYNAMIC TRIAL PROOF AND TACTICS
RECORDED MARCH 27, 2008
Presiding:
Ronald L. Carlson, Program Chair; Professor, University of Georgia School of Law, Athens
WELCOME AND PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Prof. Ronald L. Carlson
N. Karen “Kay” Deming, Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta
CROSS-EXAMINING EXPERTS AT TRIAL
Richard H. Deane, Jr., Jones Day, Atlanta
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Featuring:
Ron Carlson and the Mighty Carlson Law Players
Plaintiff’s Attorney
Stephen J. Harper, ICLE in Georgia, Athens
Defense Attorney for Defendant #1
Stephen E. Boswell, Of Counsel to Finch McCranie LLP, Atlanta
Defense Attorney for Defendant #2
Todd H. Ashley, Deputy District Attorney, Atlanta Judicial Circuit, Fulton County, Atlanta
JUDGES LOOK AT TRIAL TACTICS: Four of Georgia’s best trial-level jurists will share their incomparable judicial experience and insights on the topics of stipulations and how to handle them; jury view– taking the jury out to the scene of the action; motion in limine tactics and law; how to object at trial without antagonizing the judge or jury; and continuance requests–justified and unjustified: what judges look at when a continuance is requested
Moderator:
Michael S. Carlson, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit, Decatur
Panelists:
Hon. Mary E. Staley, Judge, Superior Court, Cobb Judicial Circuit, Marietta
Hon. Ural D.L. Glanville, Judge, Superior Court, Atlanta Judicial Circuit, Atlanta
Hon. Wade M. Crumbley, Judge, Superior Court, Flint Judicial Circuit, McDonough
Hon. Stephen E. Boswell, Former Superior Court Judge, Clayton Judicial Circuit, Jonesboro
MALPRACTICE AVOIDANCE
David N. Lefkowitz, The Lefkowitz Firm LLC, Atlanta
Hon. H. William Sams, Jr., Judge, Juvenile Court, Richmond County; Law Offices of H. William Sams, Jr., Augusta