Trial Practice/Litigation

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TRIAL TECHNIQUES, SKILLS, AND STRATEGIES featuring David B. Markowitz
Recommended Practices for Civil Jury Trials • The Perfect Question • Jury Selection • Opening Statement • Direct Examination • Preparing Your Client for Trial • Courtroom Technology • Cross Examination • Cross Examination of Exerts • Closing Argument.
December 9, 2011
MCLE: 6.5 G or PS
CDs/Book: $199 per set
DVDs/Book: $329 per set
Book only (100 pages): $59
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COURTROOM EVIDENCE
Avoiding Common Evidentiary Errors • Evidentiary Objections at Different Stages of Trial • State and Federal Evidence Update • Who Is the Professional Lawyer? In Pursuit of Atticus Finch • Character Evidence in Oregon: State and Federal Courts • Privileges and Waiver • Summary Judgment Evidence: Practice Tips for Avoiding Admissibility Pitfalls.
November 18, 2011
MCLE: 5.25 G and .75 E
CDs/Book: $199 per set
DVDs/Book: $299 per set
Book only (163 pages): $59
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MASTERING THE ART OF PERSUADING TRIAL JUDGES featuring DAVID B. MARKOWITZ
Summary of Contents:  Credibility • The Judge • Content • Delivery • Visual Presentations.
May 6, 2011
MCLE: 3.5 G or PS
CDs/Book: $169 per set
DVDs/Book: $299 per set
Book only (49 pages): $59
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LITIGATING AUTO ACCIDENT CASES
Summary of Contents:  How to Value Your Case • Exemplar Voir Dire • Pitfalls in a Plaintiff’s Case • Proving—and Disproving—Damages • Independent Medical Exam Issues • Top Trial Mistakes in Litigating Auto Cases and How to Overcome Them.
April 29, 2011
MCLE: 6.5 G or PS
CDs/Book: $199 per set
DVDs/Book: $299 per set
Book only (93 pages): $59
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MOVING YOUR DISCOVERY PRACTICE FROM DIAL-UP TO BROADBAND: Demystifying the Technology
Summary of Contents:  Legal Hold: Information Management and Identification • Collection of Electronically Stored Information (ESI) for Use in Discovery • Conferring, Communicating, and Cooperating • Processing • Early Case Assessment Technology and Review Platforms • How Do I Pick a Vendor and What Will it Cost? • Dealing with Third Parties: Social Networks and Cloud Computing • Ethical Excesses in e-Discovery.March 18, 2011
MCLE: 6.5 G and .5 E
CDs/Book: $199 per set
DVDs/Book: $299 per set
Book only (131 pages): $59
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DEPOSITION TECHNIQUES
Strategies, Tactics, and Techniques featuring David B. Markowitz
Summary of Contents:  Deposition Goals • How to Ask Questions • What to Ask – Important Questioning Techniques • Dealing with the Lying Witness • Dealing with the Witness Who Claims to Know Too Little • Getting it All – Deposition Thoroughness • When to Stop Asking Questions • Defending Depositions.
December 10, 2010
MCLE: 6 G or PS
CDs/Book: $199 per set
DVDs/Book: $329 per set
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EVIDENCE IN THE COURTROOM
Summary of Contents:  Common Evidentiary Errors • Using and Misusing Privilege—An Analysis of Attorney-Client Privilege • Electronic Evidence at Trial • Objecting at Trial • Dealing with Hostile Witnesses (Impeachment, Learned Treatises, Refreshing Recollection) • A Random Walk Through the Oregon Court’s Recent Evidence Cases • Admissibility of Expert Testimony.
November 19, 2010
MCLE: 6.5 G
CDs/Book: $199 per set
DVDs/Book: $299 per set
Book only (117 pages): $59
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TRIAL TIPS FOR THE LITIGATOR
Summary of Contents:  Using PowerPoint and Other Demonstratives During Trial • Experts: The Lawyers’ Perspective • Experts: A Trial Judge’s Perspective • Local Rules: Tips and Traps • Trying the Expedited Summary Jury Trial • Trying Your Case—Jury, Court, or Arbitration? • Special Jury Instructions.
October 8, 2010
MCLE: 6 G or PS
CDs/Book: $199 per set
DVDs/Book: $299 per set
Book only (120 pages): $59
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MEDICINE 101 FOR TRIAL LAWYERS
Summary of Contents: Neurological Injuries  • Neuropsychological Assessment  • Knees and Shoulders  101 • Life Care Plans  • Vocational Assessment: Purpose and Value in Loss of Earning Capacity  • Massage Therapy and Chiropractic Treatment.
May 14, 2010
MCLE: 6.5 G
CDs/Book: $199 per set
DVDs/Book: $299 per set
Book only (117 pages): $59
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THE LAW OF TRIAL EVIDENCE presented by Judge William Young
Summary of Contents:  Judge Young on Unlocking Evidentiary Mysteries • Judge Young on Evidence for the Trial Advocate • Judge Young on Experts, GHOST and Daubert.
April 30, 2010
MCLE: 3.25 G or PS
CDs/Book: $199 per set
DVDs/Book: $299 per set
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TRIAL TECHNIQUES, SKILLS, AND STRATEGIES presented by DAVID B. MARKOWITZ
Summary of Contents: Recommended Practices for Civil Jury Trials • The Perfect Question • Jury Selection  •  Opening Statement  • Direct Examination   •  Preparing Your Client for Trial  •  Preparing Your Client for Trial  • Courtroom Technology   •  Cross Examination  •  Cross Examination of Experts  •  Closing Argument.
December 4, 2009
MCLE: 6.5 G or PS
CDs/Book: $199 per set
DVDs/Book: $329 per set
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FEDERAL PRACTICE 101 and 201
 Federal vs. State Court—Comparisons and Contrasts • Tracking a Civil Case from Client Contact to Filing a Complaint or Answer • Brief Writing Basics • ADR • Planning for Discovery • Focusing Your Presentations • What Jurors Want You to Know.
November 13, 2009
Book only (166 pages): $59
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TIPS AND TRAPS FOR THE CIVIL LITIGATOR
Summary of Contents: Intake and Initial Pleadings • Discovery • Communication Dos and Don’ts • How to Avoid the Top Ten Traps at Trial • Appellate Perspective.
October 30, 2009
MCLE: 6.5 G or PS
CDs/Book: $199 per set
DVDs/Book: $299 per set
Book only (161 pages): $59
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LITIGATING AUTO ACCIDENT CASES
Summary of Contents: Terminology and Understanding Medical Records • Case Theme Development and Jury Selection • Effective Use of Courtroom Technology • Trucking Law 101: An Overview of the Motor Carrier’s Standard of Care • Exemplar Voir Dire • Forensic Accident Animation • Expert Testimony • Bringing it Home – Closing Arguments.
May 8, 2009
MCLE: 6.75 G or PS
CDs/Book: $199 per set
DVDs/Book: $299 per set
Book only (120 pages): $55
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MCLE Credits:
(G) General
(PS) Practical Skills
(G/PS) General or Practical Skills
(E) Ethics
(AJ) Access to Justice
(CAR) Child Abuse Reporting

[R] Reciprocity: This seminar meets the qualifications for credit necessary to fulfill the MCLE requirements for reciprocal admission to the Oregon State Bar.

MCLE Credits apply to Audio/Book or Video/Book Sets only.