You're not new to litigation, so you know the critical importance of building a strong argument using solid testimony and clear evidence. But what happens when you get to court? You can be completely prepared for your case, but if your evidence and expert testimony aren't presented effectively, it won't matter. Do you have the skills you need to make your support tools count? Get the most out of your evidence and testimony – and confidently refute your opponent – with the success strategies you'll learn here.

This distillation of some of the best strategies used by top litigators can easily be learned from the convenience of your office. Learn how to effectively present evidence, skillfully attack your opposition's evidence, get expert testimony admitted into court and much more. Order today!

1. Strategies for Working With Evidence at Trial
2. Attacking Opposing Evidence
3. Getting Scientific and Expert Testimony Admitted Into Evidence
4. Attacking Opposing Expert Testimony
5. Ethics, Evidence and Experts
6. Evidence, Experts and Hearsay in the Courtroom

1. STRATEGIES FOR WORKING WITH EVIDENCE AT TRIAL
   9:00 - 10:00, J.G. "Gerry" Schulze
   1. How to Maximize Use of Evidence Rules
   2. Effective Motion Practice - Motions in Limine
   3. Effectively Using Evidence to Influence the Jury
   4. Introducing Evidence to Maximize Results
   5. Tactics for Using Discovery Answers During Trial
   6. Use of Innovative Exhibits at Trial
   7. Practice Skills: Case Studies and Examples in Getting Your Evidence Admitted
2. ATTACKING OPPOSING EVIDENCE
   10:00 - 10:50, Chris A. Averitt
   1. How to Block Admission of Evidence
   2. Strategies for Questioning the Validity of the Evidence to Persuade the Jury
   3. Practice Skills: Case Studies and Examples in Opposing Evidence
3. GETTING SCIENTIFIC AND EXPERT TESTIMONY ADMITTED INTO EVIDENCE
   11:05 - 12:35, Jim Jackson
   1. "Gatekeeping Obligations" in Federal Court
   2. "Gatekeeping Obligations" of Scientific and Expert Testimony in State Court
   3. Impact of Daubert and Kumho Tire on Judges and Experts
   4. Planning Ahead to Gain Control Over When and How Daubert Challenges Will be Made
   5. How to Introduce Expert Testimony in Clear, Succinct Ways
   6. Qualifications of Experts
   7. Threshold the Expert Must Meet
   8. How to Show Research Verifying the Methodologies and Theories Your Experts Rely Upon
   9. Using Hypotheticals to Support Your Case
   10. Admissibility of Expert Reports
   11. Practice Skills: Case Studies and Examples in Getting Your Evidence Admitted
4. ATTACKING OPPOSING EXPERT TESTIMONY
   1:35 - 2:25, J.G. "Gerry" Schulze
   1. How to Block Admission of Opposing Expert Testimony
   2. Cross-Examining Opposing Experts - Questioning Techniques That Work
   3. Challenging the Expert's Evidence
   4. How to Illustrate the Invalidity of the Expert's Methodologies
5. ETHICS, EVIDENCE AND EXPERTS
   2:40 - 3:40, Jim Jackson
   1. Confidentiality and Privileged Communications With Experts
   2. Work Product Doctrine
   3. Fees and the Expert Opinion
   4. Avoiding Conflicts of Interest
6. EVIDENCE, EXPERTS AND HEARSAY IN THE COURTROOM
   3:40 - 4:30, Chris A. Averitt
   1. The Hearsay Rule
   2. Hearsay Exclusions and Exceptions
   3. Admissibility of Hearsay Evidence
   4. Electronic Evidence and Hearsay

CHRIS A. AVERITT is a partner of Scholtens & Averitt, PLC in Jonesboro, Arkansas, where he practices primarily in the areas of civil litigation and appellate practice. His areas of practice include personal injury, product liability, commercial litigation, insurance defense and class action litigation. Mr. Averitt represents both plaintiffs and defendants in his practice. He is licensed to practice law in Arkansas state courts, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western districts of Arkansas, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Averitt has been lead or associate counsel on numerous cases wherein his clients were awarded in excess of one million dollars. He has obtained verdicts in excess of one million dollars in jury trials, bench trials and from the Arkansas Claims Commission. Mr. Averitt is rated as an AV® Preeminent lawyer by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell. He is a member of the Craighead County and Arkansas bar associations, and the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Averitt also is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association and has met the standard of excellence for selection as a "top 100 Trial Lawyer" in Arkansas. He also is a life member of both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Mr. Averitt earned his B.A. degree, cum laude, with distinction, from Hendrix College and his J.D. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Arkansas School of Law.

JIM JACKSON is a trial attorney with the Jackson Law Firm, where he practices in the areas of aviation litigation, personal injury and litigation. He was recently appointed by the Governor of Arkansas to serve as a Special Justice on the Arkansas Supreme Court. Mr. Jackson is frequently called upon to speak to attorneys on issues such as complex litigation, effectively using demonstrative exhibits at trial and liability insurance coverage. He earned his B.A. degree from Hendrix College and his J.D. degree from the University of Arkansas Law School in Little Rock. Mr. Jackson's peers selected him as a Super Lawyer in the 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 editions of Law & Politics for the Mid-South Region. He was elected by his peers to serve as a member of the Arkansas Bar Association's House of Delegates. Fellow trial attorneys elected him to the Board of Governors for ATLA. He was also elected President of the Young Lawyers' Division of ATLA. Mr. Jackson is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

J.G. "GERRY" SCHULZE is a partner with the Little Rock law firm of Baker Schulze & Murphy PLLC, where he practices in the areas of appellate law, plaintiffs' personal injury litigation, and civil and commercial litigation. Mr. Schulze is a member of the Arkansas Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas, the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice. He also is a member of SCRIBES, which is an organization for legal writers. Mr. Schulze was the institute chair for the Arkansas Bar Association Appellate Advocacy Institute in 1996 and 1997. He earned his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Loyola University and his J.D. degree, with high honors, from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

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