This unique legal guide details the current civil court judges' expectations and preferences to help you make the best of your litigation efforts. Explore the egregious errors you must avoid at all costs so as not to jeopardize your case. Learn how to impress the judges and build your reputation with the court – order today!

1. What Attorneys MUST Know about the Local Court Procedure
2. Summary Judgment Hearings – What Information the Judge Needs to Make a Ruling
3. Keys to a Successful Pre-Trial Conference
4. Case Scheduling and Keeping the Court Apprised of Case Updates
5. Issues that Should be Resolved without the Judges' Involvement
6. Motion Hearings
7. Your Briefs: What Judges Don't Want to See and How to Get to the Point Quickly
8. Legal Ethics
9. Unacceptable Litigation Tactics
10. How Judges Decide When and How to Use Sanctions
11. Witness and Evidence Management
12. Bench vs. Jury Trial: Case Presentation Tips
13. Judges' View of Jury Selection and Communications

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Program Time: 9:00 - 4:30
Panel Members: Hon. John Duryea, Hon. Joseph C. Fuller, Hon. Hugh D. Hayes, Hon. Cynthia A. Pivacek and Hon. George Richards.
Moderator: Ronald L. Buschbom.

1. What Attorneys MUST Know about the Local Court Procedure
2. Summary Judgment Hearings - What Information the Judge Needs to Make a Ruling
3. Keys to a Successful Pre-Trial Conference
4. Case Scheduling and Keeping the Court Apprised of Case Updates
5. Issues that Should be Resolved without the Judges' Involvement
6. Motion Hearings
7. Your Briefs: What Judges Don't Want to See and How to Get to the Point Quickly

Lunch: 12:00 - 1:00

8. Legal Ethics (1:00 - 2:00)
9. Unacceptable Litigation Tactics
10. How Judges Decide When and How to Use Sanctions
11. Witness and Evidence Management
12. Bench vs. Jury Trial: Case Presentation Tips
13. Judges' View of Jury Selection and Communications

HON. JOHN DURYEA is a Circuit Court Judge in the 20th Judicial Circuit in Glades and Hendry County, Florida.

HON. JOSEPH C. FULLER is a Circuit Court Judge in the 20th Judicial Circuit in Lee County, Florida.

HON. HUGH D. HAYES is a Circuit Court Judge in the 20th Judicial Circuit in Collier County, Florida.

HON. CYNTHIA A. PIVACEK is a Circuit Court Judge in the 20th Judicial Circuit in Collier County, Florida.

HON. GEORGE RICHARDS is a Circuit Court Judge in the 20th Judicial Circuit in Charlotte County, Florida.

MODERATOR - RONALD L. BUSCHBOM is the general liability partner in the Fort Myers office of Conroy, Simberg, Ganon, Krevans, Abel, Lurvey, Morrow & Schefer, P.A., where he practices in the areas of civil trial, premises liability, personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, products liability law, insurance defense law, subrogation, automobile negligence, legal malpractice and accounting malpractice. Mr. Buschbom is a member of the Lee County and American bar associations, The Florida Bar, and the Florida Defense Lawyers Association. He is past president of the Southwest Florida Federal Bar Association. Mr. Buschbom earned his B.S. degree from the United States Naval Academy, and his M.B.A. degree and J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Miami.

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