Reaching civil litigation case resolution depends on your ability to present your case in the best possible light. Order today to receive practical suggestions for enhancing your courtroom performance - from discovery, to motion hearings, to evidence, to handling juries - and increase your chances of success in the courtroom!

1. Case Management and Pretrial Conferences
2. Scheduling Orders
3. Effective and Ineffective Discovery Practices
4. Motion Hearing - When, Why, and How?
5. Judges View on Technology in the Court Room
6. Legal Ethics - The Judicial View
7. Voir Dire: Do's and Don'ts
8. Trial Practice Tips in Civil Court
9. Witnesses and Evidence: Mistakes to Avoid
10. Opening Statements and Closing Arguments

AM Session 9:00 – 12:00
Panel Members: Judge Lance D. Hamner, Judge Matthew C. Kincaid, Judge Stephenie LeMay-Luken, Judge Timothy W. Oakes, Judge David Shaheed, Judge Heather A. Welch
Moderator: Gary Miller

1. CASE MANAGEMENT AND PRETRIAL CONFERENCES
2. SCHEDULING ORDERS
3. EFFECTIVE AND INEFFECTIVE DISCOVERY PRACTICES
4. MOTION HEARING - WHEN, WHY, AND HOW?
5. JUDGES’ VIEWS ON TECHNOLOGY IN THE COURTROOM

PM Session 1:00 – 4:30
Panel Members: Judge Kevin J. Barton, Judge Lance D. Hamner, Judge Matthew C. Kincaid, Judge Stephenie LeMay-Luken, Judge Timothy W. Oakes, Judge David Shaheed, Judge Heather A. Welch
Moderator: Gary Miller

6. LEGAL ETHICS - THE JUDICIAL VIEW
7. VOIR DIRE: DO'S AND DON'TS
8. TRIAL PRACTICE TIPS IN CIVIL COURT
9. WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE: MISTAKES TO AVOID
10. OPENING STATEMENTS AND CLOSING ARGUMENTS

HON. KEVIN M. BARTON is an Indiana Superior Court Judge presiding over Superior Court No 1 in Johnson County.

HON. LANCE D. HAMNER has served as a Judge in the Johnson County Superior Court since 2008 and is currently the presiding Judge of the County Superior Court 3.

HON. MATTHEW C. KINCAID has served as a Judge in the Boone County Superior Court since 2003 and is currently the presiding Judge of the County Superior Court 1.

HON. STEPHENIE LEMAY-LUKEN has served as a Judge in the Hendricks County Superior Court since 2007 and is currently the presiding Judge of the County Superior Court 5.

HON. TIMOTHY W. OAKES has served as a Judge in the Marion County Superior Court since 2008 and currently presides over Civil Court 13.

HON. DAVID SHAHEED has served as a Judge in the Marion County Superior Court since 2002 and currently presides over Civil Court 1.

HON. HEATHER A. WELCH has served as a Judge in the Marion County Superior Court since 2007 and currently presides over Civil Court 12.

MODERATOR - GARY L. MILLER is a partner in the Indianapolis law firm of MillerMeyer, LLP, where his practice concentrates on mediation, litigation and legal ethics. Mr. Miller served as Judge in the Marion Superior Court, Civil Division, from January 2001 until his retirement in December of 2008.

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