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 at trial!

1. Effective Motions and Discovery
2. Voir Dire and Jury Selection
3. What Should be Included in the Opening Statement
4. Making and Handling Motions and Objections at Trial
5. Common Mistakes to Avoid in Jury Trials

8:45 - 12:00
Panel Members: Hon. John H. McDowell and Hon. Julie Stevenson Solt
Moderator: Edward L. Kuczynski

1. Effective Motions and Discovery
1. Motions Do's and Don'ts
2. E-Discovery
3. Deposition Practices
4. Discovery Disputes
2. Voir Dire and Jury Selection
1. Peremptory Challenges
2. What You Can and Cannot Ask the Jurors
3. What Should be Included in the Opening Statement
4. Making and Handling Motions and Objections at Trial
1. Causes
2. Timing
5. Common Mistakes to Avoid in Jury Trials
1. What to Bring With You to Court
2. Bench Conferences During Trial
3. Introducing Evidence
4. Questioning Witnesses
5. Humor in the Courtroom: Is it Appropriate?

HON. JOHN H. McDOWELL has served as a Circuit Court Judge for the Washington County Circuit Court in the 4th Judicial Circuit since 1993 and is currently the county administrative judge.

HON. JULIE STEVENSON SOLT has served as an Associate Judge in the Frederick County Circuit Court, 6th Judicial Circuit, since 1998.

MODERATOR - EDWARD L. KUCZYNSKI is a partner in the Hagerstown law firm of Kuczynski & Kuczynski, P.A. Since 1982, he has focused his practice in the areas of complex litigation, personal injury, automobile accidents and injuries.

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