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1. Recent Developments in State Evidentiary Laws
2. Obtaining, Requesting and Spoliation of Evidence
3. How to Prepare and Win Your Discovery Motion
4. Demonstrative Evidence vs. Demonstrative Exhibits
5. Expert Evidence and Gatekeeping: Effective Use and Defense of Daubert Motions
6. Pretrial Conferences/Statements and Issues Involving Late Disclosure of Evidence
7. Effective Use of Motions in Limine on Evidentiary Issues
8. Handling Voir Dire
9. Submitting and Objecting to Proposed Jury Instructions
10. Jury Views and How to Deal With Them
11. Most Common Evidentiary Issues
12. Getting Your Evidence Admitted at Trial
13. Using Technology in the Courtroom
14. Using Expert Depositions at Trial
15. Mediation Best Practices/Issues
16. Use of Day in the Life Videos/Mediation Videos
17. The Significance of an Opening Statement
18. Diffuse the Issue or Ratify the Argument
19. Making and Handling Motions in Objections at Trial
20. When is a Side Bar Appropriate?
21. Did You Get Everything on the Record?
22. Post Trial Relief/Issues
23. Preserving the Right to Appeal

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Morning Session 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Panel Members: Hon. Carl R. Fox, Hon. Henry W. Hight Jr., Hon. Abraham P. Jones, Hon. Thomas H. Lock and Hon. Paul C. Ridgeway.
Moderator: Jeanne H. Washburn.

1. Recent Developments in State Evidentiary Laws
2. Obtaining, Requesting and Spoliation of Evidence
3. How to Prepare and Win Your Discovery Motion
4. Demonstrative Evidence vs. Demonstrative Exhibits
5. Expert Evidence and Gatekeeping: Effective Use and Defense of Daubert Motions

AM Break 15 minutes

6. Pretrial Conferences/Statements and Issues Involving Late Disclosure of Evidence
7. Effective Use of Motions in Limine on Evidentiary Issues
8. Handling Voir Dire
9. Submitting and Objecting to Proposed Jury Instructions
10. Jury Views and How to Deal With Them

Lunch 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Afternoon Session 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Panel Members: Hon. Carl R. Fox, Hon. Henry W. Hight Jr., Hon. Abraham P. Jones, Hon. Thomas H. Lock and Hon. Paul C. Ridgeway.
Moderator: Jeanne H. Washburn.

11. Most Common Evidentiary Issues
12. Getting Your Evidence Admitted at Trial
13. Using Technology in the Courtroom
14. Using Expert Depositions at Trial
15. Mediation Best Practices/Issues
16. Use of Day in the Life Videos/Mediation Videos

PM Break 15 minutes

17. The Significance of an Opening Statement
18. Diffuse the Issue or Ratify the Argument
19. Making and Handling Motions in Objections at Trial
20. When is a Side Bar Appropriate?
21. Did You Get Everything on the Record?
22. Post Trial Relief/Issues
23. Preserving the Right to Appeal

HON. CARL R. FOX is Senior Resident Superior Court Judge in the 15B Judicial District serving in Orange County.

HON. HENRY W. HIGHT JR. has been a Resident Superior Court Judge in the 9th Judicial District since 1984, residing in Vance County.

HON. ABRAHAM P. JONES is a Resident Superior Court Judge of the 10th Judicial District serving Wake County since 1995.

HON. THOMAS H. LOCK is the Senior Resident Superior Court Judge for the 11B Judicial District of North Carolina Superior Court serving Johnson County.

HON. PAUL C. RIDGEWAY is a Resident Superior Court Judge of the 10th Judicial District in the Wake County Courthouse.

MODERATOR - JEANNE H. WASHBURN is the principal of the Law Office of Jeanne Washburn in Raleigh. She has focused her practice in the areas of civil litigation, personal injury, automobile accidents and injuries, wrongful death, medical malpractice, and workers’ compensation since 1994.

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