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1. Using Jury Selection to Increase Your Success at Trial
2. Opening Statement - Setting the Stage for a Successful Verdict
3. Direct Examination - An Important Building Block to Your Case's Foundation
4. Putting Together a Powerful Closing Argument
5. Using Demonstrative Evidence to Enhance Juror Understanding
6. Comprehensive Cross-Examination
7. Ethical Considerations

1. USING JURY SELECTION TO INCREASE YOUR SUCCESS AT TRIAL
   9:00 - 10:00, Sam A. Harding
1. How to Prepare for Selecting the Best Jury for Your Client
2. How to Make a Credible and Meaningful Connection With Prospective Jurors
3. How to Uncover Attitudes, Biases and Values That May Impact Your Case
4. Voir Dire and the Art of Asking the Right Questions
5. Questions to Ask the Jury
6. How to Get Jurors Talking
7. The Importance of Active Listening During Voir Dire
8. Challenges for Cause
9. Limitations on the Use of Preemptory Challenges
10. Tools and Techniques That Can Help You Select the Right Jury
11. Using Jury Surveys and Questionnaires to Improve Your Success
2. OPENING STATEMENT - SETTING THE STAGE FOR A SUCCESSFUL VERDICT
   10:00 - 10:45, Sam A. Harding
1. You Never Get a Second Chance to Make a Good First Impression - Ways to Ensure a Great Start
2. Compelling Openings That Make the Jury Want You to Win
3. The Art of Telling the Full Story in Your Opening
4. Importance of the Delivery of Your Opening Statement
3. DIRECT EXAMINATION - AN IMPORTANT BUILDING BLOCK TO YOUR CASE'S FOUNDATION
   11:00 - 12:00, Sam A. Harding
1. Tips for Preparing for Direct Examination
2. Formulating Effective Questions That Get Results
3. Presenting Testimony in a Natural, Yet Logical Manner
4. Assisting Your Witness in Persuasively Delivering Their Testimony
5. Setting Up for Cross-Examination During Direct Examination
6. Handling and Introducing Exhibits
7. Special Considerations for Direct Examination of Expert Witnesses
8. Authentication of Documents
9. Difficulties Encountered With Direct Examination
4. PUTTING TOGETHER A POWERFUL CLOSING ARGUMENT
   1:00 - 1:45, Sam A. Harding
1. Anatomy of a Persuasive Closing Argument
2. Using Body Language to Make Your Point
3. How Pace and Tempo Can Bolster Your Case
4. Problem Solving With Your Closing Argument
5. Effective Use of Analogies, Fables, Metaphors and the Like
6. Pitfalls to Avoid When Making Closing Arguments
5. USING DEMONSTRATIVE EVIDENCE TO ENHANCE JUROR UNDERSTANDING
   1:45 - 2:30, John Mitchell Cobeaga
1. Laying the Foundation for Demonstrative Evidence During Direct Examination
2. How and When to Request Admission for Evidence
3. Is Your Demonstrative Evidence Admissible?
4. Using Photo, Audio and Video Recordings to Support Your Case
5. Demonstrating Injuries to the Jury
6. Savvy Ways to Keep an Exhibit From Being Entered Into Evidence
6. COMPREHENSIVE CROSS-EXAMINATION
   2:45 - 3:30, John Mitchell Cobeaga
1. Should You Always Use Cross-Examination?
2. Developing Causes of Action and the Case Theme
3. Rules of Evidence You Need to Know
4. Plotting Your Strategy Beforehand
5. Selecting an Effective Sequence for Cross-Examination
6. Taking Control of the Cross-Examination
7. Destroying Safe Havens
8. Handling and Introducing Exhibits
9. Effective Cross-Examination of Experts
7. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
   3:30 - 4:30, John Mitchell Cobeaga
1. Conflicts of Interest
2. Handling Prejudicial Evidence
3. Talking to Witnesses Before They Testify
4. The Rules of Professional Conduct

JOHN MITCHELL COBEAGA founded The Cobeaga Law Firm after 26 years with the law firm of Beckley, Singleton, Jemison, Cobeaga & List, Chtd., where he was a senior partner and CEO. He specializes in civil litigation, with an emphasis in aviation and insurance-related matters. His experience also includes premises liability, products liability, the defense of legal malpractice actions and catastrophic personal injury law. Mr. Cobeaga is a frequent lecturer at continuing legal education and industry seminars involving aviation law, insurance coverage issues, premises liability and security issues, and litigation practice and technique. He serves as a judge pro tem in the 8th Judicial District Court Short Trial Program. Mr. Cobeaga earned his B.S. degree from the United States Air Force Academy and his J.D. degree, with distinction, from McGeorge School of Law. He is a past president of the Clark County Bar Association, and a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, the American College of Trial Attorneys and the Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association. He served as a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force for seven years before attending law school. Mr. Cobeaga was a founding member of the Nevada Inns of Court and holds the position of Master Emeritus of the Inn.

SAM A. HARDING is a partner in the law firm of Bourgault & Harding, where he practices in the areas of plaintiff personal injury, including serious personal injury cases (wrongful death and brain injury); product liability; insurance bad faith; and medical malpractice. Prior to practicing in the areas of plaintiff personal injury, he had more than 15 years of experience as an insurance defense attorney. Mr. Harding is an associate of the American Board of Trial Advocacy and a member of the American Bar Association and the Nevada Trial Lawyers Association. He has tried more than 100 jury trials. Mr. Harding earned his B.A. degree from Oklahoma State University, his M.B.A. degree from Southern Illinois University and his J.D. degree from the University of Oklahoma.

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