You're not new to litigation, so you know the critical importance of building a strong argument using solid testimony and clear evidence. But what happens when you get to court? You can be completely prepared for your case, but if your evidence and expert testimony aren't presented effectively, it won't matter. Do you have the skills you need to make your support tools count? Get the most out of your evidence and testimony – and confidently refute your opponent – with the success strategies you'll learn here.

This distillation of some of the best strategies used by top litigators can easily be learned from the convenience of your office. Learn how to effectively present evidence, skillfully attack your opposition's evidence, get expert testimony admitted into court and much more. Order today!

1. Strategies for Working With Evidence at Trial
2. Attacking Opposing Evidence
3. Getting Scientific and Expert Testimony Admitted Into Evidence
4. Attacking Opposing Expert Testimony
5. Ethics, Evidence and Experts
6. Evidence, Experts and Hearsay in the Courtroom

1. STRATEGIES FOR WORKING WITH EVIDENCE AT TRIAL
   9:00 - 10:15, Joseph T. Mordino
   1. How to Maximize Use of Evidence Rules
   2. Effective Motion Practice - Motions in Limine
   3. Effectively Using Evidence to Influence the Jury
   4. Introducing Evidence to Maximize Results
   5. Tactics for Using Discovery Answers During Trial
   6. Use of Innovative Exhibits at Trial
   7. Practice Skills: Case Studies and Examples in Getting Your Evidence Admitted
2. ATTACKING OPPOSING EVIDENCE
   10:15 - 11:00, Joseph T. Mordino
   1. How to Block Admission of Evidence
   2. Strategies for Questioning the Validity of the Evidence to Persuade the Jury
   3. Practice Skills: Case Studies and Examples in Opposing Evidence
3. GETTING SCIENTIFIC AND EXPERT TESTIMONY ADMITTED INTO EVIDENCE
   11:15 - 12:45, David E. Ernst
   1. "Gatekeeping Obligations" in Federal Court
   2. "Gatekeeping Obligations" of Scientific and Expert Testimony in State Court
   3. Impact of Daubert and Kumho Tire on Judges and Experts
   4. Planning Ahead to Gain Control Over When and How Daubert Challenges Will be Made
   5. How to Introduce Expert Testimony in Clear, Succinct Ways
   6. Qualifications of Experts
   7. Threshold the Expert Must Meet
   8. How to Show Research Verifying the Methodologies and Theories Your Experts Rely Upon
   9. Using Hypotheticals to Support Your Case
   10. Admissibility of Expert Reports
   11. Practice Skills: Case Studies and Examples in Getting Your Evidence Admitted
4. ATTACKING OPPOSING EXPERT TESTIMONY
   1:45 - 2:30, David E. Ernst
   1. How to Block Admission of Opposing Expert Testimony
   2. Cross-Examining Opposing Experts - Questioning Techniques That Work
   3. Challenging the Expert's Evidence
   4. How to Illustrate the Invalidity of the Expert's Methodologies
5. ETHICS, EVIDENCE AND EXPERTS
   2:45 - 3:45, Michael R. Thomas
   1. Confidentiality and Privileged Communications With Experts
   2. Work Product Doctrine
   3. Fees and the Expert Opinion
   4. Avoiding Conflicts of Interest
6. EVIDENCE, EXPERTS AND HEARSAY IN THE COURTROOM
   3:45 - 4:30, Michael R. Thomas
   1. The Hearsay Rule
   2. Hearsay Exclusions and Exceptions
   3. Admissibility of Hearsay Evidence
   4. Electronic Evidence and Hearsay

DAVID E. ERNST is the principal of Ernst & Associates, Attorneys at Law in Lebanon. Mr. Ernst has been an attorney for more than 24 years. He maintains a general practice that includes a significant amount of plaintiff's personal injury work. Mr. Ernst is a member of the Warren County Bar Association, the American Association for Justice and the Ohio Association for Justice. He earned his B.A. degree from Miami University and his J.D. degree from the University of Dayton School of Law.

JOSEPH T. MORDINO is a partner in the law firm of Faulkner & Tepe LLP, where he represents both plaintiffs and defendants in  personal injury and  wrongful death cases. Mr. Mordino is a board certified civil trial advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is admitted to practice in both state and federal courts in Ohio and Kentucky. Mr. Mordino earned his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from St. Lawrence University and his J.D. degree from the University of Cincinnati. He is a member of the Ohio Mediation Association, the Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys, the Defense Research Institute, and the Kentucky Justice Association. Mr. Mordino has taught a class on mediation at the Chase College of Law and is on the approved list of mediators for several local courts.  

MICHAEL R. THOMAS is a partner in the Springboro law firm of Kirby, Thomas, Brandenburg & D'Amico, LPA, where his areas of practice include personal injury, product liability, medical malpractice, insurance law and civil litigation. He is board-certified as a civil trial attorney by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Mr. Thomas served as chair of the Amicus Curiae Committee for the Ohio Association for Justice, and has been a trustee for that organization and served on its executive committee. He earned his B.A. degree from Capital University and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from The Ohio State University. Mr. Thomas is a member of the Ohio Association for Justice, the Inner Fellows and the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers.

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