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
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: Hon. Ruth Ann Franks, Hon. James D. Jensen, Hon. Robert C. Pollex and Hon. Gene A. Zmuda. Moderator - John A. Coble.

1. CASE MANAGEMENT AND PRETRIAL CONFERENCES
   1. Case Management
   2. Tips for a Productive Settlement Conference
   3. Mistakes to Avoid at the Pretrial Conference
2. SCHEDULING ORDERS
3. EFFECTIVE AND INEFFECTIVE DISCOVERY PRACTICES
   1. Interrogatories
   2. Be Careful What You Object To
   3. Discovery Issues Judges Should Never Hear
   4. The Emerging World of E-Discovery
   5. Getting Accurate Answers From Your Clients
4. MOTION HEARING - WHEN, WHY, AND HOW?
   1. Discovery Disputes
   2. Filing Dispositive Motions
   3. Motions in Limine
5. JUDGES VIEW ON TECHNOLOGY IN THE COURT ROOM
   1. What Technology Is Available?
   2. Advantages/Disadvantages of High Tech Presentation
   3. Evidentiary Issues Relative to the Use of Technology in the Courtroom

PM Session 1:00 – 4:30
Panel Members: Hon. Ruth Ann Franks, Hon. James D. Jensen, Hon. Robert C. Pollex and Hon. Gene A. Zmuda. Moderator - John A. Coble.

6. LEGAL ETHICS (1:00 - 2:00)
   1. Best Practices in Communication Between Bench and Bar
   2. The Boundary of Advocacy and Ethical Litigation Conduct
   3. Protecting Confidentiality
   4. Ethical Conduct in the Courtroom
   5. Keeping the Client in the Loop
   6. Whose Case Decision is it Anyway? When Attorneys Can and Cannot Speak in Clients' Stead
   7. Attorneys' Fees
   8. Effective and Ethical Lawyer Advertising
7. VOIR DIRE: DO'S AND DON'TS
8. TRIAL PRACTICE TIPS IN CIVIL COURT
   1. How to be "Trial Ready"
   2. Jury Instructions Beyond the Standard List
   3. The Value of a Good Appearance
9. WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE: MISTAKES TO AVOID
   1. How a Witness Ruins a "Good" Case
   2. Expert Witnesses
   3. Introducing Evidence at Trial
   4. The Proper Way to Object in Court
   5. Learning When Not to Object
   6. When is a Side Bar Appropriate?
10. OPENING STATEMENTS AND CLOSING ARGUMENTS
    1. What is an Opening Statement?
    2. The Significance of an Opening Statement
    3. Effective Closing Argument Strategies
    4. Objecting During Argument

HON. RUTH ANN FRANKS is a judge in the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas.

HON. JAMES D. JENSEN is a judge in the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas.

HON. ROBERT C. POLLEX is a judge in the Wood County Court of Common Pleas.

HON. GENE A. ZMUDA is a judge in the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas.

MODERATOR - JOHN A. COBLE is an attorney with Albrechta & Coble, Ltd., where his primary practice areas include: personal injury, general litigation, estate planning, probate administration, guardianships, wealth preservation and power of attorney issues. Mr. Coble is a graduate of Ohio's Miami University. He attended the University of Toledo College of Law and was admitted to practice law in Ohio in 1984.

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