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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. Using Demonstrative Evidence to Enhance Juror Understanding
5. Comprehensive Cross-Examination
6. Ethical Considerations
7. Putting Together a Powerful Closing Argument

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1. USING JURY SELECTION TO INCREASE YOUR SUCCESS AT TRIAL
   9:00 - 10:00, Michael D. Brophy
1. Preparing for Jury Selection: Consultants and Questionnaires
2. Establishing a Credible and Meaningful Connection With Prospective Jurors
3. Discovery of the Attitudes, Biases and Values That May Impact Your Case
4. Voir Dire: Engaging the Jury Panel in the Communication Process
5. The Importance of Active Listening During Voir Dire
6. Challenges: Peremptory and For Cause
2. OPENING STATEMENT - SETTING THE STAGE FOR A SUCCESSFUL VERDICT
   10:00 - 10:45, Jeffrey P. Wallack
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, Jeffrey P. Wallack
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. USING DEMONSTRATIVE EVIDENCE TO ENHANCE JUROR UNDERSTANDING
   12:00 - 12:45, Michael D. Brophy
1. Laying the Foundation for Demonstrative Evidence During Direct Examination
2. Is Your Demonstrative Evidence Admissible?
3. Using Photo, Audio and Video Recordings to Support Your Case
4. Demonstrating Injuries to the Jury
5. Techniques and Tools to Prevent an Exhibit From Being Entered Into Evidence
5. COMPREHENSIVE CROSS-EXAMINATION
   1:45 - 2:30, J. Michael Farrell
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
6. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
   2:45 - 3:45, J. Michael Farrell
1. Conflicts of Interest
2. Handling Prejudicial Evidence
3. Talking to Witnesses Before They Testify
4. The Rules of Professional Conduct
7. PUTTING TOGETHER A POWERFUL CLOSING ARGUMENT
   3:45 - 4:30, Michael D. Brophy
1. Anatomy of a Persuasive Closing Argument
2. Using Body Language, Pace and Tempo to Make Your Point
3. Problem Solving With Your Closing Argument
4. Factors to Consider Regarding Use of Analogies, Fables, Metaphors and the Like
5. Pitfalls to Avoid When Making Closing Arguments

MICHAEL D. BROPHY is a partner with Goldberg Segalla LLP, where he concentrates his practice in the defense of medical malpractice and products liability. In recent years, Mr. Brophy has developed a specialty in psychiatric malpractice cases, as well as in traditional medical malpractice litigation. He has been designated as lead trial counsel by health care organizations with both local and national affiliations. Mr. Brophy earned his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from the State University of New York at Oneonta and his J.D. degree from Villanova University. He is a member of the Philadelphia Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Defense Research Institute, the Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel, the International Association of Defense Council and the American Association of Health Care Lawyers.

J. MICHAEL FARRELL is a Philadelphia trial lawyer representing the injured or arrested with a multi-state practice in the state and federal trial and appellate courts of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, the District of Columbia and other jurisdictions. He was an assistant professor in The College of Criminal Justice at the University of South Carolina and an adjunct professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Temple University. Mr. Farrell represents the accused in serious criminal cases in state and federal courts. He has been handling death penalty cases at trial, direct appeal and post conviction since 1978. Mr. Farrell also represents the seriously injured in personal injury, medical malpractice, product liability, premises liability, and wrongful death and railroad personal injury (FELA) cases. He has lectured and written for the National Association for Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, National Business Institute, Westlaw, the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania bar associations, and the New Jersey State Bar Association on capital and criminal defense, personal injury, wrongful death, insurance coverage, and other areas of litigation and trial advocacy. He earned his B.A. degree from the University of South Carolina and his J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center. Mr. Farrell is a member of the state and federal trial and appellate courts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, South Carolina and the District of Columbia; the Association of Trial Lawyers of America; and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

JEFFREY P. WALLACK is a partner in the law firm of Wisler Pearlstine, LLP, where he practices in the areas of construction law, insurance law, and commercial and civil litigation. He is a member of the American Bar Association's Forum on the Construction Industry. Mr. Wallack often gives seminars for both construction industry professionals and legal professionals, having recently lectured on Pennsylvania's mechanic's lien law and Pennsylvania construction defect and mold litigation. He earned his A.B. degree at Princeton University and his J.D. degree at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Montgomery County and Pennsylvania bar associations, and is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

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