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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

1. USING JURY SELECTION TO INCREASE YOUR SUCCESS AT TRIAL
   9:00- 9:50, John E. Machulak
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
   9:50 - 10:40, Eugene A. Gasiorkiewicz
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
   10:55 - 12:00, John E. Machulak
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
   1:00 - 1:50, Eugene A. Gasiorkiewicz
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
5. COMPREHENSIVE CROSS-EXAMINATION
   1:50 - 2:40, Dennis P. Coffey
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
   2:55 - 3:45, Dennis P. Coffey
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, John E. Machulak
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

DENNIS P. COFFEY is a member of Mawicke & Goisman, S.C., where he concentrates his practice on the defense of criminal action, as well as complex civil actions in state and federal trial and appellate courts. He has been named as one of Milwaukee's outstanding criminal defense attorneys by Milwaukee Magazine based upon surveys of local lawyers and judges. Mr. Coffey has represented corporate entities, executives and individuals in a broad range of matters including health care fraud, securities, forfeiture, licensing and environmental matters. He has tried in excess of 300 jury trials during his career. Mr. Coffey has spoken on a variety of criminal law related subjects at conferences and seminars. He is a past president of the American Board of Criminal Lawyers and a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. Mr. Coffey is a member of the Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association serving as a member of its Corrections, Sentencing and Guideline Committee. He previously served on and was chairperson of the section's Ad Hoc Committee on ethics and discipline, and also is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Mr. Coffey earned his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

EUGENE A. GASIORKIEWICZ is a shareholder in Hanson & Gasiorkiewicz, S.C., where he practices in the areas of personal injury and product liability. He is a certified civil trial specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Mr. Gasiorkiewicz is admitted to the State Bar of Wisconsin and The Mississippi Bar, and is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States. He earned his A.B. degree from Regis College and his J.D. degree from the University of Mississippi. Mr. Gasiorkiewicz was appointed by the Chief Justice to serve as a referee and was appointed by the State Supreme Court to oversee disciplinary hearings for the Office of Lawyers Regulation. He was named a "Wisconsin Super Lawyer" in 2005 and 2006, and is a member of the American College of Barristers, the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, the Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers, the American Arbitrators Association and the American Association for Justice.

JOHN E. MACHULAK is a shareholder in the Milwaukee law firm of Machulak, Robertson & Sodos, S.C. He has been certified as a civil trial specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Mr. Machulak practices in the areas of general, construction and civil litigation. He earned his B.A. degree from the University of Chicago and his J.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mr. Machulak is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin, the American and Milwaukee County bar associations, and the American Association for Justice.

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