From Event: What Civil Court Judges Want You to Know, held October 2014.
Program Description
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!
Course Content
- Case Management and Pretrial Conferences
- Scheduling Orders
- Effective and Ineffective Discovery Practices
- Motion Hearing - When, Why, and How?
- Judges' View on Technology in the Court Room
- Legal Ethics - The Judicial View
- Voir Dire: Do's and Don'ts
- Trial Practice Tips in Civil Court
- Witnesses and Evidence: Mistakes to Avoid
- Opening Statements and Closing Arguments
Continuing Education Credit
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Agenda / Content Covered
AM Session 9:00 - 12:00
Panel Members: Hon. M. Jane Brady, Hon. Richard F. Stokes and Hon. William L. Witham Jr.
Moderator: Danielle K. Yearick
- Case Management and Pretrial Conferences
- Scheduling Orders
- Effective and Ineffective Discovery Practices
- Motion Hearing - When, Why, and How?
- Judges' View on Technology in the Court Room
PM Session 1:00 - 4:30
Panel Members: Hon. M. Jane Brady, Hon. Richard F. Stokes and Hon. William L. Witham Jr.
Moderator: Danielle K. Yearick
- Legal Ethics - The Judicial View (1:00 - 2:00)
- Voir Dire: Do's and Don'ts
- Trial Practice Tips in Civil Court
- Witnesses and Evidence: Mistakes to Avoid
- Opening Statements and Closing Arguments
HON. M. JANE BRADY has served as a Delaware Superior Court Judge in New Castle County Superior Court since 2005.
HON. RICHARD F. STOKES has served as a Delaware Superior Court Judge in Sussex County Superior Court since 1999. Prior to the Superior Court, Judge Stokes served as a Resident Judge with the Court of Common Pleas.
HON. WILLIAM L. WITHAM JR. has served as a Delaware Superior Court Judge in Kent County Superior Court since 2005. Judge Witham became an Associate Judge of the Delaware Superior Court in 1999.
MODERATOR - DANIELLE K. YEARICK is a Director and Vice President of the Wilmington law firm Tybout, Redfearn & Pell. Ms. Yearick has practiced in the areas of Workers Compensation, Insurance, Negligence, Civil Litigation, Products Liability and Medical Malpractice since 1997.