Agenda / Content Covered

1. JURY ANALYSIS AND SELECTION - CHOOSE THE RIGHT AUDIENCE
   9:00 - 9:50, Sunday Z. Rossberg
   1. What Kind of Juror to Look (And Look Out) for
   2. Juror Questions - How to Ask Difficult Questions and Get Truthful Answers
   3. Sample Voir Dire Techniques
   4. Peremptory Challenges and Challenges for Cause
   5. Using Litigation Support Services - Focus Groups, Jury Research Groups, Mock Trial
2. COURT RULES AND UPDATES - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
   9:50 - 10:35, Joshua Campbell
3. EVIDENCE - GET IT ADMITTED AND PRESENT IT
   10:50 - 11:40, Susan B. Mayer
   1. Basics of How to Enter Evidence
   2. How to Get Different Types of Evidence Admitted at Trial
   3. Emails, Social Media and Internet Postings
   4. Evidence Presentation and Demonstrative Evidence
   5. Using Technology in the Courtroom
   6. Skillful Use of Objections from Jury Selection to Closing Argument
4. OPENING STATEMENTS - TELL A COMPELLING STORY
   12:40 - 1:30, Gregg G. Smith
   1. The Purposes of Opening Statements
   2. Communicate Your Theme Effectively
   3. Evoke Emotion and Get the Interest of the Jury from the Beginning - Common Techniques
   4. Clearly Lay Out the Plot of the Case
   5. Identify the Participants and Give a Brief Analysis of Their Character
   6. Introduce Applicable Laws
   7. Reinforce Your Case Theme
   8. Leave Listeners with a Favorable Impression
5. GETTING THE BEST OUT OF WITNESS EXAMINATION
   1:30 - 2:25, Sunday Z. Rossberg
   1. Direct Examination Techniques
      1. Witness Introduction - Establish Credibility and Qualifications in Court
      2. Making the Testimony Clear - Organization and Conversational Manner
      3. Making the Testimony Persuasive - Help the Witness Tell the Story and Emphasize the Strong Parts
      4. Style - Relating to Witness and Jury
      5. Special Considerations in Direct Examination of Expert Witnesses
      6. Redirect Examination
      7. Sample Direct Examination Transcript Analysis
   2. Cross-Examination Methods
      1. How to Prepare for Witnesses' Testimony and Potential Objections
      2. Organization
      3. Framing the Questions and Limiting the Response
      4. Prior Inconsistent Statements - the What-for's and the How-to's
      5. Specific Techniques for Cross-Examining Expert Witnesses
      6. Sample Cross-Examination Transcript Analysis
6. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
   2:40 - 3:40, Joshua Campbell
   1. Handling Highly Prejudicial Evidence
   2. Talking to Witnesses Before They Testify
   3. Identifying and Avoiding Conflicts of Interest
   4. Responding to Jurors' Questions During Voir Dire
7. CLOSING STATEMENTS AND FINAL JURY INSTRUCTIONS - STEER THE JURY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
   3:40 - 4:30, Martin J. Elison
   1. Goals
   2. Organize the Discussion to Focus on Issues, Not People
   3. Address the Other Side's Case - Not Only Yours
   4. Address Any Weak Points in Your Theory
   5. Last Words and Rebuttal
   6. Style and Delivery
   7. Commonly Asked Questions

Accreditation Details:

JOSHUA CAMPBELL is an attorney with Jardine, Stephenson, Blewett & Weaver, P.C., where he practices in the areas of business transactions, entities, and operations, estate planning, probate, real estate transactions, and landlord-tenant matters. Mr. Campbell was admitted to the State Bar of Montana and joined the firm in 2008. He received his B.A. degree from Brigham Young University and his J.D. degree, with honors, from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

MARTIN J. ELISON is a sole practitioner in Missoula, where he has over 30 years of experience and practices in the areas of financial law involving division of estates. These include bankruptcy estates, probate estates and marital estates. Mr. Elison has extensive trial law experience in criminal and dissolution matters. He has been a prosecutor and a public defender; drafted wills contracts; filed bankruptcy petitions; and helped families all over Montana. Mr. Elison is a member of the Western Montana Bar Association. He earned his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Montana.

SUSAN B. MAYER is president and CEO of Litigation Abstract, Inc. She has been providing technology assisted litigation support services to the legal community in both the public and private sectors since 1989. Ms. Mayer has consulted on the design and implementation of databases for numerous document reviews and productions in litigation across the United States. She and her team at Litigation Abstract, Inc. are working with attorneys to make e-discovery more accessible and cost effective for small to mid-sized law firms and projects. Ms. Mayer is one of the most experienced electronic trial consultants in the United States, with experience in state and federal courts and civil and criminal trials. She earned her B.A. degree from Duke University.

SUNDAY Z. ROSSBERG is an attorney at Rossberg Law Office, L.L.C., where she maintains an active family law practice. Ms. Rossberg has been practicing law for 20 years and has also focused in the areas of wrongful termination from employment, criminal defense, private business representation, real estate fraud litigation, personal injury litigation, wrongful death claims, youth in need of care proceedings, and inmate civil rights. She was instrumental in changing Montana law and the treatment of mentally ill inmates in Walker v. State, 2003 MT 134, 316 Mont. 103, 68 P.3d872, which was a 6 to 1 decision by the Montana Supreme Court, and the first case in Montana to address the Human Dignity Clause in Montana's State Constitution. Ms. Rossberg is a member of the Montana Trial Lawyers' Association and the State Bar of Montana, where she has been selected by the Family Law Section to speak at legal seminars and instruct other lawyers on issues pertaining to family law. Ms. Rossberg is a graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College, where she completed several graduate courses in advanced trial skills. She earned her B.A. degree from Carroll College and her J.D. degree from the University of Idaho College of Law.

GREGG G. SMITH founded Smith Oblander & Meade, PC, opening the doors in 1993 as a sole practitioner who would take nearly any case that walked in the door. Mr. Smith mostly handles insurance defense matters and structures liquor and gaming transactions. He is a past president of the Cascade County Bar Association and the Cascade County Law Clinic. Mr. Smith received his B.S. degree from the University of Montana and his J.D. degree, with honors, from the University of Montana School of Law.