Advanced Civil Litigation Skills (Seattle, WA)

Event

Advanced Civil Litigation Skills

Do you seek out litigation challenges? Do you have the confidence to own the courtroom and take down your opponent? Avoid complacency and take your practice to the next level with this comprehensive, two-day seminar. You'll learn advanced tools to overcome the most difficult obstacles in civil litigation. Our experienced faculty will share the techniques they've developed over years in civil practice. Whether you're authenticating ESI, explaining complex damages, or prepping for an expert witness examination, you'll come back to the lessons learned in this course again and again.

Date/Time

November 17 – 18, 2016

• Thursday, November 17, 2016
  9:00 AM - 4:30 PM PST

  Friday, November 18, 2016
  9:00 AM - 4:30 PM PST

Location

Washington State Convention Center
705 Pike Street
Seattle, WA 98101

Credit

Continuing Legal Education – CLE 12.00 Washington State

JAMS Speaker

Hon. Thomas McPhee (Ret.)

• New Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
  Thursday, November 17, 2016 | 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM PST
  

  Content covered will include accelerating early stage litigation, using the proportionality standard in discovery, consequences of failure to preserve ESI and cooperation between parties.

• Top Trial Mistakes: A Civil Court Judge’s Perspective
  Thursday, November 17, 2016 | 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM PST
  

  Content Covered will include what attorneys must know about local court procedures, information the judge wants before trial, summary judgment hearings, what judges want to see in written motions and briefs, unacceptable litigation tactics.