Litigation & Appeals

The Litigator's Struggle Part 1: Wrangling Challenging Clients and Witnesses

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2 hours 57 minutes
Betsy Manifold
Alex Tramontano
Thomas Burt
With Betsy C. Manifold from Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP + 2 others
Recorded July 24, 2025
Product ID 100588

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Overview

Creative Strategies for Staying in Control

The client who lies, the "I don't recall" witness - in litigation, you're bound to run across a variety of individuals who will test the limits of your patience and skills. In this program, seasoned faculty will reveal their strategies for compelling cooperation and undermining tough opposing witnesses. Refine your advocacy skills - register today!

  • Discover effective ways to rein in clients who are overly demanding, needy, or have unrealistic expectations.
  • Gain essential techniques for handling witnesses with memory and communication challenges.
  • Help experts translate complex knowledge into clear, accessible language that resonates with jurors.
  • Get tips for cross-examining confident and adversarial expert witnesses.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. 8 Types of Challenging Clients and How to Deal With Them
  2. Wrangling Difficult Witnesses
  3. Tackling Tough Expert Witnesses: Yours and Theirs

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Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Reciprocity 3 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 3 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 3 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 3 Total
California CLE Approved 3 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 4 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 3 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 3 Total
Florida CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 3 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 3 Total
Iowa CLE Upon Request 3 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 3 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 3 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 3 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 3 Total
Louisiana CLE Upon Request 3 Total
Maine CLE Approved 3 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 3 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 3.6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 3 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 3 Total
Montana CLE Approved 3 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 3 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 3 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 3 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 3 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 3.6 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 3 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 3 Total
New York CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 3 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Oregon CLE Upon Request 3 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 3 Total
Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 3.5 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 3 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 3 Total
Texas CLE Approved 3 Total
Utah CLE Approved 3 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 3 Total
Washington CLE Approved 3 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 3.5 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 3.6 Total
Wyoming CLE Upon Request 3 Total
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Agenda

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  1. 8 Types of Challenging Clients and How to Deal With Them

    1. Unrealistic Clients
    2. Demanding or Needy Clients
    3. Confrontational Clients
    4. Uncompromising Clients
    5. Non-Cooperative and Unresponsive Clients
    6. Lying or Not Fully Transparent Clients
    7. Emotionally Involved Clients
    8. Indecisive Clients

  2. Wrangling Difficult Witnesses

    1. Witnesses With Memory Issues
    2. Witnesses With Communication Challenges
    3. Witnesses Who Refuse to Testify and Allegations of Privilege
    4. Evasive or Reluctant Witnesses
    5. Hostile and Uncooperative Witnesses
    6. Witnesses With Credibility Issues

  3. Tackling Tough Expert Witnesses: Yours and Theirs

    1. Breaking Things Down: Helping Experts Get the Point Across
    2. Handling Experts Who Are Inaccessible and Delay on Reports and Summaries
    3. Evasive or Resistant Experts
    4. Highly Credentialed or Prominent Experts With an Off-Putting Demeanor
    5. Cross-Examining Adverse or Opposing Experts
    6. Cross-Examining Confident and Charismatic Experts
    7. Experts With Unfamiliar or Contentious Methodologies

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys.

Speakers

Betsy C Manifold
Betsy C.
Manifold
Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP
Alex J Tramontano
Alex J.
Tramontano
Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP
Thomas H Burt
Thomas H.
Burt
Wolf Haldenstein Alder Freeman & Herz LLP
Speaker bio
Betsy C Manifold

Betsy C. Manifold

Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP
Betsy Manifold

is the managing partner at Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP. She practices in complex class actions representing clients including institutional investors such as public and labor pension funds, labor health and welfare benefit funds, and private institutional investors who suffered losses due to corporate fraud. Ms. Manifold has extensive experience in antitrust law and has been at the forefront of several notable federal class action antitrust actions on behalf of consumers. In 2020, she spoke at the Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law Symposium on the impact of antitrust law on the fair treatment of student athletes under state and federal employment law. Ms. Manifold also has over twenty years experience in wage and hour law and has favorably litigated noteworthy class actions on behalf of workers. She is a member of the firm's litigation team that recovered over $7 billion for investors and over one hundred million for workers. Ms. Manifold is a member of the Investor Protection, Consumer Protection and Labor and Business Practice litigation groups with an emphasis on unfair and deceptive practices law, wage and hour law, securities law, derivative law, brokerage disputes law, and arbitration representing broker dealers. She has participated on panels involving diverse legal issues including a 2019 ABA Litigation Section panel at the ABA National Conference on women and the law. Ms. Manifold earned her B.A. degree, cum laude, from Middlebury College and her J.D. degree from Marquette University.

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Alex J Tramontano

Alex J. Tramontano

Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP
Alex Tramontano

is an attorney at Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP. Mr. Tramontano spent over a decade representing large corporations and well known insurers in defense of complex claims, catastrophic injuries, and insurance litigation matters. During his career as a defense attorney, Mr. Tramontano represented clients subject to claims with potential exposure estimates exceeding $100m. Mr. Tramontano has represented corporate clients in many types of disputes, defended potential class actions, represented major defendants in complex litigation matters, and represented parties involved in contract disputes and general liability defendants. Mr. Tramontano began his path toward law at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Police Department during his undergraduate education. He went on to earn his law degree at California Western School of Law in San Diego. While studying for his law degree, Mr. Tramontano worked for the San Diego County District Attorney as a certified legal intern in the Superior Court and Insurance Fraud divisions. While at the District Attorney's office, Mr. Tramontano assisted in charging, prosecuting, and sentencing of felony level criminal charges.

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Thomas H Burt

Thomas H. Burt

Wolf Haldenstein Alder Freeman & Herz LLP
Thomas Burt

is a partner at Wolf Haldenstein Alder Freeman & Herz LLP. He has extensive experience in complex class actions representing clients including institutional investors such as public and labor pension funds, labor health and welfare benefit funds, and private institutional investors who suffered losses due to corporate fraud. Mr. Burt is part of the Firm's team that has recovered over $7 billion for investors. He also has extensive experience in antitrust law and has been at the forefront of several notable federal class action antitrust actions on behalf of consumers. He is a member of the Business Practice, Consumer Practice and Investor Protection practice groups with an emphasis on securities litigation, derivative litigation, transactional litigation, antitrust/competition law, and unfair and deceptive business practices law. Mr. Burt received his B.A., magna cum laude from American University and his J.D. from the New York University School of Law. He is admitted to practice law in New York and before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; Eastern District of Michigan

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