IN Specific

Litigation & Appeals

How to Lay a Foundation to Get Your Evidence Introduced in Indiana

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
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5 hours 52 minutes
Larry Evans
Ryan McDonald
Tiffany Guthrie
With Larry G. Evans from Hoeppner Wagner & Evans LLP + 3 others
Recorded November 04, 2025.
Product ID 100852

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Overview

Social Media, Texts, Business Records, Expert Witness Testimony, and More

You can't get your evidence admitted without establishing the proper evidentiary foundations. In this practical online seminar, faculty will teach you how to lay a foundation for different types of evidence and avoid being tripped up by objections opposing counsel will throw your way. Navigate the rules of evidence with confidence - register today!

  • Pick up preparation pointers that will help you avoid troubles at trial.
  • Learn how to authenticate social media posts, texts, emails, and other electronic evidence.
  • Find out how to establish a proper foundation for medical records, business records, and more.
  • See how to get your expert's testimony in - and keep theirs out.
  • Hear how to best introduce physical evidence at trial.
  • Convince the court that you've satisfied the fairness requirement for demonstrative evidence.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Essentials of Laying a Foundation
  2. Establishing Foundations for Business Records and Other Documentary Evidence
  3. Laying a Foundation for Expert Witness Testimony
  4. How to Authenticate Social Media Posts, Texts, Emails, and More
  5. Demonstrative and Illustrative Evidence: Satisfying the Foundation Requirements
  6. Introducing Physical Evidence at Trial
  7. Applying Ethics Rules to Evidence

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Product ID 100852

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
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Agenda

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  1. Essentials of Laying a Foundation

    1. Procedures for Introducing Exhibits at Trial
    2. Authenticity, Reliability, and Relevance
    3. Foundation Requirements for Real, Illustrative, Demonstrative, and Documentary Evidence
    4. How to Handle Evidentiary Objections
    5. Preparing Evidence and Planning for Admissibility Issues Before Trial
    6. Issuing Trial Subpoenas to Witnesses

  2. Establishing Foundations for Business Records and Other Documentary Evidence

    1. Business Records
    2. Photographs
    3. Models, Maps, Diagrams
    4. Video Recordings
    5. Letters, Writings, and Contracts
    6. Medical Records, X-Rays, and Bills
    7. Establishing Foundations for Other Documentary Evidence
    8. Satisfying the Best Evidence Rule

  3. Laying a Foundation for Expert Witness Testimony

    1. Establishing Competency and Qualifications
    2. Verifying an Expert's Methodologies
    3. Motions in Limine: Bringing or Defending Against
    4. At the Hearing
    5. Case Law Review

  4. How to Authenticate Social Media Posts, Texts, Emails, and More

    1. How to Collect to Ensure Admission Later On
    2. Authenticating Emails
    3. How to Lay a Foundation for Facebook, YouTube Videos, Other Internet Records
    4. Digital Photographs
    5. Authenticating Texts and Other Smartphone Evidence
    6. Real-World Demonstrations
    7. How to Overcome Hearsay Objections
    8. Rule and Case Law Updates

  5. Demonstrative and Illustrative Evidence: Satisfying the Foundation Requirements

    1. Establishing Relevancy
    2. Battleground for Demonstrative Evidence: Satisfying the Fairness Requirement
    3. PowerPoints
    4. Computer Simulations and Recreations
    5. Handling Numerical Data, Charts, and Graphs
    6. Models, Maps, Diagrams
    7. Photographs and Videos
    8. Case Law Review

  6. Introducing Physical Evidence at Trial

  7. Applying Ethics Rules to Evidence

    1. Ethics of ESI
    2. Handling Prejudicial Evidence
    3. Candor With the Court
    4. "Coaching" Witnesses

Who Should Attend

This basic level online seminar is designed for attorneys. Paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

Larry G Evans
Larry G.
Evans
Hoeppner Wagner & Evans LLP
SM
Siobhán
Murphy
Clyde & Co LLP
Ryan A McDonald
Ryan A.
McDonald
Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.C
Tiffany R Guthrie
Tiffany R.
Guthrie
Kightlinger & Gray, LLP
Speaker bio
Larry G Evans

Larry G. Evans

Hoeppner Wagner & Evans LLP
Larry Evans

is a partner in the law firm of Hoeppner Wagner & Evans LLP, practicing in the areas of complex commercial litigation, mediations and employment law. He has been named one of "The Best Lawyers in America," has served as an adjunct professor of trial advocacy at Valparaiso University School of Law, president and is a lifetime fellow of the Indiana Bar Foundation and a diplomat of the Indiana Defense Trial Counsel. Mr. Evans has also served as president of the Porter County Chapter of the American Inns of Court, as president of the Northwest Indiana Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and a member of the Local Rules Advisory Committee for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. He is a member of the Porter County, Indiana State, and Seventh Circuit bar associations. He has been named as Best Lawyers "Lawyer of the Year" for Bet the Company litigation in the Chicago area for 2017. He is a fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, the Trial Lawyer Honorary Society. Mr. Evans earned his B.A. and J.D. degrees from Valparaiso University.

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SM

Siobhán Murphy

Clyde & Co LLP
Siobhán Murphy

is an attorney at Clyde & Co LLP. She has a diverse background representing individuals and corporations in complex and general civil litigation, including appeals. Ms. Murphy has handled matters involving many issues, including, medical and nurse malpractice, In-home healthcare and elder abuse, Insurance coverage and bad faith litigation, including general liability, construction defects, professional liability, life and disability insurance, environmental and mass tort, excess and umbrella coverage, ocean and inland marine insurance, Maritime law, wrongful death and serious personal injury, product liability and premises liability, environmental law, business disputes and commercial law and ocean and inland marine cargo claims, as well as litigation regarding riparian rights along navigable water. She was outside trial counsel and outside general counsel to a national family of companies in the in-home elder care market for over a decade. Ms. Murphy has successfully represented nursing homes, ambulance companies, and other companies in the allied health care fields, both directly and as counsel selected by insurance companies. She has handled cases alleging wrongful death and serious personal injury, medical and nurse malpractice, elder neglect and abuse, and negligent hiring and supervision of health care workers. Ms. Murphy has also successfully handled administrative contract actions relating to eldercare and review of contract actions in the court system. She earned her B.A. degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, her J.D. degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology and her LL.M. degree from University of Cambridge.

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Ryan A McDonald

Ryan A. McDonald

Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.C
Ryan McDonald

is an attorney at Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.C. He is a career litigator with experience in several state and federal courts. Mr. McDonald litigates criminal cases, civil rights violations, medical malpractice cases and complex business lawsuits from inception through trial, finding success in motion practice and in court. He brought his aggressive approach with him from criminal defense, which serves his civil clients well. Mr. McDonald earned his B.A. degree from Washington University and his J.D. degree from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law.

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Tiffany R Guthrie

Tiffany R. Guthrie

Kightlinger & Gray, LLP
Tiffany Guthrie

is an attorney at Kightlinger & Gray, LLP. She joined Kightlinger & Gray, LLP after nearly 3 years of experience as an Administrative Law Judge for the Department of Workforce Development, wherein she presided over matters of unemployment disputes. Prior to serving as an Administrative Law Judge, She represented plaintiffs in personal injury matters throughout the greater Indianapolis area. She is proficient in understanding the details and nuances of each matter's factual pattern and how that may affect the overall suit. This talent was naturally honed through her seven years of paralegal and firm administrative experience prior to engaging in the practice of law. She understands and values being a confidant of her clients and carries with her the ultimate goal of providing the best service to her clients through all stages of a case. She earned her B.A degree from Indiana Wesleyan University and her J.D degree from I.U. McKinney School of Law.

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