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Get Your Evidence Admitted and Keep Theirs Out
Lack of experience with courtroom objections can prevent you from introducing critical evidence and give opposing counsel free rein to present improper evidence or questions. Don't go in unprepared! This ultimate guide will show you how to make and meet objections that every trial attorney needs to know. Take one step closer to mastering the rules of evidence - register today!
- Review best practices for making and responding to objections.
- Learn how to protect the record for appeal.
- Explore evidentiary objections that every trial attorney needs to know inside and out.
- Find out how to avoid and overcome foundation objections.
- Learn how to apply the exclusions and exceptions to the rule against hearsay.
Abbreviated Agenda
- Objections Refreshers and Best Practices
- Hearsay Evidence, Objections, and Exceptions Made Simple(r)
- Objections to Testimony and Documentary Evidence
- Foundation Objections and How to Lay a Proper Foundation
Credit Details
Credits Available
| Credit | Status | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Alabama CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Arkansas CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Arizona CLE |
|
3 Total |
| California CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Colorado CLE |
|
4 Total |
| Connecticut CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Delaware CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Florida CLE |
|
3.5 Total |
| Georgia CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Hawaii CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Iowa CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Idaho CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Illinois CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Indiana CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Kansas CLE |
|
3.5 Total |
| Kentucky CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Louisiana CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Maine CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Minnesota CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Missouri CLE |
|
3.6 Total |
| Northern Mariana Islands CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Mississippi CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Montana CLE |
|
3 Total |
| North Carolina CLE |
|
3 Total |
| North Dakota CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Nebraska CLE |
|
3 Total |
| New Hampshire CLE |
|
3 Total |
| New Jersey CLE |
|
3.6 Total |
| New Mexico CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Nevada CLE |
|
3 Total |
| New York CLE |
|
3.5 Total |
| Ohio CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Oklahoma CLE |
|
3.5 Total |
| Oregon CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Pennsylvania CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Rhode Island CLE |
|
3.5 Total |
| South Carolina CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Tennessee CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Texas CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Utah CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Virginia CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Vermont CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Washington CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Wisconsin CLE |
|
3.5 Total |
| West Virginia CLE |
|
3.6 Total |
| Wyoming CLE |
|
3 Total |
Select Jurisdiction
CLE
Agenda
-
Objections Refreshers and Best Practices
- Proper Deposition vs. Trial Objections
- How and When to Object
- Responding to Objections
- Preserving the Record for Appeal
- Motions in Limine
-
Hearsay Evidence, Objections, and Exceptions Made Simple(r)
- Applying the Rule Against Hearsay
- Avoiding and Getting Around Hearsay
- Hearsay Within Hearsay
- Top Hearsay Blunders to Avoid
-
Objections to Testimony and Documentary Evidence
- Lack of Relevance
- Privileged Communication
- Unfair/Prejudicial
- Lack of Personal Knowledge
- Improper Opinion
- Impeaching a Witness
- Assuming Facts Not in Evidence
- Improper Character Evidence
- Objections Related to the Form of the Question (Argumentative, Leading, etc.)
- Non-Responsive
-
Foundation Objections and How to Lay a Proper Foundation
- Physical Evidence
- Business Records and Other Documentary Evidence
- Authenticity of Social Media Posts, Texts, Emails, and More
- Witness Testimony
- Demonstrative and Illustrative Evidence
Who Should Attend
This program is designed for attorneys. Paralegals may also benefit.
Speakers
Speaker bio
James W. Balmer
is a founding partner of Falsani, Balmer, Peterson & Balmer, where he has represented thousands of people in all kinds of litigation, including jury trials, workers' compensation trials and hearings, Social Security disability hearings, and appeals in those areas. He has handled wrongful death, car crash, slip-and-fall, worksite injuries, defective product claims, dog attack, liquor liability claims and other kinds of bodily injury matters; as well as insurance coverage disputes, defamation claims, probate and trust disputes. Mr. Balmer is admitted to practice before all Minnesota and Wisconsin courts, both state and federal, and has tried cases throughout both states. He has argued cases before the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago and the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals based in St. Louis. Mr. Balmer has been selected as a Minnesota Super Lawyer annually beginning in 1998. He has been certified as a civil trial specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and by the Minnesota State Bar Association. Mr. Balmer is a diplomate of the American Board of Trial Advocacy. He earned both his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Minnesota.
Speaker bio
Robert J. Kasieta
is the founder of Kasieta Legal Group, LLC in Madison, Wisconsin. He is a certified civil pre-trial and trial specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocates. Mr. Kasieta practices in civil litigation, with an emphasis on plaintiff personal injury and employment cases, as well as commercial litigation. He has written and taught extensively in the areas of trial practice, personal injury law and insurance law, and is an instructor of trial practice at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Mr. Kasieta is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh and Eleventh circuits, and all Wisconsin courts. He is a member of the Dane County Bar Association, State Bar of Wisconsin and the American Association for Justice. Mr. Kasieta earned his B.S. degree, summa cum laude, from Northern Michigan University and his J.D. degree from Marquette University Law School.
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