Litigation & Appeals

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Litigating Civil Cases in Texas From Start to Finish

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
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6 hours
Thomas Peyton
Kila Baldwin
Kevin Madden
Andrew Bell
With Thomas H. Peyton from Clyde & Co US LLP + 3 others

Wed, Aug 12, 00:00 AM – 00:00 PM

Product ID 102103

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Overview

Apply the Rules and Maneuver Through the Litigation Process With Confidence

Don't miss this opportunity to develop practical skills in civil litigation! In this online seminar, veteran attorney faculty will provide you with real-world insights and concrete instruction. From initial filings to trial, uncover best practices that will help you work your way to a favorable case resolution. Learn how to be an effective advocate for your clients in civil proceedings - register today!

  • Hear top words of advice on motions, discovery, jury selection, and other select issues.
  • Discover how to spruce up your motion practice skills.
  • Get the evidence you need during discovery and learn how to get it admitted.
  • Learn how to prove the authenticity of social media posts, text messages, and more.
  • Ask the right questions in voir dire to effectively ferret out juror biases and attitudes.
  • Develop your case presentation skills for trial, from opening statements to closing arguments.
  • Examine key ethics traps and receive practical guidance for complying with the rules.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Top Civil Litigation Dos and Don'ts
  2. Discovery, Depositions, and Evidence Rules: Real-World Applications
  3. Motion Practice and Pleadings: Getting What You Want
  4. Voir Dire and Jury Selection
  5. Building Your Civil Trial Skills
  6. How to Authenticate Social Media, Email, and Text Evidence
  7. Legal Ethics: Avoiding Key Dangers

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Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
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  1. Top Civil Litigation Dos and Don'ts

    1. Court Procedure
    2. Motions
    3. Discovery
    4. Voir Dire and Jury Selection
    5. Trial Practice and Presentation

  2. Discovery, Depositions, and Evidence Rules: Real-World Applications

    1. Effective Use of Discovery Tools (Interrogatories; Requests for Production; Requests for Admissions; Subpoenas)
    2. Obtaining Evidence From Electronic Devices
    3. Taking Depositions
    4. Defending Depositions (and Properly Using Objections)
    5. Evaluating Admissibility
    6. Laying a Foundation to Get Your Evidence Introduced
    7. Witness Testimony and Reports
    8. Applying the Hearsay Rule and Exceptions
    9. Keeping Evidence Out

  3. Motion Practice and Pleadings: Getting What You Want

    1. Applying the Rules of Civil Procedure
    2. Pleadings Standards and Sufficiency
    3. Motion to Dismiss
    4. Summary Judgment Motions
    5. Motions in Limine
    6. Tips for Effective Brief Writing

  4. Voir Dire and Jury Selection

    1. Preparing for Voir Dire
    2. Investigating Jurors
    3. Reading Personality Types and Non-Verbals
    4. Building Rapport
    5. Introducing Case Information
    6. Asking the Right Questions
    7. Eliciting Bias and Obtaining Cause Challenges
    8. Getting Quiet Jurors Talking
    9. Effective Use of Peremptory Challenges

  5. Building Your Civil Trial Skills

    1. Opening Statements: Telling a Persuasive Story
    2. Conducting Direct Examination
    3. Cross-Examining and Impeaching Witnesses
    4. Using Objections
    5. Arguing Damages at Trial
    6. Delivering Summations and Jury Instructions

  6. How to Authenticate Social Media, Email, and Text Evidence

    1. Proactively Ensuring Authenticity
    2. Proving Electronic Documents Have Not Been Modified
    3. Identifying Who Made the Post and Linking to the Purported Author
    4. Authenticating Through Witness Testimony
    5. Authenticating via Distinctive Characteristics and Circumstantial Evidence
    6. Self-Authentication Methods

  7. Legal Ethics: Avoiding Key Dangers

    1. Handling Prejudicial Evidence
    2. Social Media and Legal Ethics
    3. Communicating with Jurors
    4. Preparing vs. Coaching Witnesses
    5. Avoiding Conflicts of Interest

Who Should Attend

This basic-to-intermediate level online seminar is designed for attorneys. It may also benefit paralegals.

Speakers

Thomas H Peyton
Thomas H.
Peyton
Clyde & Co US LLP
Kila Baldwin
Kila
Baldwin
Anapol Weiss
Kevin M Madden
Kevin M.
Madden
Law Offices of Kevin Michael Madden, P.L.L.C.
Andrew W Bell
Andrew W.
Bell
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Speaker bio
Thomas H Peyton

Thomas H. Peyton

Clyde & Co US LLP
Thomas Peyton

is an attorney with Clyde & Co US LLP, where his practice focuses on advising insurance carriers on a variety of coverage issues; including construction-related claims and losses, commercial property losses, general liability, issues of multiple-year trigger and allocation, additional insured status, contractual indemnity, and extra-contractual liability. He earned his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from The University of Memphis and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. Mr. Peyton is a member of the New Orleans Bar Association.

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Kila Baldwin

Kila Baldwin

Anapol Weiss
Kila Baldwin

is a shareholder at Anapol Weiss. She has been involved in a number of high-profile cases, including as lead counsel in trials that resulted in verdicts of $80 million, $57.1 million and $41 million against Johnson & Johnson in transvaginal mesh cases. Ms. Baldwin is currently investigating cases of women who used Depo-Provera and developed brain or spinal cord tumors (meningiomas). Research has shown that Depo-Provera increases the risk of these types of tumors. She was selected as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer each year from 2019-2023. In 2023 Ms. Baldwin was recognized on the SuperLawyers Top 50 list: Women Pennsylvania Super Lawyers. From 2011-2018 she was named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer Rising Star and from 2014-2019 as a New Jersey Super Lawyer Rising Star, designating her as among the top 2.5 percent of attorneys in the two states who are 40 or younger. She has been inducted as a member of the Litigation Counsel of America. Ms. Baldwin also was selected for the 2017-2021 editions of the peer-review publication Best Lawyers in America. She earned her bachelor's degree in economics from Pennsylvania State University. Ms. Baldwin earned a dual J.D./M.B.A. degree from the Temple University Beasley School of Law, where she was awarded the Beasley Scholarship and two awards for Outstanding Oral Advocacy.

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Kevin M Madden

Kevin M. Madden

Law Offices of Kevin Michael Madden, P.L.L.C.
Kevin Madden

is the founding member of the Law Offices of Kevin Michael Madden, P.L.L.C., where he practices in the areas of civil trial practice, commercial litigation, business litigation, construction law and employment law. He is admitted to practice in Texas and before the U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern districts of Texas. Mr. Madden was the articles editor for the Houston Journal of International Law. He was the judicial intern to the Honorable David Hittner, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas; and a law clerk to the Honorable Joseph James "Tad" Halbach, Jr., 333rd District Court, Harris County, Texas. Mr. Madden is a member of the Houston Bar Association, State Bar of Texas, Texas Young Lawyers Association, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America and Trial Lawyers for Public Justice. He earned his B.A. degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder, his B.S. degree from the University of Houston and his J.D. degree from the University of Houston Law Center.

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Andrew W Bell

Andrew W. Bell

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Andrew Bell

is an attorney at Bradley Arant Bould Cummings, LLP. He represents energy sector companies in complex oil and gas litigation. Mr. Bell has extensive experience litigating multi-district and class action royalty cases in both state and federal court and represents upstream oilfield companies in contractual, commercial and catastrophic personal injury disputes. In addition to his oilfield experience, he represents clients in a variety of commercial and construction litigation matters, including contractual disputes, business torts, and employment litigation. Mr. Bell drafts pleadings and discovery, handles depositions and discovery responses, argues motions (including dispositive and pre-trial motions), and is tasked with comprehensive trial preparation. He earned his B.A. degree, cum laude, from Schreiner University and his J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from Texas A&M University School of Law.

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