Litigation & Appeals

WY Specific

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Litigating Civil Cases in Wyoming From Start to Finish

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Wyoming CLE Approved 6 Total
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6 hours
Alaina Stedillie
Brent Owen
Meredith Quinlivan
With Alaina M. Stedillie from Crowley Fleck PLLP + 2 others

Thu, Nov 05, 00:00 AM – 00:00 PM

Product ID 102443

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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. Motion Practice and Pleadings: Getting What You Want
  3. Discovery, Depositions, and Evidence Rules: Real-World Applications
  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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Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Wyoming 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. 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

  3. 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

  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

Alaina M Stedillie
Alaina M.
Stedillie
Crowley Fleck PLLP
Brent Owen
Brent
Owen
Haynes Boone
Meredith A Quinlivan
Meredith A.
Quinlivan
Godspeed Merrill
Speaker bio
Alaina M Stedillie

Alaina M. Stedillie

Crowley Fleck PLLP
Alaina Stedillie

is a contact partner at Crowley Fleck PLLP. She is also a member of the tort litigation practice group. Ms. Stedillie's practice focuses on government liability and civil rights defense work. She also handles professional liability cases, particularly legal malpractice. Her labor and employment practice spans workers' compensation, discrimination cases, and compliance-based tasks. Ms. Stedillie conducts employment investigations and provides advisory services to ensure employers comply with relevant laws and regulations. She also has a great deal of experience in commercial litigation, dealing with a wide range of disputes, including contract and shareholder disputes, breaches of contract involving oil and gas service companies, and breaches of loan and stock agreements. Ms. Stedillie occasionally serves as a court-appointed guardian ad litem for children in custody disputes and vulnerable adults. She earned her B.A. degree from Creighton University and her J.D. degree from the University of Colorado School of Law. Ms. Stedillie is admitted to practice law Wyoming and before the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming, United States District Court for the District of Colorado, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

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Brent Owen

Brent Owen

Haynes Boone
Brent Owen

is a partner with Haynes Boone. He is a first-chair trial lawyer trusted by clients to handle high-stakes litigation. Mr. Owen's experience includes trials in both state and federal courts before judges and juries and in arbitration tribunals. A former law clerk to the Colorado Supreme Court, he brings creative approaches to resolve litigation in a client's favor as early as possible. If that fails, Mr. Owen is well situated to go to trial on the merits and will protect a client's interests through appeal. He has been retained shortly before trial and achieved favorable outcomes in those instances. Mr. Owen's experience includes litigating a wide range of complicated environmental issues, including "forever chemicals," Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) lawsuits, and state environmental laws. He has obtained multimillion-dollar judgments, defense verdicts in cases with seven-figure exposure and multimillion-dollar settlements. During law school, Mr. Owen externed for the Honorable Kristen L. Mix and the Honorable Christine Arguello at the U.S. District Court in the District of Colorado. Following law school, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Nancy E. Rice of the Colorado Supreme Court. Mr. Owen earned his B.A. degree from Wofford College and his J.D. degree from University of Colorado. He is on the Colorado Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Civil Procedure, founding board member and secretary of Academy 360, member of Colorado Succeeds Talent Task Force-Colorado Succeeds Advisory Council, and the Daniels Fund Scholarship Selection Review Committee. Mr. Owen is admitted to practice in New Mexico, Wyoming and Colorado; the U.S. District Court, Districts of Colorado, Northern District of Illinois and District of Connecticut; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh, Ninth and Tenth circuits; and United States Supreme Court.

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Meredith A Quinlivan

Meredith A. Quinlivan

Godspeed Merrill
Meredith Quinlivan

is an experienced civil litigator, appellate attorney, and certified mediator at Godspeed Merrill. Before entering private practice, Ms. Quinlivan was a clerk and staff attorney for the Colorado Court of Appeals. She then started her litigation career in insurance defense in 2007 and transitioned from insurance defense to plaintiffs’ work in 2009, practicing in the areas of personal injury, employment and labor law, workers’ compensation, and general civil litigation. As a litigator and supervising attorney, Ms. Quinlivan has drafted more than 400 lawsuits in state and federal court, as well as advocated on behalf of clients at arbitration, administrative law hearings, trial and in complex settlement negotiations. She enjoys working with the Colorado Bar Association, participating in the Colorado Attorney Mentor Program, Lawyers Helping Lawyers, and the Colorado Well-Being Recognition for Employers Programs. Ms. Quinlivan is admitted to practice law in Colorado and Wyoming.

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