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The Ohio Evidence Playbook

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
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6 hours
Raymond Grasing
Richard Kerger
Peter Ostermiller
With Raymond R. Grasing from The Law Firm of Grasing & Associates + 2 others

Thu, Dec 03, 00:00 AM – 00:00 PM

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Overview

Make Your Case More Than Just a Story

A case without sufficient evidence is nothing more than an interesting story. You need to know the intricacies of Ohio rules, customs and local court procedures if you want to keep opposing counsel from reducing your carefully crafted exhibits to rubble. This in-depth evidentiary playbook will equip you with the tools you need to build stronger cases with digital evidence, demonstratives, expert witnesses and more. Register today!

  • Gain a better understanding of Ohio Rules of evidence and their practical application.
  • Properly prepare social media, emails, and other digital evidence for maximum impact.
  • Get effective presentation tips for using demonstrative and documentary evidence.
  • Ensure you are utilizing essential criteria when you select experts to support your case.
  • Anticipate evidentiary objections so you can put them to rest when opposing counsel makes them.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. The Introduction and Exclusion of Evidence: Rules and Practical Applications
  2. Objections: When to Make Them and How to Respond
  3. Digital Evidence in Ohio: How to Prepare and Introduce
  4. Building Stronger Cases With Demonstrative and Documentary Evidence
  5. Utilizing Expert Witnesses in Ohio
  6. The Legal Ethics of Objections In Ohio

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Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total

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CLE Credits
Indiana CLE Approved · 6 Total Credits
  • 1 Ethics

Live - Indiana CLE - 6: This course has been approved by the Indiana Supreme Court Office of Admissions & Continuing Education. Participating attorneys are eligible to receive 6.0 hours of distance education, which includes 1.0 hour of ethics.

Ohio CLE Approved · 6 Total Credits
  • 6 New Lawyer Training
  • 1 Professional Conduct

Live - Ohio CLE - 6: This course has been approved by the Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on Continuing Legal Education for 6.0 CLE credit hours, including 1.0 hour of attorney professional conduct instruction. This course is approved for 6.0 hours of New Lawyer Training credit. NLT credit is only available on “Live Webcast” and "Webcast Replay" versions of this program.

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Indiana CLE Approved · 6 Total Credits
  • 1 Ethics

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OnDemand - Indiana CLE - 6: This course has been approved by the Indiana Supreme Court Office of Admissions & Continuing Education. Participating attorneys are eligible to receive 6.0 hours of distance education, which includes 1.0 hour of ethics.

Ohio CLE Approved · 6 Total Credits
  • 1 Professional Conduct

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OnDemand - Ohio CLE - 6: This course has been approved by the Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on Continuing Legal Education for 6.0 CLE credit hours, including 1.0 hour of attorney professional conduct instruction.

Video Download - Ohio CLE - 6: This course has been approved by the Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on Continuing Legal Education for 6.0 CLE credit hours, including 1.0 hour of attorney professional conduct instruction.
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  1. The Introduction and Exclusion of Evidence: Rules and Practical Applications

    1. Ohio Rules of Evidence: The High Points
    2. Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure: The Essentials
    3. Ohio Rules of Criminal Procedure: Key Takeaways
    4. Judicial Discretion
    5. Appeals and Review

  2. Objections: When to Make Them and How to Respond

    1. Ohio Rules and Court Preferences
    2. Relevance and Materiality: When and How to Object
    3. Making Effective Hearsay Objections
    4. Anticipating Objections and Preemptively Addressing Them
    5. Objection Do's and Don'ts in Ohio Courts

  3. Digital Evidence in Ohio: How to Prepare and Introduce

    1. Applying Rules of Evidence to Digital Media.
    2. Social Media Posts: Case Precedents
    3. Text Messages and Emails: Hearsay and Relevance
    4. Cloud-Based Data and Digital Documents
    5. Videos, Audio Recordings, and Photographs
    6. Overcoming Common Digital Evidence Objections

  4. Building Stronger Cases With Demonstrative and Documentary Evidence

    1. Strategies for Introducing Evidence in Ohio Courts
    2. Leveraging Documentary Evidence
    3. Utilizing Demonstrative Evidence
    4. Effective Evidence Presentation Tips

  5. Utilizing Expert Witnesses in Ohio

    1. Selecting Effective Experts: Criteria and Strategies
    2. Preparation: Strengthening Expert Witness Impacts
    3. Proven Direct Examination Techniques
    4. Using Demonstratives to Reinforce Expert Testimony
    5. Handing Cross Examinations and Objections

  6. The Legal Ethics of Objections In Ohio

    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 for attorneys. Paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

Raymond R Grasing
Raymond R.
Grasing
The Law Firm of Grasing & Associates
Richard M Kerger
Richard M.
Kerger
The Kerger Law Firm LLC
Peter L Ostermiller
Peter L.
Ostermiller
Peter L. Ostermiller, Attorney at Law
Speaker bio
Raymond R Grasing

Raymond R. Grasing

The Law Firm of Grasing & Associates
Raymond Grasing

is an attorney with The Law Firm of Grasing & Associates. He has more than 25 years of trial experience in New York. Mr. Grasing knows how to try a case in a straight forward convincing manner, and how to pare down the facts and issues to their essential parts to help a jury reach the correct decision. His understanding of the law, gained through his trial experience, provides his clients with a distinct competitive advantage, whether or not their case gets to trial. Mr. Grasing practices in the areas of commercial litigation, personal injury, construction disputes, insurance coverage disputes, insurance coverage, collections, subrogation, arson, and fraud cases. He earned his B.A. degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and his J.D. degree from Brooklyn Law School.

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Richard M Kerger

Richard M. Kerger

The Kerger Law Firm LLC
Richard Kerger

is a partner at The Kerger Law Firm LLC located in Toledo, Ohio, where he specializes in trials and appeals. He is a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers, American Board of Trial Advocates, International Society of Barristers and the American, Ohio State (member, Board of Governors 1993-96; chairman, Federal Court and Practice Committee 1985-87) and Toledo bar associations. Mr. Kerger has been selected as senior counsel in The College of Master Advocates and Barristers. He has been selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers of America since 1994 in business litigation and in criminal defense since 2002. Mr. Kerger was an adjunct professor at the University of Toledo College of Law, where he taught "Litigation - Strategy & Tactics". He is the author of The Art of Being a Trial Lawyer published in 2005 and The Client's Guide to Litigation published in 2007, and a co-author of Commercial Litigation in Ohio published in 1995. Mr. Kerger has also been selected as one of Ohio's Super Lawyers by Cincinnati Magazine for 2004 through 2023. He lectures and writes on legal topics for a variety of organizations and publications. Mr. Kerger earned his B.A. degree in journalism from The Ohio State University and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from The Ohio State University College of Law.

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Peter L Ostermiller

Peter L. Ostermiller

Peter L. Ostermiller, Attorney at Law
Peter Ostermiller

is a sole practitioner concentrating in legal ethics and professional responsibility matters. In 1980 he obtained his license to practice law in Kentucky. His legal ethics and professional responsibility law practice began in the mid -1980s and, since the mid-1990s has been his practice concentration. He represents attorneys in disciplinary and reinstatement proceedings, judges in judicial ethics matters, and bar exam applicants. Mr. Ostermiller has also represented parties in attorney's fee dispute proceedings, and attorneys in legal proceedings in which sanctions have been sought against the attorney. He has represented parties in attorney disqualification proceedings and counseled lawyers and law firms in their respective rights, responsibilities and duties to other attorneys and their clients. He also serves as an expert witness at the state and federal level regarding legal ethics and professional responsibility matters. Mr. Ostermiller is a member of the Kentucky Bar Association, Louisville Bar Association and Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. Mr. Ostermiller earned his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Louisville.

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