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Overview
Think Outside the Box and Transform Your Strategy
So many trial lawyers go straight for destructive cross-examination, but how many can execute a successful constructive cross? Timing is everything; have you perfected yours, or is there valid strategy behind an alternative timeline? Transform your mind and litigation skills! Our experienced faculty will share their hard-won strategies and reveal new litigation insights that will take your skills to the next level. Reimagine your approach to achieve even better case results - register today!
- Reconsider your go-to litigation timeline and find out how mixing things up can lead to even better results.
- Find new opportunities to cooperate with opposing counsel to achieve more favorable client outcomes.
- Uncover inventive and effective ways to deal with juror bias and bad facts in jury selection.
- Discover how to effectively stay in control yet let your witness shine in direct examination.
- Learn how to execute a successful constructive cross-examination and make the opposing party's witness work for you.
- Hear powerful new questions to ask when cross-examining medical and liability experts.
This program was designed in conjunction with NBI's esteemed 2023-2024 Content Advisory Committee Member Robert Kasieta.
Abbreviated Agenda
- Restructuring Your Litigation Timeline: What the Best Lawyers Do and When
- Creative Ways of Dealing With Opposing Counsel (Even When They're Not a Rambo Litigator)
- Powering Up Your Deposition Techniques and Setting Up for Cross-Examination
- Jury Selection: New Approaches to Dealing With Bias
- Direct Examination Techniques of Top Trial Lawyers
- Expert Witness Cross-Examination Strategies
- Constructive Cross-Examination: Real-World Examples
- Powerful Impeachment Techniques
Credit Details
Credits Available
| Credit | Status | Total | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska CLE |
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6 Total | 02-05-2026 |
| Arizona CLE |
|
6 Total | 02-05-2026 |
| California CLE |
|
6 Total | 02-05-2026 |
| Colorado CLE |
|
7 Total | 12-31-2026 |
| Connecticut CLE |
|
6 Total | 02-05-2026 |
| Delaware CLE |
|
6 Total | 02-05-2026 |
| Hawaii CLE |
|
6 Total | 02-05-2026 |
| Idaho CLE |
|
6 Total | 02-05-2026 |
| Illinois CLE |
|
6 Total | 02-03-2026 |
| Maine CLE |
|
6 Total | 02-03-2026 |
| Minnesota CLE |
|
6 Total | 02-05-2026 |
| Missouri CLE |
|
6 Total | 02-05-2026 |
| Northern Mariana Islands CLE |
|
6 Total | 02-05-2026 |
| Montana CLE |
|
6 Total | 02-05-2027 |
| North Dakota CLE |
|
6 Total | 02-05-2027 |
| Nebraska CLE |
|
6 Total | 02-05-2026 |
| New Hampshire CLE |
|
6 Total | 02-05-2027 |
| New Mexico CLE |
|
6 Total | 02-05-2026 |
| Nevada CLE |
|
6 Total | 02-05-2027 |
| New York CLE |
|
7 Total | 02-05-2027 |
| Oklahoma CLE |
|
7 Total | 02-05-2026 |
| Oregon CLE |
|
6 Total | 02-05-2027 |
| Pennsylvania CLE |
|
6 Total | 02-05-2026 |
| Vermont CLE |
|
6 Total | 02-05-2026 |
| Washington CLE |
|
6 Total | 02-04-2029 |
| Wisconsin CLE |
|
7 Total | 12-31-2025 |
| West Virginia CLE |
|
7.2 Total | 02-05-2026 |
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CLE
Agenda
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Restructuring Your Litigation Timeline: What the Best Lawyers Do and When
- Depositions Before Interrogatories? Why You Might Want to Rethink Your Timeline
- Steps You May be Missing
- Retooling Your Checklists
- Better Structuring Trial Prep
- Litigation Technology You Should be Using in 2024
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Creative Ways of Dealing With Opposing Counsel (Even When They're Not a Rambo Litigator)
- Collaborating With the Enemy: How to Save Money and Get Better Results by Working With Opposing Counsel
- Rethinking Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Stipulations
- Effective Advocacy vs. Animosity
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Powering Up Your Deposition Techniques and Setting Up for Cross-Examination
- Strategies for Discovery Depositions vs. Trial Cross-Examination
- How to Best Set Up for Cross-Examination
- Creative Tips for Defending Depositions
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Jury Selection: New Approaches to Dealing With Bias
- Reimagining Jury Selection and the Way We Deal With Bias
- How to Deal With Bad Facts in Jury Selection
- Strategically Using Information and Managing Your Strikes
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Direct Examination Techniques of Top Trial Lawyers
- Keys for Preparing Witnesses on Direct Examination
- Storytelling Techniques
- Tuning Your Questions
- How to Stay in Control When You Can Only Ask Open-Ended Questions
- Dealing With Bad Testimony and Facts
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Expert Witness Cross-Examination Strategies
- When to and When Not to Cross-Examine: Landmines and Strategic Considerations
- Cross-Examining the Medical Expert
- Cross-Examining Engineers and Safety Experts
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Constructive Cross-Examination: Real-World Examples
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Powerful Impeachment Techniques
Who Should Attend
This program is designed to help personal injury lawyers reinvent their litigation strategies in order to achieve even better case results and reach the next level of excellence.
Speakers
Speaker bio
Peter Richard
is a trial attorney with Garmey Law. He practices primarily civil litigation; handling personal injury, premises liability, motor vehicle, medical malpractice, product liability and financial consumer litigation cases. Mr. Richard also has handled high-profile criminal cases and trials, including being appointed to the Maine Homicide Specialized Case Panel. He has been featured by the media as a legal expert for high-profile criminal cases, and regularly teaches CLE seminars on litigation tactics and trial advocacy. Mr. Richard earned his J.D. degree from the University of Maine School of Law.
Speaker bio
David A. Lowe
is a partner with the law firm of Keegan, Juban, Lowe & Robichaux, LLC, where he focuses his practice in civil litigation, corporate matters, employment law, personal injury, and successions. Mr. Lowe is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in the state of Louisiana, and has been admitted to practice pro hac vice before multiple federal courts in other jurisdictions. He has argued multiple cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Court. Mr. Lowe is a member of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana State, Federal and American bar associations. He earned his B.A. degree from the University of Southwestern Louisiana and his J.D. degree from Louisiana State University.
Speaker bio
Robert D. Kingsland, Jr.
is a founding partner in the law firm of Dempsey Kingsland Osteen in Kansas City, Missouri. His practice is limited to medical negligence, catastrophic injury, products liability, auto collision, and other serious personal injury cases. A frequent speaker on topics related to civil trial practice, Mr. Kingsland has also published various articles on trial advocacy. His peer-reviewed article, “Gallbladder Surgery Gone Wrong-Handling the Bowel Perforation Case”, appeared in the October 2014 issue of the nationally-circulated magazine Trial. Mr. Kingsland is an associate member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He has also been selected for membership in Super Lawyers of Missouri and Kansas. He is a long-standing member of the Board of Governors of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and a former board member of the Jackson County Law Library. Mr. Kingsland is licensed to practice in both Missouri and Kansas, and is a member of the bar of the United States Supreme Court, among many others. Mr. Kingsland earned his B. A. and J.D. degrees from Georgetown University.
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