Litigation & Appeals

NC Specific

Litigating Civil Cases in North Carolina From Start to Finish

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
North Carolina Continuing Paralegal Education Approved 6 Total
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5 hours 53 minutes
Alicia Johnson
Susan Dotson-Smith
Christopher Lusby
With Alicia Johnson from Walker Allen + 2 others
Recorded December 06, 2024
Product ID 99322

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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: Foundations for Success
  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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Product ID 99322

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
North Carolina Continuing Paralegal Education Approved 6 Total
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Agenda

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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: Foundations for Success

    1. Applying the Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rules
    2. Pleadings Standards, Sufficiency, and Verification
    3. Motion to Dismiss and Contempt Motions
    4. Summary Judgment Motions
    5. Motions in Limine and Protective Orders
    6. Self-Represented Litigant Implications

  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

Alicia Johnson
Alicia
Johnson
Walker Allen
Hon. Susan M Dotson-Smith
Hon. Susan M.
Dotson-Smith
Designated Family Court for Buncombe County
Christopher R Lusby
Christopher R.
Lusby
Lusby Law PA
Speaker bio
Alicia Johnson

Alicia Johnson

Walker Allen
Alicia Johnson

is an attorney with Walker Allen. Her practice is primarily in general civil litigation, including automobile accident, premises liability and medical malpractice defense. Prior to joining Walker Allen, Ms. Johnson served as an assistant district attorney, where she quickly gained the nickname "Bull Dog" for her tenacious trial practice. She earned her B.A. degree, cum laude, from Virginia Commonwealth University; and her J.D. degree from North Carolina Central University School of Law.

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Hon. Susan M Dotson-Smith

Hon. Susan M. Dotson-Smith

Designated Family Court for Buncombe County
Susan Dotson-Smith

presides in the Designated Family Court for Buncombe County, North Carolina. She has served as a District Court Judge since 2012. As a Family Court Judge, Judge Dodson-Smith presides over equitable distribution, custody, child support, alimony, marital contracts and cases where third party businesses have been brought in through marital action. In addition, she hears cases involving child welfare, termination of parental rights, involuntary commitments, juvenile delinquency, and adult truancy. Prior to being a judge, she practiced law for approximately twenty years in Asheville, North Carolina with a focus on bankruptcy, guardianship, mediation and estates. Judge Dotson-Smith has been a certified superior court mediator and a mediator in matters before the clerk. She earned her A.B. degree from Duke University and her J.D. degree from Wake Forest School of Law.  A Winston-Salem native, Judge Dotson-Smith moved to the mountains with her husband in 1991, and they have been happy Buncombe County residents ever since.

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Christopher R Lusby

Christopher R. Lusby

Lusby Law PA
Christopher Lusby

is the owner and lead attorney at Lusby Law P.A. in Wilson, North Carolina. His practice ranges from personal injury, criminal and civil defense, business and contract law, family law, among other things. Mr. Lusby has prior experience as a police officer and detective, which inspired his career as an attorney. He is also a pre-law professor at NC Wesleyan. Mr. Lusby earned his J.D. degree at Campbell University, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law and is admitted to practice in North Carolina.

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