Litigation & Appeals

NC Specific

How to Lay a Foundation to Get Your Evidence Introduced in North Carolina

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 54 minutes
Winston West
Lambert Guinn
Brian King
Caroline Weyandt
Alicia Johnson
With Winston West from Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman + 4 others
Recorded February 06, 2025
Product ID 99700

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Overview

Social Media, Texts, Business Records, Expert Witness Testimony, and More

You can't get your evidence admitted without establishing the proper evidentiary foundations. In this practical online seminar, faculty will teach you how to lay a foundation for different types of evidence and avoid being tripped up by objections opposing counsel will throw your way. Navigate the rules of evidence with confidence - register today!

  • Pick up preparation pointers that will help you avoid troubles at trial.
  • Learn how to authenticate social media posts, texts, emails, and other electronic evidence.
  • Find out how to establish a proper foundation for medical records, business records, and more.
  • See how to get your expert's testimony in - and keep theirs out.
  • Hear how to best introduce physical evidence at trial.
  • Convince the court that you've satisfied the fairness requirement for demonstrative evidence.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Essentials of Laying a Foundation
  2. Establishing Foundations for Business Records and Other Documentary Evidence
  3. Laying a Foundation for Expert Witness Testimony
  4. Demonstrative and Illustrative Evidence: Satisfying the Foundation Requirements
  5. Introducing Physical Evidence at Trial
  6. How to Authenticate Social Media Posts, Texts, Emails, and More
  7. Applying Ethics Rules to Evidence

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Product ID 99700

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. Essentials of Laying a Foundation

    1. Procedures for Introducing Exhibits at Trial
    2. Authenticity, Reliability, and Relevance
    3. Foundation Requirements for Real, Illustrative, Demonstrative, and Documentary Evidence
    4. How to Handle Evidentiary Objections
    5. Preparing Evidence and Planning for Admissibility Issues Before Trial
    6. Issuing Trial Subpoenas to Witnesses

  2. Establishing Foundations for Business Records and Other Documentary Evidence

    1. Business Records
    2. Photographs
    3. Models, Maps, Diagrams
    4. Video Recordings
    5. Letters, Writings, and Contracts
    6. Medical Records, X-Rays, and Bills
    7. Establishing Foundations for Other Documentary Evidence
    8. Satisfying the Best Evidence Rule

  3. Laying a Foundation for Expert Witness Testimony

    1. Establishing Competency and Qualifications
    2. Verifying an Expert's Methodologies
    3. Motions in Limine: Bringing or Defending Against
    4. At the Hearing
    5. Case Law Review

  4. Demonstrative and Illustrative Evidence: Satisfying the Foundation Requirements

    1. Establishing Relevancy
    2. Battleground for Demonstrative Evidence: Satisfying the Fairness Requirement
    3. PowerPoints
    4. Computer Simulations and Recreations
    5. Handling Numerical Data, Charts, and Graphs
    6. Models, Maps, Diagrams
    7. Photographs and Videos
    8. Case Law Review

  5. Introducing Physical Evidence at Trial

  6. How to Authenticate Social Media Posts, Texts, Emails, and More

    1. How to Collect to Ensure Admission Later On
    2. Authenticating Emails
    3. How to Lay a Foundation for Facebook, YouTube Videos, Other Internet Records
    4. Digital Photographs
    5. Authenticating Texts and Other Smartphone Evidence
    6. Real-World Demonstrations
    7. How to Overcome Hearsay Objections
    8. Rule and Case Law Updates

  7. Applying Ethics Rules to Evidence

    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 designed for attorneys. Paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

Winston West
Winston
West
Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Lambert Guinn
Lambert
Guinn
Flannery | Georgalis, LLC
Brian W King
Brian W.
King
King Law
Caroline Weyandt
Caroline
Weyandt
James, McElroy and Diehl, P.A.
Alicia Johnson
Alicia
Johnson
Walker Allen
Speaker bio
Winston West

Winston West

Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman
Winston West

is an attorney at Cranfill Sumner LLP. He provides excellent service in employment, business, intellectual property, and data privacy matters. Mr. West is focused on providing insights to clients on the ever-shifting artificial intelligence regulatory and legal landscape while providing legal assistance to issues affecting clients now. He developed his skills as a litigator in the state and federal trial courts of Virginia. Mr. West now brings that same tenacity to clients in North Carolina. On his first day of licensure in Virginia, he defeated a motion to strike the evidence, leading to an early dismissal of the action, advocated for a favorable set of jury instructions for his client, and gained a jury verdict equal to the statutory cap for such claims. Mr. West earned his B.S. degree from University of Richmond and his J.D. degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law.

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Lambert Guinn

Lambert Guinn

Flannery | Georgalis, LLC
Lambert Guinn

is a partner at Flannery | Georgalis, LLC. He is a former federal and state prosecutor with extensive criminal law and trial experience. Mr. Guinn served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Western District of North Carolina, as an Assistant District Attorney in Wilson County, and has held two Judicial Law Clerk positions at the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Having conducted dozens of trials, many of them in federal court, he has extensive subject matter knowledge across a wide array of complex criminal matters and litigation, including large-scale narcotics trafficking conspiracies, environmental protection agency investigations, and violent crime investigations. Mr. Guinn earned his B.S. degree from East Carolina University and his J.D. degree from The University of South Carolina School of Law.

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Brian W King

Brian W. King

King Law
Brian King

started King Law in 2002, in a two-room office above a bar. He had the vision to create a firm that was built around business principles and taking care of clients. It is under his leadership the firm has grown from a small community firm to one of the largest and fastest-growing firms in the Carolinas. Mr. King has served as the attorney for the Rutherford County Department of Social Services and the McDowell County Department of Social Services, and has been a member of the North Carolina Child Support Council. He co-authored the book "Navigating Adoption and Surrogacy Laws", published by Astapore, a Thomas Reuters business, in 2014. Mr. King is a member of the North Carolina and South Carolina bars, and in 2009 became a Family Law Specialist. He has been elected as president of the Judicial District Bar and has served in various legal leadership positions. Mr. King has been involved in several Court of Appeals cases, with important and often referenced opinions. Community involvement within surrounding counties is also important to him as he actively serves and supports several local organizations including Adjunct Faculty at Isothermal Community College, Board of Directors/past-president Rutherford Life Services, The Robert & Janice McNair Educational Foundation Mentor, McDowell County Chamber of Commerce Guest Speaker, secretary of Rutherford County Bar Association, board member at Kidsenses and The American Society of Legal Advocates Top 100 Family Law Attorneys for 2016. Mr. King earned a bachelor's degree in political science from UNC Charlotte and went on to obtain his J.D. degree from Campbell Law.

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Caroline Weyandt

Caroline Weyandt

James, McElroy and Diehl, P.A.
Caroline Weyandt

is an attorney at James, McElroy and Diehl, P.A. Her practice focuses exclusively on family law, including issues related to child custody, child support, spousal support, equitable distribution, and domestic violence, as well as the issues of alienation of affection and criminal conversation. Ms. Weyandt is a magna cum laude graduate of Auburn University. She earned her J.D. degree from Wake Forest University School of Law.

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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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