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Litigation & Appeals

Litigating Civil Cases in Indiana From Start to Finish

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Credit Status Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
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5 hours 54 minutes
Kathleen Erickson
Timothy Kelly
Michelle Floyd
Steve Henke
With Kathleen M. Erickson from O'Neill McFadden & Willett + 3 others
Recorded March 20, 2025
Product ID 99823

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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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Product ID 99823

Credit Details

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Credit Status Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
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  1. Top Civil Litigation Do's 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

Kathleen M Erickson
Kathleen M.
Erickson
O'Neill McFadden & Willett
Timothy F Kelly
Timothy F.
Kelly
Tauber Law Offices
Michelle K Floyd
Michelle K.
Floyd
Rothberg Law Firm
Steve T Henke
Steve T.
Henke
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Speaker bio
Kathleen M Erickson

Kathleen M. Erickson

O'Neill McFadden & Willett
Kathleen Erickson

is a partner with the law firm of O'Neill McFadden & Willett. She focuses her practice on a wide range of civil litigation defense and has extensive experience handling medical malpractice and healthcare defense matters. Ms. Erickson works with her clients through all phases of litigation, including investigation, motion practice, written and oral discovery, and trial. She represents hospitals and individual health care providers before medical review panels, in court and on appeal. Ms. Erickson earned her B.A. degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and her J.D. degree from Valparaiso University School of Law. She is a member of the Lake County Indiana Bar Association.

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Timothy F Kelly

Timothy F. Kelly

Tauber Law Offices
Timothy Kelly

is an attorney with Tauber Law Offices located in Schererville Indiana. He focuses his practice on personal injury, commercial, and contract litigation. Mr. Kelly is also a civil mediator having successfully mediated hundreds of personal injury cases. He has tried hundreds of cases in state and federal courts in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Louisiana, Texas, Arizona, and Tennessee. Mr. Kelly is a founding member of the Chicagoland Law Tigers, an organization that represents injured motorcycle riders. He is a member of the American Association for Justice, the American Association of Motorcycle Injury Lawyers, ABATE, and the Harley Owners' group. Mr. Kelly earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1972.

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Michelle K Floyd

Michelle K. Floyd

Rothberg Law Firm
Michelle Floyd

is a partner at Rothberg Law in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She practices in the areas of employment law, civil rights, and civil litigation. Ms. Floyd earned her B.A. degree from Indiana University Bloomington, followed by her Doctorate of Jurisprudence degree, cum laude, from Valparaiso University School of Law. She is a member of the Allen County Bar Association and Indiana State Bar Association.

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Steve T Henke

Steve T. Henke

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Steve Henke

is an attorney at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP. He focuses his practice on litigation matters. His experience includes a wide range of lawsuits involving residential real estate transactions, noncompetition agreements, employment law, construction contracts, shareholder disputes, disclosure of confidential information, class actions, and eminent domain matters, both on behalf of the condemning authority and landowners. Prior to private practice, Mr. Henke worked with federal and state courts around Indiana. He serves on the executive committee of the Indianapolis Bar Association's Young Lawyer Division and as a director of the Indianapolis Association of Wabash Men. He is also a member of the Indianapolis State Bar Association, Indianapolis Law Club, and several other organizations. Mr. Henke earned his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Wabash College and his J.D. degree from Indiana University Maurer School of Law.

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