Litigation & Appeals

UT Specific

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The Utah Evidence Playbook

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Credit Status Total
Utah CLE Approved 6 Total
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5 hours 58 minutes
Joshua Jewkes
Susan Motschiedler
Michael Young
Mark Nelson
Ian Kinghorn
With Joshua D. Jewkes from Gordon Law Group + 4 others
Recorded June 19, 2025
Product ID 99861

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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 Utah 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 Utah 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. Digital Evidence in Utah: How to Prepare and Introduce
  3. Building Stronger Cases With Demonstrative and Documentary Evidence
  4. Utilizing Expert Witnesses in Utah
  5. Objections: When to Make Them and How to Respond
  6. The Legal Ethics of Objections in Utah

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Product ID 99861

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Utah CLE Approved 6 Total
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  1. The Introduction and Exclusion of Evidence: Rules and Practical Applications

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

  2. Digital Evidence in Utah: 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

  3. Building Stronger Cases With Demonstrative and Documentary Evidence

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

  4. Utilizing Expert Witnesses in Utah

    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

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

    1. Utah 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 Utah Courts

  6. The Legal Ethics of Objections in Utah

    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

Joshua D Jewkes
Joshua D.
Jewkes
Gordon Law Group
Susan B Motschiedler
Susan B.
Motschiedler
Parsons Behle & Latimer
Michael W Young
Michael W.
Young
Parsons Behle & Latimer
Mark R Nelson
Mark R.
Nelson
Dentons Durham Jones Pinegar P.C.
Ian Kinghorn
Ian
Kinghorn
Dentons Durham Jones Pinegar P.C.
Speaker bio
Joshua D Jewkes

Joshua D. Jewkes

Gordon Law Group
Joshua Jewkes

is an attorney with Gordon Law Group. He focuses his practice on business and real estate transactions and dispute resolution. Mr. Jewkes acts as general counsel to several local businesses and enjoys solving complex legal problems for his clients. He is admitted to practice in Utah, Georgia and Illinois and numerous federal courts. He is the current vice-chair of the Wasatch Community Foundation and the former president of the Wasatch County Bar Association. Mr. Jewkes earned his B.A. degree from Brigham Young University and his J.D. degree from J. Rueben Clark Law School at B.Y.U.

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Susan B Motschiedler

Susan B. Motschiedler

Parsons Behle & Latimer
Susan Motschiedler

is a member of Parsons Behle & Latimer's employment and labor law and litigation practice groups. She maintains a civil litigation practice with a focus on employment litigation and counseling, and business litigation. She earned her B.A. degree from Rhodes College and her J.D. degree from the University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law. Ms. Motschiedler has been in practice since 2005.

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Michael W Young

Michael W. Young

Parsons Behle & Latimer
Michael Young

is a civil litigator and trial attorney. His practice is focused on helping clients solve difficult and sensitive legal issues. This often happens in the context of bet-the-company litigation or claims with a high degree of public interest. Mr. Young is most at home in the courtroom and has tried numerous cases before judges and juries across a number of practice areas and jurisdictions. In this respect, he is dedicated to remaining a "generalist" but is currently most engaged in private and public investor disputes, quit tam or "whistleblower" claims, and product liability litigation. As the centerpiece of his practice, Mr. Young represents survivors and victims of sexual assault and abuse in civil litigation against individuals, governmental entities, and private institutions. This practice is an extension of his work in the Special Department for War Crimes in the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina early in his career. During his time in Bosnia, Mr. Young worked as part of the legal team that over several months of trial successfully prosecuted Marko Radic and others for crimes against humanity and, in particular, the systemic rape and abuse of prisoners of war.

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Mark R Nelson

Mark R. Nelson

Dentons Durham Jones Pinegar P.C.
Mark Nelson

is a shareholder in Dentons Durham Jones Pinegar P.C.'s Lehi, Utah office. He is a member of the litigation and dispute resolution, commercial litigation, and family law and domestic relations practice groups. His family law practice specializes in high conflict domestic relations matters, including divorce (often involving complex issues of property valuation, and business or professional practice valuation), stalking injunctions and restraining orders, parental rights, and adoptions. Mr. Nelson earned his B.A. degree from Brigham Young University and his J.D. degree from Fordham University School of Law.

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Ian Kinghorn

Ian Kinghorn

Dentons Durham Jones Pinegar P.C.
Ian Kinghorn

is a member of Dentons Durham Jones Pinegar P.C.'s litigation and dispute resolution practice group in Salt Lake City, Utah. He represents clients in complex commercial matters involving contracts, business torts, defamation, employment, and shareholder disputes. Mr. Kinghorn also focuses on appellate practice and has significant appellate experience in both state and federal court. Prior to joining Dentons, he concentrated on civil matters and discovery issues. Mr. Kinghorn was recently recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America for his commercial litigation practice. He earned his J.D. degree, with distinction, at University of Iowa College of Law. Mr. Kinghorn is admitted to practice in Utah, the US District Court for the District of Utah, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

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