2015 It's All a Game: Top Trial Lawyers Tackle Evidence
The SC Bar-CLE Division is proud to present the 2015 edition of one of our most popular seminars. Designed and moderated by Court of Appeals Chief Judge John Few, this innovative, powerful and practical seminar always takes an entertaining and insightful look at some of the thorniest evidence problems any trial lawyer or judge could face and this year is no exception. Judge Few has brought together a truly outstanding faculty of talented and experienced trial attorneys for an unforgettable and entertaining learning experience. Judge Few and faculty have prepared exhaustively for the program.
If you are a South Carolina litigator who wants to sharpen your evidence skills and knowledge or you simply want to come to the most exciting CLE program you have ever attended, then you don’t want to miss It’s All a Game: Top Trial Lawyers Tackle Evidence!
Seminar Agenda:
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Hon. John C. Few
Chief Judge, South Carolina Court of Appeals
He’s Already Said It Once: Using Prior Depositions in Your Case in Chief
Brady R. Thomas
Richardson Patrick Westbrook & Brickman, LLC, Columbia
Evidentiary and practical considerations including: do you have to read prior deposition testimony in order?;
who can read the passages?; what depositions can you use?; can you put the text on the big screen?; do you have to play the video?; can you use the deposition if the witness is in the court room? We will also discuss advantages to using deposition passages in your case in chief as opposed to examining live witnesses.
Forensic Interviews and Child Hearsay Statutes: What’s Fair, What’s Foul and Are More Problems Yet to Come?
Blake A. Hewitt
Bluestein Nichols Thompson & Delgado, LLC, Columbia
Don Henley famously sang that lawyers deal in small details. This disclaimer finds voice in many areas, but none more so than the evolving area of when and why certain out of court statements made by a young child may be admitted into evidence. Some questions in this area seem to have settled answers, but other issues are less clear, either because the court has avoided confronting them or because nobody has raised them. We will explore this area whle covering the things that seem established and tug at the edges of issues that are yet to come.
Gatekeeper or Grim Reaper: Daubert Challenges—Motion Strategy and Expert Testimony
Marian W. Scalise
Richardson Plowden & Robinson, PA, Myrtle Beach
Experts are an expensive yet necessary part of proving a case. By discussing case law interpreting Daubert and Rule 702, we’ll examine strategies to shore up your expert to prevent exclusion while preparing to attack and eliminate opposing experts through cross examination and motions.
A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words–The Admissibility of Crime Scene and Autopsy Photos
April W. Sampson
Assistant Solicitor Fifth Judicial Circuit, Columbia
In this session, we will discuss the pitfalls of introducing graphic photos and how to determine whether such photos are admissible under a probative value vs. prejudicial effect test.
Let’s Be Real: A Discussion of Authentication in the Context of Federal Drug Prosecutions
Andrew B. Moorman
U.S. Attorney’s Office, Greenville
Rule 901 requires a party seeking to introduce a piece of evidence at trial to first show that the evidence is what party claims it to be. During this presentation, actual videos, photographs, and other exhibits the Government introduced during federal drug trials will be displayed. One of the prosecutors who tried these cases will discuss the plan the Government had to authenticate this evidence pursuant to Rule 901 and how the lawyers for the Government executed this plan.
Trial Ethics: A Town Hall Meeting
Hon. John C. Few
Chief Judge, SC Court of Appeals
Judge Few will make a series short of presentations on ethical issues lawyers face during trial, each followed by a discussion among participants.
Date Presented:
February 20, 2015 8:50 AM Eastern
Length:
7 hours, 55 minutes
Mandatory Continuing Legal Education: 6.00
Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility: 1.00
On-Demand
SCB Price:$240.00