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CLEonline.com, together with the Austin Bar Association, are pleased to present a special online CLE seminar designed to provide practical insights and important updates on all phases of a civil trial in Texas. This seminar features experienced Austin litigators and judges speaking on current issues that relate to all of the basic components of a trial-- from voir dire, to pre-trial motions, to direct and cross, to closing arguments.
This seminar features an audio presentation from a live CLE seminar on this topic that was originally conducted by the Austin Bar Association on September 5, 2008. This audio presentation features the speakers and topics listed below. This is a streaming audio presentation that you can access on demand at any time during the course of the seminar session. The audio presentation runs for approximately 5.5 hours. This seminar is entitled:
Austin Bar Association Presents: "Ultimate Texas Trial Notebook Seminar - 2008"
** (available at any time of the day and in time increments convenient to you during the above referenced dates) **
Subjects and speakers for this CLEonline.com seminar include:
- Preparing for Jury Selection in Advance
- Robert Swafford, Law Office of Robert Swafford
- Geoff Weisbart, Hance Scarborough, L.L.P.
- Conducting Voir Dire
- Judge Eric Shepperd, County Court at Law #2, Travis County
- Brian P. Casey, Brian Casey, P.C.
- John Ragland, Ragland Law Firm
- Thirty Days Before Trial: Tips for Being Prepared/Evidence
- Carlos Soltero, McGinnis Lochridge & Kilgore, LLP
- Joe Lea, McGinnis Lochridge & Kilgore, LLP
- Pre-Trial Motions
- Judge Darlene Byrne, 126th District Court, Travis County
- Randy Howry, HowryBreen, LLP
- Karen Burgess, Taylor, Dunham, and Burgess, LLP
- Opening Statements
- Judge Andrew W. Austin, United States Magistrate Judge
- Joe Brophy, Harren Interests
- Direct and Cross Examination
- Judge Lora Livingston, 261st District Court, Travis County
- David Rowe, DuBois, Bryant & Campbell, L.L.P.
- Expert Testimony - A View From the Box
- Todd Lester, Navigant Consulting
- Preserving Your Appeal
- Justice Alan Waldrop, Texas Third Court of Appeals
- Woodie Jones, Alexander, Dubose, Jones & Townsend
- Jane Webre, Scott, Douglass & McConnico, L.L.P.
- Closing Arguments
- Dicky Grigg, Spivey & Grigg, L.L.P.
- Casey Dobson, Scott, Douglass & McConnico, L.L.P.
The instructor/moderator for this CLEonline.com seminar will be:
Ms. Cynthia Connolly, who is an attorney with the firm of Scott, Douglass & McConnico, L.L.P., in Austin. Cindy's practice includes a variety of commercial litigation and business torts with an emphasis in technology litigation. Her other areas of practice include professional malpractice defense and professional licensing and regulation. She was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1996 and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas, and she is active in the Technology and Computer Law and Civil Litigation Sections of the Austin Bar Association. She received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1996) and her undergraduate degree from Duke University (B.A., Public Policy and Economics, cum laude, 1993). A more extensive biography for Ms. Connolly may be found at her firm's Web site.
The seminar registration fee for this CLEonline.com seminar is only $138. SPECIAL DISCOUNT: If you are a member of the Austin Bar Association, you are entitled to a 20 percent discount and the registration fee is only $110. NOTE: If you are eligible and you wish to receive this special discounted fee, you will need to call the Austin Bar Association Office (512-472-0279) and request the 'Austin Bar Member Discount Code' for CLEonline.com seminars. When you register for this seminar on our site, enter this discount code on the Shopping Cart page to receive the discounted rate.
This seminar is accredited for 5.5 hours of participatory CLE credit (no ethics) by the MCLE Committees of the State Bar of Texas and the State Bar of California. In addition, regular CLE credits for this seminar are also available in a number of other states. CLEonline.com is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider pursuant to Sec. 9 of the California MCLE Rules and Regulations. (These are not self-study credits, but rather 'participatory' credits as you would receive for attending a traditional, live CLE seminar.)
PLEASE REMEMBER-- All of our online CLE seminars are covered by our 'Full Satisfaction' guarantee. If for any reason you are dissatisfied with this or any other CLEonline.com seminar, we will gladly issue you a prompt refund. Thus, you have nothing to lose in trying one of our convenient online CLE seminars. If you have never participated in an online seminar before, we think you'll be pleasantly surprised!
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