Celesq® Attorneys Ed Center

Program Date: 10/18/2011

Description

In this session of our series of programs on the key aspects of trial, Jones Day partners Tom Jackson and Mike Ginsberg focus on techniques for organizing the direct examination to enhance the persuasiveness of the factual presentation by the witness. Too often, counsel are focused on the elements of the direct examination, but not on the order and manner of the presentation. Our presenters suggest organizational techniques, including the use of demonstrative aids, to enhance the presentation of direct testimony.

View other programs in our Trial Skill Series:
2145- Effective Trial Opening Statements: Avoiding the Perils and Overcoming the Fears
2147- Cross Examination at Trial—Picking Your Fights
2148- Closing Arguments at Trial—Pulling the Theme Together

NOTE: This course has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of Texas Committee on MCLE in the amount of 1.0 credit hours, of which 0 credit hours will apply to legal ethics/professional responsibility credit.

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Available in states

Arizona, California, Colorado Eligible, Colorado Homestudy, Georgia, Missouri, New Jersey Eligible, New York, Texas Self Study

Credit Information

50 minute credit hour - 1.0 General CLE credit
60 minute credit hour - 1.0 General CLE credit

State Program Numbers

CO: 1.0 General

Program Categories

Colorado Homestudy
Corporate and Commercial Law
In-House Counsel
Litigation & Litigation Skills
Texas Participatory CLE Programs

Presenters

Michael H. Ginsberg, Esq. Jones Day	Michael H. Ginsberg, Esq., a partner at Jones Day, resident in its Pittsburgh office, is a trial lawyer who concentrates his practice on the representation of policyholders in disputes with insurance companies regarding coverage for product and environmental liabilities, toxic torts, and bad faith. Mr. Ginsberg chairs his firm's Lawyer Training Committee and serves as chair-elect of the board of trustees of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) for whom he frequently serves as a teacher and team leader. He has been a team leader and faculty member at Emory Law School's Trial Techniques Program, and he has frequently written and spoken on litigation and insurance litigation issues. He was selected by Philadelphia Magazine as a "Pennsylvania Super Lawyer" in the area of insurance coverage (2008-2011) and is listed in Best Lawyers in America (2012) for insurance coverage.

Thomas Jackson, Esq. Jones Day	Thomas R. Jackson, Esq. is a partner at Jones Day, resident in its Dallas office. He focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation in the securities, intellectual property, and antitrust areas, and he also represents clients in a variety of commercial disputes. A council member for the antitrust sections of the Dallas and Texas Bar Associations, Mr. Jackson has been named in The Best Lawyers in America (2006-2011) and Texas Super Lawyers (2007). He serves as the partner responsible for Jones Day's litigation support services firmwide.

AttorneysEd Center

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