Product Details
THIS ONDEMAND PROGRAM IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ACCREDITATION OUTSIDE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
About the Program
Hot Topics in Civil Trial Practice features substantive updates in key areas of personal injury litigation such as medical malpractice, punitive damages, expert witnesses, and issue preservation. In addition, you will receive practical trial guidance on the psychology of persuading a jury, as well as how to make sure that your jury charges pass muster with the trial judge. But don't assume that this seminar will be just another talking head lecture - each presentation will be geared toward practical application and will provide you with the kind of knowledge and insights that will help you win your next case.
Seminar Agenda
The Trial Lawyer's Armageddon
Hon. Ralph King Anderson Jr. (Retired)
Punitive Damages: Law, Proof, and Persuasion
Gene Connell - Kelaher Connell & Connor, PC
Qualification and Examination of Expert Witnesses
Meliah Bowers Jefferson - Wyche Law Firm
Update on Medical Malpractice
Ellis Kahn - Kahn Law Firm, LLP
Crafting a Jury Charge that the Judge Will Use
Hon. William Seals Jr. - SC Circuit Court
Kevin Barth - Barth, Ballenger & Lewis, LLP
The Psychology of Persuasion
Hon. Letitia Verdin - SC Circuit Court
Tom Traxler - Carter Smith Merriam Rogers & Traxler, PA
Trial Ethics/Professionalism
Jill Rothstein - SC Bar
Mandatory MCLE Credit Hours
This seminar qualifies for 6.0 MCLE credit hours, including up to 1.0 LEPR credit hour. This seminar also qualifies for 5.0 Civil and up to 1.0 LEPR credit hours for Magistrates Judges only.
This is a Basic Level Program.
Note: When submitting your compliance reports
to the SC Commission on CLE and Specialization, if you completed this in 2025, please use this course code: 250718ADO
Tags
The South Carolina Bar is an accredited CLE provider in South Carolina only. Attorneys are responsible for seeking their own credit in other jurisdictions.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in CLE programs and publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the South Carolina Bar, its sections, or committees.
The South Carolina Bar believes that all Bar members have the right to both meaningful learning and to the exchange of ideas in a civil environment. The Bar reserves
the right to remove or exclude any person from a Bar event if that person is causing inappropriate disturbance, behaving in a manner inconsistent with accepted standards
of decorum, or in any way preventing fellow Bar members from meaningful participation and learning.