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About the Seminar
Good lawyers know the Rules of Procedure and Evidence; GREAT lawyers know how to use them to win cases. 

 

Join your colleagues in the litigation bar for a seminar featuring some of South Carolina’s most experienced and knowledgeable trial attorneys, academics, and judges as they provide you with unerring guidance on key rules of procedure and evidence that you must master if you want to take your career to the next level. 

 

What you’ll learn:

·    How to be more persuasive in your motion practice.

·    How to preserve issues correctly and effectively for the appellate tribunal.

·   The rules on use of prior bad acts – and how to use them effectively in impeachment.

·    How to present your case persuasively using visuals and demonstrative evidence.

·    Key rules of procedure and how to make them work for you.

·    Federal Civil Practice including FRCP and jurisdictional developments.

·    And evolving expert evidence. 

 

Seminar Agenda

Welcome and Overview

Justin S. Kahn - Kahn Law Firm, LLP, Charleston

Mastering Key Discovery Issues

John S. Nichols - Bluestein and Attorneys, Columbia

Persuasive Motion Practice

Justin S. Kahn

What's New in Federal Civil Practice

Prof. William M. Janssen - Charleston School of Law

Presenting Your Case Persuasively-How to Persuade the Trier of Fact Using Visuals and Demonstrative Evidence

Justin S. Kahn

Appellate Advocacy: 

Persuasion, Preservation and Pitfalls

The Honorable John D. Geathers - S.C. Court of Appeals, Columbia

Evolving Expert Evidence

The Honorable Daniel M. Coble - S.C. Circuit Court, Columbia

Prior Bad Acts

E. Warren Moise - Grimball & Cabaniss, LLC, Charleston

Ethics for Litigators

La'Jessica Stringfellow - Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, Columbia

Adjourn

 

Mandatory MCLE Credit Hours
This program qualifies for 5.13 MCLE credit hours, including up to 1.0 LEPR credit hour. 

 

This seminar is a Basic to Intermediate level program.

Note: When submitting your compliance reports to the SC Commission on CLE and Specialization, if you completed this in 2024, please use this course code: 24108ADO. 

 

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: 

 

 

Tags Evidence; Big Ticket