Part 3: The first program involved case selection, representation, and initial pleadings. The second program dealt with discovery, evidence, and motions practice. This program covers pre-trial, trial, and post-trial from the plaintiff’s and defense perspective.
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In this practical webinar, you will explore the last steps in successful litigation of a high-frequency police liability: pre-trial, trial, and post-trial from both the plaintiff’s and defense’s perspective.
You will learn the following based on a review of a hypothetical fact pattern:
- How to evaluate your case
- Prepare for the final pre-trial conference and presentation of witnesses
- Pick the best jury
- Master examination and cross-examination of liability and damages witnesses
- Give memorable openings and closings
- Draft special jury instructions and verdict forms
- Handle the qualified immunity question at trial
- Protect the record for appeal
- Prepare and defend attorney’s fee petitions.
Upon course completion, you will be able to:
- Evaluate, negotiate, and settle on the best terms
- Meet goals for the final pre-trial conference
- Prepare, not rehearse, witnesses for trial
- Select a jury that benefits your case
- Maximize your examination and cross-examination of key witnesses
- Deliver winning openings and closings
- Prepare special jury instructions and verdict forms
- Present the qualified immunity question to the judge
- Avoid reversal on appeal
- Submit a winning fee petition
Wayne C. Beyer
Wayne C. Beyer is an experienced litigator, author, presenter, and former administrative appeals judge. Mr. Beyer has served as lead counsel in over 300 police misconduct and corrections cases. He was an assistant corporation counsel (later, assistant attorney general) for the District of Columbia. Previously, he was outside counsel to New Hampshire’s municipal self-insurance pool, when he represented most of the state’s police, sheriff’s departments, and county jails. He is the author of the treatise Police Misconduct: A Practitioner’s Guide to Section 1983 (JURIS 2018), and numerous law review and magazine articles. He has also presented on § 1983 at national programs for the Georgetown University Law Center, Defense Research Institute, ABA, and Federal Judicial Center (for District and Magistrate Judges). Mr. Beyer holds degrees from Dartmouth College, Harvard University, and Georgetown University Law Center.
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