Events

Litigation Section’s Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame member E. Robert Wallach, trial lawyer Daniel J. Callahan, winner of the largest jury verdict in Orange County history, and Orange County Superior Court Judge James Di Cesare, share their thoughts and practical advice on direct and cross-examination.

Formal Opinion No. 2015-193 of the Standing Committee On Professional Responsibility and Conduct of the California State Bar (“Committee Opinion”) opines that an attorney may violate ethical duties of competence by failing to understand and perform e-discovery skills. The Committee Opinion set out a list of nine e-discovery tasks that “attorneys handling e-discovery should be able to perform (either by themselves or in association with competent counsel or expert consultants).”

This webinar will give both new and experienced attorneys a comprehensive overview of motion practice in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, insights into how motions are decided, and important tips for crafting and opposing motions.

Litigators are often entering a mediation or arbitration with dispute resolution clauses that are drafted too vaguely, too specifically…and sometimes are just right. Join our presenters as they will give their respective “insider’s view” into what business clients want and expect in mediation and arbitration, and what arbitrators see as frequent pitfalls – and best practices – in how ADR clauses are interpreted by outside counsel, and what litigators can and should do in the face of a problematic clause.