Preparing for a Successful Trial 2026

  • In-person seminar
  • Webcast seminar
  • Civil Litigation Law
Up to 6.0 Credit Hours
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Preparing for a Successful Trial 2026

Where preparation meets performance

Successful trials begin long before anyone enters the courtroom. Careful planning, clear communication, and a well-prepared team can help you anticipate challenges and respond with confidence.

8:30 am
Trial Strategies to Connect with the Jury

Catherine La Fleur, Suann Ingle

  • Discussion of how connection starts during voir dire
  • Overview of mock jury exercises and venue analysis - "the more you know"
  • Courtroom tips - get to know the judge, the courtroom, address how attorneys, witnesses, etc. move around the room
9:20 am
Working with Expert Witnesses

Allan Foeckler

10:10 am
Break
10:25 am
A Mock Trial How To

Catherine La Fleur, Suann Ingle

  • Understand how to choose mock participants
  • Learn the pitfalls of "DIY" and how to avoid them
  • Discuss AI options
  • Understand the goal of the research exercise "What is a win?"
  • Analyze how to narrow down what is being tested
11:15 am
Courtroom Advocacy

Speaker TBD

  • Handle difficult opposing counsel without escalating conflict or losing focus on your client’s interests
  • Navigate challenging judges while maintaining professionalism, credibility, and control in the courtroom
  • Avoid common courtroom mistakes that can undermine your arguments or frustrate the court
12:05 pm
Lunch
1:05 pm
Motions in Limine

Speaker TBD

  • Identify when a motion in limine is the right tool for addressing potentially damaging evidence before trial
  • Draft persuasive motions in limine that clearly identify the evidentiary issue and desired ruling
  • Develop effective strategies for admitting or excluding evidence before it reaches the jury
1:55 pm
Winning Depositions

Cristina Kerr

  • Understand how to prepare your client to be disposed
  • Discuss how to support your client in a deposition
  • Review best practices for crafting questions
2:45 pm
Program Concludes
Allan Foeckler
Cannon & Dunphy S.C. · Brookfield
Suann Ingle
Suann Ingle Associates Decisive Trial Design · New York, NY
Cristina Kerr
Bye, Goff & Rohde Ltd · River Falls
Catherine La Fleur
La Fleur Law Office S.C. · Milwaukee

  • Develop practical strategies for understanding the judge and navigating the courtroom
  • Avoid common courtroom mistakes that can undermine your arguments
  • Create persuasive motions in limine that identify the evidentiary issue
  • Improve your deposition questions using proven best practices
  • Leave with a game plan for conducting your own mock trial in preparation for an upcoming difficult trial
  • Litigators
  • Civil litigators
  • New attorneys
  • Paralegals

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