Planning Committee

Amy M. Risseeuw, Chair
Peterson Berk & Cross S.C.
Appleton

Edward J. Vopal, Chair
Habush Habush & Rottier S.C.
Green Bay

Kara M. Burgos
Moen Sheehan Meyer Ltd
La Crosse

Timothy M. Johnson
Great American Insurance Company
Milwaukee

Steven L. Nelson
von Briesen & Roper S.C.
Milwaukee

Presiding Judge

Hon. Stephen E. Ehlke
Dane County Circuit Court
Madison

Moderator

Michael P. Crooks
von Briesen & Roper S.C.
Madison

For the Plaintiff

Timothy S. Trecek
Habush Habush & Rottier S.C.
Milwaukee

Edward E. Robinson
Cannon & Dunphy S.C.
Brookfield

For the Defense

Frederick J. Strampe
Borgelt, Powell, Peterson & Frauen S.C.
Milwaukee

Kara M. Burgos
Moen Sheehan Meyer Ltd
La Crosse

8:30 a.m. Overview of the case

Michael P. Crooks

8:35 a.m. Voir Dire – where you can lose the case

Michael P. Crooks

8:50 a.m. Voir Dire Demonstration - plaintiff

Timothy S. Trecek

9:20 a.m. Voir Dire Demonstration – defendant

Frederick J. Strampe

9:50 a.m. Juror Strikes, Judge’s Comments, and Discussion

Michael P. Crooks, Hon. Stephen E. Ehlke

10:10 a.m. Break

10:25 a.m. Voir Dire Demonstration - plaintiff

Edward E. Robinson

10:55 a.m. Voir Dire Demonstration – defendant

Kara M. Burgos

11:25 a.m. Juror Strikes, Judge’s Comments, and Discussion

Michael P. Crooks, Hon. Stephen E. Ehlke

11:45 a.m. Juror feedback and additional panel discussion

All faculty and all jurors

12:15 p.m. Program Concludes

• Identify common pitfalls in the jury selection process and strategies to avoid them
• Observe how plaintiff and defense attorneys approach jury selection and hear the rationale behind their methods
• Receive a sample jury questionnaire and sample strike worksheet to follow along in real time
• Evaluate juror profiles alongside four experienced trial attorneys and consider whether you would make the same strike decisions
• Gain unfiltered insight from jurors as they reflect on their experience
• Follow this case to the 36th Annual Institute of Trial Practice, where the same jurors return for the mock trial

• Civil litigators
• Tort attorneys
• Personal injury litigators
• Criminal litigators
• Insurance attorneys

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