Program Chairs
Mark E. Larson
Gutglass, Erickson, Bonville & Larson, S.C.
Milwaukee
Steven L. Nelson
von Briesen & Roper, S.C.
Milwaukee
Edward J. Vopal
Habush Habush & Rottier, S.C.
Green Bay
Presiding Judge
Hon. Eugene A. Gasiorkiewicz
Racine County Circuit Court
Racine
Moderator
Michael P. Crooks
von Briesen & Roper, S.C.
Madison
For the Plaintiff
Daniel A. Rottier
Habush Habush & Rottier, S.C.
Madison
Kevin R. Martin
Martin Law Office S.C.
Oak Creek
For the Defendant
Terry E. Johnson
von Briesen & Roper, S.C.
Milwaukee
Amy F. Scholl
Coyne, Schultz, Becker & Bauer, S.C.
Madison
Panelists
Patrick W. Brennan
Crivello Nichols & Hall, S.C.
Milwaukee
Don C. Prachthauser
Murphy & Prachthauser, S.C.
Milwaukee
12:30 p.m. Overview of the case
12:35 p.m. Voir Dire – where you can lose the case
Michael P. Crooks
12:50 p.m. Voir Dire Demonstration - plaintiff
Daniel A. Rottier
1:20 p.m. Voir Dire Demonstration – defendant
Terry E. Johnson
1:50 p.m. Juror Strikes and Panel Discussion
Patrick W. Brennan, Don C. Prachthauser
2:10 p.m. Break
2:25 p.m. Voir Dire Demonstration - plaintiff
Kevin R. Martin
2:55 p.m. Voir Dire Demonstration – defendant
Amy F. Scholl
3:25 p.m. Juror Strikes and Panel Discussion
Patrick W. Brennan, Don C. Prachthauser
3:45 p.m. Juror feedback and additional panel discussion
All faculty and all jurors
4:15 p.m. Program Concludes
- Witness jury selection in a mock trial setting and select your own jury
- See methodical and artful approaches to voir dire from trial specialists
- Understand how, when, and why you should apply these approaches
- Receive sample jury questionnaires, sample strike worksheets, and the most common objections raised during jury selection
- Hear the jury panel discuss their feelings about the experience, the approaches taken, and the questions asked
- Civil litigators
- Torts lawyers
- Personal injury lawyers
- Criminal litigators
- Insurance lawyers
- Any attorney seeking trial experience
Wisconsin ABOTA Chapter Members
ABOTA Wisconsin members can attend the in-person seminar for free by contacting State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE Registrar Toni Wood at twood@wisbar.org or (608) 250-6142.
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As a woman drives down a county road on her way to pick up fast food, a truck driver is backing his tractor-trailer onto the same road at a very slow rate of speed. The two vehicles collide, resulting in serious injuries. The woman files suit alleging the truck driver was negligent and that the trucking company failed to properly train the driver. The driver and trucking company assert that the crash was caused by the plaintiff’s excessive speed and inattentive driving. The jury will be asked to allocate fault among the parties.
A limited number of complimentary parking spaces at the Ray and Kay Eckstein Hall Parking Structure will be available to in-person seminar attendees. Overflow parking is available for $10 in the Wells Street Structure (on Wells Street between 12th and 13th streets).