2022 Common Pleas Court Seminar

November 18, 2022

6.0 Credit Hours (including New Lawyer Training Hours)

(4.0 General and 2.0 Professional Conduct Hours)

8:00                 Registration & Welcome

8:30                 Ethical Pitfalls in the Practice of Law  

Peggy Mattimoe Sturgeon, Bar Counsel, Toledo Bar Association

• Practical tips and guidelines for practitioners in Common Pleas Court, including managing client funds, winding down a practice, avoiding conflicts, navigating conflicts in the obligation to tribunal and attorney-client privilege, and unexpected events succession planning for your practice

9:30                 Court Updates:

                 Clerk of Courts - Bernie Quilter

General Division, Civil - Hon. Michael R. Goulding

                    General Division, Criminal - Hon. Dean Mandros

                    Appellate Court - Jason Hill, Esq.

10:30               BREAK

10:45               Trial Practice: The Nuts and Bolts of Trial

Drew Wood, Ohio Attorney General’s Office

                                •Refresher on Trial Procedure

                              •Strategies for Jury Selection

                                            Identifying your ideal juror

                                                Persuading the jury before the start of trial

                                                How to use your strikes

                              •Evidence: Admission and Best Uses

                                            Strategic use of Motions in Limine

                                             Admission

                                            Presentation to the jury

                              •Using Technology to Present your Case      

                              •Making the Most of Closing Arguments

                              •Protecting the Record & Post-Trial Considerations

11:45               LUNCH BREAK – included

12:30               Criminal Case Law Update- Evy Jarrett, Lucas County Prosecutor’s Office

12:45               Civil Case Law Update- Tammy Lavalette, City of Toledo Department of Law

1:00                 Winning Your Argument

Effective Oral Arguments- Andrew Mayle, Mayle LLC

Effective Writing Strategies- Jeff Smith, RCO Law

Practice Makes Perfect: Mock Trials- Jean Sieler, RCO Law

2:30                 BREAK

2:45                 Return of the Toledo Way: Empathy and Professionalism in the Practice of Law

Hon. Ian B. English, Lucas County Common Pleas

Peter Rost, Esq., Kaplan, Richardson, Rost & Vicente

Jerome Phillips, Esq., Wittenberg, Phillips & Levy

John Barron, Esq,  Shumak er, Loop & Kendrick, LLP 

3:45                 Adjourn

Toledo Bar Association, 2nd Floor

All registration fees must be paid in full prior to the start of the seminar. Cancellations received prior to the seminar will be refunded less a $30 administration fee. No refunds or transfers given for cancellations received on or after the day of the program. Upon request, course materials are available in consideration of tuition paid. The TBA reserves the right to modify or cancel a program if circumstances warrant. If the TBA cancels a program, full tuition will be refunded.