Program Details
2026-11-09 14:30:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2026-11-09 14:30:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm ESTThis session equips defense counsel with a framework for preparing law enforcement officers to testify across the full chronological arc of an excessive force encounter following the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling in Barnes v. Felix (2025), which rejected the moment-of-threat doctrine and mandated a totality-of-the-circumstances analysis with no temporal cutoff. Attorneys will learn how to conduct BWC reconciliation sessions, build articulable justifications for pre-seizure tactical choices, and prevent qualified-immunity-destroying admissions under expanded whole-encounter questioning. Attendees will leave with concrete deposition preparation protocols addressing the officer-created jeopardy exposure that Barnes left unresolved and that plaintiffs’ counsel will actively exploit.
Chris Balch 3:40 pm - 4:40 pm ESTThis session teaches civil rights defense attorneys how to conduct a systematic pre-deposition audit of a law enforcement officer’s public disciplinary record and AI-generated incident reports. Attorneys will learn about officer disciplinary disclosure and evidence-preservation requirements, federal discovery and issues involving the rise AI-generated police reports, and practical deposition strategies for navigating challenges to an officer’s adoption of an AI-drafted report. Attendees will leave with a concrete audit framework covering officer history, AI report authentication, and Section 1983 deposition question strategy for AI-generated evidence.
Adam AinslieChris Balch of Balch Law Group has spent more than 30 years helping local government leaders work through complex legal matters, economic development, and community investment. His practice covers local government counsel and internal investigations, alongside land use and zoning, economic development consulting, and UAS implementation. He is regarded as a sought-after expert and speaker for local government lawyers across the country.
Adam Ainslie is a Partner at Miller Waxler LLP with more than a decade of experience litigating high-exposure, complex cases throughout California in state and federal courts. His practice focuses on professional liability, public entity liability, and general liability. He represents public entities and their employees in a broad range of tort, civil rights, and employment matters, including claims involving dangerous roadway designs, negligent maintenance, emergency vehicle operations, and alleged constitutional violations. He has successfully defended law enforcement officers in civil rights cases involving excessive force, false arrest, warrantless detentions, fabricated evidence, judicial deception, malicious prosecution, and deliberate indifference to medical needs. His experience includes extensive first- and second-chair trial work, appellate advocacy, defense verdicts, summary judgments, and favorable resolutions. In addition to litigation, he advises governmental agencies on litigation strategy, risk management, and proactive risk mitigation.
Chris Balch of Balch Law Group has spent more than 30 years helping local government leaders work through complex legal matters, economic development, and community investment. His practice covers local government counsel and internal investigations, alongside land use and zoning, economic development consulting, and UAS implementation. He is regarded as a sought-after expert and speaker for local government lawyers across the country.
Adam Ainslie is a Partner at Miller Waxler LLP with more than a decade of experience litigating high-exposure, complex cases throughout California in state and federal courts. His practice focuses on professional liability, public entity liability, and general liability. He represents public entities and their employees in a broad range of tort, civil rights, and employment matters, including claims involving dangerous roadway designs, negligent maintenance, emergency vehicle operations, and alleged constitutional violations. He has successfully defended law enforcement officers in civil rights cases involving excessive force, false arrest, warrantless detentions, fabricated evidence, judicial deception, malicious prosecution, and deliberate indifference to medical needs. His experience includes extensive first- and second-chair trial work, appellate advocacy, defense verdicts, summary judgments, and favorable resolutions. In addition to litigation, he advises governmental agencies on litigation strategy, risk management, and proactive risk mitigation.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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