Program Details
2025-05-30 13:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2025-05-30 13:00:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ESTThis session explores strategic approaches to drafting employment complaints, starting with the end goal of jury persuasion. Practitioners will learn how to transform workplace facts into compelling legal narratives while embedding evidentiary foundations and leveraging Rule 8 pleading standards to survive Iqbal/Twombly scrutiny.
Reuben A. Guttman
Justin K. Victor 2:10 pm - 3:10 pm ESTDefense counsel will examine strategic deployment of Rule 12 motions, jurisdictional analysis, and arbitration considerations when responding to employment complaints. The session covers techniques for deconstructing plaintiff narratives, preserving issues for summary judgment and appeal, and protecting corporate clients from discovery burdens in class and collective actions.
Reuben A. GuttmanJustin K. VictorReuben A. Guttman is a founding member of Guttman Buschner LLP in Washington, D.C. His practice centers on complex litigation, class actions, fraud, antitrust, and False Claims Act cases. Over his career, he has litigated and tried cases resulting in significant whistleblower recoveries. He is widely recognized as one of the country’s foremost False Claims Act and whistleblower attorneys. In addition to his practice, Mr. Guttman teaches trial advocacy and contributes scholarship on legal and public policy issues.
Justin K. Victor is a seasoned first-chair trial lawyer focusing on trade secrets litigation, corporate governance disputes, and other highstakes commercial litigation and arbitration.
Reuben A. Guttman is a founding member of Guttman Buschner LLP in Washington, D.C. His practice centers on complex litigation, class actions, fraud, antitrust, and False Claims Act cases. Over his career, he has litigated and tried cases resulting in significant whistleblower recoveries. He is widely recognized as one of the country’s foremost False Claims Act and whistleblower attorneys. In addition to his practice, Mr. Guttman teaches trial advocacy and contributes scholarship on legal and public policy issues.
Justin K. Victor is a seasoned first-chair trial lawyer focusing on trade secrets litigation, corporate governance disputes, and other highstakes commercial litigation and arbitration.
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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