The Litigator’s Guide to Evidentiary Objections: When to hold them and how to avoid mistakes (Including 1hr of Ethics) [2024 Edition]

Robert J. Foster
Arthur D. Burger
Caroline Y. Lee-Ghosal
Robert J. Foster | Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLC
Arthur D. Burger | Jackson & Campbell, P.C.
Caroline Y. Lee-Ghosal | Jackson & Campbell, P.C.
On-Demand: April 26, 2024

2 hour CLE

Tuition: $195.00
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Program Summary

Session I - Objection Tactics: The litigator’s roadmap to effective evidence challenges - Robert J. Foster

Every trial has four realities: What happened, what the Plaintiff says happened, what the Defendant says happened and what the jury decides happened. The Rules of Evidence play a major role in determining what a jury decides happens. This seminar will focus on recognition of potential evidentiary issues during the discovery phase and identify strategies to anticipate and avoid evidentiary issues in motions and trial. The seminar will then discuss the appropriate methods to raise, counter and preserve objections to evidentiary issues at trial.

Key topics to be discussed:

  • Most common evidentiary issues at trial
  • Common mistakes during discovery that create evidentiary problems
  • Resolving difficult authentication issues
  • Proper use of motions in limine
  • Making a proper objection
  • Preserving evidentiary objections for appeal

Session II – Ethical Considerations in Litigation Strategy – Arthur D. Burger and Caroline Y. Lee-Ghosal

A litigator’s strategy in connection with discovery and evidentiary issues for trial often revolves around the applicable procedural rules and rules of evidence. However, the litigator that fails to give due regard in their strategy to the potential impact of the ethical rules does so at their peril. Ethical rules and considerations play a major role in shaping and determining what evidence may be obtained during discovery and ultimately presented at trial. This seminar will focus on identifying potential ethical hazards associated with evidentiary issues and discuss how to prepare for and/or address these issues when they arise in discovery and at trial.

Key topics to be discussed:

  • Ensuring compliance with discovery obligations and confronting spoliation issues
  • Protecting privileged communications, including handling inadvertent production of privileged material
  • Ethical considerations in witness preparation
  • Handling concerns regarding potentially false testimony or fraudulent documents
  • Prohibition on lawyers asserting personal views

Closed-captioning available

Speakers

Robert J. Foster_myLawCLERobert J. Foster | Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLC

Robert J. Foster, Partner in the firm’s Litigation Group, handles complex litigation matters, including class actions, minority shareholder disputes, unfair competition claims, Lanham Act claims, personal injury, first-party claims, UM/UIM arbitrations, insurance coverage claims, bad faith, and professional liability claims. He also has extensive appellate experience and has been asked to participate as Amicus Curiae by many prestigious organizations, including the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. Rob has been a consultant to many companies regarding indemnification, licensing, trademark, and copyright issues.

Rob is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education seminars on indemnification agreements, subrogation and liens, legal research and writing, technology, evidence, discovery, insurance coverage disputes, bad faith, and the Fair Share Act. Rob was an adjunct professor at Drexel University in the LeBow College of Business. From 2001-2018, he served as an adjunct professor at Temple University, teaching Legal and Ethical Issues in Sports and Recreation. He has also taught a similar class at Drexel University in the LeBow College of Business.

Rob has been certified by the NFL and NBA Players Associations as a player representative. He has negotiated marketing deals on behalf of athletes and companies, and advised sports facilities, organizations, and professional teams on risk management and contractual issues, and provided consultation and legal services to writers, musicians, and professional athletes. He has also engaged in national webcasts and written articles on liability matters facing amateur sports organizations.

 

Arthur D. Burger_myLawCLEArthur D. Burger | Jackson & Campbell, P.C.

Art is chair of Jackson & Campbell’s Professional Responsibility Practice Group, representing law firms and lawyers in matters related to legal ethics and legal malpractice. He was selected as “Lawyer of the Year” in Washington, D.C. for Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law by Best Lawyers of America® for 2023 and the practice group has a Tier 1 Regional Ranking.

Mr. Burger is a national leader in legal ethics, legal malpractice, and the law governing lawyers. He has been representing prominent law firms and lawyers for over two decades.

Selected repeatedly as a Best Lawyer® in Ethics and Professional Responsibility by Best Lawyers of America© and as a Super Lawyer® in Professional Liability Defense, Art litigates in the areas of legal malpractice, fiduciary duties, motions to disqualify, internal law firm disputes, Bar disciplinary proceedings, and matters before the Office of Enrollment and Discipline of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He also serves as outside counsel to law firms and provides guidance regarding potential conflicts of interest and other ethical dilemmas.

In addition to his experience as a practitioner, Art has a deep background in the jurisprudence of ethics law. He was a member of the Editorial Board of the ABA/Bloomberg Law-Lawyers’ Manual on Professional Conduct and is an Adjunct Professor at the Antonin Scalia Law School of George Mason University, teaching a night class in Professional Responsibility. He was a member of the ten-person American Bar Association (ABA) Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility from 2014 to 2017; an elected District of Columbia Bar Delegate to the ABA House of Delegates from 2011 to 2012, where he worked with the ABA Ethics 20/20 Commission; a member of the District of Columbia Bar Legal Ethics Committee from 2003 to 2009; a member of the District of Columbia Bar Rules of Professional Conduct Review Committee from 1998 to 2004; and he has taught numerous District of Columbia Bar continuing legal education courses (CLE) on legal ethics and has lectured around the country.

Art also serves as an expert witness on legal ethics and the standard of care for lawyers. In Diamond Resorts vs. Newton Group Transfers, LLC, 2022 WL 1642865 (S.D. Fla. 2022), the court found him “more than qualified to give his expert opinion in matters of legal ethics.”

 

Caroline Y. Lee-Ghosal_myLawCLECaroline Y. Lee-Ghosal | Jackson & Campbell, P.C.

Caroline Y. Lee-Ghosal is an attorney in the Real Estate and General Litigation and Trial Practice Groups at Jackson & Campbell, P.C. She has represented lawyers in legal ethics, disciplinary, and professional liability matters, including in the recent cases of Attorney Grievance Commission v. Tatung and Attorney Grievance Commission v. Riely before the Supreme Court of Maryland. Caroline also represents clients in a broad range of civil litigation matters, involving complex commercial disputes as well as real estate and land title issues. She previously acted as in-house counsel for a regional healthcare provider, where she advised the company on business, regulatory compliance, and labor and employment issues. She also served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Lynne A. Battaglia, a senior judge of the Supreme Court of Maryland.

Caroline currently serves on the D.C. Bar’s Rules of Professional Conduct Review Committee. She earned her J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law, where she served as Executive Editor for the Maryland Journal of International Law, and earned her B.S. in Biochemistry from Georgetown University.

Agenda

Session I – Objection Tactics: The litigator’s roadmap to effective evidence challenges | 2:00pm – 3:00pm

  • Most common evidentiary issues at trial | 2:00pm – 2:10pm
  • Common mistakes during discovery that create evidentiary problems | 2:10pm – 2:20pm
  • Resolving difficult authentication issues | 2:20pm – 2:30pm
  • Proper use of motions in limine | 2:30pm – 2:40pm
  • Making a proper objection | 2:40pm – 2:50pm
  • Preserving evidentiary objections for appeal | 2:50pm – 3:00pm

Break | 3:00pm – 3:10pm

Session II – Ethical Considerations in Litigation Strategy | 3:10pm – 4:10pm

  • Ensuring compliance with discovery obligations and confronting spoliation issues | 3:10pm – 3:25pm
  • Protecting privileged communications, including handling inadvertent production of privileged material | 3:25pm – 3:40pm
  • Ethical considerations in witness preparation | 3:40pm – 3:50pm
  • Handling concerns regarding potentially false testimony or fraudulent documents | 3:50pm – 4:00pm
  • Prohibition on lawyers asserting personal views | 4:00pm – 4:10pm

Credits

Alaska

Approved for CLE Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

Our programs are CLE-eligible through Alaska's recognition of multi-jurisdictional reciprocity.
Alaska

Approved for CLE Credits
2 General

Our programs are CLE-eligible through Alaska's recognition of multi-jurisdictional reciprocity.
Alabama

Approved for CLE Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

Arkansas

Approved for CLE Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

Our programs are CLE-eligible through Arkansas's recognition of multi-jurisdictional reciprocity.
Arizona

Approved for CLE Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

California

Approved for CLE Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

Colorado

Approved for Self-Study Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

Connecticut

Approved for CLE Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

District of Columbia

No MCLE Required
1 General Hour, 1 Ethics Hour

Delaware

Approved for CLE Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

Florida

Approved for CLE Credits
2.5 General, 1 Ethics

Georgia

Approved for CLE Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

Hawaii

Approved for CLE Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

Iowa

Approved for Self-Study Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

Idaho

Pending CLE Approval
1 General, 1 Ethics

Illinois

Approved for CLE Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

Indiana

Approved for Self-Study Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

Kansas

Approved for Self-Study Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

Kentucky

Approved for Self-Study Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

Louisiana

Pending CLE Approval
1 General, 1 Ethics

Massachusetts

No MCLE Required
1 General Hour, 1 Ethics Hour

Maryland

No MCLE Required
1 General Hour, 1 Ethics Hour

Maine

Pending CLE Approval
1 General, 1 Ethics

Michigan

No MCLE Required
1 General Hour, 1 Ethics Hour

Minnesota

Approved for Self-Study Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

Missouri

Approved for Self-Study Credits
1.2 General, 1.2 Ethics

Mississippi

Approved for CLE Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

Montana

Approved for Self-Study Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

North Carolina

Approved for Self-Study Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

Nebraska

Approved for Self-Study Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

myLawCLE reports attendance to Nebraska on each attorney's behalf for all programs. Please do not self-report.
New Hampshire

Approved for CLE Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

As of July 1, 2014, the NHMCLE Board no longer provides pre- or post-approval of courses. Attendees must self-determine whether a program is eligible for credit, and self-report their attendance online at www.nhbar.org, based on qualification provisions of Rule 53.
New Jersey

Approved for CLE Credits
1.2 General, 1.2 Ethics

Our programs are CLE-eligible through New Jersey's recognition of multi-jurisdictional reciprocity, except for the courses required under BCLE Reg. 201:2
New Mexico

Approved for Self-Study Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

Nevada

Approved for Self-Study Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

New York

Approved for CLE Credits
1.2 General, 1.2 Ethics

Our programs are CLE-eligible through New York’s Approved Jurisdiction Group “A”.
Ohio

Approved for Self-Study Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

Oklahoma

Approved for Self-Study Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

Oregon

Approved for Self-Study Credits
2 General

Pennsylvania

Approved for Self-Study Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

Rhode Island

Approved for CLE Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

South Carolina

Approved for CLE Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

South Dakota

No MCLE Required
1 General Hour, 1 Ethics Hour

Tennessee

Approved for Self-Study Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

Texas

Approved for CLE Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

Utah

Approved for Self-Study Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

Virginia

Approved for Self-Study Credits
2 General

Vermont

Approved for CLE Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

Washington

Approved for Self-Study Credits
1 Law and Legal, 1 Ethics

Wisconsin

Approved for Self-Study Credits
2 General

Ethics credits can ONLY be earned through Live-Webcast programs, the Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners does not approve Ethics through On-Demand sessions.
West Virginia

Pending CLE Approval
1 General, 1 Ethics

Wyoming

Approved for Self-Study Credits
1 General, 1 Ethics

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