NEW LAWYERS LITIGATION BOOT CAMP 2017
The Basics and Pitfalls You Must Know Before You Get to the Courtroom
Topic Summary:
Please join some of Wyoming’s most respected trial attorneys for a one day seminar that will teach you the basics of litigation and how to avoid the pitfalls of practice. Learn how to achieve the best results for your clients while networking with trial lawyers from across the state — Sign up now!
Program Agenda
Friday, November 3, 2017
An Airing of Grievances: The Complaint
Jeff Stanbury - Lander, Wyoming
Client Intake and Investigation
Mark Aronowitz - Jackson, Wyoming
Grant Lawson - Casper, Wyoming
Filing, Calculating Deadlines and Relations with Court Staff
Kate Strike, Lander, Wyoming
Ethics and Technology
Jeff Van Fleet - Cheyenne, Wyoming
Time Limitations on Various Claims
Frank Chapman - Kelly, Wyoming
Todd Ingram - Casper, Wyoming
Emily Rankin - Jackson, Wyoming
Gary Shockey - Jackson, Wyoming
Service of Process
Mike Messenger - Thermopolis, Wyoming
Liens
Michael Shickich - Casper, Wyoming
Insurance
Robert Tiedeken - Cheyenne, Wyoming
Discovery
Emily Rankin - Jackson, Wyoming
Gary Shockey - Jackson, Wyoming
Tips from the Bench and Collegiality and Civility - Ethics
Hon. Catherine Wilking - Wyoming District Court, Seventh Judicial District
Hon. Scott Skavdahl – United States District Court – District of Wyoming
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Title 25 Emergency Detentions and Competency Issues
Misha Westby - Cheyenne, Wyoming
Blaine E. Nelson - Evanston, Wyoming
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Minors in the Courtroom
Elizabeth Lance - Cheyenne, Wyoming
Margaret Miller - Lander, Wyoming
Jeff Stanbury - Riverton, Wyoming
10:00 a.m. Break
10:15 - 11:00 a.m. Challenges of Representing Minors
Robert Tiedeken - Cheyenne, Wyoming
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Healthy Client, Healthy Lawyer, Strong Case Ethics
Robert Southard - Laramie, Wyoming
Tina Mansfield - Laramie, Wyoming
Jack Speight - Cheyenne, Wyoming
12:15 - 1:15 p.m. Lunch on your own
1:15 - 2:15 p.m. Communicating Is (never) Easy: Ideas on working with challenging circumstances
Tyson Logan - Jackson, Wyoming
2:15 - 3:15 p.m. From the Bench
Hon. Steven R. Cranfill, 5th Judicial District, Cody, Wyoming
Hon. Michael N. Deegan, 6th Judicial District, Gillette, Wyoming
Hon. Wade E. Waldrip, 2nd Judicial District, Rawlins, Wyoming
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Title 25 Emergency Detentions and Competency Issues
Misha Westby - Cheyenne, Wyoming
Blaine E. Nelson - Evanston, Wyoming
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Minors in the Courtroom
Elizabeth Lance - Cheyenne, Wyoming
Margaret Miller - Lander, Wyoming
Jeff Stanbury - Riverton, Wyoming
10:00 a.m. Break
10:15 - 11:00 a.m. Challenges of Representing Minors
Robert Tiedeken - Cheyenne, Wyoming
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Healthy Client, Healthy Lawyer, Strong Case Ethics
Robert Southard - Laramie, Wyoming
Tina Mansfield - Laramie, Wyoming
Jack Speight - Cheyenne, Wyoming
12:15 - 1:15 p.m. Lunch on your own
1:15 - 2:15 p.m. Communicating Is (never) Easy: Ideas on working with challenging circumstances
Tyson Logan - Jackson, Wyoming
2:15 - 3:15 p.m. From the Bench
Hon. Steven R. Cranfill, 5th Judicial District, Cody, Wyoming
Hon. Michael N. Deegan, 6th Judicial District, Gillette, Wyoming
Hon. Wade E. Waldrip, 2nd Judicial District, Rawlins, Wyoming