Learn the latest on Drafting and Arguing Powerful Motions CLE with this convenient, 24/7 On-demand Seminar and Complimentary Podcast. Register to obtain CLE and MCLE credit, online access to complete course and reference materials, and attend this on-demand seminar. YOU MAY LISTEN FROM ALMOST ANY TYPE OF COMPUTER OR IPOD. ACCESS TO THE RECORDING AND MATERIALS DOES NOT EXPIRE.

Benefits:

Successful litigators must understand the critical nuances to write and argue powerful motions. From the cutting-edge strategies to best practices on drafting and responding to motions, this convenient seminar will teach you the techniques and tactics to take your practice to the next level. The nationally recognized seminar faculty will cover effectively utilizing preliminary and discovery motions, writing and responding to powerful dispositive motions, as well as pre and post-trial motions. Specific emphasis will be placed on the changing shape of the motion to dismiss, the overlooked elements of summary judgment, tactics to advantage the client with regard to discovery motions, effectively preserving issues for appeal, as well as cutting edge insight on amendments. Course materials will serve as a treatise on these skills and techniques, as well as an exhaustive reference source for future reference. The faculty will share many real-life case histories and anecdotes that will readily illustrate the effectiveness of various methods. Register today to enroll in this convenient seminar on Arguing and Writing Powerful Motions.

Agenda:

Drafting and Arguing Powerful Motions CLE:

a. Effective Responses

b. Successful Timing

c. Discovery Motions: What Does and Does Not Work?

d. Writing and Responding to the Powerful Dispositive Motion

e. Handling the Motion to Dismiss

f. Surviving Dismissal

g. Applying the Rules of Evidence

h. The Overlooked Elements on Summary Judgment

i. Cutting Edge Insight on Amendments

j. Effectively Preserving Issues for Appeal thru Motion Practice

Recorded Question and Answer Session

Biography of Seminar Faculty:

1. Reuben Guttman is a founding member of Guttman, Buschner and Brooks PLLC. His practice involves complex litigation and class actions. He has represented clients in claims brought under the Federal False Claims Act, securities laws, the Price Anderson Act, Department of Energy statutes and regulations, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN), Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and various employment discrimination, labor and environmental statutes. He has also tried and/or litigated claims involving fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, antitrust, business interference and other common law torts. The International Business Times has called Mr. Guttman “one of the world’s most prominent whistleblower attorneys.” He has served as counsel in some of the largest recoveries under the False Claims Act. Mr. Guttman served as lead counsel in a series of cases resulting in the recovery of more than $30 million under the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Mr. Guttman is the author and/or editor of numerous articles, book chapters, and technical publications and his commentary has appeared in Market Watch, American Lawyer Media, AOL Government, Accounting Today, and the Jerusalem Post. In addition to his writings, Mr. Guttman has testified before committees of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate on the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA). In 1992, he advised President-elect Clinton’s transition team on labor policy and worker health and safety regulation. Mr. Guttman earned his law degree at Emory University School of Law, where he has been appointed as a Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor at the Emory University School of Law Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution and has been a Team Leader for the school's Trial Techniques Program.

2. David E. Hackett is a Partner at Greines, Martin, Stein and Richland LLP, where he has a broad-based appellate practice. Mr. Hackett has prosecuted and defended numerous appeals and writ petitions, and briefed dispositive pre-trial and post-trial motions, on a variety of topics. They include: agency and partnership, arbitration, civil procedure, contracts, constitutional law, employment, environmental law, evidence, health care, marital property, probate, real estate, state and federal regulations, and tax, among many others. He has also developed particular expertise representing secured commercial creditors in appeals regarding real estate foreclosure procedures, the law of suretyship and guaranty, the “one action” rule, and the anti-deficiency law. He began his career as a federal law clerk on the United States District Court as well as on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Between clerkships, he practiced at Latham and Watkins, where his practice included complex civil litigation, international arbitration, internal corporate investigations, and white-collar defense matters.

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Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission for 1.5 MCLE credits

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Arizona State Bar for 1.5 CLE credits**

California State Bar for 1.5 MCLE credits

Colorado Supreme Court Board of Continuing Legal and Judicial Education for 1.8 CLE Credits

Connecticut for 1.5 CLE Credits

District of Columbia (CLE credits are not required)***

Florida Bar for 2.0 CLE credits

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Nevada Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 CLE credits

New Hampshire for 1.5 CLE credits ****

New Jersey Board on Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 CLE credits (per Rule 201:4)

New Mexico Minimum Continuing Legal Education Board for 1.5 CLE credits

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* Members of the Alaska Bar Association may report 1.5 CLE credits for participating in this course as it has been approved by other mandatory CLE jurisdictions for 1.5 CLE credits.

** The State Bar of Arizona does not approve or accredit CLE activities for the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education requirement. This activity may qualify for up to 1.5 hours toward your annual CLE requirement for the State Bar of Arizona, including 0 hour(s) of professional responsibility.

*** States that do not require CLE are indicated above. Rossdale does not apply for CLE in these states as CLE credit is not required.

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