Prepared for distribution at the CALIFORNIA TRIAL ADVOCACY 2015 Program San Francisco, August 5, 2015 CONTENTS: PROGRAM SCHEDULE... 11 FACULTY BIOS... 19 1. Preparing Your Case for Trial... 41 Honorable Alison M. Tucher Alameda County Superior Court 2. Defense Trial Plan... 51 5
3. Plaintiffs Omnibus Notice of Motions and Motions in Limine (Nos. 19-28), United States District Court, Northern District of California, San Francisco Division (2012)... 59 4. Decoding Electronic Data During Deposition, Association of Business Trial Lawyers Report, Northern California, Volume 20, No. 1, Winter 2010/2011... 91 Honorable Alison M. Tucher Alameda County Superior Court 5. The Evidence Wheel A Systematic Approach to Evidence... 99 6. California Evidence Code Section 352... 111 6
7. California Evidence Code Section 776... 115 8. Federal Rules of Evidence Rule 611 Mode and Order of Examining Witnesses and Presenting Evidence... 119 9. Direct Examination (PowerPoint slides)... 127 10. Jury Selection Overview... 169 11. Juror Questionnaire for Civil Cases, Code of Civil Procedure Section 205(c)-(d)... 251 12. Jury Selection (PowerPoint slides)... 263 7
13. JuryScope (PowerPoint slides)... 283 David H. Weinberg JuryScope, Inc. 14. Telling Your Story in Opening Statement... 307 Cynthia McGuinn Rouda Feder Tietjen & McGuinn Michael J. Pérez Pérez Wilson Vaughn & Feasby LLP 15. The Most Effective Opening Statement Ever Given?, The Champion, September/October 2012... 315 Christopher R. Hall Saul Ewing LLP 16. Using Graphics in Your Opening Statement, Creative Winning Trial Strategies and Graphics, Chapter 8, Specialized Graphics... 325 17. Using Graphics During Your Closing Argument, Creative Winning Trial Strategies and Graphics, Chapter 8, Specialized Graphics... 349 8
18. Opening Statements and Closing Arguments (PowerPoint slides)... 363 Michael J. Pérez Pérez Wilson Vaughn & Feasby LLP 19. Expert Witnesses and Getting Documents into Evidence... 429 I. Neel Chatterjee Frances Cheever Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Eric M. Acker Doris Cheng Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger Linda E. Shostak 20. Getting Stuff into Evidence and Experts (PowerPoint slides)... 439 Eric M. Acker 21. Evidence Overview... 471 Thomas J. Brandi The Brandi Law Firm 22. 10 Steps to a Good Cross-Examination (PowerPoint slides)... 513 Stuart Gasner Keker & Van Nest LLP 23. Cross-Examination (PowerPoint slides)... 527 Simona A. Agnolucci Keker & Van Nest LLP INDEX... 539 Program Attorney: Christina Thompson 9