MoBarCLE and the Young Lawyers Section are proud to offer the 2020 Trial Skills Workshop
8:30 – 9:21 AM | Jury Instruction & Trial Preparation
Speaker: Tristin M. Estep, Missouri Attorney General's Office, St. Louis
9:21 – 10:30 AM | Voir Dire
Speaker: Ryan Krupp, Krupp Law Firm, LLC, St. Louis
10:30 – 10:40 AM | BREAK
10:40 – 11:30 AM | Opening Statements
Speaker: Natalie P. Warner, Missouri Attorney General's Office, St. Louis
11:30 AM – 12:21 PM | Direct & Cross Examination
Speaker: Morgan C. Murphy, Zevan Davidson Roman LLC, St. Louis
12:21 – 1:21 PM | LUNCH | on your own
1:21 – 1:51 PM | Objections & Motions in Limine
Speaker: LaceShionna N. Cline, McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips, PA, St. Louis
1:51 – 2:41 PM | Ethics
Speaker: Whittney A. Dunn, The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Company, St. Louis
2:41 – 2:51 PM | BREAK
2:51 – 3:45 PM | Closing Arguments
Speaker: Justin C. Strayhorn, Brown & Crouppen, St. Louis
3:45 – 4:25 PM | Post-Trial Motions & Obligations
Speaker: Philip G. Scanlon, Taaffe and Associates, LLC, St. Louis
4:25 PM | Adjourn
Note: This material qualifies for self-study credit only. Pursuant to Regulation 15.04.5, a lawyer may receive up to six hours of self-study credit in a reporting year. Self-study programs do not qualify for GAL Certification, ethics, elimination of bias or Kansas credit.
| Jury Instruction & Trial Preparation (0.37 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Opening Statements (0.45 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Direct & Cross Examination (0.32 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Objections & Motions in Limine (0.19 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Ethics (0.30 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Closing Arguments (0.35 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Post-Trial Motions & Obligations (0.17 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Faculty Bios (0.19 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| MOLAP Information (0.20 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
LaceShionna N. Cline focuses her practice on labor and employment matters. Lace has defended clients in a variety of matters involving employment litigation, casualty litigation, breach of contract, wrongful death, premises liability, and products liability. In addition to her practice, Lace teaches trial advocacy, as well as legal analysis, research, and communication as an adjunct professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law.
Whittney Dunn is a professional responsibility attorney providing legal ethics and professional responsibility advice to the attorneys of Barnes & Thornburg LLP, an AmLaw 100 firm. Whittney previously served as Senior Risk Manager at The Bar Plan, where she gave ethics CLEs and provided guidance to insureds on practicing ethically.
Tristin Estep works at the Missouri Attorney General’s Office as the Deputy Chief of the Public Protection section. Tristin prosecutes cases state wide acting as special prosecutor in Missouri counties. She has tried dozens of cases to juries in serious and complex cases including homicide, child sexual assault, child abuse, domestic violence, adult sexual assault, and more. Prior to her employment with the Attorney General’s Office, Tristin worked as a prosecutor in Cole County, as well as at the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office where she was a member of the Special Victims Unit. She is a 2015 graduate of Saint Louis University School of Law, with concentrations in criminal and civil litigation.
Ryan Krupp is a trial attorney who focuses on personal injury, wrongful death, and criminal defense cases in Missouri. Ryan has tried a range of cases from semi-truck crashes, premises liability, to wrongful death cases, and a variety of others.
Morgan Murphy is the managing partner at Zevan Murphy LLC in St. Louis, focusing on plaintiffs’ medical malpractice and personal injury cases across Missouri and Illinois. Before joining the plaintiffs' bar, she spent six years defending physicians in medical malpractice suits. She graduated from Washington University School of Law.
Justin is an associate at Brown & Crouppen, where he represents plaintiffs pursuing personal injury claims. Prior to joining Brown & Crouppen, Justin worked as a civil defense attorney and has also worked as a prosecutor in St. Louis City and St. Louis County, where he tried many jury trials to their completion.
Natalie Warner has tried over 60 jury trials as first chair and numerous others as second chair, mentoring young attorneys through their first trials.
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