Total Credits: 8.1 MCLE, 2.3 Ethics, 1.3 Elimination of Bias, 8.0 Kansas Credit-General, 2.0 Kansas Ethics
Sponsored by MoBarCLE & The Missouri Bar Young Lawyers' Section
8:30 - 9:35 AM | Jury Instructions / Trial Prep
Speaker: Jenna Homeyer, Law Offices of Dr. Brad Bradshaw, Springfield
9:35 – 9:45 AM | Break
9:45 - 10:49 AM | Voir Dire (Elimination of Bias)
Speaker: Ryan Krupp, Krupp Law Firm, LLC, St. Louis
10:49 - 10:59 AM | Break
10:59 - 11:56 AM | Opening Statements
Speaker: Natalie Warner, Missouri Attorney General's Office, St. Louis
11:56 AM – 12:56 PM | Lunch Break
12:56 - 1:51 PM | Direct and Cross Examination
Speaker: Morgan C. Murphy, Zevan Davidson Roman LLC, St. Louis
1:51 - 2:01 PM | Break
2:01 – 2:41 PM | Objections
Speaker: Andrew J. Sartorius, The Missouri Bar, Jefferson City
2:41 - 3:07 PM | Motions in Limine
Speaker: Lace Cline, United State District Court for the Western District of Missouri, Kansas City
3:07 – 3:12 PM | Break
3:12 – 4:02 PM | Ethics in Trial
Speaker: Whittney Dunn, The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Company, St. Louis
4:02 - 4:12 PM | Break
4:12 – 5:01 PM | Closing Arguments
Speaker: Justin Strayhorn, Brown & Crouppen P.C., St. Louis
5:01 PM | Adjourn
| Jury Instructions / Trial Prep (1.8 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Voir Dire presentation Mobar Powerpoint (764.9 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Opening Statements (483.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Direct and Cross Examination (956 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Objections (2.9 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Motions in Limine (408.8 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Ethics in Trial (330.9 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Closing Arguments (427.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| MOLAP Information (210.1 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Important Information for Attorneys Seeking Kansas Credit (58.6 KB) | 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.
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.
