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EMAIL diane@sfabota.org to reserve your seat.

San Francisco ABOTA Masters in Trial

This program has been approved for 6.5 MCLE credits by the State Bar of California.

Friday, November 1, 2019
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Milton Marks Auditorium
455 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA  94102

Program
Be a better trial lawyer.  Learn from the Masters.  ABOTA is dedicated to training the next generation of lawyers to meet the highest standards of professionalism and advocacy in the practice of law.  The Masters in Trial program shows how some of the most successful trial lawyers in the country conduct a trial. 

Case
Plaintiff Robin Powell has filed a product liability claim against the defendant, alleging that her 34-year old husband was killed while using an industrial product known as a “SuperPulper” while on the job at a papermill.  The defendant denies that there was any defect in the design of the product and contends that the decedent was responsible for the accident.

Trial Teams
The American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) is an invitation-only organization of over 7,600 of the nation’s premier plaintiff and defense trial attorneys.  The Masters in Trial presenters are members of ABOTA, trial experts and experienced trial judges. 

Program Co-chairs:    Matthew S. Conant
                                      ADR Services, Inc.
                                      Amy Eskin
                                      Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky Wotkyns

Judge
Honorable Mary Wiss, San Francisco Superior Court

 Trial Consultant
Joseph A. Rice, Ph.D., Jury Research Institute, San Francisco 

 Schedule*

8:00 am           Registration
8:50 am           Welcome
9:00 am           Opening Statements
9:45 am           Examination of plaintiff Robin Powell
10:15 am         Examination of lay witness Lou Petrucelli
10:45 am         Break
11:00 am         Examination of expert witness Charles Taylor
11:30 am         Examination of lay witness Mark Donaldson
12:00 pm         Lunch
1:00 pm           Examination of lay witness Lowell Smith
1:30 pm           Examination of expert witness Samuel Tower
2:00 pm           Closing Arguments
2:45 pm           Break
3:00 pm           Jury Deliberations (Streamed Live)
4:15 pm           Panel / Audience Discussion
5:00 pm           Adjourn

*Schedule and speakers are subject to change

COST:
$395 per registrant
$345 per registrant to firms sending three (3) or more attorneys**
$  20 for current law students with the code 19SFLawEDU

A continental breakfast and boxed lunch is included with registration.

 **Registrations must be submitted as a group and cannot be combined with other discounts. Online registration closes 10/31/19.  Refunds, less a $40 administrative fee, are available until 10/25/19. 

Inquiries? 
Contact Diane Rito at diane@sfabota.org or (415) 239-8793.