September 2019: The Art of Cross Examination

This Continuing Legal Education program (free through the month of September 2019 for ATL subscribers - which itself is free)  reviews the basic concepts of effective cross examination and highlights techniques which can be used to strengthen your cross examination skills - whether you are a newly-minted trial lawyer beginning your career, or a seasoned attorney seeking to refresh and refine their cross examination abilities.
Learning Objectives:

• Organize your evidence so that you are prepared to impeach the witness and undermine their testimony at any time during trial
• Discuss the best cross examination questions to bolster your credibility with the judge and jury
• Control the witness and behave with confidence, but not swagger, in the courtroom.

Title:
The Art of Cross Examination
By:
Above the Law + Lawline
Credit:

• Alaska
• Arizona 
• Arkansas
• California
• Connecticut
• Georgia
• Hawaii
• Illinois 
• Indiana
• Missouri
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York
• North Carolina
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Virginia
• West Virginia
• Other Jurisdictions: Check with your credit-granting authority; you might be able to self-apply.

Speaker:

Jim Quinn is an accomplished trial lawyer who served for many years as head of the Litigation Department of the international law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. Mr. Quinn specializes in high stakes commercial disputes. He has practiced in all areas of complex litigation and alternative dispute resolution, with particular emphasis on antitrust, securities, false advertising, sports, entertainment, patent and related complex intellectual property litigation. Mr. Quinn’s most recent notable engagements include obtaining for CBS the dismissal with prejudice of a landmark putative class action in which current and former NCAA Division I college football and basketball players alleged that CBS, along with a host of college athletic conferences, other networks and licensors, profited from the broadcast and use of those Student-Athletes’ names, likenesses and images without permission; winning for CBS Corporation the dismissal, affirmed on appeal, of a putative securities fraud class action relating to a $14 billion impairment; obtaining a complete dismissal for ESPN, Inc. and certain Walt Disney Co. companies in a $130 million suit brought by Echostar concerning alleged contract breaches relating to rights to ESPN and Disney’s high-definition television networks; securing a complete dismissal for CBS Corporation in a $70 million breach of contract, fraud, and breach of fiduciary duty suit filed by its former anchorman and correspondent Dan Rather stemming from his departure from the network in 2006; on behalf of ExxonMobil, defeating class certification of a purported national class alleging that major petroleum companies conspired to restrict the supply of gasoline; and securing summary judgment for ESPN, Inc. in litigation against boxing promoter Don King who alleged defamation and false light invasion of privacy and sought $2.5 billion in damages.

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