High Value Verdict Reversals
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will demonstrate to plaintiffs' and defendants' counsel the steps necessary to fortify a successful result (or avert that horrible defeat) while the case is in trial. Without taking proper measures at trial, victory will be fleeting. By examining recent reversals of multi-million dollar verdicts, the panel will provide valuable practice "musts."
Outline
- What factors correlate with reversals
- Conduct during trial
- Failure to properly instruct
- Excessive verdict
- Case examples; discussions
- How to avoid reversal, fix it or use it
Benefits
The panel will review these and other relevant matters:
- Identification of factors behind reversals
- Discussion of large reversals, identifying factors
- Methods for spotting and correcting--or capitalizing--on those factors
Faculty
Eileen GilBride
Partner
Jones Skelton & Hochuli
Ms. GilBride leads the firm’s Appellate Department, and focuses her practice on representing clients in federal... | Read More
Ms. GilBride leads the firm’s Appellate Department, and focuses her practice on representing clients in federal and state appellate matters and dispositive motions. She also counsels and assists trial lawyers in the substantive areas of their practices, from the answer stage through the post-trial motion stage. Ms. GilBride has handled more than 400 appeals at every level of the state and federal courts, in Arizona and other states, which have resulted in more than 80 published decisions.
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Sean Higgins
Partner
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith
Mr. Higgins is a partner in the Houston office of Lewis Brisbois and a member of the Appellate and Toxic Tort &... | Read More
Mr. Higgins is a partner in the Houston office of Lewis Brisbois and a member of the Appellate and Toxic Tort & Environmental Litigation Practices. He represents clients in appellate courts in Texas, California, Michigan and in various federal circuits, including the Fifth, Sixth and Tenth Circuits. Mr. Higgins has obtained reversal of millions of dollars in jury verdicts and has numerous significant published decisions to his name. He also regularly represents clients at trial in business disputes, toxic tort and general liability cases. He has won numerous jury trials and takes pride in the fact that no client of his has ever paid a jury verdict. Mr. Higgins also specializes in supporting other trial counsel in ensuring that appropriate legal arguments are made and preserved for appeal. Sean maintains a sharp focus on counseling clients, with an eye toward obtaining the best and most economical outcomes.
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