Trial Preparation for Washington Legal Assistants
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Before purchasing, review the rules of your licensing or certifying entity. It is your responsibility to confirm this course meets your CE requirements. See the credit tab on the course page for details.
What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Webinar instructions will be emailed before the date of the webinar.
Please log into the webinar 15 – 30 minutes before the start time.
Thursday, August 8, 2024
9:00 am – 4:00 pm PDT
Overview of a Civil Trial
Presented by: Brian Tollefson
- Pre-trial procedure and scheduling orders
- Discovery control plan and discovery overview
- Pre-trial motion practice
- Anatomy of a trial
Managing Evidence
Presented by: Brian Tollefson
- Types of evidence
- Rules for admissibility of evidence
- Preserving evidence
Assisting with Investigations
Presented by: Jodi Dineen
- Summarizing depositions
- Skip tracing
- Coordinating witnesses
- Reviewing pleadings and discovery
Assisting in Trial Prep and Role at Trial
Presented by: Jodi Dineen
- Preparing exhibits, exhibit binders and exhibit/witness Lists
- Assembling trial notebooks
- Making necessary reservations
- Jury selection
- Role during trial
Effectively Working with Opposing Counsel and Staff
Presented by: James C. Suits II
- Analyzing methods of communication
- Standards for responding to emails
- Working with the courts
- Maintaining professionalism
Litigation Ethics for Assistants and Paralegals
Presented by: Joshua F. Gonzales
- Attorney and paralegal ethical rules
- Specific areas of concern for legal support staff
- Conflicts of interest
- Confidentiality
- Ex-parte communications
- Avoiding the unauthorized practice of law
- Working with clients, courts and opposing counsel
Webinar Instructions
All attendees must log-on through their own email – attendees may not watch together if they wish to earn continuing education credit. HalfMoon Education Inc. must be able to prove attendance if either the attendee or HalfMoon Education Inc. is audited.
Certificates of completion can be downloaded in PDF form upon passing a short quiz. A link to the quiz will be sent to each qualifying attendee immediately after the webinar. The certificate can be downloaded from the Results page of the quiz upon scoring 80% or higher.
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Windows 7 – 10 or Mac OSX Mavericks (10.9) – macOS Catalina (10.15)
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Credits
Paralegals
6.0 CLE Hours (Incl. 1.0 Ethics Hour)
NFPA - National Federation of Paralegal Associations
6.0 CLE Credits (Incl. 1.0 Ethics Credit)
Accountants
6.0 CLE Credits (Incl. 1.0 Ethics Credit)
Continuing Education Credit Information
This webinar is open to the public and is designed to qualify for 6.0 CLE hours, including 1.0 ethics hour, to paralegals. Paralegal certification is not required to participate in this course.
This webinar has been approved by the National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA) for 6.0 total CLE credits, which includes 5.0 general CLE credits and 1.0 ethics CLE credit.
This webinar has been approved by the Washington State Bar Association for CLE accreditation for Limited License Legal Technicians (LLLTs). This course offers 6.0 total CLE credits, including 1.0 ethics CLE credit, to Limited License Legal Technicians (LLLTs) in Washington.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the webinar for those who attend the entire course and score a minimum 80% on the quiz that follows the course (multiple attempts allowed).
On-Demand Credits
The preceding credit information only applies to the live presentation. This course in an on-demand format is not pre-approved by any licensing boards and may not qualify for the same credits; please consult your licensing board(s) to ensure that a structured, asynchronous learning format is appropriate.
Speakers
Jodi Dineen
Paralegal with Etter, McMahon, Lamberson, Van Wert & Oreskovich, P.C., in Spokane, WAMs. Dineen has been a paralegal for 36 years, first starting out in California and then in Spokane since 2000. For the past 25 years that she has been at EMLVO where she has assisted her attorneys with cases in criminal law, personal injury and business litigation. Her “super powers” are managing large volumes of discovery, preparing for trial and attending trial as a “Jodi of All Trades”.
Joshua F. Gonzales
Fidelity National Law GroupMr. Gonzales is Litigation Counsel and Assistant Vice President at Fidelity National Financial (FNF), the nation’s largest provider of title insurance and related services. As a member of FNF’s in-house litigation department, he represents insured homeowners in quiet title actions and easement disputes and represents the company and its subsidiaries in commercial litigation and consumer matters.
Before beginning his legal career, Mr. Gonzales developed extensive experience in information technology, server administration, data privacy, and software design. He continues to draw on this technical background in his legal practice, particularly in matters involving technology, information systems, and data privacy. Mr. Gonzales also holds the Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US) credential.
James C. Suits II
Chief Executive Officer, Suits Litigation, Inc., in San Jose, CAMr. Suits is the Chief Executive Officer of Suits Litigation, Inc., a plaintiff personal injury firm based in San Jose, California, which he founded in 2012. With 22 years of legal experience, he focuses his practice on advocating for individuals who have sustained serious injuries in motor vehicle accidents, including those involving cars, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, and pedestrians. Mr. Suits earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1997 before obtaining his law degree from the University of Southern California Law School in 2003. Prior to establishing his own practice, he worked as a litigation attorney for the firms of Tharpe & Howell, LLP and Robinson & Wood, Inc.
Brian Tollefson, Ret.
Black Robe Dispute Resolution Services, PLLCMr. Tollefson is a principal at Black Robe Dispute Resolution Services, PLLC. He also serves as a pro-tem judge for Pierce County Superior Court. Previously, he served as a judge for Pierce County Superior Court for more than 27 years. During his time on Superior Court, he was on the Executive Committee, served as presiding judge, and participated on a number of local Superior Court committees. He served on several committees in the Washington State Superior Court Judges Association and as a trustee on the Association’s board of trustees for five years.
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