Partner Joe Popolizio and Litigation Technology Coordinator and Paralegal Holly McGee will cover the Paralegal’s role in trial preparation from retention to verdict. Learn how the attorney and paralegal responsibilities dovetail to effectively represent the client to attain the best result possible. From retention through discovery, litigation, trial prep, and trial, the paralegal’s role and responsibilities, as well as the attorney and the court’s expectations of the paralegal, will be discussed. Learn how to effectively and seamlessly assist the attorney in and out of the courtroom and what to expect and what not to expect at trial.
The APA is a nonprofit professional corporation for paralegals. The APA was organized to elevate and maintain high professional standards and ethics of the legal profession; provide and promote continuing legal education to paralegals; maintain open communications and working relationships between APA and its members and representatives of local and state bar associations; and further the interests of paralegals by gathering, receiving, studying and disseminating information concerning paralegals.
Date: April 20, 2018
Where: Events on Jackson