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A former complex litigation judge suggests winning strategies for making lawsuits faster and less expensive. Judge Thomas Moukawsher explains effective complaint writing, why summary judgment is the best pre-trial motion, the best use of pre-trial prep time, strategic use of undisputed facts, how to focus fact finders on key exhibits, saving on expert testimony, the use of time clocks at trial, effective deployment of former testimony, powerful cross examination, plain spoken jury charges, the best way to end a trial, the strongest way to write a brief, the dangers of the billable hour, and more...
Thomas Moukawsher is a retired Connecticut Superior Court judge (whose career focused on litigating complex cases. He is the author of the Common Flaw, Needless Complexity in the Courts and 50 Ways to Reduce it from Brandeis University Press in 2023.
Before taking the bench, Moukawsher litigated complex employee benefit cases in federal courts across the country for 20 years, serving as chairman of the ABA Committee on Employee Benefits and co-author of BNA’s Employee Benefits Law. As a judge he handled complex civil commercial cases for many years and was also assigned for two years as the presiding judge of complex family law cases.
Today, in addition to speaking engagements, Moukawsher gives regular commentary on legal affairs through major national media outlets including Newsweek, CNN, the Hill, USA Today, Salon and others.
 | | Practice Areas: | | Civil Procedure, Legal Research & Writing , Litigation & Appeals, Trial Skills | | | Online Media Type: | | Video | | | Production Date: | | 08/01/2024 12:00 PM EDT | | | Level: | | Intermediate | | | Category: | | Standard | | | Duration: | | 1 Hours, 0 Minutes | | | Online Format: | | Live | | | Course Type: | | Public |
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