Civil Litigation and Evidence in Wisconsin Courts

Registration for this event will close at 11am on Thursday, March 20, 2014.  We will not be able to accept reservations after that time. Thank you for your interest.

Marquette University Law School’s 2014 conference on
Civil Litigation and Evidence in Wisconsin Courts

Friday, March 21
8:30 am — coffee and registration
9 am — morning program begins
Noon — lunch will be provided
12:40 pm — afternoon program begins
3 pm — program ends

Marquette Law School, Eckstein Hall
Limited on-site parking available
$40 per person; 6 CLE credits applied for

Among the topics to be covered on Friday, March 21:

• Are you doing it wrong? How (and why) to file judgments correctly in Wisconsin civil actions
• Evidentiary issues arising out of lemon law litigation (including experts and the Internet)
• Expert opinion testimony in civil litigation generally
• HIPAA, federal and state: your duty to protect health care information
• A judge’s perspective on lawyers’ roles
• Medicare and Medicaid: Rights of Reimbursement
• Preparing witnesses for deposition and trial
• Small claims procedures; a commissioner’s perspective on effective representation
• Statutes of repose and insurance coverage
• Proving punitive damages
• Proving “fear of death”

Presenters

• Dan Blinka, Marquette Law School Professor, Conference Co-Chair
• Patrick Dunphy, L’76, Cannon & Dunphy SC, Conference Co-Chair
• Dennis M. Cook, L’71, Court Commissioner, Circuit Court for Milwaukee County
• Hon. M. Joseph Donald, L’88, Circuit Court for Milwaukee County
• Brett Eckstein, L’03, Cannon & Dunphy SC
• Allen Foeckler, L’98, Cannon & Dunphy SC
• Amy Goyette, L’03, Law Office of James Pauly, West Bend
• Maria Kreiter, L’04, Godfrey & Kahn SC, Milwaukee
• Mary Lee Ratzel, L’81, von Briesen & Roper SC, Milwaukee
• Sue Tyndall, L’85, Habush Habush & Rottier SC, Waukesha
• Michael Wirth, L’99, Peterson, Johnson & Murray SC