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MDLA & MPA are pleased to present this seminar for Litigation Paralegals. You won’t want to miss this opportunity to send your firm’s paralegals and/or experienced litigation team to this excellent seminar. Attendees will receive current, relevant, and useful information on a variety of topics that will assist them in their day to day performance on the litigation legal team.
Requested 4.5 CLE Credits through the National Federation of Paralegal Associations, Inc.
Seminar Faculty
Seminar Coordinators
- John E. Hennen, League of Minnesota Cities, St. Paul, MN
- Benjamin D. McAninch,
Blethen, Gage & Krause, PLLP, Mankato, MN
- Tina M. Johnson, RP®, MPA Director of Professional Development
Faculty
- Natalie McKenney. Senior Paralegal,
Cargill Incorporated, Minneapolis, MN
- Sherri Gaudette,
Hennepin County District Court, Minneapolis, MN
- Jeannie Provo-Petersen, Attorney
- Mary Christensen, Paralegal, Provo-Peterson & Associates, P.A., Lake Elmo, MN
- Marc Jenkins,
Associate General Counsel & EVP-Knowledge Strategy,
Cicayda, Minneapolis, MN
- Karen Zimny, Paralegal, Nilan Johnson Lewis, Minneapolis, MN
- Jack Hennen, Attorney, League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust, St. Paul, MN
- Brigid Volk, Paralegal/Litigation Support Specialist, Greene Espel PLLP, Minneapolis, MN
Schedule
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. |
Registration/Continental Breakfast |
9:00 – 9:45 a.m. |
Becoming the Partner of Choice
Natalie McKenney. Senior Paralegal,
Cargill Incorporated Insight into effective ways to coordinate with in-house legal departments, making better use of paralegals & ways in which paralegals add value for the client. |
9:45 – 10:30 a.m. |
E-Filing and E-Service Across MN
Sherri Gaudette,
Hennepin County District Court Learn the best practices of e-filing and service and the variances from county to county. Review e-filing troubleshooting techniques. |
10:30 – 10:45 a.m. |
Morning Break |
10:45 – 11:30 a.m. |
Managing Discovery and Timing under Minnesota’s New Civil Rules
Jeannie Provo-Petersen, Attorney
Mary Christensen, Paralegal,
Provo-Peterson & Associates, P.A.
Learn the timing and efficient handling of discovery conferences, discovery plans and initial disclosures under MN’s new civil rules. |
11:30 - 12:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
12:30 – 1:15 p.m. |
Developing Augmented Intelligence to Achieve Better Litigation Outcomes
Marc Jenkins, Associate General Counsel & EVP-Knowledge Strategy, Cicayda
In a rapidly evolving and competitive legal market requires in-house counsel to do more with less. Learn how to develop Augmented Intelligence with an appropriate combination of the litigation processes with technology to deliver more efficient legal services. |
1:15 – 2:00 p.m. |
Litigation in the Age of Social Media: Mining Publically-Available Information from Discovery through Trial
Karen Zimny, Paralegal, Nilan Johnson Lewis Learn how social media and other web-based resources can enhance the discovery process with benefits such as unearthing evidence, impeaching witnesses, and identifying the best-possible jury panel for your client’s defense. |
2:00 – 2:15 p.m. |
Afternoon Break |
2:15 – 3:00 p.m. |
The Paralegal’s Role at Trial: Adding Value – Getting Better Results
Jack Hennen, Attorney,
League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust
Brigid Volk, Paralegal/Litigation Support Specialist, Greene Espel PLLP
A focus on trial preparation and trial presentation from two weeks before trial through the trial conclusion and the paralegal’s role from beginning to end in fitting the puzzle pieces of litigation together. |
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. |
Social Hour |
Registration will include written materials, refreshment breaks, lunch and a social hour.
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