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2025 Trial Skills Seminar

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Price

$200 for EAGLE

381 minutes

Date Published

February 2, 2026

Publisher

Washington State Association for Justice

Subjects

Trial Advocacy, Trial Skills, Trial Techniques

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Summary

Trial Skills CLE (EAGLE Members only)
Friday, December 5, 2025

Co-Chairs:
Bridget Grotz, Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala PLLC
Jackson Pahlke, Connelly Law Offices, PLLC

Seminar Schedule
6.0 Law & Legal, .5 ETHICS

8:25-8:30AM Welcome from Co-Chairs

8:30-9:15AM Grit, Grace, and Growth: How You and Your Client Become a Trial Team

Amanda Carmody, Miller Olsen

9:15-9:45AM Burnet and the Ethical Quandary of Late Witness Disclosures (ETHICS)

Ron Park, Friedman | Rubin, PLLP

9:45-10:15AM Voir Dire in Employment Cases: Strategy and Tactics

Jesse Wing, MacDonald Hoague & Bayless

10:45-11:15AM Tips from a Trial Judge

Hon. James Rogers, King County Superior Court

11:15-12:00PM Opening Statements

Nathan Roberts, Connelly Law, PLLC

12:30-1:00PM Fact Witnesses: Lessons Learned from Trial(s) by Fire

Natida Sribhibhadh, Keller Rohrback

1:00-1:30PM Expert Witness Direct - Building Trust in an Expert-Wary World

Mallory Allen, Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala

1:30-2:30PM How to Deal with Your Bad Facts

Justin Bernstein, UCLA Law, Bernstein Trial Strategies

3:00-3:30PM Shared Fiduciary Duty Responsibility: Attorneys and Financial Advisors Guiding Clients Through Sudden Wealth

Sean Gamble, Friedman | Rubin, PLLP
Roger Reynolds, Coldstream Wealth Management

3:30-4:00PM Exploiting Inconsistencies: Impeachment as Drama

Mark Middaugh, Middaugh Law, PLLC

4:00-4:30PM Closing Arguments - The Big Picture

Eric Fong, Fong Law

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Presenters

Amanda Carmody

Miller Olsen

Ron Park

Jesse A. Wing

MacDonald Hoague & Bayless

JESSE WING is a trial lawyer at MacDonald Hoague & Bayless in Seattle, Washington, and for the past twenty-three years,... Read More

James S. Rogers

The Law offices of James S. Rogers

James S. Rogers is the principal lawyer in Seattle’s Law Offices of James S. Rogers. His practice is limited to serious... Read More

Nathan P. Roberts

Connelly Law Offices

Nate Roberts is a trial lawyer who represents real, everyday people as they work to hold corporations and government... Read More

Natida Sribhibhadh

Keller Rohrback

Mallory Allen

Mallory C. Allen is an attorney with the law firm of Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala PLLC in Seattle. Ms. Allen has spent her... Read More

Justin Bernstein

UCLA Law

Sean Gamble

Friedman | Rubin

Sean J. Gamble has been an attorney at Friedman|Rubin since 2009. Sean has worked on a variety of matters including brain... Read More

Mark Middaugh

Middaugh Law, PLLC

Eric M. Fong

Fong Law, PLLC

Imaginative and yearning to explore with measured recklessness, Eric Fong lives for the adrenalin only a courtroom provides. ... Read More

Program Titles and Supporting Materials

This program contains the following components:

Media Files

Grit, Grace, and Growth - Video

Burnet and the Ethical Quandary of Late Witness Disclosures - Video

Voir Dire in Employment Cases - Video

Tips from a Trial Judge - Video

Opening Statements - Video

Fact Witnesses - Video

Expert Witness Direct - Video

How to Deal with Your Bad Facts - Video

Shared Fiduciary Duty Responsibility - Video

Exploiting Inconsistencies - Video

Closing Arguments - Video

Downloadable Files

2025 Trial Skills Seminar - Handout

Credit

If applicable, you may obtain credit in multiple jurisdictions simultaneously for this program (see pending/approved list below). If electing credit for this program, registrants in jurisdictions not listed below will receive a Certificate of Completion that may or may not meet credit requirements in other jurisdictions. Where applicable, credit will be only awarded to a paid registrant completing all the requirements of the program as determined by the selected accreditation authority.

How to Attend

Join the self-paced program from your office, home, or hotel room using a computer and high speed internet connection. You may start and stop the program at your convenience, continue where you left off, and review supporting materials as often as you like. Please note: Internet Explorer is no longer a supported browser. We recommend using Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Safari for best results.

Technical Requirements
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