The Michigan Association for Justice (MAJ) Annual Convention, featuring a two-track seminar and banquet, will take place May 10-11, at the Westin Book Cadillac in Detroit.
The seminar on May 10 will include an Advocacy track moderated by Steve Gursten and a Business of Running a Law Practice track. Advocacy track topics and speakers include:
• Plenary Session Keynote Speaker - The Psychology of Winning Jury Trials – Using Decision-Making and Psychological Principals to Persuade with David Wenner, AZ.
• Win Every Time: The Code with Robert Collins, TX.
• Sequencing and Order of Evidence and Key Witnesses with Ven Johnson, Detroit.
• “Understanding Bubba” - Evolving Your Trial Messaging to Reach Today’s Jurors with Kevin Seiferheld, Farmington Hills
• Spoliation – The Trial Lawyer’s Secret Weapon with Jon Marko, Detroit.
• Lessons Learned From 300 Jury Trials with Rick Block, FL.
• Crushing, Flipping and Co-opting the Defendant’s Expert: Cross-Examination Kill Shots with Morgan Adams, TN and Washington State.
The Law Practice track will cover such topics as innovative software programs, hiring practices, liability, marketing, and more. Attendees can attend sessions from both tracks.
The banquet on May 11 will honor outgoing President Debra Freid and welcome new President Robert MacDonald. Wayne State University of Law School Prof. Robert Sedler will be presented with the MAJ Champion of Justice Award and Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Elizabeth Gleicher will be presented with the MAJ Judicial Excellence Award.
To register for the seminar and/or banquet visit www.michiganjustice.org/events or call 517-321-3073.
- Posted May 02, 2019
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MAJ plans convention for May 10-11 in Detroit
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