Plunkett Cooney will present a webinar on "Winning in Today's Remote Litigation Environment" Wednesday, September 21, from 11 a.m. to noon via Zoom.
The stakes have never been higher in litigation than they are today. It isn't necessarily because judges and juries are more generous in making awards. Nor are opposing counsel devising novel legal theories that must be confronted.
Rather, today's litigation environment very often has less to do with the facts and law than it does with one's ability to effectively operate remotely. In the remote courtroom, winning may depend upon effective and efficient use of the technological advances that evolved from, and likely will endure well beyond, the COVID-19 pandemic.
This webinar will explore how the remote courtroom is changing the way litigation is approached. To achieve successful outcomes in remote litigation, lawyers and their clients alike now must consider how the remote courtroom and the challenges it presents can impact their dispute.
To do this, effective litigation strategy and planning now must include:
• A clear understanding how a particular dispute will playout remotely
• An evaluation of how the forum court is set up for remote litigation, including its technology capabilities and new procedures
• Understanding the client's technology capabilities and needs
• A reexamination of how to choose the litigation team which can no longer simply include attorneys
• An assessment of equipment and connectivity needs to ensure seamless and worry-free presentations when it matters
• Learning and practicing effective document and evidence presentation
• Understanding how to fairly and effectively coordinate with counsel, the court and witnesses
• How evidence will be presented
• Understanding and planning for unique remote litigation costs
Presenting at the webinar will be Plunkett Cooney's Andrea Barragan and Matthew J. Boettcher.
A member of Plunkett Cooney's Bloomfield Hills office, Barragan works as a litigation support specialist, providing technical assistance to members of the firm's medical liability, insurance defense, construction law, labor and employment law and litigation practice groups. Barragan assists attorneys and paralegals preparing for trial by managing document intensive files, assisting with document productions and displaying exhibits in court. She has experience using litigation support software, including Relativity, Summation, and Trial Director.
Boettcher is a partner in the firm's Bloomfield Hills office and co-leader of Plunkett Cooney's Commercial Litigation Practice Group. He concentrates his practice in the area of commercial litigation with specialization in real property, banking conflicts, contract disputes, class action defense and business torts.
For additional information about the webinar, visit www.plunkettcooney.com/perspectives-events.
