How to Win an FCRA Trial
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New to the FCRA? As a registrant you have free access to videos and PowerPoint presentations from the 2019 FCRA 101 Workshop. We highly recommend reviewing these presentations before the Spring Training.
Why You Should Attend This Track
The way to take your FCRA practice to the next level is to be willing to take a credit reporting case to trial. Knowing that you are willing to bring a case to trial improves case outcomes for you and your clients. If you don’t have the time to travel across the country to watch a trial in-person, now is your chance to watch our community’s top trial attorneys in action.
This year’s FCRA track will host a mock trial from opening to closing and will include commentary along the way so that you can learn about common trial mistakes and how to replicate winning strategies. The FCRA trial in this year’s FCRA track will focus on an identity theft case.
What You Will Learn
- How to prepare your case and witnesses for trial – We will walk you through what you need to look for, what you need to know about their witnesses, and how your evidence is authenticated and admitted.
- How to present your case at trial – We will walk you through presentation considerations, setting the stage for bringing the emotional content to life, and developing an effective opening and closing statements.
7:00 a.m. | Registration Open |
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Thursday, April 11, 2024 | |
8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast and Legislative Update |
9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. | Evidence Gathering in Credit Reporting Case What evidence you need to gather and admissible for trial |
10:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m. | Opening Statements How to give an effective opening statement and anticipate defense opening |
12:00 p.m.-1:15 p.m. | Annual Business Meeting Lunch |
1:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m. | Direct Testimony How to present plaintiff damages and evidence of liability through direct testimony and be prepared for defense cross |
2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. | Expert Witness How to effectively present expert witness testimony |
3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m. | Adding TCPA to Your Debt Collection Practice How to bring TCPA claims as part of your debt collection practice Moderated by Margot Saunders, National Consumer Law Center |
3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m. | Building a Better Federal Bench Gain awareness of the judicial selection process and how you can influence the process and build a judicial path |
Friday, April 12, 2024 | |
7:00 a.m. | Registration |
8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast and Women's Breakfast |
9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. | Ethics Session: Overcoming Practical Challenges associated with Elder and Disabled Clients How to handle challenges that arise in cases with elderly clients |
10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m. | Defense Testimony How to be prepared for the defendant's witnesses |
11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m. | Lunch |
1:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m. | Defense Experts How to be prepared for the defendant's experts |
2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. | Closing Arguments How to give an effective closing arguments and anticipate defense closing argument |
4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. | Awards Reception with Congressman Hank Johnson |
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