This CLE course will cover the major aspects necessary to effectively present your case to maximize the possibility of winning a successful verdict, both when you are representing the plaintiff and when you are representing the defendant.

The emphasis will be upon those aspects of the trial which make the difference between wim1ing or losing. In addition the Course will teach ways to "protect the record" so that, if you win the trial, your success will be upheld on appeal, if the other side appeals.

Similarly, if you are unfortunately unsuccessful at the trial, and you appeal, it is essential that you protect your record, so that you will preserved for your appeal all reversible errors which the trial judge mad, with the hope that either you will win a complete reversal whereby the appellate court will give the victory to you, or reverse and order a new trial, or modify the lower court decision, so as to give you and your client some of the things you are asking for.