Masters of Justice: Jury Selection Seminar – September 17-19, 2014

The Florida Justice Association’s Annual Masters of Justice event is bringing you five seminars this year – Auto Negligence, Insurance and bad faith, Jury Selection, Medical malpractice and Civil Litigation for Paralegals & Legal Assistants. The attorney seminars are exclusively for FJA Members but the paralegal and legal assistants seminar is open to non-members.

F. Catfish Abbott attorney will be demonstrating Voir Dire, a preliminary examination of a witness or a juror by a judge or counsel. With more than 34 years of experience and over hundred and thirty jury trials, Catfish has vast experience handling complicated cases.

Seminar: Jury Selection Seminar
Date: Thursday, September 18
Program Co-Chairs:
Catfish Abbott, Abbott Law Group, P.A., Jacksonville
Eric Romano, Romano Law Group, Lake Worth

1:00 pm Welcome and Opening Remarks
Program Co-Chairs: Catfish Abbott, Jacksonville, and Eric Romano, Lake Worth

1:10 pm Pulling the Curtains Back: When and How to Request a Juror Interview or to Challenge a Juror for Non-Disclosure
Bard D. Rockenbach, West Palm Beach

1:40 pm Tags, Tweets and Trials: The Impact of Social Media on Voir Dire and Throughout the Trial
John Linss, CEO, American Big Data, Atlanta

2:10 pm Break and Exhibit Viewing

2:25 pm Voir Dire Demonstration
Plaintiff: John F. Romano, Lake Worth
Defense: Catfish Abbott, Jacksonville

3:55 pm Voir Dire Panel Discussion
Panel of Approximately 12 People Who Have Served on Civil Juries Interactive Q&A-Style Format, Moderated by Catfish Abbott and Eric Romano

5:00 pm Adjourn

For more information, on the upcoming Masters of Justice, please contact the FJA CLE Department at (850) 521-1097.
Read more about the Jury Selection Seminar.

Accommodations & Location
Loews Portofino Bay Hotel
5601 Universal BoulevardOrlando, FL 32819