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Law Enforcement Liability Under Section: 1983 Critical Steps for the Trial Lawyer

Gain an understanding of best practices for trial lawyers during critical decisions within cases.

Whether you are on the plaintiff's or the defense side, you must engage in critical decision making through the life of a case. Be ready for the challenge. This topic will take you through a high exposure death case and fifteen critical decisions you and your opponent will have to make: case selection for the plaintiff; discovery issues and expert retention for both sides; timing and contents for dispositive motions for the defense and how plaintiffs can overcome them; best time to talk settlement; pretrial motions on evidentiary issues; selection of a jury that favors your side; presentation and cross-examination of key witnesses; winning at closing argument; qualified immunity issue to the judge and jury; structure of the special verdict form; post-trial motion if you need to file one; and fee petition for the prevailing plaintiff. All that, plus background materials, checklists, tips, and forms to use in your practice.

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Agenda

Representation and Discovery

  • Should Counsel Take Plaintiff's Case?
  • Can One Lawyer Represent Individual and Municipal Defendants?
  • Should Discovery Go Forward When Criminal Charges Are Pending?
  • How Can You Protect Confidential Materials Produced in Discovery?

Experts, Motions, Settlement

  • Should Counsel Retain an Expert?
  • When Should the Defense File for Summary Judgment?
  • Should You Discuss Settlement and When?
  • What Motions in Limine Should You File?

Critical Decision Making at Trial

  • What Kind of Jury Should You Have?
  • How to Examine and Cross-Examine Key Witnesses?
  • Can Your Closing Argument Win Your Case?
  • How Should the Qualified Immunity Defense Be Handled?
  • Can Your Special Verdict Form Avoid an Appeal?

Post-Trial Motions and Attorney's Fees

  • What Motions Should the Losing Party File After Trial?
  • What Must a Prevailing Plaintiff Include in a Fee Petition?
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This course was last revised on May 9, 2019.

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This program does NOT qualify, nor meet the National Standard for NASBA accreditation.

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Wayne C. Beyer, Esq.

Wayne C. Beyer, Esq.

  • Trial lawyer, author, presenter, former federal official and administrative appeals judge
  • Lead counsel in over 300 police misconduct and corrections cases, including dozens of jury trials, involving Fourth Amendment excessive force, false arrest, illegal search, fatal shootings, positional asphyxia, cell suicide, pursuits, failure to render medical assistance, failure to protect, First Amendment, malicious prosecution, and wrongful conviction
  • Assistant corporation counsel and assistant attorney general for the District of Columbia and outside counsel to New Hampshire’s Property and Liability Insurance Trust
  • Presenter at national programs for Georgetown University Law Center, Defense Research Institute, the American Bar Association, the Federal Judicial Center for District and Magistrate Judges, and many webinars
  • Author of law review and magazine articles on police misconduct, including the 1,540-page treatise and handbook, “Police Misconduct: A Practitioner’s Guide to Section 1983,” available from Juris Publishing at http://www.jurispub.com/ Bookstore/United-States/Police-Misconduct.html
  • Member of New Hampshire and D.C. Bars, International Association of Chiefs of Police, National Sheriffs Association, and Police Executive Research Forum
  • Formerly associate and partner at prominent New Hampshire law firms; chief of staff U.S. General Services Administration; and rendered 750 final decisions on employment and labor issues for the executive branch of the United States government as member, chairman, chief judge, U.S. Department of Labor Administrative Review Board and member Federal Labor Relations Authority
  • Degrees from Dartmouth College, Harvard University, and Georgetown University Law Center
  • Can be contacted at 603-356-5106 or [email protected]
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