Lectures and Seminars

The Wisconsin injury attorneys of Aiken & Scoptur, S.C. are experienced litigators whose expertise and knowledge are valued by their peers around the country. Here is a comprehensive list of lectures and seminars they’ve given and been involved with:

• State Bar of Wisconsin Annual Convention, Litigation Section, May 10, 2007, Milwaukee WI: Playing by the Rules: Dealing with the Rambo Litigator
• AAJ’S Case Workshop Program, Kansas City, April 26 – 29, 2007. Conducting focus groups for lawyers from around the country.
• AAJ’S Ultimate Trial Skills College at Harvard Law School March 2007: Cross Examination, Persuasion Using Visuals
• Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers Spring Seminar, March 2, 2007: Exceptional Depositions
• AAJ Mid-Winter Convention, Miami FL, February 10, 2007: Developing a Discovery Plan and Establishing Witness Goals
• The Advocates Society, Toronto Canada, January 19, 2007 Keynote Speech: Understanding and Using Juror Attitudes to Persuade
• ATLA’S Advanced Depositions College, January 12 – 15, 2007, New Orleans, LA: Using Juror Bias in Depositions, Deposing the Defense Expert
• ATLA’S Case Workshop Program, San Diego, September 14-17, 2006. Conducting focus groups for lawyers from around the country.
• State Bar of Wisconsin, September 7 & 8, 2006: 29th Annual Torts Update
• Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, Copper Mountain Colorado, August 3-4, 2006: Voir Dire Demonstration and Understanding Juror Bias
• ATLA-NJ Boardwalk Seminar, Atlantic City New Jersey, April 27-28, 2006: Uncross Cross-Examination and Standards of Care and Conduct: Using the Defendant to Win Your Case
• ATLA’S Advanced Depositions College, March 30-April 2, 2006, Denver Colorado: Using Juror Bias in Depositions, Deposing the Defense Expert
• ATLA’S Essentials Trial Skills College, March 18-21, 2006, University of Alabama Law School, Tuscaloosa Alabama: Juror Bias and Cross Examination of Lay and Expert Witnesses
• ATLA’S Weekend With The Stars, New York City, December, 2005: Moderator, morning session on Juror Bias
• ATLA Depositions College, October 7-9, 2005, Denver: Addressing Juror Bias in Depositions, Techniques of Boxing-in, Re-stating and Summarizing
• State Bar of Wisconsin, September 8 & 9, 2005: 28th Annual Torts Update
• ATLA Teleseminar, September 8, 2005: When Not to Take a Deposition
• ATLA Annual Toronto Canada, July 2005: Jury Bias in the Nursing Home Case; Understanding, Proving and Arguing Pain.
• Ontario Trial Lawyers Spring Conference May 28, 2005: Juror Bias, Know Thine Enemy
• ATLA Voir Dire Seminar, Selecting Your Jury in Karl Rove’s World, Dallas TX , April 9, 2005: Voir Dire Pre-trial Motions, Limited Voir Dire
• University of Wisconsin Law School Mock Trial April 18-21, 2005: Lawyer Skills Program
• ATLA Ultimate Trial Skills College at Georgetown Law School March 2005: Opening Statement, Themes and Exhibits at Trial, Voir Dire and Using Focus Groups
• ATLA Nursing Home Teleseminar: Juror Bias in the Nursing Home Case
• ATLA Mid-Winter Convention, Palm Springs CA: Overcoming Defenses and Developing Themes in the Failure to Diagnose Cancer Case; Gastric By-Pass: How the ATLA Exchange Can Help
• ATLA’S Weekend With The Stars, New York City, December, 2004: Effective Voir Dire
• ATLA Overcoming Juror Bias Trial Skills College, Santa Fe New Mexico, October 2004
• State Bar of Wisconsin 27th Annual Torts Update, Milwaukee and Madison Wisconsin, September 2004
• Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, August 2004: Using Focus Groups to Combat Juror Bias
• ATLA Annual Boston MA, July 2004: Themes, Demonstrative Evidence and Exhibits
  Tennessee Trial Lawyers June 2004: Effective Voir Dire
• ATLA Teleseminar, 2004, Effective Voir Dire
• ATLA Mid Winter February 2004: Effective Voir Dire and Use of Supplemental Jury Questionnaires
• ATLA Depositions College New Orleans, LA January 2004
• ATLA Teleseminar, December 2003:The Psychology of Auto Litigation
• ATLA Essentials College at the National Judicial College, Reno Nevada October 2003, Overcoming Juror Bias and Effective Settlement Techniques
• ATLA Teleseminar, Diffusing the Defense Medical Examiner 2003
• WATL Tort Tips Seminar Madison WI October 2003: Common Mistakes Made at Trial
• ATLA Jazzfest New Orleans April 2003: Using Medical Literature
• ATLA Ultimate Trial Skills College at Harvard Law School March 2003: Overcoming Juror Bias, Effective Cross Examination, Closing Argument
• ATLA Mid-Winter January 2003: Sanctions Under The New Model Rules of Ethics
• WATL Annual Seminar December 6th 2002: Juror Bias and the Effect of 9/11
• ATLA Overcoming Juror Bias Philadelphia PA, September 2002
• ATLA Annual Atlanta July 2002: Effective Cross Examination
• ATLA Overcoming Juror Bias Seminar, May 18, 2002
• ATLA Jazzfest Seminar New Orleans May 2002: The Psychology of Auto Litigation
• ATLA Overcoming Juror Bias Las Vegas, April 2002
• ATLA Weekend With the Stars, New York City, December 2001: Can the Small Case Still Be Won?
• WATL Tort Tips Seminar Madison WI October 2001: Settlement Strategies
• ATLA Annual Montreal Canada, July, 2001: Effective Cross-examination
• ATLA Jazzfest Seminar, New Orleans LA April 2001: If It Has Fleas, It’s A Dog
• ATLA Mid-Winter Seminar New Orleans February 2001: Jury Bias and The Psychology of Auto Litigation
• ATLA Essentials College at the National Judicial College, Reno Nevada, October 2000: Effective Cross Examination; Settlement Strategies
• ATLA Annual, Chicago IL July 2000 Effective Direct and Cross Examination
• ATLA Annual Chicago IL July 2000: The Psychology of Auto Litigation
• ATLA Annual Chicago IL July 2000: Using Medical Literature
• WATL Spring Seminar Green Bay WI, March 2000: Using Medical Literature
• ATLA’s Seminars at Sea: Mediterranean Cruise, September 1999: Trial Advocacy, including Cross Examination, Using Medical Literature and Voir Dire
• ATLA Annual July 1999 : San Francisco: Cross examination in the 21st Century
• ATLA-NJ, April 1999: Using Medical Literature to Prove Damages in the Connective Tissue Case
• WATL Seminar: Informed Consent and the Patient’s Right To Know, March, 1999
• ATLA Doubleheader, Auto Collision Cases, Las Vegas NV, October 1998
• Ontario Trial Lawyers Association May 1998: Cross Examination of the Defense Medical Examiner
• ATLA Jazzfest New Orleans May 1998: Using Medical Literature
• ATLA Mid-Winter, Maui, Hawaii, February 1998: Using Medical Literature to Prove Damages in the Connective Tissue Case
• ATLA Essentials College, October 1997, Duke University
• ATLA Overcoming Juror Bias, September 27, 1997, Las Vegas NV
• ATLA Annual Convention San Diego CA, July 23, 1997
• ATLA Mega-Seminar, Las Vegas NV, February 25, 1997
• ATLA Workhorse Seminar, September 21, 1996
• ATLA Essentials College Southwest Texas School of Law, Houston TX , May 23, 1996
• ATLA Jazzfest, New Orleans LA, May 4, 1996
• ATLA Workhorse Seminar, September 23, 1995, Atlanta GA
• ATLA Essentials College, William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul MN October 1994
• ATLA Galaxy of Rising Stars, New Orleans, April 27, 1991, Informed Consent in the Medical Malpractice Case
• University of Wisconsin Law School Trial Skills Course: Negotiation and Settlement
• State Bar of Wisconsin Annual Torts Update: Moderator, 1999-present
• Adjunct Professor of Law Marquette University Law School, Pretrial Litigation, 1997-present
• ATLA Teleseminar: Using Medical Literature to Prove Damages in the Connective Tissue Case
• ATLA Teleseminar, How To Hammer Allstate, February 17, 2000
• ATLA Teleseminar, Defusing the Defense Medical Examiner, January 31, 2002
• North Dakota Trial Lawyers Association, Effective Cross Examination
• Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association, Effective Cross Examination
• ATLA Annual Washington D.C., 199 : Effective Cross Examination
• ATLA Doubleheader Seminar Nashville TN: Using Medical Literature