Getting Evidence In or Keeping It Out: Winning Strategies for Admitting or Blocking Social Media Posts, Texts, Emails, and AI-Generated Content

Session I — The Rules of Evidence —James Balmer Attorneys prepared to try their cases usually secure the best outcomes for their clients. Familiarity with the Rules of Evidence is essential to proper trial preparation for any attorney. This presentation, aimed at new attorneys preparing to try their case to a jury, emphasizes the use of motions in limine at the final pretrial conference to successfully address the most difficult evidentiary issues before the evidence is placed before the jury, avoiding split-second response that is wrong more often than right. Key topics to be discussed: Scope of permissible expert opinion…