Agenda / Content Covered

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1. 15 Tips for Taking Your Discovery Requests to the Next Level
   11:00 - 11:30, Leah A. Martin
2. E-Discovery Pain Points for Paralegals
   11:30 - 12:15, Leah A. Martin
   1. New Data Sources
   2. E-Discovery in the Cloud
   3. Metadata
   4. Protocols and Preservation Pitfalls
   5. Search Terms
   6. Production Issues
   7. Objections, Counterarguments and Recent Case Law
3. Interstate Discovery
   12:30 - 1:15, Vicki L. Eskin
   1. Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act
   2. Uniform Foreign Depositions Act
   3. Nonuniform Procedure
   4. Initial Planning
   5. Service Across State Lines
4. Overcoming Subpoena Obstacles
   1:15 - 1:45, Vicki L. Eskin
   1. Common Issues and Solutions
      1. In Drafting and Issuing Subpoenas
      2. In Responding to Subpoenas
   2. Social Media & Email Records: SCA Workarounds
   3. Subpoenaing Phone Records
   4. Sample Subpoenas and Motions
5. Handling Difficult Records Custodians, Opposing Counsel and Clients
   1:45 - 2:15, Leah A. Martin
   1. Records Custodians Who Refuse to Provide Access
   2. Dirty Discovery Tactics (Document Dump, Unreasonable Objections, etc.)
   3. When Clients Give False Answers or Refuse to Respond to Discovery
   4. Troubleshooting Witness Problems

Accreditation Details:

VICKI L. ESKIN, owner of Levy & Associates, P.A., in Longwood, Florida, is an experienced transactional and litigation attorney practicing estate and trust planning and administration, probate, and real property. She is a member of The Florida Bar and Iowa State Bar Association, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court, Court of Appeals for the U.S. Armed Forces, and the Federal District Court for the Middle District of Florida. She served as chair in multiple years for the National Solo and Small Firm Conference for the GP|Solo Division of the American Bar Association; and as an ABA advisor to the Uniform Law Commission Committee for Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets, as well as serving on The Florida Bar's RPPTL Committee, drafting a similar proposed legislation. Ms. Eskin has taught seminars and written numerous articles on estate issues of interest to attorney practitioners. She also assists foster care children aging out of the system by setting up guardianships and special needs trusts, serving as a mentor to those young adults and young lawyers starting solo and small firm practices. Ms. Eskin earned her B.S. degree from the University of Florida and her J.D. degree from the University of Florida College of Law.

LEAH A. MARTIN is managing partner at Leah Martin Law. She brings many years of experience in all areas of business law, including preparing formation documents; drafting operating and shareholder agreements, partnership agreements, purchase and finance agreements, leases, surrender agreements, non-compete and non-disclosure agreements, and employment agreements; contract litigation; shareholder derivative suits; business dissolutions; and appellate matters. She has been a grader for the Nevada bar exam since 2008. Ms. Martin has chaired the Clark County Law Foundation Community Service Committee, having served on the committee since 2007. In addition to maintaining her own cases, she also has been an arbitrator on the Court Annexed Arbitration Program Panel since 2012. Ms. Martin is currently licensed with the State Bar of Nevada, and is certified to practice in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She is a member of the American Bar Association, State Bar of Nevada, Clark County Bar Association, and Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys. Ms. Martin earned her B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Nevada Las Vegas; and her J.D. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Nevada Law Vegas School of Law.