Agenda / Content Covered

10:00 am to 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time

1. Overview: Goal Setting and Investigation Process
   10:00 - 10:15, Robert J. Kasieta
   
2. Post-Retention Investigation
   10:15 - 11:15, Robert J. Kasieta
   
   1. Framing Investigation Scope
   2. Go-To Lead and Information Sources
   3. Following Up - Knowing When to Ask for More
   4. Forensic Photography Essentials
   5. Collecting Evidence
   6. Preserving Evidence
3. Specialized Investigation Toolkit
   11:30 - 12:30, Karin M. Scheehle
   
   1. Traffic Accident Reconstruction
   2. Premises/Employment Accidents
   3. Pinning Down Assets, Equity and Financials
   4. When You Need to Find a Missing Person
   5. Medical Record Essentials
4. Smoking Guns on Social Media
   12:30 - 1:15, Karin M. Scheehle
   
   1. When, Where and How to Dig on Social Media
   2. Collection and Preservation of ESI
   3. How to Spot and Escalate Signs of Spoliation
5. Client and Witness Interviews
   1:45 - 2:45, Robert J. Kasieta
   
   1. Understanding the Goals
   2. Who to Question?
   3. Timing and Documentary Evidence Considerations
   4. Framing the Interview - Sample Lay Witness Outline
   5. Questioning Lines and Best Practices
   6. Recognizing Critical Statements
   7. Before and After Lifestyle Questions You Should Ask
   8. Following Up - In and Outside of Questioning
6. Piecing it All Together
   2:45 - 3:45, Karin M. Scheehle
   
   1. Analyzing the Facts
   2. Keeping Supervising Attorneys in the Loop
   3. Case File Progression and Key Memoranda
   4. How to Draft a Great Summary
      1. Documentary Information
      2. Interviews, Depositions and Testimony
      3. Medical Information
      4. Financials
7. Ethics for the Paralegal PI
   4:00 - 5:00, Karin M. Scheehle
   
   1. The Don'ts of Social Media Investigations
   2. Avoiding UPL in Investigations
   3. Preserving Confidentiality
   4. Handling Borderline Unethical Instructions

Accreditation Details:

ROBERT J. KASIETA is the founder of Kasieta Legal Group, LLC, in Madison, Wisconsin. He is a certified civil pretrial and trial specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocates. Mr. Kasieta practices in civil litigation, with an emphasis on plaintiff personal injury and employment cases, as well as commercial litigation. He has written and taught extensively in the areas of trial practice, personal injury law and insurance law, and is an instructor of trial practice at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Mr. Kasieta is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, and all Wisconsin courts. He is a member of the Dane County Bar Association, State Bar of Wisconsin, and the American Association for Justice. Mr. Kasieta earned his B.S. degree, summa cum laude, from Northern Michigan University and his J.D. degree from Marquette University Law School.

KARIN M. SCHEEHLE is a litigation paralegal for Gallagher & Kennedy, P.A., in Phoenix, Arizona, working on multi-million dollar personal injury cases. She has more than 30 years of experience working in the legal profession and is an experienced litigation paralegal, law firm administrator, and technology manager. Although the vast majority of her experience has been in litigation, she has also worked in other areas of the law including real estate, corporate, admiralty, and administrative law. Ms. Scheehle has assisted in more than 50 trials in California, Texas and Arizona, including the largest securities trial in Maricopa County where more than 9,000 exhibits were marked and more than 60 witnesses testified. She specializes in technology enhanced case management and electronic trial presentation. Ms. Scheehle received her certified paralegal designation from the National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA) and several advanced certifications in litigation, personal injury, and e-discovery. She has a B.S. degree in management, graduating with honors; and an M.B.A. degree with emphasis in technology management. Ms. Scheehle is a certified case logistics administrator and a certified ediscovery specialist. She has taught numerous seminars both locally and nationally, predominately in the areas of litigation, technology, ethics, case management, and law firm management. Ms. Scheehle has had articles published in both local and national publications. She has also served as a guest lecturer at several legal assistant schools and currently teaches as adjunct faculty in the ABA approved Legal Studies program at Phoenix College in Phoenix, Arizona. Ms. Scheehle served on the Board of Directors of the Arizona Paralegal Association for 15 years and NALA's Board of Directors for 10 years. She also served on NALA's Certifying Board for three years and on the Professional Development Committee for three years (including two years as chair). Ms. Scheehle served on several NALA committees tasked with developing advanced certification courses and is a frequent lecturer for NALA Campus Live and co-presented technology-related seminar tracks at three NALA national conventions.