Seminars and Continuing Legal Education...
Anne Bremner has been featured in numerous conferences and
Continuing Legal Education seminars. Some highlights are as follows:
•
WSBA CLE (Chair) - "Making the Most of Expert Witnesses" (July 2008)
• WSBA CLE - "High Profile Cases" (June 2008)
•
KCBA Tribute to Norm Maleng - The Prosecutorial Ethic (2008)
• WSBA CLE “The Lawyer as Detective” (2008)
• Washington State
Courts Bench/Bar/Press Panel (2007)
• Society of Claim
Law Associates (SCLA) – Catastrophic Loss Defense (2007)
• WSBA CLE – High
Profile Cases: Litigation Strategies from the Lawyers Who Tried Them (2007)
• WSAMA
(Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys) Media relations (2007)
• Public Risk
Management Association - Washington Chapter hosting NW Regional Meeting (2007)
• WSBA CLE -
Litigation Practice Tips for the Solo/Small Firm Practitioner “David” Taking on
a Goliath (2007)
• WSBA -
Litigation Section MidYear Meeting and CLE Seminar - Diversity Panel –diversity
in the practice of law, respecting diversity, anti-bias awareness and cultural
competency in the legal profession. (2007)
• WSBA Employment
Law Institute - Strategies for Addressing the Civil and Criminal Implications
for Employees who are Under Criminal Investigation or Indictment – (March 2007)
• Washington
Appellate Judges Spring Judicial Conference- "Effects of Media on High
Profile Cases" – (March 2007)
• Washington Women
Lawyers Leadership Symposium “Crossing the Legal Generations:
Increasing Your Leadership, Professionalism, and Networking Skills”
Seattle, Washington – (November 2006)
• Washington State
Attorney General CLE - “Courtroom Persuasion—Voir Dire” - Olympia, Washington -
(November 2006)
• Puget Sound
Chapter of Legal Nurse Consultants “Lessons Learned from Michael
Jackson Trial” Seattle, Washington – (November 2006)
• SCLA Conference
– Conferment Address - National Society of Claims Law Associates - San
Francisco, California – (November 2006)
• T.R.A.D.E.
Conference (TRADE network consists of the directors of the 50 State Fire
Service Training Systems and senior executive training officers from the
Nation's largest fire departments) “Instructor Liability” - Emmitsburg, Maryland
– (October 2006)
• Washington State
Bar Association CLE - (Chair) “Civil Settlement Strategies” Seattle, Washington
– (September 2006)
• KFTOA Fire
Training Seminar - Shoreline, Washington – (June 2006)
• NITA -
"Demonstration of Opening Argument in a Civil Case” Panelist and Instructor -
Seattle, Washington – (June 2006)
• Washington State
Association of Municipal Attorneys ("WSAMA") - “Tips and Strategies for Dealing
with High Profile Cases”- Skamania, Washington – (May, 2006)
• Washington State
Trial Lawyers Association- “Trial Stars: Lessons Learned From Covering
High Profile Cases” Seattle, Washington – (December, 2005)
• King County Bar
Association - “The Lawyer as Detective” Seattle, Washington – (December
2005)
• Washington
Association of Legal Investigators 2005 Summer Seminar - Keynote Speaker:
“Investigations and Creative Defense in Civil and Criminal Practice”
Everett, Washington – (July 23, 2005)
• American
Association of Port Authorities (National Conference) - Port Administration
(Security after 911)/Legal Issues Seminar- Seattle, Washington – (July 13,
2005)
• National
Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) - Northwest Regional "Building Trial Skills"
Seattle University School of Law – (June, 2005)
• “Trial Lawyers’
Greatest Hits” - “Advanced Litigation Skills and Strategy” Emerald Education
Group – 2005
• Co-Chair:
“American College Of Trial Lawyers' Greatest Hits - Big Cases, Big Lessons -
Winning Skills” (All presenters were ACTL Fellows) Emerald Education group –
(2004)
• A Day with Judge
Coughenour” Jury Selection and Trial Skills - Emerald Education Group – (2004)
• ACE*SCLA
(Society of Claim Law Associates) National Conference - Seattle – 2003; Chicago
– 2004; Florida – 2005; San Francisco – (2006) Las Vegas (2008)
• Litigation
Tactics – Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Association – (2004)
• “Trial from
Start to Finish” National Business Institute – (2004)
• “Evidence and
Trial Preparation” - Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Association – (2004)
• “Interrogatories
and Requests for Production, Using Discovery at Trial” - Washington State Bar
Association – (2004)
• “Masters of
Trial” annual conferences with top Washington State Trial lawyers, Washington
State Trial Lawyers – (1990-2004)
• “Best of
Continuing Legal Education” Seminars (resulting from highest ratings as a
featured CLE speaker), Washington State Bar Association – (1990-present)
• “Trial from
Start to Finish” National Business Institute – (2003)
• “Ethics in
Litigation” Washington State Bar Association – (2003)
• “My Life in
Court by Anne Bremner (Trials and Tactics)” WSAMA (City Attorneys Statewide)
– (2003)
•
“Cross-Examination of a Plaintiff”; Washington Defense Trial Lawyers – (2003)
• “Direct and
Cross Examination”; Washington State Bar Association (2003)
• “Fundamentals of
Trial – Opening Statements” Washington State Bar Association – (2003)
• “1983 Law
Enforcement Defense Cases” - Washington State Bar Association Civil Rights
Section – (2003)
• “Trying High
Profile Cases”; Employment Law Institute – (2002, 2003)
• “Masters of
Trial”; American Board of Trial Advocates – (2002)
• Bench Bar Press
Panelist Presentation (televised on TV Washington) with the Washington State
Supreme Court – (2001)
• “The Trial Start
to Finish” (became a copyrighted book) National Business Institute –
(2001)
• WDTL “Civility
in Trial”; Arizona Sunbreak Seminar – (2001)
• “Trial
Practice,” “Pretrial Discovery,” “Inquests,” “Trying Cases Visually,” “Jury
Selection” and “Expert Witnesses,” Washington Association of Municipal and City
Attorneys and Statewide, annual statewide conference speaker - Spokane,
Washington; Vancouver, Canada; Skamania; Ocean Shores and Pasco, Washington –
(1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006) (Skamania)
• “Pretrial
Motions”; National Business Institute – October, (2000)
• WTO Law
Enforcement Defenses Panel for Washington State Bar Association – (2000)
• “Trial Practice”
and “Pretrial Discovery”; Employment Law Institute – (1998, 1999 & 2000)
• “Jury Selection”
Oregon State Bar Association, with Joyce Tsongas and Associates - Portland,
Oregon – (1999)
• “Employment
Litigation; Emerging Issues in Civil Rights Litigation in Washington” (became a
copyrighted book); National Business Institute – (1999)
• “Top Ten Tips
for Winning Sexual Misconduct Cases,” with Robert Hirschhorn, jury consultant
for the William Kennedy Smith rape case, Whitewater government case, and
Oklahoma City bombing trial of Terry Nichols, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers -
Park City, Utah – (1997)
• “Defending
Sexual Misconduct Cases,” with Richard “Racehorse” Haynes, counsel in the Texas
T. Cullen Davis Trial and John Hill case, the latter subject of the renowned
novel Blood and Money, by T. Thompson – (1997)
• “Voir dire and
Jury Selection” - Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers - St. Kitts, British West
Indies – (1997)
• “Trying Cases
Visually,” Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Annual Convention - Semiamoo,
Washington – (1995)
• Co-Founder:
“Access to Justice” Foundation, with U.S. Attorney John McKay –1995
• “The Lawyer As
Detective” (Co-Chair) - Seattle-King County Bar Association – (1994‑1995)
• “Civil Rights
Cases (42 U.S.C. § 1983)” - Inaugural Washington State Criminal Justice
Institute – (1994)
• “Negotiating
Skills for Women”; Washington Women Lawyers – (1992)
• “Bench-Bar-Press
Relations”; Washington State Bar Association – (1990)
• Washington
Association of Prosecuting Attorneys Annual Convention - Chelan, Washington –
(1983-1988)
• “Trial Practice
Seminar,” Seattle-King County Bar Association Young Lawyers (Co‑Chair) – (1987)
• “Expert
Witnesses in Trial,” Washington State Annual Bar Convention Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada – (1987)
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