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MTLA Spring Seminar
Skills For A Successful Trial
April 8, 2022 – Fairmont Hot Springs Resort
Co-Chairs: Mike McKeon & Adam Cook
6 CLE Credits – including 1 ethics credit

Register Now | PDF Form | Speaker Bios | Schedule

Attending by live streaming?  You must register online.

 

Schedule
 

7:30    
Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:25    
Welcome & Introductions
Michael McKeon, Butte

8:30    
Ethical Considerations Regarding the Privacy of our Clients’ Medical Information
(ethics)
Pat Fox, Helena

9:30    
Voir Dire
David R. Paoli, Missoula

10:30    
BREAK

10:45    
Compensatory and Punitive Damages - Closing Arguments And The Trial After The
Trial
Ben Snipes, Great Falls

11:45    
LUNCH (on your own)

1:15    
Defense Obstructions During Trial
Joseph P. Cook, Billings

2:15    
Trial Perspective from the Bench
Hon. Luke Berger, Montana 5th Judicial District
Hon Ray J. Dayton, Montana 3rd Judicial District
Moderator:  Adam Cook, Anaconda

3:15    
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3:30    
Motions in Limine
Sydney Best, Bozeman

4:30    SEMINAR ADJOURNS

 

Faculty
 

Hon. Luke Berger is a native of Dillon, Montana and has been the Fifth Judicial
District Court Judge since February of 2017.   Judge Berger is a graduate of
Carroll College and the University of Montana School of Law.  Prior to taking
the bench he clerked for the Montana Supreme Court, and was a prosecutor for the
City of Helena and the Lewis and Clark County Attorney’s Office.   Judge Berger
and his wife Alexis Sandru have three small children and live in the heart of
the Fifth Judicial District near Silver Star, Montana.

 

Sydney Best graduated with High Honors from the University of Montana's law
school in 2019.  During school, she served as Articles Editor on the Montana Law
Review and worked as the teaching assistant for Evidence classes. Sydney was a
clinical student in United States Magistrate Judge Jeremiah Lynch’s chambers and
served as an intern for Montana District Court Judge Amy Eddy on the Montana
Asbestos Claims Court.  After law school, Sydney clerked for two years for
United States District Court Judge Dana L. Christensen.  Sydney grew up on a
small ranch south of Great Falls. She graduated from CMR High School before
attending Willamette University, where she majored in International Studies and
Spanish and graduated cum laude.

 

Joseph P. Cook practices in Billings as a partner at the law firm of Heenan &
Cook. After serving one year as a law clerk with the Federal District Court in
Montana, Joe's law career has been exclusively dedicated to plaintiff’s
litigation.  Some of his recent successes include substantial jury verdicts
in Shuman v. Highmark Traffic Services and Espy v. LaGreca – with each case
resulting in general damage awards in excess of a million dollars. He earned
MTLA’s 2021 Trial Lawyer of The Year award.

 

The Hon. Ray J. Dayton is a 1978 High Honors graduate of Montana State
University and a 1982 Honors graduate from the University of Montana Law
School.  He commenced his legal carrier as a Law Clerk to the Hon. W. D. Murray
in the U.S. District Court, District of Montana.  He engaged in the general
practice of law from 1984 through 2006, emphasizing personal injury litigation. 
Judge Dayton  was elected to the bench and commenced his judicial service on
January 2, 2007.  He was retained by the voters in 2012 and 2018.  Judge Dayton
was a member of the Sentence Review Division of the Montana Supreme Court from
2010 through 2012.

 

Patrick T. Fox is a partner at Hunt & Fox, PLLP and President-Elect of MTLA.
 From 2007 through 2018, he was a partner at Doubek, Pyfer & Storrar. Pat earned
his JD/MBA from the University of Montana in 2005 and started his legal practice
in Helena at that time. Pat was awarded the MTLA's Appellate Advocacy Award in
2018. In 2019, Pat worked with Al Smith with the MTLA's legislative efforts
during the 2019 session. Pat is the chair of the MTLA's Membership Committee.
His practice focuses on plaintiff work in personal injury, medical negligence,
product liability, and insurance. Pat is also active in pro bono work through
Montana Legal Services Association.

 

David R. Paoli was a member of the Board of Regents of the Montana University
System during law school. After graduating with honors in 1986 from the
University of Montana School of Law, he was a law clerk to Judge Jack D.
Shanstrom, United States District Court, District of Montana. While working for
Judge Shanstrom, he served on the Montana Human Rights Commission. After
practicing personal injury law in Billings for three years, David opened his own
plaintiffs’ civil litigation practice in 1992. He moved his offices to Missoula
in 1993. He has represented individuals and small businesses from across the
state of Montana and the West in cases involving wrongful death, FELA, personal
injuries, insurance bad faith, products liability, medical negligence, and bank
bad faith. David was elected to the Montana Trial Lawyers Association (MTLA)
Board of Directors in 1990 and served as MTLA president in 1999-2000. He served
on the ATLA (now AAJ) Board of Governors from 1995-1997. He was the 1992
Recipient of the MTLA Public Service Award. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in
America. In 2011 the Montana Trial Lawyers Association recognized him as Trial
Lawyer of the Year. David has previously served as Chairman of the United States
Magistrate Judge Selection Committee and as a Lawyer Representative to the Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals.

 

Ben Snipes is a shareholder with Odegaard Kovacich Snipes working out of their
Great Falls office.  His practice exclusively involves plaintiff’s cases,
emphasizing toxic tort, workplace injuries and medical malpractice claims. Mr.
Snipes is AV-Preeminent rated and recognized as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers.
In 2019, Mr. Snipes along with his partner, Mark Kovacich, was named MTLA Trial
Lawyer of the Year. In 2021, Mr. Snipes along with his partner, Ross Johnson,
acquired a $65 million verdict on behalf of 25 Montana farmers. This is the 2nd
highest verdict in Montana state court history.  Mr. Snipes serves on the board
of directors for the Federal Bar Association’s Montana Chapter, the Cascade
County Bar Association (Past President) and the Cascade County Law Clinic (Past
President).

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