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Litigation

Sessions & Descriptions

Creating & Using Electronic Evidence
10:00 a.m. – 12:30 Wednesday

Joseph H. Bocock, Esq.
McAfee & Taft
Oklahoma City, OK

This presentation will review the various types and formats of electronically stored information that is created, discovered, and entered into evidence—from e-mail and cell phones to file servers and metadata. Participants will be advised how and where relevant electronic information is stored, and the legal implications of electronic evidence as set forth in the Amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure will be covered. Emerging technology to facilitate discovery, organization, and presentation at trial will be discussed, along with the best use of various technologies in different situations.

Joseph H. Bocock is a shareholder in the Oklahoma City firm of McAfee & Taft. His commercial litigation practice focuses on real estate, securities, warehousing/distribution, trade group issues and energy. He has tried more than 23 commercial arbitrations and more than 14 jury trials. He is an award winning speaker in continuing

legal education courses, law school classes, and seminars. He has also published more than 30 articles on a variety of subjects, including evidence, discovery, and trial preparation. He chairs the paralegal committee of the Oklahoma Bar Association and in 2005 the Central Oklahoma Association of Legal Assistants named him Lawyer of the Year for his work spearheading creation of a paralegal division for the OBA. He has an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth and earned his JD from the University of Oklahoma School of Law.

Catastrophic Injury Litigation
9:00 a.m. – Noon Thursday

Thomas Fee, Esq.
Fee, Smith, Sharp & Vitullo, LLP
Dallas, TX

This seminar will provide an overview of litigating catastrophic injury cases, including the matters of injury, utilizing necessary damages experts, and evaluating damages. Actual damages vs. punitive damages will also be covered and trial considerations discussed. Using Texas as an example, relevant legal statutes will be compared to previous personal injury laws, and advice given on how paralegals can best handle catastrophic injury cases throughout the litigation process.

	Tom Fee, a senior partner with Fee, Smith, Sharp & Vitullo, LLP, is litigation and lead trial counsel for Texas clients in a broad range of matters including personal injury torts, construction defects, and commercial business litigation. He defends lawsuits involving major transportation accidents, construction accidents and defects, premise liability and inadequate security cases,
products liability, and matters involving commercial and business disputes. He regularly serves as lead trial counsel for companies and individuals facing multi-million dollar exposures in Texas and other states in the Southwest.

Tribal Jurisdiction & Environmental Law
9:00 a.m. – Noon  Friday

Raj Basi, Esq.
Jamie Capps, Paralegal
The Williams Companies
Tulsa, OK

.	Raj Basi is Senior Counsel, focusing on environmental law and compliance for the Williams Companies, Inc. in Tulsa.  He was formerly a tribal attorney for the Suquamish Indian  Tribe in Western Washington, specializing in environmental and natural  resources law. He has written several articles on sovereignty and natural  resources.
His JD and a Certificate in Environmental and  Natural Resources Law are from Lewis & Clark’s Northwestern School of Law
	Jamie Capps is a  Legal Specialist for The Williams Companies in Tulsa, and has worked there in the legal department for 15 years. She provides paralegal  support on various environmental and tribal issues and is active in litigation for the Midstream and Exploration and Production business units.

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