PACO - General Membership Meeting | April 18, 2023 | How to Persuade a Jury

PACO - General Membership Meeting | April 18, 2023 | CLE - NFPA 1 General Credit Hour

Topic: "How to Persuade a Jury in 30 Seconds (or less)."

Presenter: Mike McDonner, President of The Ohio Reporting Company

Registration: PACO calendar

Mike McDonner is the President of The Ohio Reporting Company and several other leading court reporting companies. He oversees a staff of over 600 court reporters, transcriptionists, and legal videographers across the US. He focuses on new trends in litigation technology and trial presentation software.

Before retiring from the practice of law, Mike worked in a wide range of litigation backgrounds. He handled medical malpractice defense cases, RICO litigation and appraiser litigation during the housing crises. He successfully defended an insurer from indemnification claims during Kentucky’s “Enron” litigation at the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and handled numerous other personal injury claims. In short, he took a lot of depositions.

Mike has a particular interest in communication and persuasion. He was the first person to win back-to-back NFA National Collegiate Debate Championships and still holds the record for most national titles won. He also has five children who test and refocus his persuasion skills on a daily basis.