November 2019
Improved Motion Practice for Solo and Small Firm Attorneys
How to Argue, Present, and Write Motions More Effectively
Highlights:
- Draft and organize better motions
- Make more concise and persuasive arguments
- Be better prepared to argue and defend motions in any court
Program Description:
This program will cover the basics of motion practice, with a focus on writing and arguing motions to help in any courtroom: civil, domestic, criminal, county or district. Solo and Small-Firm practitioners will learn how to produce and argue motions that will compete with pleadings submitted by firms with substantially greater resources.
Save the Date for the 2020 Solo-Small Firm Institute
June 10-12, 2020
Cheyenne Mountain Resort
Meet Your Presenter:
Honorable Robert L. McGahey, Jr., has been a Denver District Court Judge since January, 2000. He currently presides in Courtroom 414, handling civil cases. He has also served in the Criminal and Domestic Relations divisions. Before his appointment, he was a practicing civil trial lawyer for over 25 years, during which time he tried over 100 jury trials. His practice focused on insurance defense litigation, coverage disputes and worker's compensation.
Judge McGahey is a graduate of Princeton University (magna cum laude) and the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. He is a member of the American, Colorado and Denver Bar Associations.
He has served numerous times as an instructor for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, having first taught for NITA in the 80’s. Since then he has taught at more than 100 programs. He received NITA’s “Volunteer of the Year” Award in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, for having taught more volunteer hours than any other instructor in the country. In 2013, Judge McGahey was part of a NITA teaching team for a program presented for The Law Society of Scotland. In 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2018, he was a speaker at Stetson University College of Law’s annual Educating Advocates: Teaching Advocacy Skills conference. Judge McGahey has been a presenter or speaker at a number of other CLE presentations, including the Colorado State Judicial Conference and for CLE Colorado, on topics ranging from litigation tactics and strategy to lawyer and judicial ethics.
Judge McGahey has been an adjunct professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law since 1985, teaching Basic and Advanced Trial Practice and the Judicial Externship Seminar; he also has taught at C.U. Law School. In 2013, Judge McGahey was the recipient of the Ruth Murray Underhill Teaching Award, presented by the University of Denver Faculty Senate to the outstanding adjunct professor in the University system.