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ACTL's Third Annual Trial Skills Workshop

Name: ACTL's Third Annual Trial Skills Workshop
Start: 2019-05-13T15:00:00+0000
Location: Suffolk University Law School

When: May 13, 2019

People: Karen Frink Wolf

Location:

Suffolk University Law School

120 Tremont Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 United States of America

The Massachusetts Lawyer Weekly is hosting its ACTL's Third Annual Trial Skills Workshop for the 2019 program, Cross Examination. Presenters include Verrill Dana attorney Karen Frink Wolf, Bill Lee of Wilmer Hale, Pamela Robillard Mackey, Michael O’Keefe, and Jodi Nofsinger or Berman & Simmons.

For more information and for the event's agenda, visit the event page here.

Firm Highlights

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