Florida Evidence Code with Objections, Eighth Edition

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Authors

Teresa McGarry
Lisa A. Hirsch
Anthony J. Bocchino
David A. Sonenshein

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Book length

268 pages

Publication Date

2024-01-29

Edition

Eighth Edition

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Preface

This 4-inch-by-6-inch guide is a complete reference for Florida evidence that travels easily to the courtroom or classroom. The Honorable Teresa McGarry and Lisa Hirsch have compiled this guide to enable you to quickly reference objections and responses during trial.

The book lists objections alphabetically, following each with accurate responses. Thumb tabs let you go right to the objection you want. The Florida Evidence Code, updated through December 2023, is reproduced in its entirety in the last section of the book.

Gain insight from crucial practice tips and legal interpretations and access the rules when you need them most—this pocket-size guide is always at hand.

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About the authors

Anthony Bocchino

Jack E. Feinberg Professor of Litigation Emeritus

Temple University Beasley School of Law

Professor Anthony Bocchino is the Jack E. Feinberg Professor of Litigation Emeritus of the Temple University Beasley School of Law. He served as a full-time faculty member at both the University of Connecticut School of Law and the Duke University Law School before joining the Temple University Beasley School of Law faculty in 1979 and served for 10 years as the Director of Advocacy. He has designed the program, written materials, and taught in the law school’s Integrated Trial Advocacy Program, which has been twice awarded the Gumpert Award for Excellence in Teaching Trial Advocacy from the American College of Trial Lawyers, in addition to receiving the Gambrell Award for Teaching Professionalism from the American Bar Association.

Professor Bocchino has been honored with teaching awards from Duke University School of Law, where he received the Mordecai Society Award, and the Beasley School of Law, where he was the first recipient of the George P. Williams II Memorial Award. In addition, he has received the Oliphant Award from the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and the Richard S. Jacobson Award from the Association of Trial Lawyers of America for excellence in teaching the art and science of trial advocacy.

In addition to his law school duties, Professor Bocchino has an over 40-year relationship with NITA, and served as a faculty member, author, Editor in Chief, and Director. Bocchino has written materials and designed programs for trial, deposition, fact investigation, motion practice, and appellate advocacy programs for more than thirty law firms and numerous public agencies, including several projects for the Federal Judicial Center. He has also conducted needs analyses and designed litigation skill curricula for numerous law firms. His CLE materials and program designs are among the most frequently utilized by those organizations. In addition, he has and will customize materials to the specific needs of individual clients.

Professor Bocchino is the author of over sixty books and articles, predominantly in the fields of evidence, trial advocacy, civil litigation, and professional responsibility. His most recent book with David Sonenshein, entitled The Modern Deposition (Amazon 2017), has been evaluated as revolutionary and groundbreaking. His trial advocacy or deposition practice materials are used in a majority of the law schools in America, as well as in CLE litigation skills training in the public and private sectors.

Professor Bocchino is a member of the Order of the Coif, has been elected to the American Law Institute, and designated a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation; Litigation Counsel of America; and the International Society of Barristers.

David A. Sonenshein

David Sonenshein is the Jack E. Feinberg Professor of Litigation (Emeritus) at the Temple University Beasley School of Law. He formerly held the I. Herman Stern Professorship of Law at Temple. He is a graduate of Cornell University and the New York University School of Law. Before beginning a 35-year teaching career, Professor Sonenshein practiced law in Boston for 7 years as both a civil and criminal litigator. Prior to his retirement, Professor Sonenshein taught Criminal Procedure, Civil Procedure and Evidence at four American law schools as well as a number of European Law Schools. He has written numerous law review articles in such journals as the NYU Law Review, the Northwestern Law Review and the George Washington Law Review. In addition, he has co-authored more than 15 books on Evidence, including the Casebook, “Principles of Evidence” (with the late Irving Younger). In addition, he is the co-author of “The Modern Deposition.”

Professor Sonenshein was the Director of In-house Training for ALI-ABA from 1988-1995 and has performed training in Evidence, Deposition Practice, Expert Witness Practice, Motion Practice and Trial Advocacy at America’s largest law firms and federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Justice for more than 30 years. In addition, Professor Sonenshein has trained hundreds of federal judges in Evidence for the Federal Judicial Center for more than 25 years. Professor Sonenshein has received the France E. Rawle Award from ALI-ABA for Distinguished Service and Innovation in Post-Admission Legal Education, is a five-time winner of the George P. Williams Award as the Outstanding Professor at Temple Law School and was named Temple University’s “Great Teacher” in 2007.

Professor Sonenshein has served as a Visiting Faculty member at the University of Rome (La Sapienza), LUISS (Rome), the University of Florence, the University of Lucerne, and Utrecht University and served as a Fulbright Senior Scholar at the University of Parma.

In addition, Professor Sonenshein is an elected Member of the American Law Institute and a Member of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Innocence Project. He served as the Chairman of the Pennsylvania Legislative Commission to Reform the Philadelphia Criminal Justice System. He was appointed by the Governor Pennsylvania to the State Law Enforcement Citizens Advisory Commission in 2020 and serves as the Chair of its Use of Force Committee. He joined the Advisory Board of Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts in 2021.

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Edition

Eighth Edition

Publication date

2024-01-29

Copyright Year

2024

Pages

268

Spiral Bound

9798886690439

Subject

Evidence , Trial Practice

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