Mastering Civil Litigation: Navigating Court Procedures, Complex Cases, and Trial Techniques

Clifford Bowie Husted | Clark Hill

Cliff Husted is a trial attorney who represents Fortune 500 companies, privately held businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals in complex commercial disputes and serious injury and death cases.

Cliffs’ experience covers a broad range of industries including manufacturing, energy, logistics and transportation, financial services, construction, health care, and franchising.

Cliff’s experience is multifaceted and ranges from resolving disputes without litigation to representing clients in trial and arbitration and appeal when necessary. He has tried numerous cases to verdict in state and federal courts. His litigation experience involves contract disputes, business torts, intellectual property matters, products liability matters, negligence, and fiduciary duty claims.

Mason N. Floyd | Clark Hill

Mason N. Floyd defends individuals and corporate clients in litigation and government investigations conducted by the Department of Justice (DOJ), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Mason also represents clients in complex civil litigation matters in federal and state courts across the country.

False Claims Act Matters

Mason’s recent work includes defending healthcare providers, medical billing companies, and pharmacy owners in False Claims Act litigation and parallel criminal investigations.

White Collar Criminal Defense and Counseling

Mason represents individual and corporate defendants facing federal criminal prosecution arising from allegations of wire and mail fraud, tax fraud, insider trading, healthcare fraud, environmental crimes, mortgage fraud, and conspiracy. Mason routinely counsels’ individuals and companies subject to SEC subpoenas and investigations concerning alleged violations of securities laws with respect to a wide variety of financial transactions.

On behalf of individuals, Mason represents, and counsels’ sales executives of pharmaceutical companies charged with violations of the Medicare Anti-Kickback laws, as well as physicians and office managers in healthcare fraud investigations. He has represented multiple foreign nationals in major U.S. and foreign antitrust investigations.

Cybersecurity Litigation

Mason defends a variety of clients in disputes related to data breaches, privacy violations, technology contracts, and violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and Stored Communications Act, amongst other statutory violations. He has litigated matters, including class actions, in multiple jurisdictions in both state and federal courts on data breaches.

Financial Institutions Representation

Mason regularly represents and counsels an Illinois bank on numerous matters involving issues related to the Uniform Commercial Code, Bank Secrecy Act, Anti-Money Laundering, and Compliance-related issues.

Complex Commercial Litigation Counseling and Advocacy

In other complex commercial litigation matters, Mason represents many client companies in employment discrimination and retaliation lawsuits. Estate, Fiduciary, and Trust Litigation Mason regularly represents individuals, families, and financial institutions in complex estate, fiduciary and trust controversies that require practical solutions.

I. Navigating court procedures | 1:00pm – 1:30pm

II. Mastering case management and scheduling | 1:30pm – 2:00pm

Break | 2:00pm – 2:10pm

III. Strategies for managing complex cases | 2:10pm – 2:25pm

IV. Crafting effective motions and pleadings | 2:25pm – 2:40pm

V. Insights on discovery and evidence | 2:40pm – 3:10pm