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Tips from the Zoom Trial
Over the summer last year Womble Bond Dickinson attorneys Mary Bourke and Daniel Attaway successfully represented their pharmaceutical client in one of the nation’s first completely remote trials. Dubbed by the media as “the first Zoom trial”, the experience provided Bourke and Attaway with insight into best practices for managing a trial in this new remote world. Here are their biggest tips:
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Remember that you are “in court.” Working from home and virtual meetings have made us all a little more relaxed in our attire and demeanor.
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Litigators have felt the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic since shutdowns began nationwide in March of 2020. The systems and practices that had been in place for so long were turned upside down, bringing routine litigation procedures to a screeching halt. Inevitably, the novel issues that began to arise left clients with questions and concerns that seemed to have no answer. Now, nearly one year later, the questions and concerns have evolved, but so have the solutions. As this new world of remote litigation becomes more familiar, creating new efficiencies and more effective processes, the notion of simply returning to “the way things were” becomes less realistic. Instead, even after the roll out of a vaccine, we expect to see a hybrid system – one in which both in-person and remote proceedings will be common place.