At The Podium

	Michael F. Smith

In his presentation titled “Your Appeal Starts Before Your Appeal – Preserving and Protecting Your Civil Appeal” at the 2015 Oklahoma Bar Association’s annual meeting, McAfee & Taft trial and appellate lawyer Michael Smith explains ways to preserve and protect the civil appeal in both state and federal cases during the pre-trial, trial and post-trial phases. His presentation includes a discussion of the steps necessary to preserve errors for appeal, including errors involving:

• Insufficiency of the evidence
• Jury instructions
• Verdict forms
• Admission or exclusion of evidence