The Oklahoma Bar Journal January 2024

contents January 2024 • Vol. 95 • No. 1

THEME: L itigation & T rial P ractice Editor: Roy Tucker On the cover: 2024 OBA President Miles Pringle of Oklahoma City takes a walk on the Skydance Bridge near downtown. Photo by Emily Buchanan Hart.

FEATURES

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6 Do Right, Fear Not: Professionalism and the Oklahoma Lawyer B y J ustice S teven W. T aylor Take Five, But Civilly: A Civil Litigator’s Primer on the Fifth Amendment B y A ndrew J. H ofland and J ustin A. L ollman The Art of Using Interpreters in Trial Practice B y E lissa S tiles Legal Project Management for In-House Litigation Counsel B y J ennifer C astillo Long-Awaited Changes to Rule 702 Impact Qualification and Admissibility of Expert Witness Testimony and May Signal Changes to Oklahoma Law B y T imothy F. C ampbell and A namayan N arendran The M c B ee Footnote and Waiving Affirmative Defenses Through Reservations of Time B y S pencer C. P ittman Use of Focus Group Testing in Early Case Assessment: An In-House Attorney’s Perspective B y J ennifer C astillo DEPARTMENTS 4 From the President 68 From the Executive Director 70 Law Practice Tips 74 Board of Governors Actions 78 Oklahoma Bar Foundation News 80 Young Lawyers Division 82 For Your Information 87 Bench & Bar Briefs 88 In Memoriam 91 Editorial Calendar 96 The Back Page 36 42 46 10 16 22 Objection: ‘Shut Up!’ B y M. S hane H enry 30

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Meet 2024 OBA President Miles Pringle Volunteers Who Guide Your Association

What’s Online

OBA Awards Call for Entries

2024 at a Glance

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