Trial & Evidence Tips From the Bench (2025)
Total Credits: 1 including 1 Alabama CLE Credit
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- Categories:
- Trial & Litigation
- Faculty:
- Hon. Javan Patton Crayton | Judge Tamara Harris Johnson | Sanford Hooper
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 19, 2025
- License:
- Access for 90 day(s) after purchase.
Description
A distinguished panel of experienced judges will share their expertise and offer practical tips on navigating the complexities of trial and evidence law. You'll hear firsthand about the dos and don'ts of presenting evidence, effective courtroom strategies, and what judges really want attorneys to know. Don't miss this unique opportunity to learn from the bench and take your trial skills to the next level.
Handouts
| Seminar Handout (652 KB) | 8 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Faculty
Hon. Javan Patton Crayton Related Seminars and Products
10th Judicial Circuit, Civil Division
Judge Javan J Patton began her legal career as a prosecutor with the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office. As a prosecutor in Montgomery County she was assigned to a specialized team responsible for the prosecution of violent crimes against females involving both felony and misdemeanor charges. In 2009 she returned to Birmingham where she worked with the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office prosecuting misdemeanor and felony cases in several courtrooms. In 2011, Judge Patton transitioned to the City of Birmingham where she served as an Assistant City Attorney practicing in civil litigation working as a trial attorney litigating issues that included; Civil Rights Violations, Municipal Liability, Wrongful Arrests, Unlawful Detainment, Excessive Force, Assault and Battery, Employment Discrimination, Personnel Appeals, Wrongful Termination and Car accident cases in both state and federal courts. In the fall of 2016, Patton was elected to serve as a Civil Circuit Court Judge for the 10th Circuit of Alabama.
Judge Patton is currently a member of the Alabama State Bar Association, Judicial Council of the Magic City Bar, the Alabama Circuit Judges Association, the Women Section of the Birmingham Bar, a member of the ALI Probate Law Legislative Committee, a member of the Entertainment Committee of the Birmingham Bar, a member of the Alabama Circuit Judges Association Scholarship Committee, and the 2020 recipient of the Drayton James Award from the Young Lawyers Section of the Birmingham Bar.
Judge Tamara Harris Johnson Related Seminars and Products
10th Judicial Circuit Court
Judge Tamara Harris Johnson is a Jefferson County Circuit Civil Court Judge. She is a graduate of Spelman College, Atlanta, GA and Howard University School of Law. While a third-year law student, she co-authored, with Dean Herbert O. Reid, Sr. and EEOC Commissioner J. Clay Smith, an Amicus Curiae Brief to the U.S. Supreme Court on The Regents of the University of California v. Alan Bakke, commissioned by the National Medical Association. She was admitted, by exam, to practice law in the District of Columbia (1978), Michigan (1981), California (1983) and Alabama (1989). She was as a law clerk to D.C. Superior Court Judge William S. Thompson and the first female and first African American attorney to represent D.C. union members in the International Brotherhood of Police Officers, National Association of Government Employees and American Federation of Government Employees. She was a prosecutor in Los Angeles and Jefferson County. She was the first In-House Counsel for the Birmingham Public School System, and the first female City Attorney for the City of Birmingham, hired by Mayor Bernard Kincaid. She was a Bar Examiner for the State of Alabama from 2000 to 2004, and she taught Basic Skills in Trial Advocacy at Cumberland School of Law. Judge Johnson is a graduate of Leadership Birmingham (1995) and Leadership Alabama (2000). She is the first African American female to receive the distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award from the Birmingham Bar Association, which she received in 2023. She is the 2025 recipient of the Maud McLure Kelly Award, by the Women’s Section, Alabama State Bar, for making a lasting impact on the legal profession and whose commitment to women’s rights was and continues to be an inspiration for all women in Alabama. She is a 2025 Birmingham Bar Foundation Fellow. She is most proud of being the mother of Erica Parker, M.D. (Emergency Medicine) and Major Ashley Johnson, JAG, U.S. Air Force (LLM in Military Law, with specialty in National Security).
