(Current supplement included with purchase of book.)
Missouri Evidentiary Foundations will assist Missouri trial counsel with the first obligation of any trial lawyer: to convert facts presented in support of a client's claim or defense into admissible evidence at trial. The book is an authoritative, practical resource for Missouri lawyers on the presentation of evidence at trial. The 2022 supplements covers the developments in the case law over the past four years in six chapters of the book concerning the areas of legal relevance limitations on evidence relevant to the historical merits of the case, privileges and similar doctrines, the best evidence rule, opinion evidence, and the hearsay rule.
Thomas Lee Stewart is the Director of Trial Advocacy and Associate Professor of Law at Saint Louis University School of Law, where he teaches in the fields of Trial Advocacy, Evidence and Torts. Prior to joining the faculty full time, he was a trial lawyer representing both plaintiffs and defendants in products liability, medical negligence, and toxic torts cases. He was a 1997 recipient of the Missouri Bar’s Lon O. Hocker Award for excellence in trial advocacy, and is a past President of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (MATA).
John C. O’Brien is an Emeritus Professor of Law at Saint Louis University School of Law, where he was a member of the full-time faculty from 1975 until 2012. Prior to joining the faculty, Professor O’Brien spent several years in law practice, mainly in the District of Columbia and Illinois.
Edward J. Imwinkelried is considered one of the most frequently cited legal academics in evidence law and a leading authority on scientific evidence. He is the Edward L. Barrett, Jr. Professor of Law Emeritus and the former Director of Trial Advocacy at the University of California, Davis.