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Kellam T. Parks
Kellam T. Parks Parks Zeigler, PLLC
Family Law and Digital Evidence Preserving, Presenting, and Persuading
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Family Law and Digital Evidence: Preserving, Presenting, and Persuading

In an ever-increasing digital world, it is imperative for all lawyers, but especially family law lawyers, to have a good working knowledge of electronically stored information (ESI). Our clients use their electronic devices to communicate, store information, and conduct business. Critical evidence is often stored digitally, and understanding how it is stored, how to obtain it, and how it is treated in court is imperative for every family law lawyer. This presentation will walk through all aspects of ESI to allow family law counsel to best prepare their cases for maximum effectiveness.

Agenda:
  • Definition of Electronically Stored Information (ESI)
    • What is ESI?
    • Where is ESI found?

  • Civil Rules of Procedure & ESI
    • Discussion of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and ESI

  • ESI Litigation Issues
    • Getting Informed & Educated
      • Starting points and resources for becoming educated on ESI
    • Preservation of ESI
      • Discussion of litigation hold (preservation) letters
      • Examples of preservation letters
      • Duty to preserve ESI
    • ESI at Trial
      • Discovery of ESI
      • Consideration of what to include and exclude when issuing ESI discovery
      • Social media discovery
      • Discovery objections
      • Spoilation
    • Legality of Obtaining
      • State and federal criminal law considerations
      • Potential of civil liability
    • Rules of Evidence
      • Hearsay
      • Admission of specific forms of ESI
    • Sanctions
      • Discovery sanctions for failing to produce

  • Questions & Answers (as time permits)
Duration of this webinar: 60 minutes
When: Premieres in 31 days | August 14, 2025 1:00 PM PT
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Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Credits

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California CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 Technology in the Practice of Law

South Carolina CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 General

Difficulty: All Levels

North Carolina CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 Technology Training

Texas CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 General


This presentation is approved for one hour of Technology in the Practice of Law CLE credit in California, one hour of General CLE credit in South Carolina (all levels), and one hour of Technology Training CLE credit in North Carolina. This course has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of Texas Committee on MCLE in the amount of 1.00 credit hours.

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Speaker
Kellam T. Parks
Kellam T. Parks Member
Parks Zeigler, PLLC

Kellam T. Parks is a managing member of Parks Zeigler, PLLC, headquartered in Virginia Beach, which is a paperless, technologically driven law practice with three offices across Virginia and North Carolina. He obtained his B.A. in Philosophy with Honors, Summa Cum Laude from St. Andrews University in North Carolina and earned his J.D. from the Marshall-Wythe College of Law at William and Mary. Kellam is a Tidewater native and has been practicing there for 25 years. Read More ›

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