The National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) selected Graves Garrett partner Kathleen Fisher to teach a program on deposition skills. She instructed a group of lawyers in August on the campus of the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

NITA is the nation’s leading provider of legal advocacy skills training. A 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization based in Boulder, Colorado, NITA pioneered the legal skills learning-by-doing methodology over 40 years ago and has since remained the ultimate standard in continuing legal education.

Retired Missouri State Judge Charles Atwell asked Fisher to teach the program on depositions with a group of experienced litigators and state and federal judges. The three-day course is designed around simulated deposition settings with constructive faculty critique.

“I was honored to have Judge Atwell come to me with this opportunity, and I thank NITA for allowing me to participate,” Fisher said. “I truly enjoyed this experience and the chance to share practical knowledge with other lawyers in an attempt to help them improve deposition and litigation skills.”

Fisher has extensive courtroom experience from her time as a prosecutor and her 10 years in private practice with Graves Garrett. Her practice focuses on defense of civil, criminal and regulatory investigations, as well as qui tam claims and False Claims Act/healthcare cases. She has experience representing individuals and businesses in a variety of complex government investigations, including healthcare fraud, civil and criminal tax matters, civil and criminal forfeitures, FDIC and SEC violations, environmental violations, mail fraud, wire fraud, and other financial and white-collar crime cases.