Civil Service Advocacy Series
By: Broida
Price: $125.00
Edition: 1st
Sku: 14BOAA
Samples: Workbook Table of Contents
Format: 3hr 45min .mp4 video on DVD-ROM; workbook
+ optional 25% off Settlement Forms for MSPB and EEOC and/or 50% off MSPB Basics: The Agency Edition
Presented by Peter Broida, this video training course offers comprehensive instruction on federal sector administrative advocacy before the Merit Systems Protection Board, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and in arbitration. The course includes Mr. Broida’s lecture on DVD-ROM; a workbook with reference materials, course notes and outline, and selected cases; and a bibliography. The course provides instruction for individuals or groups on:
- Basic Jurisdiction—general jurisdiction of the Merit Systems Protection Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and arbitrators.
- Common and Dissimilar Elements of the Three Main Litigation Tribunals—relief, case analysis and research, litigation organization and management, preliminary submissions, settlement initiatives, jurisdictional motions, discovery and motions, prehearing submissions, hearings, post hearing briefs, decisions and awards, and appeals. Also includes a break down of the particulars of each tribunal.
- Basic Case Preparation and Organization—preliminary case analysis, research, litigation management, gathering information, and witnesses.
- Discovery—written discovery, taking and defending depositions, and physical or mental examinations.
- Summary Judgment—partial or complete.
- Settlement—mediums for settlement discussions, pros and cons to each medium, and drafting settlement agreements.
- Prehearing Procedures—prehearing submissions and prehearing conference.
- Getting Ready for the Hearing—hearing and exhibit notebooks and witness preparation.
- Hearing —preliminaries; opening statements; examination of witnesses; who goes first; expert witnesses; order of witnesses; direct, cross and redirect examination; and closing the record.
- Post-Hearing Appeals
- Collateral Issues—counsel fee petitions, sanctions, enforcement issues, and claims for damages.
DVD: 3 hours 45 minutes .mp4 video. Supported devices include PC, Mac, IPad, & Android.
Additional workbooks sell for $25 each or in sets of 10 for $150. Call or email to purchase.
(2014) Broida on Federal Sector ArbitrationPeter Broida presents this video training course on federal sector arbitration. Each purchase includes Mr. Broida’s lecture (.mp4 video file sent on a DVD); workbook with reference materials, course notes—outline, and selected cases; and a bibliography. Major arbitration topics include deciding whether to arbitrate; requesting and selecting an arbitrator; expedited proceedings; preliminary case preparation; hearing preparation; hearing presentation; and post-hearing issues. (more details)
(2005) MSPB Basics: The Agency EditionFor the benefit of agency representatives, this introductory, yet thorough discourse on MSPB practice covers seminal Board and Federal Circuit decisions, Board processes and litigation from the initial appeal through PFR, and regulations. Major topics include Board overview, agency appeal response, discovery, motions practice, settlement, discrimination issues, prehearing procedures, hearings, petition for review, counsel fee petitions, relationships with the judge, opposing counsel and pro se appellants, research, and significant decisions of the Board. (more details)
(2014) Broida on Federal Sector MediationPeter Broida presents this video training course on federal sector mediation. Each purchase includes Mr. Broida’s lecture (.mp4 video file sent on a CD-ROM), a workbook with course notes—outline and listing of related products, and a copy of The Advocate’s Practical Guide to Using Mediation by John Settle, a prominent mediator. Major mediation topics include: issues amenable and not amenable to mediation; reasons to mediate; preconditions to settlement; traits of a good mediator; sources of mediators and mediation programs; mediator selection; mediation structure; preparation for mediation; the mediation process step-by-step; development and review of settlement agreements; and keys to effective mediation. (more details)
(2014) Broida on Federal Sector SettlementPeter Broida presents this video training course on settlement of federal sector personnel cases. Each purchase includes Mr. Broida’s lecture (.mp4 video file sent on a CD-ROM); workbook with reference materials and course notes–outline; and a bibliography. Major settlement topics include the basic components of an agreement; settlement notebook; checklist for a typical settlement of an adverse or performance based action; and settlement formalities. (more details)
