For the uninitiated “Whack a Mole” is a game invented in 1976 involving a machine where plastic moles pop up from holes at random. The object of the game is to hit them on the head driving them back into their holes and adding a score for doing so. So, my question is are you a “whack a mole” trial lawyer or do you prepare for trial? There are trial lawyers who, with a minimum amount of planning and preparation,…
Shanin Spector is a partner in the Pennsylvania firm of Klein and Spector. Both are members of the Inner Circle of Advocates with multiple jury verdicts in excess of a million dollars. A book has been written about a trial Shanin Spector tried involving the death of Carrie Goretzka. The book, Danger Above tells the story of the 2009 electrocution from a downed power line and the verdict in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Here are some passages from the book I felt were significant…
A friend of mine who is an outstanding plaintiff’s lawyer was giving a talk on the subject of the experience of having your case began to deteriorate. He asked me for some thoughts and what follows are suggestions. When this subject comes up, I always think of the great New York plaintiff’s lawyer Moe Levine. He has written that he was once trying a case before an abusive judge who did everything he could to undermine his case. Several days into the…