Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

CONSIDER NEURO LINQUISTIC PROGRAMING

February 26, 2025 Paul Luvera Comments 0 Comment

Trial lawyers should investigate the concepts of NLP. NLP stands for ‘Neuro Linguistic Programming’ and has been around since 1970’s when its co-founders, Richard Bandler and John Grinder first modelled the therapists Milton Erickson, Gregory Bateson, Fritz Perls and Virginia Satir. Neuro Linguistic Programming enables us to better understand the way our brain (neuro) processes the words we use (linguistic) and how that can impact on our past, present and future (programming). It gives us strategies for dealing with human…

A SIMPLE SUMMARY OF TRIAL CONCEPTS

February 3, 2025 Paul Luvera Comments 2 comments

I was asked my ideas about trial advocacy. How did I view and approach trials was the question. Here was my very simple response to what is admittedly a complex question. Trial Approach. I have for many years stressed to trial lawyers the most important thing they must understand to be great advocates is: “A trial is a battle of impression and not logic.” Decisions are not simply made on the basis of intellectual analysis of the testimony and evidence….

OBSERVATIONS ABOUT CROSS EXAMINATION

January 15, 2025 Paul Luvera Comments 2 comments

GOALS OF CROSS EXAMINATION Lawyers sometimes fail to prepare for cross examination in the same way they do other parts of the trial. They just launch off without any particular objective other than an impeachment they have available. They just have a general sense they want to prove the witness is wrong or a liar. That’s why cross examination is often not only unsuccessful but, boring. Great trial lawyers plan their cross examination and have specific goals in mind. We…