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Month: November 2008

Eric oliver and metasystems idea’s for trial lawyers

Eric oliver and metasystems idea’s for trial lawyers

Eric Oliver is a trial consultant whose company is MetaSystems Ltd (www.eric-oliver.com) is in Canton, Michigan. I’ve known and respected Eric for years. He has consulted on my cases. I particularly look forward to his newsletter he labels News from The Mental Edge. Eric is t he one who first introduced me to the knowledge that decisions are made at an unconscious level and ratified by our intellect. We can’t access the unconscious process where decisions are made to see…

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Malcom gladwell’s new book outliers the story of success

Malcom gladwell’s new book outliers the story of success

On the flight here to Los Cabos I finished Malcom Gladwell’s new book Outliers. I believe his previous two books The Tipping Point and Blinkhave invaluable information for trial lawyers. I’m not sure this one does or at least not to the same degree as his previous books. His new book does discuss what I’ve told lawyers. He calls it the "Matthew Effect" and I call it the law of abundance. The point is that Matthew 25:29 quotes Jesus as…

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Check list of advice for your client about trial

Check list of advice for your client about trial

Put yourself in the shoes of your client. He or she has probably never been to court and the only thing they know about trial is what they have seen on TV. They are probably frightened and they probably have some very mistaken ideas about a trial. Of course, you want to prepare them, but what do you tell them? Here’s a simple outline I created for a video I made about a trial. The client is given a copy…

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