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Month: December 2008

Using notebooks for organizing your trial material

Using notebooks for organizing your trial material

For many years of trial work I have used notebooks as my primary organizational tool for trials.Originally I used schoolthree ring notebooks withdividers and lined paper. My trials were not very long nor complicated and this was how I organizedmy trials. As trialsbecame more involved I began to add three ringwitness materials notebooksorganized alphabetically. This notebook was used along with expansion files with thewitness deposition, statements and resource materialcoded to the notebook.I could pull the deposition, exhibits and materials out…

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Direct examination of plaintiff expert economist

Direct examination of plaintiff expert economist

I like to have in my notebook outlines for the direct examination of witnesses. For many experts a standard outline can be created that you can use from case to case by using it as a checklist of matters to be sure to cover. They don’t have to be complicated, just complete. Here’s one that is intended for use with your expert economist. A.QUALIFICATIONS1. Name & address2. Profession3. Present employment4. Formal education(1) degrees obtaineda. whenb. where5. Publications6. Professional societies7. Professional honors…

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Monet paintings and damages for injuries

Monet paintings and damages for injuries

The Orsay Museum, located on the Left Bank of Paris, contains a major collection of impressionist painter Claude Monet. On an early Sunday morning October 7, 2007 four or five drunk young people broke into the Orsay Museum through a back door. The group first tried to force open other doors until they succeeded with the back door. It happened during an annual all night festival, The alarm sounded and the intruders ran out, but not before surveillance cameras showed…

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