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Month: February 2010

Sorry irving younger, but you were wrong

Sorry irving younger, but you were wrong

A trial lawyer friend recently called my attention to an article by attorney Michael R. Doyen in the ABA litigation section entitled On Breaking Commandments. http://www.abanet.org/litigation/journal/2008_spring.html Doyen, who is a Los Angeles trial lawyer, has written about Professor Irving Younger’s famous talk he gave many times about his ten commandments of cross examination. Younger was an well known national speaker on trial techniques and this particular talk was always well received when he gave it. I had the pleasure of…

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Lessons for trial lawyers from the bible

Lessons for trial lawyers from the bible

I’ve talked about the Bible and interpretations that apply to trial lawyersbefore, but I am impressed by the number of entries in Christian Scripture which can be applied to trial lawyers.Without being disrespectful, hereare a very few I’ve thought about as I read them: "…be transformed by the renewal of your mind." Rom 12:2 "…to be made new in the attitude of your minds…" Eph 4:23 Trial lawyers should be continually searching for better ways of doing their professional job.We…

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