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Month: February 2017

DAMAGE OPENING STATEMENT OUTLINE

DAMAGE OPENING STATEMENT OUTLINE

Today I’d like to share with you an actual one  page outline I used in opening statement in  a very major damage case resulting in a record  jury  verdict. The case involved a man who contacted a power line with a metal pole he was using  while installing a bill board  postor sheet. The electrical force knocked him off  the platform where was standing to the ground a long distance below. He was badly burned and had to have three…

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GREAT TRIAL LAWYERS PUT THEIR CLIENTS INTEREST’S FIRST, ACT WITH ETHICAL COURAGE AND ACCEPT THE FACT THEY WILL MAKE ENEMIES

GREAT TRIAL LAWYERS PUT THEIR CLIENTS INTEREST’S FIRST, ACT WITH ETHICAL COURAGE AND ACCEPT THE FACT THEY WILL MAKE ENEMIES

It may be unpopular and politically incorrect in this age of professional civility, but I believe, if we fulfill our role as advocates, we are very likely going to make enemies. The late Bishop Fulton J. Sheen once wrote about this fact when he said: “You have no enemies you say. Alas my friend the boast is poor Those that mingle in the fray That the brave endure must have made foes. If you have none, Small is the work…

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APPEALS TO COMMON SENSE MAKE NO SENSE BECAUSE COMMON SENSE ISN’T COMMON

APPEALS TO COMMON SENSE MAKE NO SENSE BECAUSE COMMON SENSE ISN’T COMMON

Today I’d like you to consider the over used phrase “common sense” which we use all the time in our daily communications and in trials.  You’ve heard the insistence that the answer is simple because it is just “common sense”  The claims are:  “Everyone knows it.” “It goes without saying.” “It makes total sense.” “Even my little sister could understand that.”“It’s just common sense.”  “What do you mean? It makes total sense!”“How do I know? It’s obvious! Even a child could understand it.”  Everyone talks…

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