I am a great admirer of David Ball because he is one of very few people who has taken the effort to spell out the steps and procedures for trying a civil case based upon sound research and experience. Many people have explained procedures and concepts, but few have done so in a “paint by the numbers” style of teaching. His latest edition of Damages 3 is a book every trial lawyer should own, read and put into practice. Here…
Why not apply for the College this year. If you are fortunate enough to attend you will find that the you who completed the course is not the same person who started it. A transformation into a real human being will have taken place. Not only that, the new you is a far better trial lawyer then the old one. If you attend, introduce yourself to me when I show up to teach there. I look forward to seeing you….
I have just returned from Hawaii where I took a deposition of my client because he has a fatal lung cancer and I wanted to perpetuate something of him by way of video deposition. Here is the basic outline I prepared, however the client has a tracheotomy and is unable to speak. He also has a serious hearing problem, both the result of over radiation for a head tumor. He is in bed at home and the only way to…