This month I traveled to Minneapolis to take the deposition of the CEO of Metronc Corporation, one of the largest medical device companies in the world with offices in one and twenty countries. The case involves a lawsuit against the company for the failure of an insulin pump after the user exposed it to an MRI device. The company lawyers fought this deposition. He had only been deposed once before. They moved to quash with the discovery master and from…
Hans Poppe is a trial lawyer in Louisville, Kentucky who, like me, is always interested in learning how to be a better advocate for our clients. He called my attention to an article about eye contact and it’s importance which I had not read before and which I recommend to you: http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2010/11/21/bill-clinton-reality-distortion-field/ The article is entitled "How it works: Clinton’s ‘Reality Distortion Field’ charisma" and has a very interesting clip from the Bush Clinton presidential debate to illustrate his article….
The most frequent thing I am asked about deals with jury selection. For many lawyers this represents the most difficult part of the trial. I prepared some information about jury selection for a case going out and thought I’d repeat some very basic thoughts about the subject. SUBJECTS TO COVER ON VOIR DIRE What are the things you should talk about in jury selection? Here is the outline I follow: Discuss the key points in your case. Arrange issues by…