Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

In connection withprepration for a trialmy partner and I had a discussion about trial themes and how many items should be listed or relied upon for best communication.Here’s some informationI generated in connection with the discussion. TRIAL THEMES There are respected jury consultants who do not believe themes in a trial are necessary or helpful. However, others feel strongly that themes are important. In discussing the issue, we need to make sure we have the same understanding of what is…

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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…

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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….

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