Browsed by
Category: Advocacy

HOW TO DELIVER A LEGAL ARGUMENT, SPEECH OR PRESENTATION AT A POLITICAL DEBATE

HOW TO DELIVER A LEGAL ARGUMENT, SPEECH OR PRESENTATION AT A POLITICAL DEBATE

The disastrous performance of President Biden during the recent national debate clearly indicated the wrong way to prepare and deliver a legal presentation or a public one. The most fundamental truth about the quality of such presentations is the extreme importance of impression in comparison to content. Ask yourself: “Is the uniform criticism of his presentation about the words he used or what he said?” Few remember the specifics of what he said. But, everyone remembers the impression they had…

Read More Read More

TAKE A LESSON FROM THE MOVIES & TV – SHORT BUT POWERFUL

TAKE A LESSON FROM THE MOVIES & TV – SHORT BUT POWERFUL

Trial lawyers generally over try their cases and talk to too much. It’s a mistake. Jurors of today have short attention spans and respond to messages that get to the point. Here are examples of what I think demonstrates how a brief, simple message can be very powerful. They are not long. They are not detailed, but they tell a story and do so in a simple well-crafted manner. That’s what we, as trial lawyers should strive to achieve. Delicious is…

Read More Read More

WHAT THEY DON’T TEACH YOU IN LAW SCHOOL YOU NEED TO KNOW

WHAT THEY DON’T TEACH YOU IN LAW SCHOOL YOU NEED TO KNOW

.          . . One September morning in 1959 Skagit County’s only two superior court judges, Charles Stafford and Arthur Ward, administered my taking the oath to become a brand new lawyer. Also taking the oath was  David Welts. There weren’t more than thirty-five lawyers in the county and less than 3,000 in the whole state. The practice of law wasn’t very complicated at that time. The state statutes fit in two binders compared with the volumes of law today….

Read More Read More