Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

I am re-reading again, an old trial lawyer’s classic Final Verdict about Earl Rogers, the famous criminal defense lawyer of his day, and written by his daughter Adela Rogers St. Johns. There were giants in the legal profession before the 1940’s who were nationally recognized for their trial skills. This was at a time when television wasn’t the main entertainment media, radio and newspapers were instead. A time when crowds would gather at high profile trials to watch as if…

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There are free website on the internet that offer helpful advice on trial tactics. One site that offers free e-mails that I subscribe to and read is Trial Tips Newsletter by Elliott Wilcox at www.trialtheater.com. I like the simplicity of his suggestions like a recent issue when he advised making sure the jurors could hear, see and read what was being offered during trial.He suggested cupping one’s ear and looking at jurors for non verbal confirmation they could all hear….

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Some thoughts from poetry for trial lawyers: Understanding Injuries: "He jests at scars, that never felt a wound."Willaim Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet Personal Character: "Beware if entrance to a quarrel, but, being in, bear ‘t that the opposed may beware of thee. Give every many thine ear, but few they voice. Take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy; For the apparel oft proclims…

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