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TEN RULES FOR WINNING CASES

TEN RULES FOR WINNING CASES

RULE NO 1:       A GREAT TRIAL LAWYER MUST USE HARD WORK, DETERMINATION AND COURAGE     If you want to be a truly great trial lawyer you must be willing to: (1) sacrifice for the good of other people (2) be determined in the pursuit of justice for your clients (3) to put clients before your ego, vanity or greed and (4) to serve others with courage, skill and total honesty. Being a great trial lawyer means hard work, determination and courage…

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THE U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CRY OF ALARM OVER “Nuclear Verdicts – Trends, Causes and Solutions”

THE U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CRY OF ALARM OVER “Nuclear Verdicts – Trends, Causes and Solutions”

In September 2022, the US Chamber of Commerce Institute for legal reform published a report entitled “Nuclear Verdicts – Trends, Causes and Solutions.” https://instituteforlegalreform.com/research/nuclear-verdicts-trends-causes-and-solutions/ It reported large verdicts it labeled  “Nuclear Verdicts” and the terrible consequences it warned would follow if not stopped. It is filled with false allegations and exaggerated claims of social and threats with false warnings of economic harm. However, the paper is worth reading in order to get a view of the recommended legislative and trial…

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RANDOM THOUGHTS ABOUT BETTER TRIAL STRATEGIES

RANDOM THOUGHTS ABOUT BETTER TRIAL STRATEGIES

. . I was privileged to be invited by Wyoming trial lawyer Gerry Spence to teach at the first Trial Lawyer College held in 1994 at the Thunderhead Ranch in DuBois, Wyoming. I taught there each summer for the next twenty years until my retirement from active law practice. Here are some notes of ideas from the July 2015 program which I believe still are relevant today. . Gerry Spence General Advice . If you are a genuine & real…

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