Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

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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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…

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My wife Lita and I flew to Scottsdale, Arizona for Christmas. I grabbedsome materials I had stacked up for reading when I got time and had a chance to read through it. Here are a few thoughts I thought worth sharing One thing I read was a thin little pamhlet like book by attorney J.W. Donovan "The Twenty one Rules for Trial Success." It was a pretty elementary book but, a few ideas are worth repeating. It reported that ina…

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