Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

OBJECTIONS – A GOOD IDEA OR NOT?

April 22, 2014 Paul Luvera Comments 0 Comment

I’ve written before about making objections at trial. http//plaintifftrial lawyer tips.com/should-you-object-or-not It is not a simple subject. My inclination is to avoid making objections even when I could except when it is truly called for. We know that an objection calls attention to the subject involved so some thought about what to object to is important. On the other hand jurors have watched enough television that they expect the lawyer to object. I don’t think objections in general are a problem…

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT MEMORANDUM

April 14, 2014 Paul Luvera Comments 0 Comment

It didn’t take me many mediations or settlement conferences to figure out that if I didn’t get it in writing when the deal was made there would be problems. Call it buyers remorse or just lawyers being lawyers there would be proposed revisions and issues raised we never discussed or had already resolved. If you allowed the other side or the mediator to try to put the deal in writing it took too long and it opened the door to…

TRIAL LAWYERS AND STORYTELLING

April 6, 2014 Paul Luvera Comments 1 comment

Philip N. Meyer is a professor of law at Vermont Law School. He Emailed me about a book he has written, Storytelling for Lawyers published by Oxford Press. I have not had the opportunity of reading his book, however the table of contents shows a comprehensive list of subjects about storytelling. I recommend any well written book on this important subject. Clearly storytelling is an essential tool for trial lawyers. The Spence Trial College teaches storytelling http://www.triallawyerscollege.org/. Learning how to…