I marvel at the gift of words Shakespeare exhibits in his writing. Allow me to take a great deal of liberty with it and apply it to our work as trial lawyers. Let’s start with those limited number of trial lawyers we deal with who never fail to demonstrate a lack of integrity and ethics in their discovery disclosures and general conduct. They soon become known to all of us and we learn they cannot be trusted. Shakespeare’s advice about…
For a description of this trial see I thought I’d share the short opening statement I made which was limited to the damage portion of the case since my partners had covered liability before I spoke. I don’t offer this as a model, but simply to suggest that one can achieve multimillion dollar verdicts in major injury cases without a lengthy opening statement on damages. What isn’t illustrated are the slides that accompanied this opening and which allowed me…
I just got back from New York where I spoke at an AAJ seminar. There were excellent speakers on Friday which I missed because of my having to travel that day. On Saturday Mark Mandell from RI, Russ Herman from LA and Tom Girardi from CA spoke ahead of me. I was the last speaker. Here are some random ideas I noted from the speakers. The importance of the “the rule of three.” List things in three’s – it’s powerful….