Have you thought about the ethical question of how far an advocate should go in representing their client? It’s not a bright line, but here are some thoughts. Most of us were introduced to Lord Brougham’s statement during his representation of the queen of England in Queen Caroline’s Case. Brougham said: “An advocate, in the discharge of his duty, knows but one person in all the world, and that person is his client. To save that client by all the…
My good friend Don Keenan is not only a great trial lawyer but a generous one. He freely shares his ideas about trial practice. His blog is a source of helpful ideas which I look forward to. See: http://www.keenantrialblog.com/ At the risk of Don accusing me of plagiarism I would like to call your attention to his last posting “The 7 Rules of Safety Rules. He captures the concept so well it ought to be required reading for all plaintiff…
I jut finished a book, The Forty Eight Laws of Power by Robert Greene. It was a somewhat strange discussion directed at overcoming others to your own advantage, but aside from that premise it had ideas of interest. Here are a few of them you might find interesting. I looked at them as if they were applicable to trial when I made this outline. For example, the first rule below, I applied to my relationship with the judge and so on….