A few years ago I was invited to speak to the trial judges in Washington State. I decided to tell them the truth as I saw it. The applause was light sparse and unenthusiastic. I’ve never been invited to give a talk since that time. The other day my partner showed me one of the local rules in King County and I was reminded of the unpopular talk I had given. So, I’m going to outline y talk here because…
Eric Oliver is a nationally known trial consultant and communications expert. He has lectured and written extensively. His company publishes a newsletter I look forward to receiving: http://www.eric-oliver.com/publications.html His latest book is entitled Persuasive Communication and is available from Trial Guides publications: http://www.trialguides.com/ I’ve known Eric for many years and worked with him on cases. Over the years I’ve saved some thoughts of Eric and here are my interpretations of them. I don’t claim they accurately reflect what Eric taught…
I can’t remember if I have published thistrial checklist before, but I’mposting it again anyway. The purpose of this checklist isto have a very simple outline for preparing a non major case. My commentsare added for explanation. This is to serve as an example for you to use in creating your own checklist. TRIAL CHECKLIST CASE TITLE: (The case of too little, too late) CASE THEME: (An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure) FAULT 1. (Ignored the…