Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

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…

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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…

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Here are some random thoughts that have no particular connection to anything, but I thought worth saving. The first is the famous quote from Hamlet by William Shakespeare: "When sorrows come – they come not single spies – but in battalions" That seems so often to be the case. Something bad happens only to be followed by something worse especially when it comes to trial work. Nothing ever goes the way it is planned or expected when it comes to…

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