Lion in the winter skill and advocacy triumphs for gerry spence in detroit

Lion in the winter skill and advocacy triumphs for gerry spence in detroit

Gerry and his co counsel have achieved an acquittal for G. Fieger in Detroit. Charged with ten counts of violating the election campaign laws, the jury rejected the government’s case on all counts. I was in Europe through most of the trial and could only get reports off and on through the internet. Since I wasn’t thereI’ve followed the trial only through the eyes and reporting of others. By the way, one of the most detailed reports was a blog…

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Spence, fieger&absence

Spence, fieger&absence

My wife Lita and I are leaving in a few minutes for the airport. We going to Italy and aren’t back until the first week in June so I will not be posting on this blog during that time. Gerry Spence is still at it in Detroit defending a lawyer with the assistance of a very fine criminal defense lawyer from Idaho who worked with Gerry in the Randy Weaver case. While all lawyers are an attorney’s worst nightmare for…

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Concentrate on your case and don’t dignify every defense

Concentrate on your case and don’t dignify every defense

David Ball has written excellent books about trial and his last book David Ball on Damages is particularly helpful. He has captured some basic truth’s about communication involving today’s jury panels. One of his principles is that a trial is what you spend time talking about. Juror’s assume that what you devote time to is important to the case. That means that while liability is obviously critical, the case should be about harm and damages. Dividing time between liability and…

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