Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

Free trial tips on the internet

May 29, 2007 Paul Luvera Comments 1 comment

There are free website on the internet that offer helpful advice on trial tactics. One site that offers free e-mails that I subscribe to and read is Trial Tips Newsletter by Elliott Wilcox at www.trialtheater.com. I like the simplicity of his suggestions like a recent issue when he advised making sure the jurors could hear, see and read what was being offered during trial.He suggested cupping one’s ear and looking at jurors for non verbal confirmation they could all hear….

Some basics about jury selection

May 3, 2007 Paul Luvera Comments 0 Comment

Honor the zone of privacy A "zone of privacy" is the distance between two people in communication where one feels comfortable. Studies have shown that different cultures have different zones of privacy. This depends upon how well the parties know one another. In some cultures, one has to be very close and even touching in some manner to have a comfortable communication. In other cultures the distance may be as much as three feet when first meeting and invasion of…

Trial tips from shakespeare

May 1, 2007 Paul Luvera Comments 0 Comment

Some thoughts from poetry for trial lawyers: Understanding Injuries: "He jests at scars, that never felt a wound."Willaim Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet Personal Character: "Beware if entrance to a quarrel, but, being in, bear ‘t that the opposed may beware of thee. Give every many thine ear, but few they voice. Take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy; For the apparel oft proclims…