Friday, February 5, 2010

How to Help Jurors Discredit the Lay Witness in Cross

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We all cooperate more willingly with decisions we’ve had a hand in making. Jurors in trial are no different. Ask your questions in cross-exa...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

How to Persuade With Jury Instructions

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Jurors polled in focus groups and jury debriefings point out again and again that one of their greatest stumbling blocks at arriving to fair...
Thursday, December 3, 2009

Keep Experts Cool for a Credible Response

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Experts can shine or be demolished during cross. An easy way for opposing counsel to destroy otherwise sterling expert testimony is to goad ...
Friday, November 6, 2009

Keep Clients Happy by Keeping Them In the Loop

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Every case has its problems; some can be anticipated, others cannot. In their eagerness to maintain their credibility and be effective probl...
Friday, October 2, 2009

How Knowing Your Jury’s Worldview Gives You Impact

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Facts are important. Facts are foundational. Facts are critical to your case. However, even with powerful well-documented facts on your side...
Friday, August 28, 2009

For Deposition Success: Speak to the Jurors!

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Your client is a rational, mature businessperson. You expect them to do well at their upcoming deposition, after all, they have plenty of re...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Today's Jurors’ Mixed Feelings About Corporations

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National research (Harris Interactive, 2009) shows that a majority of Americans place “a lot” of blame on banks (76%), Wall Street (57%) and...