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Trial lawyer tips by top-rated trial attorneys with two decades of experience. Mitch is the 2009 Trial Lawyer of the Year. Good stuff!
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Tell Your Jury a Story about Heroes and Villains
When you have a case that is packed full of tragedy and emotion, use creative and persuasive language to wake up the facts and make them “pop” to life for your jury. Use powerful themes to emphasize the lifelong tragedy or harm your client is fo...
Avoid Clichés and "Static" from Crossing Your Lips and Leaving Your Mouth During Trial
When I try a case, I never tell my jury during voir dire or opening statement to withhold judgment until they’ve listened to all the facts of our case or opposing counsel’s case.I never tell my jury that what I’m about to discuss with them duri...
Good Trial Attorneys Keep Complicated Concepts Simple and Easy To Understand
Let's say you're representing a plaintiff in an insurance bad faith case. Your case involves the insurance company failing to timely and properly investigate and settle your client's case pursuant to California Insurance Code Section 790.03.One appr...
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You Never Know What’s Going to Happen at Trial- Stay alert, focused, and on your toes at all times!
Earlier this week, Cormac Carney, an outstanding Federal Judge with impeccable credentials, set aside an earlier guilty plea by Orange County billionaire, Henry Samueli, of lying to the SEC under oath relative to the “Broadcom Cases”. If you rec...
Tattoos and Jury Trials- Sometimes the less the jury knows the better
This week a Florida judge ordered the state to pay for a cosmetologist to apply makeup before trial each day to cover up the tattoos on a criminal defendant charged with crimes. The tattoos were of a swastika, barbed wire and an obscene word on a ne...

