David Bissinger

October 05, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

This article urges judges, legislators and lawyers to apply proportionality rules to limit depositions in cases in which ESI provides a far greater window into a case than the drafters of the original Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ever imagined.

By David Bissinger

6 minute read

December 02, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Judges rarely begrudge a professional offer of proof, and if the court knows you will present effective offers, the court may give second thought to the pending ruling or later rulings.

By Patrick Zummo and David Bissinger

5 minute read

December 02, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Judges rarely begrudge a professional offer of proof, and if the court knows you will present effective offers, the court may give second thought to the pending ruling or later rulings.

By Patrick Zummo and David Bissinger

5 minute read

August 27, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

In the age of the vanishing jury trial, seasoned trial lawyers arguing well within the rules increasingly find themselves under attack from litigators unfamiliar with the line between proper and improper closing argument.

By David Bissinger

5 minute read

August 27, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

In the age of the vanishing jury trial, seasoned trial lawyers arguing well within the rules increasingly find themselves under attack from litigators unfamiliar with the line between proper and improper closing argument.

By David Bissinger

5 minute read

April 17, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Trial courts should encourage, if not order, lawyers to use storyboard exhibit lists to outline the story of the case.

By David Bissinger and John O'Neill

5 minute read

April 17, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal

Trial courts should encourage, if not order, lawyers to use storyboard exhibit lists to outline the story of the case.

By David Bissinger and John O'Neill

5 minute read

March 16, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Storyboarding these exhibits in the list is essential in large cases in at least three important respects.

By David Bissinger and John O'Neill

6 minute read

March 13, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Storyboarding these exhibits in the list is essential in large cases in at least three important respects.

By David Bissinger and John O'Neill

6 minute read

April 02, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

More and more courts are imposing time limits for trial. In fact, courts impose time limits in some of the largest trials ever, write David Bissinger and Erica Harris. As The National Law Journal reported on Feb. 20 in "Judge Keeps Tight Leash in BP Litigation," U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans "tighten[ed] the scope" of the first of three trial phases in the litigation over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, ensuring, as one observer noted, "a compact trial."

By David Bissinger and Erica Harris

5 minute read