Litigation Daily | Best Practices
By Ross Todd | April 14, 2022
"I'll suggest to you that you are not trying to persuade the jury any less in opening statements than you are in closing arguments. It's just that you have to do so within the confines of the rules of evidence and the rules of procedure and the rules of ethics," says Chicago trial lawyer Dan Kotin.
Litigation Daily | Best Practices
By Ross Todd | March 24, 2022
"Jurors, I think, tend to get tired of hearing from the same one or two lawyers all the time," says Kirkland's Jim Hurst. "Their ears and eyes perk up when suddenly some new younger lawyer gets up and he or she is doing a good job."
Litigation Daily | Best Practices
By Ross Todd | March 9, 2022
Robert Vaughan of Kim Vaughan Lerner uses the "Go BIG" acronym to describe his way of starting closings with a "grabber" and then incorporating the burden of proof, jury instructions and the grounds for getting a jury to go his way.
Litigation Daily | Best Practices
By Ross Todd | February 28, 2022
Veronica Finkelstein, an assistant U.S. attorney in Philadelphia, says the attorney's role during direct testimony is very much akin to that of a movie director.
Litigation Daily | Best Practices
By Ross Todd | January 31, 2022
"You have to wear your counselor hat, not just your advocate hat because you're not doing your client any favors if you're setting expectations that cannot be met," said U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler.
Litigation Daily | Best Practices
By Ross Todd | December 23, 2021
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Litigation Daily | Best Practices
By Ross Todd | December 16, 2021
"The fact that you love it or have a high level of satisfaction with some elements of it doesn't mean you don't have to deal with the hard stuff," says Terry Maroney, a professor at Vanderbilt University Law School.
Litigation Daily | Best Practices
By Ross Todd | December 6, 2021
Seattle litigator Robert Wayne says focusing on expert witnesses' "competency, likability and communication skills" can help "demystify" them.
Litigation Daily | Best Practices
By Ross Todd | October 18, 2021
We offered five public relations professionals the opportunity to speak anonymously so they could give litigators their candid feedback about how well they deal with the media. Here's what they had to say.
Litigation Daily | Analysis|Best Practices
By Ross Todd | October 14, 2021
Speaking at Reed Smith's second annual virtual global disputes conference, partners Janet Kwuon, Peter Kennedy and George Brown laid out some practical tips for lawyers trying to maintain privilege in the age of working from your dining room table and office hoteling.
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