I. Direct Examination: Conveying Your Vision of the Case to the Jury. If a trial is...
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What are those People in the Jury Box Thinking? Using Effective Voir Dire Tactics to Find Out
Persuasion in jury selection has three general goals. You should try to conduct voir dire in such a way that at the end:...
Evidence, Experts and Hearsay in the Courtroom
A. How to Maximize Use of Evidence Rules 1. Is an expert needed? This is...
How to Handle a Failure to Diagnose Coronary Artery Disease Case
The hardest part of handling a medical malpractice case is not screening, although that is difficult. It is not finding and working with...
Focus Groups: What They Can and Cannot Do For You
Although trial lawyers like to think that we can present our cases in the most appropriate and persuasive manner for the “common man” to understand...
Fraudulent Charting: Separating Sloppiness from Intent (And Using Both to Your Advantage)
One of the most frustrating, but inevitable, parts of each nursing home case is obtaining and cataloguing a complete set of the nursing home...