Monthly Archive: April 2017
Controlling the runaway witness during cross examination is one of those challenges that we as trial lawyers have to deal with on a daily basis. No matter how tight and pointed the question is, the runaway witness takes it upon…
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The scarcity principle is a phenomenon of human psychology. It may even be an evolutionary trait. It states that we give more value to things we consider rare and less value to things we consider plentiful. It is the reason…
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Everything that happens in the courtroom is your fault. Your witness got hit with something you never anticipated? That’s your fault. The other side made a devastating argument that you had no comeback for? That’s your fault. You slipped up…
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As a trial lawyer most of your training outside of the basics will come from trying cases. But no matter how trial active you are you will not be in trial every day. In fact, recent trends suggest that you…
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