The Barrister

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Part five is focused on permissible arguments on damages in closing arguments. .” In this chapter you can information about settlement issues, prejudgment interest, taxation of judgments, limitations, and more. The final part of South Carolina Damages is about damages for specific causes of action.

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Gerry Oginski's New York Legal Blog

JANUARY 23, 2018

A bare-bones, no frill, no substance, no great oratoracle skills closing argument. I asked my daughter who she believed, just based on watching this closing argument. She said "I think the defense had a better argument, although the defense lawyer looked and acted doofy when giving his closing argument."

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Temple University Beasley School of Law - Advocacy

AUGUST 29, 2023

Listen to the answers you will get and decide whether calling helpful statements lies is worth the closing argument of “they admitted it – they lied to the police.” We could track Othello and say “impeach wisely, not too well.” Or more simply the lesson is listen.

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Temple University Beasley School of Law - Advocacy

DECEMBER 15, 2023

But this principle may need to be flipped on occasion. I learned this first some 35 years ago when co-teaching an advocacy course with a great trial attorney, Hastings Griffin.

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The Successful Lawyer

JANUARY 13, 2022

Conclude by imagining your closing argument, packaging the story for maximum impact. See yourself delivering the argument in a strong and confident manner. Hear your opponent giving their argument as well. Also see yourself cross-examining the opposing party and the opposing expert. Visualize your rebuttal.

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Gerry Oginski's New York Legal Blog

JANUARY 2, 2018

Having a word-for-word transcript is also helpful during closing arguments. It's also helpful to show to your medical experts who will be testifying soon and who are not in court listening to the daily testimony. I can now show the jury the exact words the defense lawyer used to promise the jury something.

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Evidence at Trial

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Closing argument, the theory goes, is when it will all come together. — Franklin Delano Roosevelt Too often in jury trials, attorneys mistakenly think getting evidence admitted is a dry and mechanical process separate and apart from the task of persuasion. Experienced trial lawyers know how misguided this approach can be.

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Gerry Oginski's New York Legal Blog

JUNE 3, 2017

Besides, on closing argument, your attorney is going to remind them of this critical point. The jury knows what you just accomplished. The judge knows what you just got the witness to do. The jury will remember this point during their deliberations. On the other hand, imagine your lawyer has just devastated the defense's expert.

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Evidence at Trial

MARCH 22, 2023

In closing argument, you can run through the facts of the case and—referring to the fact judicially noticed—remind the jury that this fact is beyond dispute, because the judge said so.

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Gerry Oginski's New York Legal Blog

JUNE 1, 2017

It's time for the attorneys to make closing arguments. Whether he chooses to settle or not is not an appropriate argument to make during closing arguments at your trial. To learn why it's never a good idea to read opening arguments in front of the jury, I invite you to watch the quick video below.

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Temple University Beasley School of Law - Advocacy

APRIL 16, 2024

The video at issue was replayed at full speed and then in slow motion during the prosecution closing argument; and then during deliberations and at the jurors’ request the video was again played repeatedly in slow motion. What was the concern?

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