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Visualization as a Tool to Enhance Performance: Picture Yourself in the Courtroom

The Successful Lawyer

See yourself describing the important evidence in the context of your theory and theme. Visualize witness examinations. Watch your client’s demeanor as he or she is cross-examined as well. Imagine the actual cross-examination to help you prepare ways to preemptively neutralize it. Visualize your rebuttal.

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Town Sanctioned for Prejudicial Breaches of Duty to Preserve in Alleged Sexual Assault Case; Court Also Addresses Use of Personal Email by Council Members

E-Discovery LLC

The Court set out the standard formula for spoliation – – there must be a duty to preserve, breach with a culpable state of mind, and prejudice, i.e., loss of “relevant” evidence that would have supported the claims or defenses of the discovering party. at *2; see Fed.R.Civ.P. 37(e)(for ESI).