Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

JANUARY 15, 2025

They just have a general sense they want to prove the witness is wrong or a liar. Thats why cross examination is often not only unsuccessful but, boring. Great trial lawyers plan their cross examination and have specific goals in mind. We all know the general goals of cross examination which include these: 1.

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Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Decisions are not simply made on the basis of intellectual analysis of the testimony and evidence. I want to treat everyone, including the defendant, the judge, the court personnel and witnesses with appropriate respect. The primary factors prevail over facts, evidence and logical reasoning. Emotion plays a huge role.

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Temple University Beasley School of Law - Advocacy

AUGUST 29, 2023

They came to mind, sadly, when reviewing a defense lawyer’s attempt to impeach a cooperating witness. Decades ago I witnessed this malady in a more general form, a lawyer impeaching a witness only to make the case worse for the accused. Was the witness impeached with an inconsistency? What do I mean? But this lawyer?

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Evidence at Trial

MARCH 30, 2023

But in this he-said-she-said ski collision case, where the jury must accept one party’s version of events and reject the other, the skill of the examiner is important. The Paltrow case is an easy case to examine because of its simplicity. Cross-Examining Gwyneth Paltrow: Make Her Credibility Is A Weakness?

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