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CONSIDER A TRIAL CHECKLIST

Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

Opening statement, witness examination & summation Depositions  Review all depositions & index for access at trial  Create summary of relevant testimony with index to access at trial  Decide how to use at trial. .  Decide how to use at trial.

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A SIMPLE SUMMARY OF TRIAL CONCEPTS

Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

Eighty percent of the talking should be by the jury. Opening Statement. There are many ways to approach the story you are going to tell in the opening statement. It is always better to use visual aids during the opening statement which will help shorten, simplify and help understanding by the jury.

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Getting Back to Basics in Trial Planning

Sound Jury Blog

We’ve asked them to build something from thousands of pages of exhibits and millions of words spoken by dozens of people, more than they could ever reasonably process, yet we expect them to “get it right.” Therefore, as much as possible, push for a clear statement of the claims and pre-instructions pre-opening statements.