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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. .  Index & make summary of relevant information for use at trial. Decide how to use at trial.

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2024 Litigation Resolutions for All Litigators

Sound Jury Blog

From a time standpoint, it can also be used to jumpstart a number of activities that you need to tackle anyway: your jury selection strategy, writing opening, creation of graphics, and writing of witness outlines. This year, kill multiple birds with one jury research stone.

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USING A “REPTILE” STYLE OPENING STATEMENT

Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

Based this argument on jury instruction Cover each item one by one & explain 7 WHAT CAN THE JURY DO ABOUT IT? We will be presenting specific testimony from qualified witnesses to demonstrate how the defendant’s conduct violated these rules.”

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A SIMPLE SUMMARY OF TRIAL CONCEPTS

Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

I want to treat everyone, including the defendant, the judge, the court personnel and witnesses with appropriate respect. I present my cases as important cases in which the jury has the opportunity to make a difference for the better. I will spend time on each element of damage in the jury instruction.

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Getting Back to Basics in Trial Planning

Sound Jury Blog

by this witness). Then, with each witness, remind jurors what “work” is being done through constant sign-posting, which is essentially juror handholding, which is critical. Then, with each witness, remind jurors what “work” is being done through constant sign-posting, which is essentially juror handholding, which is critical.

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Best Evidence Rule Requires Post-Level Collection for Social Media Evidence

Next Generation E-Discovery Law & Tech Blog

The court cited an affidavit submitted by an eDiscovery expert witness who noted that when X1 Social Discovery was used to collect from the Plaintiff’s Facebook account, key evidence that existed prior to the litigation was missing because it had been deleted by the Plaintiff prior to the X1 Social Discovery collection.

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I'm Getting Judgy and Judging Judges Today

Ethicking

These texts were to and from her bailiff, commenting about the merits of the case, the credibility and attractiveness of witnesses, the size of prosecutors’ hands and other body parts. There were exchanges about what jury instructions would best lead to the judge’s preferred outcome (among other things).