13 Real World Lessons from Mock Jurors: Lesson 1
Intellectual property cases are often esoteric, arcane, theoretical, and complicated which results in the risk that jurors will see the case as...
The Changing Face of Jury Selection – Traditionalists
Jury selection and persuasion is both an art and a science and many of the best trial lawyers in the country spend their entire careers improving...
14 Traps: The Yes or No Question
Litigators and their client/witnesses are confronted with difficult situations during testimony, and it’s nice to have reliable ways out of those...
How to Get Your Witness Over the Testifying Jitters
Question: "How old is your son, the one living with you?" Answer: "Thirty-eight.” Question: "How long has he lived with you?" Answer: "Forty-five...
Why Didn’t You Do What I Told You to Do?
You drilled your client not to volunteer any information not asked for by opposing council, and yet, here he is, offering up details to the other...
Detect and Reject Loaded Questions with these 12 Legal Flyswatters
When your client answers opposing council’s questions, it’s a lot like a baseball player going to bat. The batter has to read the pitch and detect...
What Witness Prep and Driving a Car Have in Common
Preparing a witness for a deposition is like teaching them a new language. They need to study the vocabulary and how to construct sentences, rules...
Just stop talking
If your client doesn’t appear in front of a judge, jury, or video camera as believable, genuine, and authentic … they’re toast. As you know, your...
Rick Goldberg: The Art of Witness Preparation
From Nine Tenths of the Law by Mitch Ackal Rick recently had the opportunity to be interviewed by Mitch Ackal for his podcast on law, business and a...
Preparing The Corporate Executive – From the Boardroom to the Courtroom
The skills propelling an executive to their position and power base in the boardroom are obvious; a strong will verbal skills which can inspire...