10 Tips on Conducting a Winning Cross Examination
What you learned in law school and most CLEs about cross examination won't help you much because much of what is taught is long outdated, ineffective, and potentially dangerous for...
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Book Review: The Way of the Trial Lawyer – Beyond Technique
Book Review: The Way of the Trial Lawyer – Beyond Technique
Reviewed by Stuart Zanville Reprinted with Permission from Advocate Magazine, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles. Copyright 2021. I have periodically shared information with readers about new books. I do it...
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The Tennessee Trial Lawyer Reviews: The Way of the Trial Lawyer by Rick Friedman
The Tennessee Trial Lawyer Reviews: The Way of the Trial Lawyer by Rick Friedman
Reviewed by Randy Kinnard Originally published in the Spring 2021 of The Tennessee Trial Lawyer, a quarterly magazine from the Tennessee Trial Lawyer Association. Imagine trying all your cases, arguing...
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Calling the Defense Expert's BluffCalling the Defense Expert's Bluff
In "Polarizing the Case: Exposing & Defeating the Malingering Myth," Friedman provides what he calls "a guidebook for wrapping the malingering defense around the defense lawyer's neck and strangling him...
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Using The Rules of the Road™ Technique to Win Medical Malpractice CasesUsing The Rules of the Road™ Technique to Win Medical Malpractice Cases
One in three patients admitted to hospitals experiences a medical mistake, and the cost of fixing the harms caused by these errors is $17 billion a year. The number of 250,000...
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Trial Lawyers and the Issue of ObjectionsTrial Lawyers and the Issue of Objections
Law schools teach that you should object to every objectionable question, and raise every issue in litigation. Following your law school education on these issues risks you losing your clients'...
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Becoming a Trial Lawyer: Forget Playing it SafeBecoming a Trial Lawyer: Forget Playing it Safe
The way to play it safe in law school was to raise and explain every possible issue. If five arguments supported a particular result, you had better discuss them all....
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Becoming a Trial Lawyer: Trying your First Case
Becoming a Trial Lawyer: Trying your First Case
Trial lawyers have no established standards for determining when someone is ready to try a case. As you wrestle with the question of whether you are ready, remember that this...
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Becoming a Trial Lawyer: Beyond Technique
Becoming a Trial Lawyer: Beyond Technique
Lawyers with nearly flawless technique can lose case after case, while lawyers who appear clumsy and bumbling can win repeatedly. To be a good trial lawyer, be willing and able...
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Educating the Trial Lawyer
Educating the Trial Lawyer
Written by David Rosenthal, CCTLA First Vice President Originally published in the Fall 2020 issue of The Litigator, a quarterly magazine from the Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association. When it comes...
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$3.42 million Noneconomic Damages Verdict in Hidalgo County, Texas$3.42 million Noneconomic Damages Verdict in Hidalgo County, Texas
In Hidalgo County, Texas, attorneys Michael Cowen and Malorie Peacock of Cowen Rodriguez and Peacock obtained a just multimillion-dollar verdict for the widow of a man who died during a...
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Rick Friedman Speaks at Pepperdine Law School (free video)Rick Friedman Speaks at Pepperdine Law School (free video)
Rick Friedman spoke at Pepperdine Law School on January 26th, 2019 in Malibu, California. Below is a video of the inspirational keynote address that he gave to the lawyers and law...
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Book Review: The Elements of TrialBook Review: The Elements of Trial
By Michael Sporer, Sporer, Mah & Co, New Westminster, BC Originally published in the Fall 2016 issue of The Verdict, the award-winning publication of the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia. William Strunk (d. 1946)...
