A pair of major metro Atlanta-area trials are expected to open this week against Monsanto and Amazon Logistics, with Courtroom View Network delivering gavel-to-gavel, streaming coverage of each. 

Sometimes the most powerful points in closing arguments come not from statements prepared well in advance, but from rhetorical counterpunches to what opposing counsel just said. In a recent, special edition of Trial Technique Spotlight, noted trial consultant Shane Read details how Arash Homampour’s blistering response to opposing counsel's closing argument helped set up a $36-million-plus award for a fatal motorcycle crash.

Frank Bayuk and Bethany Schneider discuss their approach to potential case weaknesses, and how they won a $7 million verdict in a Yamaha rollover crash trial. Watch the full interview, as well as openings in the trial, here. 

Adeptly addressing potential weaknesses in your case is critical to persuading a jury at trial. And in a wide-ranging interview breaking down how they won a $7 million verdict against Yamaha for the injuries a toddler suffered in a golf car rollover crash, Bayuk & Pratt’s Frank Bayuk and Schneider Injury Law’s Bethany Schneider discussed how they masterfully undercut a major potential weakness in their case.

Mark Lanier's damages road map is part of one of CVN's new playlists on demonstratives in closings. Check out the entire Playlist Library here. 

A creative demonstrative can be a powerful tool to bolster a damages argument and memorably summarize the fallout from an injury at the heart of a case. And in a headline-grabbing talc trial, Mark Lanier took jurors along a damages “road map” that ultimately led to a massive trial verdict. 

Shane Read discusses how Sean Claggett undercut defense arguments to win a massive verdict in a deadly crash case. You can watch the full trial here. 

Powerfully countering your opposing parties’ arguments is a critical portion of any opening statement. And in the latest episode of Trial Technique Spotlight, Shane Read, one of the nation’s preeminent trial consultants, details how Claggett & Sykes' Sean Claggett undercut a defendant waste management company’s contentions about a deadly collision, setting up a blockbuster verdict.