Better trial practice clinics and CLE seminars have spread the word about effective closing argument tactics and techniques. Most attorneys today use some sort of visual aid, from posterboard to computer simulation during their closing, for example, giving jurors a clearer summation of a case. 

But the difference between a workmanlike summation and a closing that compels a jury is the way in which these tactics and techniques are used. The tips below, as shown by three of the country's top trial lawyers, can help seal a verdict in your favor.

Cameras in the courtroom have led a sea-change in legal journalism and are revolutionizing attorneys' trial preparation and practice. 

For more than 50 years pro athletes and coaches have studied video footage, of themselves and their opponents, finding new and sometimes hidden insights that translate to a win on game day. The practice is now so ingrained and sophisticated that film study is built into a team’s daily training schedule, and a quarterback like the Denver Broncos’ Peyton Manning can dial up video on his tablet and dissect a play from three decades earlier, all while he rehabs an injury.

But despite higher stakes and competition that’s just as keen, many practicing trial attorneys have never studied video.

Why?

Top defense attorneys won key CVN-covered trials throughout Georgia in 2015. CVN Georgia's 2015 Defense Attorney of the Year earned the honor going undefeated in two major medical malpractice trials in front of CVN cameras. 

With more than a dozen million-dollar-plus verdicts captured by CVN cameras in Georgia throughout 2015, the field was crowded with worthy candidates for CVN Georgia's Plaintiff's Attorney of the Year honor. This year's winner earned the distinction with a landmark award in a products liability case that made headlines across the country. 

Many of the nation's premier defense attorneys won critical cases in Florida while CVN cameras recorded the action in 2015. But the year's winner earned the title as CVN Florida's Defense Attorney of the Year with a hard-fought win in a million-dollar trial against a Florida prep school.