Anticipating and undercutting opposing counsel’s arguments is often a key cornerstone to a winning opening statement. And in the recently launched lineup of episodes in our ongoing series, Trial Technique Spotlight, Shane Read, one of the nation’s leading trial consultants, details the approaches top attorneys have used to undercut opposing counsel contentions.
Topics: Trial Technique Spotlight
Topics: Missouri, Whitfield v. St. Louis Children's Hospital, et al.
When properly framed, an appeal to jurors’ “common sense” can be one of the most powerful rhetorical points in any attorney’s closing argument. And in closings at trial over a rear-end collision that injured a Florida woman, Keith Mitnik’s convincing appeal to "common sense" helped set up a seven-figure verdict.
Topics: Florida, Alexander v. Rojas, et al., Playlist
