Watch Trial Technique Spotlight, where Shane Read discusses the verdict-winning techniques of leading trial attorneys.  

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.

Shane Read discusses how Frank Bayuk undercut defense arguments to win a $7 million rollover crash case verdict. You can watch the full trial here.

Because jurors often make decisions about a case’s merits during a trial’s earliest moments, it’s important to discredit opposing counsel’s key arguments during openings in order to bolster your own case. And in the latest episode of Trial Technique Spotlight, Shane Read, one of the nation’s foremost trial consultants, analyzes how Bayuk & Pratt’s Frank Bayuk memorably addressed key defense claims to win a $7 million verdict against Yamaha in a golf car rollover crash case. 

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.

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. 

Because demonstratives can be such a powerful aid to a case in openings, effectively undercutting an opposing party's demonstratives can be critical in persuasively introducing your own case. And in the latest episode of CVN’s Trial Technique Spotlight, Shane Read, one of the country’s leading trial consultants, discusses how Thomas Klein blunted plaintiffs' crash-related animation to help clear Nissan in an auto airbag trial.