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Case Result: Three times the State Farm policy limit. Five times the last best offer.
In the world of law, there are often times when hard work and dedication can lead to truly exceptional results. Such is the case with TS's Chuck Bennett, who recently secured an outstanding verdict in a "short trial" in TX on Valentine's Day while following the Trial...
Practice Reminders for Litigation and Trial
Staring at a room full of giant memo sheets plastering the conference room, my black “Sharpie” cursive is scratched on every page. My client, a trial lawyer in Los Angeles, says, “This is really helpful. Let me ask you, if you had to share your best lessons as a...
The Science of Why Stories Persuade: Brain Mirroring and Listener Comprehension
In late 2019, I was sitting at my favorite Dallas coffee and wine bar with a friend who was in town to help me prepare a witness for one of my cases. It was late afternoon, and we both had empty coffee mugs in front of us. She was telling me about her recent trip to...
ON-POINT CREATES TRIAL STRUCTURE-SPECIFIC CONTENT
At Trial Structure, we are fortunate to have some of the best legal-services vendors supporting our training and education. On-Point Legal Nurse Consulting and Medical Expert Witnesses have supported us in many ways as a sponsor. However, they also support our...
Captivating the Jury from Your Opening Statement
Published at Law.Com on November 11, 2020 In a trial as in life, “you never get a second chance to make a fist impression.” Opening statement is the jury’s first impression of the case, the first time the hard structure of the case’s framework is built. If it is not...
TV-star-turned-lawyer offers 10 acting tips for trial lawyers
This was published on American Bar Journal on December 10, 2020 “Son, if you want to be a trial lawyer, you never give up acting.” Those were the words of advice given to me by legendary Alabama trial lawyer Frank Burge when I successfully interviewed for my first job...
Retargeting: Finding Who Is Really Responsible
This article was previously published here: Law.Com on October 21, 2020 As lawyers, our jobs seem simple: hold accountable for the appropriate amount those responsible for hurting one of us. The right-sized settlement or verdict is our goal, for everyone responsible....
Rightsizing Verdicts
This article was previously published here: Law.com October 12, 2020 After the trial, a juror stands in a hallway outside the courtroom leaning against a wall. She and the rest of her jury had just ordered a trucking company, and unknowingly their insurance company,...
Maximizing Courtroom Effectiveness in the Age of Zoom
This article was previously publised here: Texas Lawyer (July 23, 2020) Oftentimes, people tell stories haphazardly, just for the fun of it. But as trial lawyers, we have to purposefully tell our clients’ stories to the jury or the judge so they can understand the...
Transforming Witnesses Into Master Storytellers Remotely
This article was previously published here: Law360 (August 25, 2020, 5:51 PM EDT) -- Most lawyers suffer the self-imposed misfortune of believing that, without any real training, they know how to prepare a witness for testimony. They offer unhelpful nuggets like,...
The Heart Must Go On ©
I remember Jimmy. He had a serious injury, a compacted spinal chord bruise and contusion. He was in pain, walked like he was drunk even where he had never had a drink in his life. I tried his case. I was only able to get a measly result. I remember him walking out of...
Memory Palace for Trial Lawyers: Do Spatial Learning Strategies Work for Jurors?
A good trial lawyer can emphasize important facts, binding them to parts of their client’s story that the jury can visualize. Maybe people have better memories than we realize, we just have to walk them through it in a way that effectively uses their memory.
Kyle Sherman: Catching Dreams
Kyle walks to the edge of the open doorway on the side of the airplane 13,000 feet above Dubai. He’s wearing an instructor as a backpack. The clear blue water spreads out for miles below him. The wind hits him like a brick wall. The instructor is screaming something,...
A passion for success: Ilya Lerma’s 2019 of Trial Structure, Witness Prep, and Reaching the Stars
“You can have the best evidence in the world, but if your client can’t relay their story in a compelling way, then why should a jury care? We are humans talking about human losses. Your client needs to be able to do that in a meaningful way.” Trial Structure’s Katonya Johnson sat down to find out more from Ilya Lerma.
$35M Consulting Verdicts in 2019, a Growing Law Firm, and Trial Structure. An Interview with Charles Bennett.
We sat down with Charles Bennett for an exclusive interview to discuss how cases he consulted on won over $35M in 2019, his philosophy for using Trial Structure, and where he sees himself and Trial Structure going from here.
The Science of Why Stories Persuade: Brain Mirroring and Listener Comprehension
Earlier this summer, I was sitting at my favorite Dallas coffee and wine bar with a friend who was in town to help me prepare a witness for one of my cases. It was late afternoon, and we both had empty coffee mugs in front of us. She was telling me about her recent...
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