by Charles Bennett | Feb 4, 2020 | Articles, Blog
We already know that stories persuade. But are there other reasons stories are useful? What is it about what happens in our minds when we hear stories that makes them so useful to us as trial lawyers? When I was a kid, my dad taught me how to drive a manual...
by Charles Bennett | Jan 6, 2020 | Articles, Blog
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,...
by Charles Bennett | Dec 15, 2019 | Articles, Blog
“Besides being a Trial Structure consultant and instructor, this time next year, you’re going to be the top witness prep consultant in the country!” As we jump in my truck, those words practically fly out of my mouth to Ilya Lerma earlier this year. Driving to the...
by Charles Bennett | Oct 29, 2019 | Articles, Blog
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...
