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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...
“llya was invaluable to my case…”
"llya was invaluable to my case. My client had a history of mental illness, including past diagnoses of both bipolar disorder and schizoaffective disorder. Though the case was potentially very valuable, the difficulty lay in my client's inability to tell even a...
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$2.6 Million Verdict- Pre-Trial Offer of $10,000
A jury in Florida returned a $2.6M verdict against a rehab facility, making clear that it is unacceptable for a staff member left alone with a patient to sexually assault the patient. The highest pre-trial offer was $10,000. Thanks to Brett Steinberg of Steinberg Law,...
$20 Million Verdict – Long
Trial Structure's Alejandro Blanco and Ilya Lerma consulted on this case where the last pre-trial offer from the Defense was for the Plaintiff to pay $250,000. A San Luis Obispo County jury awarded more than $20 million to an injured woman and the families of a man...
$325,000 Verdict – Pre-Trial Offer of $19,000
Sayed et al. v. Helmbright, Collin County, Texas - Charles Bennett Trial Lawyer Ilya Lerma : Chuck, what would make you think it's a good idea to step into a case less than one week before trial, and think you could do an amazing job or actually increase value?...
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...
Scientifically Proving Trial Structure with Dr. Martin Peterson
Dr. Martin Peterson shares how he has scientifically proven Trial Structure’s effectiveness through multiple focus groups on a range of different cases.
Persuasion Skills with Ilya Lerma
Ilya Lerma teaches us how to use persuasion skills in storytelling with Trial Structure.
Kyle Sherman: Using Space and Dialogue to Tell Stories
Trial Structure Instructors Kyle Sherman and Ilya Lerma talk telling stories using Space and Dialogue and how to help the Jury see the truth of what the defense did.
Jeff Hester $12M Verdict Testimonial
Jeff Hester (https://www.jeffhesterlawoffice.com) talks about using Trial Structure consulting to win a $12 Million jury verdict in Mobile, Alabama in 2019 that he tried with Cusimato, Roberts, Mills & Knowlton, LLC (https://alabamatortlaw.com)
Persuasion Skills with Ilya Lerma
Trial Structure’s Ilya Lerma gives a quick lesson on what Trial Structure means by persuasion skills and how effective they can be in the courtroom for showing the jury the truth of what the defense did to your plaintiff.
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...
$700K Verdict- The Crockett Law Firm
"I don’t think the result would have been anywhere near what we got without Chuck’s two days of structure" - Brian Crockett Brian Crockett won a $700,000 verdict on Friday, March 6, 2020 "thanks to Chuck Bennett and Trial Structure." This was a car wreck case...
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,...
$4M Verdict – Qui
“I'm 100% confident that the fact that we won was in no small part due to Kyle Sherman and Charles Bennett of Trial Structure. Before they came, I don't know where I would have ended up as far as opening went. It certainly wouldn't have been where we did. It was just...
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