Number 3 of “19 for 19”. Time-sensitive, time-intensive, time-keeping, time-saver, time and time again. Daylight Savings Time. I have found myself intrigued by duration these days. Precisely how long do […]
Read more– Number 2 of “19 for 19” Longevity. “The real voyage of discovery consists, not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”- Marcel Proust. I have been marveling […]
Read moreWe all get busy but consider this an invitation to join me on my “19 for 19” journey writing about helping attorneys present and persuade in the courtroom. In drawing […]
Read moreI write with gratitude for the woman who hired me away from corporate America and gave me my first glimpse of the trial consulting world. (Coca-Cola NY limited my color palette, but did great […]
Read moreI am writing from a war room 14 days into trial. Picture a fun, familiar and full trial team, moving in customary fits of urgency amidst equal parts strategy and […]
Read moreWandering through the lobby of the Hilton Americas, Saturday morning in that post-conference sort of daze. How many conversations can you pack into 3 days? How many things on your […]
Read moreEvery once in a while an event at trial will strike a chord and remind us of why we love this work: “Contractual obligations are fixed solely by the parties, […]
Read moreWinning at trial, whether by jury or judge/arbiter, relies on authentic witnesses who tell credible stories. Great legal argument might bring home a victory, but the telling of events must […]
Read moreBy the time a case is ready for trial in federal court, lawyers on the trial team have made several appearances before the court. Each side has appeared for the […]
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