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title: 2014 April
url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-april
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# [2014 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-april "2014 April")

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Articles in this issue:

## [Brain storm: How to recognize a traumatic brain injury](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-april/brain-storm-how-to-recognize-a-traumatic-brain-injury "Brain storm: How to recognize a traumatic brain injury")

Insight into brain function before and after trauma

[Joseph M. Barrett](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/joseph-m-barrett "Joseph M. Barrett")

## [Videotaping of expert witnesses](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-april/videotaping-of-expert-witnesses "Videotaping of expert witnesses")

Videotaping the testimony of both your own experts and defendants’ experts can be key to a trial victory

[Thomas M. Dempsey](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/thomas-m-dempsey "Thomas M. Dempsey")

## [Non-economic damages in the wrongful death trial](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-april/non-economic-damages-in-the-wrongful-death-trial "Non-economic damages in the wrongful death trial")

Sympathy is not what you’re looking for and, frankly, sympathy is inadequate

[Ricardo Echeverria](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ricardo-echeverria "Ricardo Echeverria")

## [Damages: Spinal cord and peripheral nerve injuries](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-april/damages-spinal-cord-and-peripheral-nerve-injuries "Damages: Spinal cord and peripheral nerve injuries")

A guide to the high-risk business of trying spinal-injury cases

[Victor George](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/victor-george "Victor George")

## [Seeking punitive damages against drivers distracted by hand-held electronic devices](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-april/seeking-punitive-damages-against-drivers-distracted-by-hand-held-electronic-devices "Seeking punitive damages against drivers distracted by hand-held electronic devices")

Distracted drivers’ cases can adopt the legal principles providing for punitive damages against drunk drivers

[Patrick Gunning](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/patrick-gunning "Patrick Gunning")

## [Experts: Who you need and who you don’t](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-april/experts-who-you-need-and-who-you-don-t "Experts: Who you need and who you don’t")

Going light on experts can cost you at trial; going heavy can cost you, too

[Bill Karns](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/bill-karns "Bill Karns")

## [Making complex regional pain syndrome simple for a jury](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-april/making-complex-regional-pain-syndrome-simple-for-a-jury "Making complex regional pain syndrome simple for a jury")

A start-to-finish strategy for proving the chronic pain and resultant damages of CRPS

[Spencer Lucas](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/spencer-lucas "Spencer Lucas")

## [Fighting sub rosa corruption](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-april/fighting-sub-rosa-corruption "Fighting sub rosa corruption")

Tools to use against an ambush at trial by defendant’s corrupted evidence

[Brian Panish](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/brian-panish "Brian Panish")
[David Rudorfer](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/david-rudorfer "David Rudorfer")

## [The jury and the award: Convincing 12 strangers](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2014-april/the-jury-and-the-award-convincing-12-strangers "The jury and the award: Convincing 12 strangers")

To win an employment case, the jury must like your client and you must present the client’s story clearly

[Carney Shegerian](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/carney-shegerian "Carney Shegerian")