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Articles in this issue:

An appellate perspective on verdict forms

Although often relegated until the end of the trial, crafting a verdict form is among the most important aspects of a trial


Don’t make your first witness your first mistake

Calling a defense witness as your first witness is a popular idea – and a bad one


The defense expert cross-examination

Their expert isn’t actually that cool. Help the jury to see that


Virtual trial – virtually the same

A look at practical lessons learned in completing a virtual trial


Trying your case during the COVID-19 pandemic

A loss at a medical malpractice trial leads to useful introspection on the value and challenges of going to trial in this time of COVID


Opening statements

What works and what doesn’t


The recipe for success

The missing ingredient so often is proper evaluation of the case for trial: should this case be tried?


The added value of a private investigator in a motor-vehicle case

What you don’t learn from a police report may be just what you need to prove liability and identify other defendants


Appellate Reports

[[case]]Daubert[[/case]] error no longer requires new trial as sole remedy


Cayman County: California’s 59th County

The Homestead exemption changed January 1, 2021, protecting many more defendants from the forced sale of their home when facing a judgment


Kamala and CAALA

The connection between the VP and the Association


AAJ leads fight to remove tort reform section from COVID-19 relief package

Proposed language would have impacted any med-mal or public-nuisance action even tangentially related to COVID-19


CAOC: Pushing forward in second year of pandemic with good legislation

CAOC is working on all fronts to heighten the functionality of the courts as we proceed through the pandemic


Welcome 2021!

A Year of Hope and the Opportunity to Give. Join us for the Installation ceremony Jan. 28 on YouTube


If the cause is just, I’m all in

I’m a civil rights attorney. I don’t do PI cases


The closing argument

Creating a masterpiece every time


Pandemic communication

A round table discussion with stage actors on the challenges in communicating with jurors during a trial in the live COVID courtroom


The top 10 cases for trial attorneys in personal-injury cases

Ten important cases that are repeatedly encountered and can be both a sword and shield


The immediate future of jury trials

As civil jury trials resume, they will likely rely on Zoom and similar video-conferencing for all or part of the proceedings