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Articles in this issue:

Punitive damages

Multiplying the value of your client’s case through a little extra effort and focus


Leaving town to try a case? Get prepared!

Don’t get “hometowned!” Nothing signals “outsider” like not knowing where you are…and where to park


My number was finally called

Takeaways and observations from my first jury trial



Winning or losing your case in minutes

Jury selection and arguing cause challenges; from jury questionnaires to using Batson-Wheeler to overcome defense’s discriminatory peremptory challenges


We’re going back-to-back

How to successfully try multiple cases with no downtime


Setting up and arguing non-economic damages at trial

A look at the F.L.P. strategy of presenting non-economic or “pain and suffering” damages


Monday morning quarterbacking

An appellate attorney’s top 10 tips for trial


The essential trial binder

A primer on how to prepare your trial binder to allow you to be at your most efficient and nimble in trial. It will also assist you in preparing your case for trial


Don’t let prejudicial bad facts ruin your good case

Key laws to protect your plaintiff from prejudicial evidence at trial through motions in limine


Trying the school-bullying case

Methods that are out-of-the-box for PI cases can make all the difference in an emotion-charged case such as school bullying


Protecting your clients’ interests by shaping policy in Washington

Data privacy, the regulation of autonomous vehicles and state insurance minimums are among policy issues


A successful political year for consumer attorneys

The 2023/2024 political cycle will be interesting, with looming initiatives to gut PAGA and cap contingency fees


Happy 60th Anniversary, OCTLA

Looking back on the days of Kennedy, the pen and the typewriter and ahead to challenges of the post-pandemic era


Getting to know your incoming CAALA president

“I wanted to be a lawyer because of an ugly event when I was about five- or six-years old.”