--- title: 2023 January url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-january --- # [2023 January](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-january "2023 January") [![Advo Jan23 cvr ezine](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/images/issues/2023/01-january/Advo-Jan23-cvr-ezine.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/ezines/2023/January2023/html5/Advocate-Jan23-issue.html) Articles in this issue: ## [Punitive damages](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-january/punitive-damages "Punitive damages") Multiplying the value of your client’s case through a little extra effort and focus [David M. deRubertis](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/david-m-derubertis "David M. deRubertis") ## [Leaving town to try a case? Get prepared!](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-january/leaving-town-to-try-a-case-get-prepared "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 [Lauren Horwitz](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/lauren-horwitz "Lauren Horwitz") ## [My number was finally called](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-january/my-number-was-finally-called "My number was finally called") Takeaways and observations from my first jury trial [Alexander Gamez](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/alexander-gamez "Alexander Gamez") ## [The plaintiff appears to be fine and there’s a sympathetic defendant](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-january/the-plaintiff-appears-to-be-fine-and-there-s-a-sympathetic-defendant "The plaintiff appears to be fine and there’s a sympathetic defendant") Strategies from voir dire to examination [Alexander C. Eisner](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/alexander-c-eisner "Alexander C. Eisner") [Dan Kramer](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/dan-kramer "Dan Kramer") [Teresa Johnson](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/teresa-johnson "Teresa Johnson") ## [Winning or losing your case in minutes](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-january/winning-or-losing-your-case-in-minutes "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 [James Trotter](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/james-trotter "James Trotter") [John Shaller](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/john-shaller "John Shaller") [Thomas A. Schultz](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/thomas-a-schultz "Thomas A. Schultz") ## [We’re going back-to-back](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-january/we-re-going-back-to-back "We’re going back-to-back") How to successfully try multiple cases with no downtime [Casey Hultin](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/casey-hultin "Casey Hultin") ## [Setting up and arguing non-economic damages at trial](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-january/setting-up-and-arguing-non-economic-damages-at-trial "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 [Byron J. Abron (B.J.)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/byron-j-abron-b-j "Byron J. Abron (B.J.)") ## [Monday morning quarterbacking](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-january/monday-morning-quarterbacking "Monday morning quarterbacking") An appellate attorney’s top 10 tips for trial [Holly Boyer](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/holly-boyer "Holly Boyer") ## [The essential trial binder](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-january/the-essential-trial-binder "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 [Kelly B. Hanker](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/kelly-b-hanker "Kelly B. Hanker") ## [Don’t let prejudicial bad facts ruin your good case](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-january/don-t-let-prejudicial-bad-facts-ruin-your-good-case "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 [Natalie Weatherford](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/natalie-weatherford "Natalie Weatherford") [Peter Reagan](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/peter-reagan "Peter Reagan") ## [Trying the school-bullying case](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-january/trying-the-school-bullying-case "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 [Christa Ramey](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/christa-ramey "Christa Ramey") [Siannah Collado](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/siannah-collado "Siannah Collado") ## [Protecting your clients’ interests by shaping policy in Washington](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-january/protecting-your-clients-interests-by-shaping-policy-in-washington "Protecting your clients’ interests by shaping policy in Washington") Data privacy, the regulation of autonomous vehicles and state insurance minimums are among policy issues [Linda A. Lipsen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/linda-a-lipsen "Linda A. Lipsen") ## [A successful political year for consumer attorneys](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-january/a-successful-political-year-for-consumer-attorneys "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 [Samantha Helton](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/samantha-helton "Samantha Helton") ## [Happy 60th Anniversary, OCTLA](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-january/happy-60th-anniversary-octla "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](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-january/getting-to-know-your-incoming-caala-president "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.”