--- title: 2023 June url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-june --- # [2023 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-june "2023 June") [![Advo Jun23 cvr ezine](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/images/issues/2023/06-june/Advo-Jun23-cvr-ezine.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/ezines/2023/June2023/html5/Advocate-Jun23-issue.html) Articles in this issue: ## [Powerful ways to prove your client’s brain injury objectively](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-june/powerful-ways-to-prove-your-client-s-brain-injury-objectively "Powerful ways to prove your client’s brain injury objectively") Don’t just defend the “subjective” evidence of a brain injury, use state-of-the- art multi-disciplinary “objective” evidence to prove your client’s brain injury [Robert Jarchi](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/robert-jarchi "Robert Jarchi") ## [Evaluating the legal-malpractice case](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-june/evaluating-the-legal-malpractice-case "Evaluating the legal-malpractice case") The complex statute of limitations and the “case within the case” [Ron W. Makarem](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ron-w-makarem "Ron W. Makarem") [Samuel D. Almon](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/samuel-d-almon "Samuel D. Almon") ## [ESI in discovery and at trial….ready for it?](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-june/esi-in-discovery-and-at-trial-ready-for-it "ESI in discovery and at trial….ready for it?") Become a mastermind of metadata and other electronically stored information [Sara A. McClain](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/sara-a-mcclain "Sara A. McClain") ## [Holding Child Protective Services accountable](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-june/holding-child-protective-services-accountablev "Holding Child Protective Services accountable") The CPS system is broken but there are strategies to bring justice to its victims [Wyatt Vespermann](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/wyatt-vespermann "Wyatt Vespermann") ## [Dog bites](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-june/dog-bites "Dog bites") What you don’t know can take a big bite out of your case [Ron Berman](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/ron-berman "Ron Berman") ## [Expert-witness disclosure in federal court](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-june/expert-witness-disclosure-in-federal-court "Expert-witness disclosure in federal court") The case often comes down to a battle of experts. Be prepared for that battle [Timothy A. Loranger](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/timothy-a-loranger "Timothy A. Loranger") ## [Persuasion science for trial lawyers](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-june/persuasion-science-for-trial-lawyers-2 "Persuasion science for trial lawyers") “The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.” — Scientist and astrophysicist Neil Degrasse Tyson [John P. Blumberg](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/john-p-blumberg "John P. Blumberg") ## [Your client filed for bankruptcy: What now?](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-june/your-client-filed-for-bankruptcy-what-now "Your client filed for bankruptcy: What now?") A look at how a PI claim can become an asset in a bankruptcy estate that may be used to pay creditors [James Stang](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/james-stang "James Stang") ## [Your plaintiff died. Now what?](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-june/your-plaintiff-died-now-what "Your plaintiff died. Now what?") Amending the complaint to allege a survival action or wrongful death claim [Laurel Halbany](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/laurel-halbany "Laurel Halbany") [Michael Stewart](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/michael-stewart "Michael Stewart") ## [Medicine for attorneys: Fractures](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-june/medicine-for-attorneys-fractures "Medicine for attorneys: Fractures") How to present fractures and associated injuries at trial [Eustace de Saint Phalle](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/eustace-de-saint-phalle "Eustace de Saint Phalle") [Olivia K. Leary](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/olivia-k-leary "Olivia K. Leary") ## [Celebrate!](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-june/celebrate "Celebrate!") From Gay Pride to emancipation of slaves to men’s health, June is a time for awareness of others and self ## [The joy of jury service](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-june/the-joy-of-jury-service "The joy of jury service") The trial by civil jury, guaranteed by the Seventh Amendment, is what keeps us all going [Lindsey Aitken](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/lindsey-aitken "Lindsey Aitken") ## [Insurance industry tort-reform provisions on litigation funding defeated by CAOC](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-june/insurance-industry-tort-reform-provisions-on-litigation-funding-defeated-by-caoc "Insurance industry tort-reform provisions on litigation funding defeated by CAOC") Litigation funding plays an important role for PI plaintiffs and is often a last-choice resort for injured victims [Nancy Peverini](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/nancy-peverini "Nancy Peverini") ## [Federal legislation offered to prohibit arbitration in cases of race discrimination](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-june/federal-legislation-offered-to-prohibit-arbitration-in-cases-of-race-discrimination "Federal legislation offered to prohibit arbitration in cases of race discrimination") Also: Massachusetts statutory interest rates declared constitutional in $37M judgment against Philip Morris [Linda A. Lipsen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/linda-a-lipsen "Linda A. Lipsen") ## [How we give](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-june/how-we-give "How we give") A look at how decisions are made on the financial support we provide in Southern California [Karina Lallande](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/karina-lallande "Karina Lallande") [Michelle M. West](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/michelle-m-west "Michelle M. West") ## [Appellate Reports](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-june/appellate-reports-46 "Appellate Reports") Supreme court rules governmental design immunity for dangerous roads does not categorically preclude failure-to-warn claims; also, public liability for dangerous sidewalks [Jeffrey I. Ehrlich](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/jeffrey-i-ehrlich "Jeffrey I. Ehrlich")