2025 January

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Articles in this issue:

Volunteers are needed for great charity events in 2025

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Michelle M. West

2025 January


Four underutilized rules of evidence at trial

Dealing with experts’ wild scenarios of causation, the disappearing plaintiff, impeachment documents and publications referred to at trial

Khail A. Parris

2025 January


Stronger together

Each of us can learn something valuable from one another

Aaron Hicks

2025 January



To oversell or undersell, that is the mini question

To oversell or undersell, that is the mini question

Do you talk about good facts or bad facts in your mini-opening statement?

Christopher Montes de Oca

2025 January


Humanizing the plaintiff in civil-rights trials

Whether it be a plaintiff with a criminal history, or issues with substance abuse, the jury’s perception is one that must be shaped from the inception of the case

Denisse O. Gastélum

2025 January


Proving retaliatory animus through circumstantial evidence

Methods for establishing an employer’s retaliatory motives through indirect evidence

Arya Rhodes

2025 January


A plaintiff’s own pre-treatment negligence cannot support a finding of comparative fault

A med-mal defendant should not be permitted to use the plaintiff’s own pre-treatment negligence to support a finding of comparative fault

Benjamin Ikuta

2025 January


Roll the tape

Effective use of videotaped depositions at trial

Teresa Johnson

2025 January


High-stakes speed run

High-stakes speed run

How to try a big-exposure case in three and a half days. Hint: Keep the story simple and organized. Here are tools to help you do that.

Dustin Collier
Drew Teti

2025 January


Tips from a prosecutor turned plaintiff’s counsel

Leverage courtroom dynamics to secure justice for personal-injury clients

Allyson Ostrowski

2025 January


Exploring Medicare in the context of <em>Audish v. Macias</em> (2024)

Exploring Medicare in the context of Audish v. Macias (2024)

Practical tips on challenging and overcoming Audish v. Macias, based on a recent case tried to verdict in Orange County

Greyson M. Goody

2025 January


Maximizing non-economic damages in wrongful-death trials

A methodical overview of successful methods employed by trial lawyers to empower jurors to award substantial verdicts in wrongful-death cases

Raphael Javid
Andrew A. Talebi

2025 January


A cinematic approach to storytelling at trial

Narrative approaches to trial advocacy amplify the strengths of dramatic storytelling

Alan Romero

2025 January


Federal trial procedure

A guide to mastering federal trial procedures, especially “local, local rules”

Christian Contreras

2025 January


Arguing punitive damages

Arguing punitive damages

You are now arguing on behalf of society to not only punish the bad conduct but to prevent it from happening again

Ricardo Echeverria

2025 January


Eight overlooked appellate decisions every PI trial lawyer should know

You’re familiar with Howell and Sanchez, and you’ve made a Kennemur objection. Explore these lesser-known decisions to enhance your trial skills

Matthew Whibley

2025 January


“Here we go yo”

“Here we go yo, here we go yo, So what, so what, so what’s the scenario?”

Martin I. Aarons

2025 January

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