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

From Issue: 2023 January

The Los Angeles PI Hub courts

Seventh Amended Standing Order, effective May 16, limits types of cases to be filed; intended to decrease the time to hearing on the most common motions

Daniel M. Crowley

From Issue: 2022 June

To relate, or not to relate? That is the question

Common misunderstandings regarding notice of related cases

Randolph M. Hammock

From Issue: 2022 June

Effective courtroom lawyering - don't annoy the judge!

Don’t annoy the judge. Why would you want to annoy the person you are trying to convince?

Steven J. Kleifield

From Issue: 2021 July

Thunderbirds forever

A legal odyssey

Michael L. Stern

From Issue: 2021 July

Virtual trial – virtually the same

A look at practical lessons learned in completing a virtual trial

Jamie Goldstein

From Issue: 2021 January

Exploring the Stanley Mosk Courthouse

A trip through the portals and the courtrooms at Mosk and a look back at a few of the legal dramas that played out here

Gregory W. Alarcon

From Issue: 2022 June

Trial tips for the post-pandemic era

Jurors today are not as patient, so you need to keep the trial flowing

Mary Ann Murphy

From Issue: 2022 June

It’s not what you say, but how you say it

How your body can put emphasis on the spoken word in trial

John F. Denove

From Issue: 2022 January

Trying cases in trying times

A look at how we pulled off one of the first jury trials since the Pandemic began

Mark Mooney

From Issue: 2021 July

On becoming a civil-rights trial lawyer

Lessons from my father, and the path from PI law to criminal law to becoming a civil-rights lawyer

Dale K. Galipo

From Issue: 2021 February

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

Deborah S. Chang
Nicholas W. Yoka

From Issue: 2021 January