Trial Practice

Avoiding removal and obtaining remand

Keeping it in state court: An overview of removal jurisdiction

From Issue: 2020 March

To achieve maximum non-economic damages, we must find and tell extraordinary stories

From Issue: 2021 April

The road to (true) trial readiness

From Issue: 2019 July

There is a fine line between zealous advocacy and being a zealot

The real effect of opening statements

Many attorneys have difficulties rehabilitating their witnesses and tearing down the credibility of adverse witnesses

From Issue: 2022 June

Announcing “ready” for a personal-injury trial in PI Department 1

From Issue: 2017 July

Discussing [case]Theater for Trial[/case] with David Ball

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

Narrative approaches to trial advocacy amplify the strengths of dramatic storytelling