--- title: Trial Practice description: Advocate Magazine articles on Trial Practice, from the Subject Matter Index. --- [![Avoiding unforced errors](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Murphy-istock-452113645_9fb5456e3a29cf69c8f0fef590320f9e.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-february/avoiding-unforced-errors "Avoiding unforced errors") ## [Avoiding unforced errors](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-february/avoiding-unforced-errors "Avoiding unforced errors") In litigation, unforced errors can hurt you and your client [Mary Ann Murphy](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/mary-ann-murphy "Mary Ann Murphy") From Issue: [2024 February](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-february) ## [Attacking and supporting witness credibility](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-june/attacking-and-supporting-witness-credibility "Attacking and supporting witness credibility") Many attorneys have difficulties rehabilitating their witnesses and tearing down the credibility of adverse witnesses [James Cooper](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/james-cooper "James Cooper") From Issue: [2022 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2022-june) ## [Are you (truly) ready for trial?](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-july/are-you-truly-ready-for-trial "Are you (truly) ready for trial?") Announcing “ready” for a personal-injury trial in PI Department 1 [Debre Katz Weintraub](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/debre-katz-weintraub "Debre Katz Weintraub") [Michelle R. Rosenblatt](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/michelle-r-rosenblatt "Michelle R. Rosenblatt") From Issue: [2017 July](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-july) ## [All the (courtroom’s) a stage](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-september/all-the-courtroom-s-a-stage "All the (courtroom’s) a stage") Discussing [case]Theater for Trial[/case] with David Ball [Cynthia McGuinn](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/cynthia-mcguinn "Cynthia McGuinn") [Daniel B. Pleasant](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/daniel-b-pleasant "Daniel B. Pleasant") From Issue: [2018 September](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-september) ## [A plaintiff’s own pre-treatment negligence cannot support a finding of comparative fault](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-january/a-plaintiff-s-own-pre-treatment-negligence-cannot-support-a-finding-of-comparative-fault "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](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/benjamin-ikuta "Benjamin Ikuta") From Issue: [2025 January](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-january) ## [A cinematic approach to storytelling at trial](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-january/a-cinematic-approach-to-storytelling-at-trial "A cinematic approach to storytelling at trial") Narrative approaches to trial advocacy amplify the strengths of dramatic storytelling [Alan Romero](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/alan-romero "Alan Romero") From Issue: [2025 January](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-january) ## [Avoiding removal and obtaining remand](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-march/avoiding-removal-and-obtaining-remand "Avoiding removal and obtaining remand") Keeping it in state court: An overview of removal jurisdiction [Kiley Grombacher](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/kiley-grombacher "Kiley Grombacher") [Robert Fisher](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/robert-fisher "Robert Fisher") From Issue: [2020 March](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-march) [![Arguing non-economic damages in a wrongful-death case](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Panish-istock-470120262_67747918b35b40a343154d3c9a3a49e3.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-april/arguing-non-economic-damages-in-a-wrongful-death-case "Arguing non-economic damages in a wrongful-death case") ## [Arguing non-economic damages in a wrongful-death case](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-april/arguing-non-economic-damages-in-a-wrongful-death-case "Arguing non-economic damages in a wrongful-death case") To achieve maximum non-economic damages, we must find and tell extraordinary stories [Brian Panish](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/brian-panish "Brian Panish") [Patrick Gunning](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/patrick-gunning "Patrick Gunning") From Issue: [2021 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-april) ## [Are we there yet?](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-july/are-we-there-yet "Are we there yet?") The road to (true) trial readiness [Michelle Williams Court](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/michelle-williams-court "Michelle Williams Court") From Issue: [2019 July](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-july) ## [A reasoned approach to effective advocacy](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-february/a-reasoned-approach-to-effective-advocacy "A reasoned approach to effective advocacy") There is a fine line between zealous advocacy and being a zealot [John M. Pacheco](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/john-m-pacheco "John M. Pacheco") From Issue: [2024 February](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-february) ## [A mind is a terrible thing to change](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-january/a-mind-is-a-terrible-thing-to-change "A mind is a terrible thing to change") The real effect of opening statements [Lourdes De Armas](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/lourdes-de-armas "Lourdes De Armas") From Issue: [2020 January](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-january)