The closer: Veteran appellate lawyer tries to shut down Barry Bonds’ conviction 
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: April 12, 2013
Tags: appeals, Barry Bonds
It’s 10 minutes before game time, when Courtroom 3 will open its doors for business, and Barry Bonds’ lawyer, Dennis Riordan, is in the cafeteria talking tactics with two of his co-counsel like a pitcher at a mound conference with runners on in the bottom of the 9th.
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Trials of the century and juror bias
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: April 11, 2013
Tags: juries, jurors, jury bias
In a recent book, Lise Pearlman, a former managing partner at Stark, Stewart, Wells & Robinson in Oakland, Calif. and retired presiding judge of the State Bar Court, looks at the 1968 capital murder trial of Black Panther Huey Newton as well as other candidates for the “Trial of the Century,” including the Charles Lindbergh kidnapping case, the Sacco and Vanzetti trial, the Scopes trial and other iconic trials that have shaped American law.
Master the gentle art of persuasion
By:
Julie Campanini
Published: April 4, 2013
It goes without saying that unless your trial presentation is persuasive, you’re lecturing. And lecturing won’t win. If you think about people who are persuasive, you think of common traits: likeable, credible, engaging. If someone is selling you something, you need to be convinced you want it (or need it).
The rise of the appellate specialist
By:
Correy E. Stephenson and Steve Lash
Published: March 22, 2013
Tags: Anna Nicole Smith, appellate advocacy, appellate specialists, Engle, litigation, U.S. Supreme Court
Over the last few decades, the use of specialized appellate lawyers has grown dramatically.
Get real to better impress jurors
By:
Julie Campanini
Published: January 16, 2013
Tags: juries, jurors, jury consulting
With a new year often comes new resolve to be better at who we are and what we do. There is always room for improvement, and that’s certainly true when it comes to arguing in front of a jury.
App roundup: Jury selection, CLE and more
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: January 11, 2013
Tags: apps, Bluebook, CLE, DocScanner, iPad, iphone, jury selection, JuryStar, PACER, technology
Lawyers USA takes a closer look at some new apps targeted at attorneys.
Live expert testimony key in $1.6M auto negligence verdict
By:
Douglas J Levy
Published: December 26, 2012
Tags: brain injury, car crash, Michigan, police
Michigan attorney Lawrence Nolan used large, colored charts to explain to a jury the effects that a traumatic brain injury had on his client, who was hit by a police cruiser.
The lawyer world vs. the jury world: Different countries and different languages
By:
Richard Gabriel
Published: December 14, 2012
Tags: jury, jury selection
Lawyers usually hate jury selection. Not only does voir dire provide limited time and information to identify jurors who will decide the fate of their clients, but it directly confronts attorneys with a problem they have in communicating complex cases to today’s demanding and skeptical juror: that jurors and attorneys think and communicate in completely different ways.
Trial lawyers catering to jurors’ demands for visual evidence
Published: November 26, 2012
Tags: 20 Things Lawyers Need to Know in 2013, courtroom visuals, evidence
As jurors demand slicker presentation of evidence, lawyers are hiring artists, computer graphic designers and illustrators to transform piles of documents into light, sound and images.
What you need to know about e-discovery in the year ahead
Published: November 26, 2012
Tags: 20 Things Lawyers Need to Know in 2013, computer-assisted review, e-discovery, electronic discovery, smartphones, social media
Reflecting the always-changing world of technology, electronic discovery presents new challenges for lawyers in 2013. At the forefront: social media evidence, smartphone data and the judicial blessing of a new form of discovery review.
