While trial lawyering is hard, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Evidence furnish tools that can help advocates cut to the chase and simplify issues for the presentation of evidence. Whether your audience is the judge or jury, these tools can flush out game playing and streamline your case. Consider the following. 1. Attack […]
Re-thinking Litigation Evidence Management, Part 2
Litigation document management is central to a trial-ready law practice. In a previous article, I proposed that trial lawyers need to think about the stages of that process and not simply let documents and data meander through the practice and get lost along the way. The ultimate objective is to categorize and tag evidence for […]
Simplifying the Admission of Evidence
Mastering evidence law is foundational to anyone building a civil-trial practice, be it personal injury, medical malpractice, business litigation or employment law. Yet the complexity of the evidence code, overlaid with thousands of reported cases, makes this a daunting task for law students and young lawyers alike. I’d like to propose a mental workflow that […]