The Litigation Manual: Jury trials

Weyman I. Lundquist

American Bar Association, 2008 - Law - 403 pages

In the courtroom, the jury is the best judge of how good a lawyer is. There is no secret formula to winning; some lawyers win more than others. Experience helps - your own and that of others. Learn from the experience of some of the country's preeminent trial lawyers and judges in The Litigation Manual: Jury Trials. This addition to the ABA's The Litigation Manual library takes you step-by-step through a jury trial. It will help you understand today's jurors, select the jurors you want and win them over through effective opening and closing statements and witness examinations. Find out how to tell an effective story to the jury and the do's and don'ts in the courtroom. The book provides concrete, time-proven techniques and innovative ideas. And it contains some of the best legal writing available-clear, informal and never dull.

Contents

• Judge or Jury A Judges Perspective John Zebrowski: 11
• Judge or Jury Other Points to Consider Jim Sullivan and Paul E McMeans: 19
• The Abridged Private Jury Trial Matthew L Larrabee and Richard DeNatale: 25
• Understanding Todays Jurors: 41
• Who Are Todays Jurors and How Do You Reach Them? Sonya Hamlin: 43
• Spotting Jurors Who Can Hurt Farrald G Belote: 55
• Psychological Anchors Influencing the Jury Donald E Vinson: 65
• Finding the Jurors You Want: 73
• DoItYourself Voir Dire Mark R McGarry Jr: 75
• Adieu Voir Dire The Jury Questionnaire Matthew L Larrabee and Linda P Drucker: 85
• Instructing the Jury: 95
• A Road Map for Trial Counsel Sylvia Walbolt and Cristina Alonso: 97
• Verdict Strategy Frank Cicero Jr and Roger L Taylor: 111
• Winning Over the Jury: 121
• First Impressions Michael F Colley: 123
• Credibility Lance E Caughfield: 131
• Dos and Donts of Talking to the Jury Nelly N Khouzam: 141
• Thinking Like a Juror Weyman I Lunduist: 149
• Telling the Jury a Story: 155
• The Trial Lawyer as Storyteller Reviving an Ancient Art Benjamine Reid: 157
• Shaping the Case Weyman I Lundquist: 167
• The Case Concept G Marc Whitehead: 177
• Trying the Jury Case Courtroom Techniques: 187
• Avoiding the Big Sleep David C Weiner: 189
• How to Try a Jury Case A Judges View Patrick E Higginbotham: 195
• HighTech Justice Chief Judge Mark W Bennett: 205
• Opening Statements: 215
• Advocacy in Opening Statements Weyman I Lundquist: 217
• Clear Openings in the Business Case Charles J Faruki: 225
• Opening Statement for the Defense in Criminal Cases Richard J Crawford: 231
• Witnesses: 241
• Selecting the Right Trial Witnesses Weyman I Lundquist: 243
• Managing the Dull Witnesses Jeffery H Kinrich: 257
• Effective Presentation of Experts Mark LD Wawro: 269
• The Economic Expert John L Jeffers: 283
• Complex Cases: 289
• How Jurors Respond to Complex Cases Terry Lunsford: 291
• Helping Jurors Understand Complex Cases John V Singleton and Miriam Kass: 303
• Winning the MegaCase Marathon James W Quinn: 313
• Closing Argument: 321
• Thoughts about Closing Argument Raymond W Bergan: 323
• A String of Pearls Patricia Lee Refo: 329
• Rhetoric in Closing Argument Daniel P Levitt: 345
• What You May Not Say to the Jury Timothy J Conner: 357
• After the Trial: 369
• Preserving and Assembling the Record for Appeal Getting Through the Mine Field James F Hewitt: 371
• Impeaching Jury Verdicts Ronald L Carlson: 385
• Second Trials Arthur D Austin: 391
• About the Editors and Contributors: 401

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Litigation Manual: Jury trials; Litigation Manuals
• Editor: Weyman I. Lundquist
• Publisher: American Bar Association, 2008
• ISBN: 159031803X, 9781590318034
• Length: 403 pages
• Subjects: Law / Civil Procedure; Law / Litigation; Law / Trial Practice