Spotlight on McElhaney
Professor James L. McElhaney
The most widely read author on trial practice in the United States today, Professor McElhaney writes two regular columns on evidence and trial techniques: "Trial Notebook," which appears quarterly in Litigation journal, and the award-winning "Litigation," which appears monthly in the ABA Journal.
Professor McElhaney is recognized for his continuing contributions to the education of trial advocates. He has appeared in video and audio programs for the American Bar Association and the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. He has given more than 600 seminars, speeches and workshops on evidence, procedure and trial practice in every one of the 50 U.S. states and throughout Canada.
Professor McElhaney is an active trial strategy consultant in major products liability, environmental, personal injury, patent, insurance, and corporate litigation.
McElhaney's Books and Programs
As one of the all-time best-selling books on trial practice, the fourth edition of McElhaney's Trial Notebook is nearly a third larger than the previous edition,and it now includes 90 chapters that cover everything from discovery through rebuttal and provides you with techniques, tactics and strategies for every stage of trial.
Bringing together 80 of James W. McElhaney's Litigation columns from the ABA Journal, the book covers virtually every aspect of trial practice. McElhaney identifies the problems that await you and gives you clear, concrete techniques, tactics, and strategies.
In this three-part audio program, Professor McElhaney will show you how to: guide discovery, and your depositions, with a winning story for the case; evaluate what's available in your discovery toolbox; Craft the discovery plan that fits your case and much more.
In more than three hours of programming, Professor McElhaney introduces you to a world of ways to make your case more persuasive. He will get you thinking about the words you use, tone of voice, lapsing into legalese, organizing themes, and much more.
In this three-part program, James McElhaney explains how to be a more successful cross examiner. Among the subjects covered are how to choose effective language for cross examination; find and exploit a witness's vulnerabilities; impeach witnesses; control the slippery and sly witness.
In this three-part program, James McElhaney examines effective ways to prepare for trial and conduct depositions. Among the subjects he discusses are the discovery plan; preparing witnesses for depositions; focusing the deposition; pit bull depositions; preparing experts.
