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Judge Richard A. Posner
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2008 Tips from the Trenches Columns
- » The Limits of Privilege in Communications with Experts
Sidney I. Schenkier - » The Virtue of Brevity
Judge John G. Koeltl - » Ferreting Out the Lying Juror
Lisa Blue, Robert Hirschhorn, Bob Leone, and Sherry Talton - » Lean Litigation Practices
Stewart Weltman
2007 Tips from the Trenches Columns
- » Deceitful Silence
Bruce A. Green - » What to Do When a Judge Makes a Mistake
Judge James B. Zagel - » Navigating the New E-Discovery Rules
Paul D. Weiner and Mary Kay Brown - » Contingency Litigation 101—for Big Firms
Stewart Weltman - » Spoliation
Sheldon M. Finkelstein, Evelyn R. Storch, and James Simpson - » Do’s and Don’ts of Talking to the Jury
Nelly N. Khouzam - » Representing Lawyers
Lawrence J. Vilardo and Vincent E. Doyle III - » Ten Proven Ways to Irritate a Judge
Judge Michael B. Hyman - » Ramifications of Inadvertent Disclosure of Privileged Information
Joseph S. Simms - » What Judges Want
Mark A. Drummond - » The Curmudgeon on Couth
Mark Herrmann - » 12 Tips for Getting the Truth from Adverse Witnesses
William Alsup
2006 Tips from the Trenches Columns
- » Here Comes the Pro Se Plaintiff
Len Niehoff - » How to Tell a Judge He Screwed Up
Robert W. Gettleman - » Lessons Discovered Along the Way
Jeffrey Cole - » Bedside Manners for Lawyers
Peter D. Baird - » Litigating Damages: Actual and Punitive
Andrew L. Frey and Dennis P. Orr - » Section 1927 Sanctions Against Attorneys: A Primer on the Split Among the Circuits
James F. Holderman - » Litigation Under the “Cone of Silence”
Mark D. Colley - » Better Discovery Through Document Management
Lisa C. Wood - » The People You Meet Preparing for Your Deposition
Charles H. Samel - » Method Acting for Lawyers
Kathleen B. Havener - » Building Juror Trust in Corporate Litigation
David Berg
2005 Tips from the Trenches Columns
- » Decisions on the Fly
Benjamine Reid - » A Trial Lawyer’s Guide to Surreptitious Audio Evidence
Todd Mullins and Andrea D. Farinacci - » Old Dogs and New Tricks for Direct Examination
Dennis P. Rawlinson - » A Cautionary Tale of Malpractice in the Computer Age
Gilbert Greenman - » Don't Be Objectionable! (Or the Top Ten Reasons Why You Should Never Object to the Introduction of Evidence in a Jury Trial)
Paul S. Marks - » Representing the General Counsel and the Impact of Attorney-Client Privilege
Reid H. Weingarten and Brian M. Heberlig - » Read All Over
Nell B. Strachan - » What Persuades When the Judge Has Discretion?
Joan Humphrey Lefkow - » Framing A Worldview at Trial
Robert A. Spanner - » Examining the Sympathetic Witness: Attack at Your Peril
Frederick P. Alimonti - » Is the DNA Fingerprint an Infallible Piece of Evidence?
Edna Selan Epstein - » No-Citation Rules: An Unconstitutional Prior Restraint
Charles L. Babcock
2004 Tips from the Trenches Columns
- » A Trial Lawyer in Search of a Theme, and Other Musings
Dennis R. Suplee - » Client Expectations: Discovering Them, Understanding Them, Managing Them
Bruce Bikin - » Using Private Investigators in Civil Cases
Lee Stapleton Milford - » "Deselecting" the Jury in a Civil Case
Robert A. Clifford - » Jury Instructions: A Roadmap for Trial Counsel
Sylvia Walbolt and Cristina Alonso - » Demonstrative Exhibits on a Budget
Alan B. Parker - » The Opening Statement: Making an Impact on the Jury
Linda L. Listrom - » Admissions and the Confounded Pseudoadmission
Stephen G. Good - » Daubert after a Decade
Robert J. Shaughnessy - » How to Prevent the Expert from Divulging Counsel's Mental Processes
Gregory P. Joseph - » Effective Use of Depositions at Trial
Jeffrey K. Kroll - » Settling Cases During Trial – Plaintiff's Perspective
David C. Wise - » A Defendant's Perspective on Settling Cases During Trial
John W. Bell
2003 Tips from the Trenches Columns
- » Your Client's Employee Is Being Deposed: Are You Ethically Prepared?
Lawrence M. Fox - » Jury Instructions: Nine Guiding Principles
Craig M. Walker - » Showing Your Hand: A Counter-Intuitive Strategy for Deposition Defense
Steven Lubet - » Motions for Judgment on the Pleadings: An Early Exit Strategy
Jason M. Rosenthal - » Deposing Corporations and Other Fictive Persons: Some Thoughts on Rule 30(b)(6)
Sidney I. Schenkier - » Eight Tips for Better Voir Dire
John H. Mathias, Jr. - » Suing Your Own Client: Disqualification? Don't Be So Sure
Richard J. Magid - » Reasonable Doubt and Other Shibboleths
John L. Kane - » Claiming the Fifth in Civil Litigation
Richard L. Scheff, Scott A. Coffina and Jill Baisinger - » Say It Ain't So: Fixing The Mistake Every Litigator Makes
Paul S. Marks - » Blowing the Whistle: The ABC's of Qui Tam Litigation
Robin Page West - » Sidestepping the Mistrial—What You May Not Say to the Jury
Timothy J. Conner
2002 Tips from the Trenches Columns
- » Focusing: When Less is More
Joyce S. Meyers - » Getting to Dismissal: Tactics for Narrowing the Issues
By T. Thomas Cottingham III and Stephen M. Nickelsburg - » Tips from the Bench: Enhancing Persuasion in Court
Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn - » Building the Case
Michael P. Lynn
2001 Tips from the Trenches Columns
- » Some Thoughts on Preparing Experts for Trial
Penny White - » Focus Groups, Mock Trials and Shadow Juries
Brad D. Brian and Lonny Rose - » Electronic Discovery: An Overview
Joan A. Lukey and Elizabeth A. Rowe - » Representing the Emotionally Distressed Client
Thomas Hildner - » Benefiting from Our Mistakes
Weyman Lundquist - » Examining the Sympathetic Witness
Frederick P. Alimonti
2000 Tips from the Trenches Columns
- » Dealing with the Media
Dennis P. Rawlinson - » Lights, Camera, Action: Taking, Defending and Using Video Depositions
John H. Mathias, Jr., David M. Kroeger and Scott T. Schutte - » The "I Don't Remember" Witness
Edward D. Ohlbaum - » Reheating Old Soup: Taking a Case to Verdict... A Second Time
Jeffrey J. Kroll - » Some Lessons from Hollywood for Opening Statements
Steven O. Rosen - » How to Get from the War Room to the Court Room: The Basics of Civil Trial Preparation
Dennis J. Drasco - » 30(B)(6) Depositions: A Powerful Tool in a Litigator's Arsenal
Michael A. Stiegel and Laurel A. Haskell
