Trial Preparation, Litigation Strategies, Strategic Planning

You Need Appellate Counsel Sooner Than You Think: Why Hire Appellate Counsel Before Trial vs. After Verdict

Frost Brown Todd on 6/5/2025

For high-stakes litigation, waiting until after an adverse verdict to engage appellate counsel can be a costly mistake. Traditionally, clients didn’t think about an investment in appellate counsel until after a final...more

Mock Jury Exercises: Enhancing Litigation Strategy in Consumer Financial Services Cases — The Consumer Finance Podcast

Troutman Pepper Locke on 3/20/2025

In this episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast, Chris Willis is joined by Matt Hansen, Jason Manning, and Michael Lacy, partners in Troutman Pepper Locke’s Consumer Financial Services practice group, to discuss the use of...more

Defendants, Frame Your Alternate Damages as a Test, Not an Admission

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message on 1/2/2025

Here’s a scenario we often see when watching deliberations in a mock trial: The subject of the defendant’s alternate damages number comes up, and jurors see it as a weakness...more

Preparing For Mediation Success: The Three Elements of Pre-Mediation Planning

Miles Mediation & Arbitration on 6/28/2024

Would you go to trial without preparing? Of course, you wouldn’t. As the old saying goes: “failing to prepare is preparing to fail.” The same can be said for mediation. Failing to prepare for mediation will make mediation...more

Refine Your Case With Mock Trials & Focus Groups

U.S. Legal Support on 11/17/2023

When a potential client brings you a case with compelling facts that stack up logically, it might seem like a slam dunk. But winning a trial isn’t solely—or, in some cases, even primarily—about facts. You need to craft a case...more

Correcting the Pattern: Pattern Jury Instructions Can Be Challenged

Troutman Pepper Locke on 10/26/2023

As any seasoned trial attorney will tell you, one of the key events during a jury trial is the reading of the jury instructions to the jury. During the reading of the instructions, for a lengthy amount of time, the jury hears...more

Integrated Case Themes & Nuclear Verdict Causes – Episode 46

IMS Legal Strategies on 3/15/2023

IMS Strategy Consultant Dr. Clint Townson discusses the benefits of early case theme development and the factors leading jurors to award massive damages....more

The Essential Guide to Preparing Your Case for Trial, Hearing, or Arbitration

Nextpoint, Inc. on 1/19/2022

In popular culture, a trial often hinges on a single moment – an accidental admission of guilt or sudden epiphany from a budding lawyer. But when a matter heads to a final arbiter in the real world, a legal team will have...more

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