I’ve been really fortunate over the years to get the opportunity to observe first-hand how focus groups and mock trials can help trial lawyers refine their strategy and presentation of cases. They can also be…
Read ArticleCertainly the biggest challenge for me, as an outside or, if you prefer, “outhouse,” lawyer representing private clients is keeping up my client development efforts, even when I’m absolutely slammed in the actual practice of…
Read ArticleBloomberg TV interviewed Vel Hogan, the foreperson of the jury in the recent Apple v. Microsoft patent trial, which returned a $1 billion verdict in Apple’s favor. Undoubtedly future jury consultants will anchor entire PhD…
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Read ArticleNot everyone is cut out to play the boss. While I suspect there are a few sadists who actually enjoy the act of firing an employee, most people hate delivering bad news and learning…
Read ArticleI recently defended a fairly contentious deposition. To my surprise, my witness complained to me during a private meeting halfway through the deposition, “I wish you’d really give it to him. If I was a…
Read ArticleBecause my finger is ever tapped to the thumping pulse of civil procedure in our fine state, it only took me slightly over a month to realize there’s a new and improved way to lose your right…
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