Winning at Trial
Winning at Trial

Author: D. Shane Read

Publisher: Ntl Inst for Trial Advocacy

Published: 2007-06-11

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9781601560018

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Chosen the best book from over 300 entries, Winning at Trial has been singled out by the Association of Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA) for its clarity and innovative teaching methods. Winning at Trial by Shane Read is the only book that teaches trial skills by analyzing video and transcripts of actual trials. It is also the only book that reveals the secrets of jury decision-making through the use of video in collaboration with one of the nation's foremost jury consultants, DecisionQuest. This innovative book is being used by law schools throughout the country for both their introductory and advanced trial advocacy classes, as well as by law firms for their training programs. The author, a seasoned trial lawyer and professor, has carefully selected video and transcripts from actual trials (4 hours of video on two DVDs) that show lawyers demonstrating both great and terrible skills in the courtroom - which teach trial techniques and strategy in an interesting and memorable way.

Maccarthy on Cross-examination
Maccarthy on Cross-examination

Author: Terence MacCarthy

Publisher: American Bar Association

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9781590318867

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Learn how to look good on cross, even when the witness is not cooperating. Learn how to manage and effectively minimize the witness's involvement, without appearing controlling, extracting, and insulting. Filled with illustrative cross examinations from actual cases, this book is your key to employing these proven techniques in your own practice. Using the three themes that run through out the book--looking good, telling a story, and using short statements--you can take control of your cross examinations and achieve the results you desire.

Trying Cases to Win
Trying Cases to Win

Author: Herbert Jay Stern

Publisher: Aspen Publishers

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13:

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Herbert J. Stern, nationally recognized trial lawyer and accomplished teacher of trial techniques, will show you how to win cases.In Trying Cases to Win, Stern elaborates on the techniques he's made famous in his seminars and videos as he commits to print his methods and strategies for trying cases to win.'Herbert J. Stern's are the best trial advocacy books I have ever laid my eyes on, and I have spent thousands of dollars on my trial advocacy law library.'-- Francis A. Sparagna, Esq., Sparagna, Sparagna, Breslau & Ferrone, Van Nuys, CAStern's winning methods are now applied to cross-examination! This volume shows you how to argue the case through opposition witnesses, convert the information provided on direct examination to the benefit of the cross-examiner's case, and limit the direct testimony so it is not detrimental. Stern uses explanations of the techniques and actual case excerpts to dramatize his methods.

Cross-Examination Handbook
Cross-Examination Handbook

Author: Ronald H. Clark

Publisher: Aspen Publishing

Published: 2015-05-04

Total Pages: 427

ISBN-13: 1454858788

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The Cross-Examination Handbook teaches students the skills and strategies behind planning and conducting a persuasive cross-examination. This book offers step-by-step instruction and outstanding examples from illustrative trials. Two criminal and two civil case files, along with role-play assignments, give students practice actually planning and executing a cross-examination.

Winning at Deposition
Winning at Deposition

Author: D. Shane Read

Publisher:

Published: 2012-03-01

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 9780985027179

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Written by the best-selling author of Winning at Trial, this book shows beginning and experienced attorneys how to win at deposition every time. With the first chapter explaining all the ins and outs of taking and defending a deposition, the remainder of the book reveals strategies that will help every lawyer vastly improve his deposition skills. Discover why much of the conventional wisdom about depositions is completely wrong, learn how to beat an expert witness every time, get innovative advice on witness preparation, and master the secrets that guarantee success with argumentative lawyers and lying witnesses. Unlike any other book, this one teaches from transcripts and videos of actual depositions.

Relentless Criminal Cross-Examination
Relentless Criminal Cross-Examination

Author: Kevin J. Mahoney

Publisher: LexisNexis

Published: 2018-03-30

Total Pages: 1969

ISBN-13: 0938065750

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How to (1) persuasively open with the weaknesses you will expose in the government’s case, and (2) demonstrate those weaknesses through your cross-examinations. Themes, angles of attack, pattern Q&A, and technique tips for cross-examining arresting officers, detectives, toxicologists, medical examiners, eyewitnesses, informants, and accomplices.