Practice points for trial lawyers

About this book

"'For me, the most excruciatingly intense period of time is that brief period where the foreperson hands the verdict to the bailiff, who hands it to the judge, who hands it to the clerk to read. All of the months and years of education, training, and preparation are crystalized into that one unique point of time. For a trial attorney, it is the ultimate high - or the ultimate low.' So begins Judge Mark A. Drummond's Practice Points for Trial Lawyers, designed for those who are or aspire to be trial lawyers - those who are actually preparing to try cases. Drummond's experience includes 20 years in front of the bench trying cases and another 15 years on the trial bench. In addition, for 30 years he has trained advocates from Tasmania to Tanzania, from Boston to Beijing. That includes large and small firms, corporations, the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Attorney General's offices for Illinois and New York, and the Department of the Navy. This collection of short works offers Drummond's perspective and practice points on trial preparation, jury selection, trial presentation, witness examination, and professionalism, as well as the shard wisdom of leading trial lawyers across the country"--Unedited summary from book cover.