Recently I have had the exciting opportunity to work with younger lawyers who strive to be effective litigators. We have talked about all the stages of a lawsuit—preparing a case for filing; drafting the complaint; determining your defenses; planning and taking discovery; writing persuasive motion papers; preparing for trial; and recognizing the importance of “thinking strategically trial-wise” from the get-go. After a while, I found that for each stage I kept coming back to one overarching theme. The consistency of this theme underscored what it takes to litigate a case successfully from the outset through trial.

It boils down to this: “(1) Communicate (2) your story (3) credibly.” Those four words tell it all. If you treat that short theme as a maxim from beginning to end, you will go a long way to advocating persuasively—and to winning your cases. To elaborate:

‘Communicate’

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]