Florida Attorney Ronald E. Cabaniss' rules of thumb: Act like a prosecutor when defending clients. Don't talk too much - it makes less impact. Save a surprise element for the end of the trial. Cabaniss has followed his own advice to great effect as defense counsel in many big products liability lawsuits, representing such clients as Ford Motor Co. and Medtronic Medical Devices. "As a defense lawyer, if you go in there counterpunching, you're going to lose the fight," he says.
September 27, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
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“As a defense lawyer, if you go in there counterpunching, you’re going to lose the fight,” says Ronald E. Cabaniss. “I never simply respond to the plaintiffs’ allegations.”
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