Litigation Daily | Best Practices
By Ross Todd | September 5, 2023
Wilmer's Bill Lee and trial consultant Jamie Laird say lawyers should not only strive to make their damages case "simple, clear and brief," but they need to link it to the overall trial story.
Litigation Daily | Best Practices
By Ross Todd | August 31, 2023
Jamie Laird, the president of Laird Trial Consulting LLC, says trial teams need to account for the damages tendencies of jurors early in the process.
Litigation Daily | Best Practices
By Ross Todd | August 30, 2023
With the uptick in $10 million-plus verdicts, Wilmer's Bill Lee thinks lawyers should be focusing courts on consistently applying Daubert to challenges to expert damages testimony.
Litigation Daily | Best Practices
By Ross Todd | August 29, 2023
Bill Lee of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr and Jamie Laird, the trial consultant he estimates he's taken to trial with him 50 times over the past decade-and-a-half, see a current rise in jury damages awards that mirrors what occurred after the 2007/08 financial crisis—and they have some ideas about what to do about it.
Litigation Daily | Best Practices
By Ross Todd | August 22, 2023
Building a rapport with a witness, especially a fact witness testifying for the first time, can pay dividends—as can a pre-deposition sweep of the target's social media presence.
Litigation Daily | Best Practices
By Ross Todd | August 17, 2023
Gwen Richard of McKinney Taylor in Houston, Texas likes to refer to direct examination as "the unsung hero of trial practice."
Litigation Daily | Best Practices
By Ross Todd | July 17, 2023
The MTA Inspector General Office's Shareema Abel and Fordham Law's Adam Shlahet share tips on closing arguments from their time practicing in the Bronx, where they served as a prosecutor and a criminal defense attorney, respectively.
Litigation Daily | Best Practices
By Ross Todd | June 26, 2023
Mark Drummond, the executive director of the Civil Jury Project at NYU School of Law, and Loeb & Loeb partner Laura McNally share strategic approaches to expert witness cross-examination.
Litigation Daily | Best Practices
By Ross Todd | June 22, 2023
Plaintiffs lawyers Rosalyn "Sia" Baker-Barnes of Searcy Denney in West Palm Beach, Florida and Bibi Fell of Fell Law in San Diego offer examples of how they try to get out in front of defense arguments.
Litigation Daily | Best Practices
By Ross Todd | June 1, 2023
Newly-minted litigation partners who participated in Law.com's "How I Made It" series of Q&As said learning the business of law and finding a personal niche were nearly every bit as important as mastering the practice.
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