$30 Million Medical Malpractice Verdict Stems From Jesse Wilson’s Deposition Prep Method

James Haug and his trial team at Barron Law Group achieved a $30 million dollar verdict in a medical malpractice lawsuit. James and his team credit Jesse Wilson's methods in voir dire and crafting a winning story to help them tell a compelling story to their jurors.
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Product Feature: Preparing for Depositions by Karen Koehler

As a trial lawyer, you know what to expect at a deposition—but does your client? It’s every lawyer’s worst fear: after months of prep work, evidenc...
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10 Tips on Conducting a Winning Cross Examination

10 Tips on Conducting a Winning Cross Examination

What you learned in law school and most CLEs about cross examination won't help you much because much of what is taught is long outdated, ineffective, and potentially dangerous for your case.  In this in-depth dive into cross examination we address historical teachings on cross examination, why they are no longer relevant, and  how new methods will help you succeed in deposition, arbitration and trial. This article is intended to help everyone from law students to 40 year veteran trial lawyers. 
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Advanced Depositions - Trial Guides

Settle Your Case with Advance Depositions

With over 99% of civil legal cases settling before jury verdict, Trial Guides asked some of its authors to comment about how their book can be used...
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Trial Guides Author Interview with Mark Kosieradzki

Trial Guides Author Interview with Mark Kosieradzki

The following is an interview conducted with Mark Kosieradzki, author of the Trial Guides book 30(b)(6): Deposing Corporations, Organizations & the Government.

Trial Guides: So, what made you want to write a book on 30(b)(6) depositions?

Mark: Well, you know what happened is, going through the practice of law I kept getting frustrated. I’d be going up against the government of the United States, corporations, entities, and I always just felt like they were going to crush me. And then I discovered 30(b)(6) is a tool that really is a David and Goliath.

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Dorothy Clay Sims Exposing Deceptive Doctors CLE

Dorothy Clay Sims Exposing the Deceptive Defense CLEs in California

Join nationally renowned trial lawyer Dorothy Clay Sims who has made a career out of bringing to light the underhand tactics insurers and IME doctors use, for a day long, intensive seminar on exposing the deceptive defense. You'll learn how to defend your client against the IME doctor and convince the insurance company or jury what the claim is worth.
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10 Rules for Deposition

10 Rules for Deposition

We have all watched clients destroy cases before our eyes in deposition. As a trial lawyer, you know what to expect, but does your client? In Preparing for Deposition, Karen Koehler, co-author of West Law's Litigating Minor Impact Soft Tissue Cases, instructs your client and witnesses on how to testify successfully. Through easy- to-understand and enjoyable-to-watch "Do and Don't" scenarios, Koehler guides your witness out of the pitfalls of a messy deposition.

The DVD is broken down into ten short, essential lessons that all of your witnesses need to know. Preparing for Deposition should be a staple in every attorney's office that you can play over and over again. Help your witnesses help you. Give them the tools to prepare for deposition.

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Preparing Your Clients for Deposition

Preparing Your Clients for Deposition

As a trial lawyer, you know what to expect, but does your client? In Preparing for Deposition, trial lawyer Karen Koehler, instructs your client and witnesses on how to testify successfully. Through easy-to-understand and enjoyable-to-watch Do and Don't scenarios, Koehler guides your witness out of the pitfalls of a messy deposition.

The deposition preparation video is broken down into ten short, essential lessons that all of your witnesses need to know. Preparing for Deposition should be a staple in every attorney's office that you can play over and over again. Help your witnesses help you. Give them the tools to prepare for deposition.

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Karen Koehler Preparing for Deposition

Karen Koehler's Preparing for Deposition Video Comes to Trial Guides

Trial Guides is proud to announce we are now carrying Preparing for Deposition a deposition preparation video by Washington lawyer Karen Koehler. Every case deserves witness preparation for deposition and trial. In the Preparing for Deposition video, Karen Koehler instructs clients and witnesses how to prepare for testimony. She instructs witnesses on the ten essential rules of testimony. Loaded with tips and courtroom scenarios, it’s an important video
for any law firm to provide basic instructions on what happens in a deposition.  
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