Rules of the Road Series (6 Sessions, I-VI)

Description

In Rules of the Road Series, Rules of the Road coauthor Patrick Malone, joined by guest speakers Mark Kosieradzki and Louise Lipman, provides comprehensive tools that enable you to use to use the Rules of the Road method to strengthen the following aspects of your case:

• Initial case analysis
• Shaping and framing your argument
• Structuring and conveying your case’s story during trial
• Taking depositions and utilizing the power of 30(b)(6) depositions
• Essential post deposition steps
• Cross-examination and dealing with adverse witnesses
• Preparing witnesses
• Using psychodrama to improve your case
• Discussing damages in closing
• Bookending your case with an effective opening statement and closing argument

Patrick Malone leads you through over seven hours of content, including cross-examination examples, guest presentations, lecture notes, sample ideas on opening and closing, and a host of additional online materials. Whether it’s medical malpractice, premises liability, or pharmaceutical liability, you’ll find that there’s a way for the right Rules to help you argue and win any case.

If you love learning by listening, you can buy all of these lectures on Audio CD for use in your car or computer. The audio CDs contain all of the same audio content as the DVDs.

Both the DVD and the CD sets give you online access to download the lecture materials for all six sessions, which provide a wealth of information on expanding your use of the Rules of the Road method.

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Authors

Patrick Malone

Trial Lawyer

Mark R. Kosieradzki

Trial Lawyer

Louise Lipman

Trial Consultant

Details

CD: 466 minutes; 6 discs; 1st edition (2015); ISBN: 978-1941007365

DVD: 466 minutes; 6 discs; 1st edition (2015); ISBN: 978-1941007358

Publisher: Trial Guides, LLC

Table of Contents

Disc 1 [1:10:00]

1. Session I
2. Overview
3. What is the Rules of the Road Method?
4. Modern Neurocognitive Research
5. The Importance of Simplicity and Clarity
6. Power through Simplicity
7. The Plaintiff’s Secret Weapon
8. The Power of Rules of the Road
9. Sample Rules of the Road
10. Reframing
11. Editing your Rules

Disc 2 [1:23:00]

1. Session II
2. A Recap of the Basics
3. Sources of Rules
4. Preparing for Deposition
5. Troubleshooting Your Rules
6. Introduction to 30(b)(6) Depositions
7. Using 30(b)(6) on Non-Parties
8. Important Case Law
9. The “I know nothing” Witness
10. Build Your Record
11. Drafting Your 30(b)(6) Notice
12. What Can You Ask About?
13. Examples
14. Document Depositions
15. Sanctions for Failure to Appear
16. Not the Person with the Most Knowledge

Disc 3 [1:22:53]

1. Session III
2. Introduction to Session III
3. Cross-Examination is Scary
4. Problems with the Ten Commandments of Cross-Examination
5. Using Rules of the Road for Cross-Examination
6. Cross-examination of an Expert’s Fit with Your Case
7. Optimizing the Money Cross-Examination
8. Ignorance
9. Cross-Examination on Defections and Contradictions
10. The New Rules of Cross-Examination
11. Sample Cross-Examination of a Medical Expert
12. Analysis of the Cross-Examination of a Medical Expert
13. Replace the Halo with the Horns

Disc 4 [1:17:15]

1. Session IV
2. Introduction to Session IV
3. Reviewing Problems with The Ten Commandments of Cross
4. Reviewing the Use of Rules of the Road for Cross
5. Analysis of the Sample Cross-Examination
6. Control Tactics in Cross-Examination
7. The Impact of Personality
8. Improving Your Questions
9. Controlling the Witness
10. Four Ways to Discredit the Witness
11. Checklist for a Better Cross-Examination

Disc 5 [1:15:00]

1. Session V
2. Introduction to Witness Preparation
3. Ten Rules for Client Preparation
4. Expert Witness Preparation
5. Introduction to Louise Lipman
6. Introduction to Psychodrama
7. Sample Psychodrama with a Client
8. Understanding Your Client’s Loss Using Psychodrama

Disc 6 [1:18:00]

1. Session VI
2. An Introduction to Opening and Closing Statements
3. The Elements of a Story
4. Destroying a Story with Legalese
5. Creating a Compelling Story
6. Closing Argument
7. Top 10 Things to Accomplish in Closing Statements
8. The Plaintiff's Secret Weapon
9. Discussing Damages in Closing
10. Final Comments on the Series

Total running time: 7 hours, 46 minutes