Nick Rowley is the leading trial lawyer of his generation. By the age of forty, he had conducted 130 jury trials and obtained over $500 million in verdicts across multiple states. In 2017, he was invited by Rick Friedman to join an all-star cast of trial lawyers at the Take Back the Courtroom IV CLE in Miami. This video captures Nick’s engaging lecture as well as his discussion with Rick Friedman.
This lecture covers the following and more:
Getting the jury to care about your client
Focusing on the needs of the jurors
Building a cohesive “tribe" during jury selection
Why you won’t get great settlements from insurers without going to trial
Trying soft-tissue cases
The value of kindness, caring, and vulnerability in trial
Proving your client deserves the verdict is crucial
Trying cases more quickly and effectively
Working with a judge who is hurting your trial
Talking to the jurors about money
Using visuals in presenting damages
Using visuals to explain jury instructions in closing
Coming back from losing a trial
This lecture provided inspiration and practice insights for both the speakers and attendees at the CLE. This information will provide you with helpful tips from a lawyer who tries and wins multiple trials every year.
Proving Your Client Deserves the Verdict is Crucial
Trying Cases More Quickly and More Effectively
Keep in Mind the Needs of the Jurors
There is No Such Thing as a Bad Jury
Accepting Full Responsibility in Life and in Your Losses
Connection and Compassion are Your Secret Weapons
How to Work with a Judge Who is Hurting Your Trial
Talking to Jurors about Money
Using Visuals in Presenting Damages
Losing Trials and Coming Back
Rick and Nick Discuss the Stigma and Effect of Losing
A Quick Overview of Nick’s Method of Jury Selection
Visuals for Noneconomic Damages in a Wrongful Death Case (with Arguments for Other Noneconomic Damages Cases)
Dismantling the Defense Case Using Visuals
Damages: Comparing Losses to Material Objects
Staying Spontaneous with Damages Arguments Based on Evidence and the Venue
Creating Visuals to Explain Jury Instructions
Total running time: 1 hour, 54 minutes
Nick Rowley is the leading trial lawyer of his generation. By the age of forty, he had conducted 130 jury trials and obtained over $500 million in verdicts across multiple states. In 2017, he was invited by Rick Friedman to join an all-star cast of trial lawyers at the Take Back the Courtroom IV CLE in Miami. This video captures Nick’s engaging lecture as well as his discussion with Rick Friedman.
This lecture covers the following and more:
Getting the jury to care about your client
Focusing on the needs of the jurors
Building a cohesive “tribe" during jury selection
Why you won’t get great settlements from insurers without going to trial
Trying soft-tissue cases
The value of kindness, caring, and vulnerability in trial
Proving your client deserves the verdict is crucial
Trying cases more quickly and effectively
Working with a judge who is hurting your trial
Talking to the jurors about money
Using visuals in presenting damages
Using visuals to explain jury instructions in closing
Coming back from losing a trial
This lecture provided inspiration and practice insights for both the speakers and attendees at the CLE. This information will provide you with helpful tips from a lawyer who tries and wins multiple trials every year.