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Don't Eat the Bruises: How to Foil Their Plans to Spoil Your Case

Keith Mitnik
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Up to 70 percent of jurors will have made their decision by the end of opening statements. Attorney Keith Mitnik has developed a successful method to show you how to win at the start and dismantle the defense’s case while trying yours.

Keith Mitnik lives in courtrooms. When he’s not in trial, the senior trial counsel for Morgan & Morgan, the largest personal injury law firm in America, spends his time mentoring his firm's younger lawyers and inventing cutting-edge courtroom strategies. In Don’t Eat the Bruises, Mitnik reveals his result-producing methods for the first time in print. Drawing from the hard-won experience of his prolific and innovative career, Mitnik offers an approachable and proven system for trying and winning cases.

Exploiting juror bias, taking things out of context, and overemphasizing imperfections at trial are all “bruises”—cheap tricks that the defense uses to distract from facts and well-constructed cases. Mitnik offers strategies for dealing with these issues in jury selection, opening statement, and beyond, with a heavy focus on dismantling defenses based on bias, sympathy, and prejudice at the very beginning of your case.

Don't Eat the Bruises is an easy to read book that provides you with practical advice on effective legal skills. Whether you’re a new lawyer seeking guidance for your first auto case or a seasoned advocate looking for a fresh approach to your upcoming medical malpractice trial, Mitnik’s framework provides you with practical tools for winning.

Don't Eat the Bruises will give you the skill and confidence to get out of your office and into the courtroom to seek full justice on your next case.

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Keith Mitnik

Trial Lawyer

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Paperback: 335 pages; 1st edition (2015); ISBN: 978-1941007402

Publisher: Trial Guides, LLC

Table of Contents
  1. Introduction
  2. Part I Jury Selection: Cutting Out Bias
  3. Getting Rid of Bias Lightning-Quick
  4. Educating Jurors about Bias
  5. Identify Those at Risk for Bias
  6. Establishing, Expanding, and Fortifying Cause
  7. Nuances and Common Complications
  8. Identification and Cause Questions for Car Crash Cases
  9. More Identification and Cause Questions
  10. Identification and Cause Questions for Medical Negligence Cases
  11. Wrapping Up Bias
  12. Completing the System after Bias
  13. Putting It All Together
  14. Part II The Untapped Power of Opening Statements
  15. Getting Ready to Give and Take
  16. Owning Their Favorite Facts
  17. In Context versus Out of Context
  18. The Language of the Case
  19. Rounding Out the Untapped Power of Opening
  20. Part III The Evidence Phase: Keeping the Lead
  21. Direct-Exam: Building on Opening
  22. Cross-Examination: Holding Your Ground
  23. Part IV Closing: Bearing Fruit to the End
  24. Finishing in Full Stride
  25. Holding All the Cards
  26. The Dignity of Damages
  27. Damages Models
  28. The If-It-Was-Only Damages Model
  29. The Power of Analogy
  30. Part V Burden of Proof: A Brand-New Way
  31. The Civil Burden of Proof
  32. Conclusion

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What Legal Leaders Are Saying

Don’t Eat the Bruises offers trial attorneys the fruits of Keith’s spectacular career. Full of great analogies and helpful tips, this tasty treat will ensure that you remove all the spoiled and bruised parts of your next case—leaving you with a case that is fresh, crisp, and deliciously effective.

— Brian Panish, member of the Inner Circle of Advocates

Unlike approaches that require attorneys to cram evidence into a one-size-fits-all template, Mr. Mitnik’s framework can be integrated with any case’s nuances. This innovative approach will change the way you try cases.

— Brad Bradshaw, Ph.D., jury consultant and author of The Science of Persuasion: A Litigator’s Guide to Juror Decision-Making

Warning—reading this book will make you want to try more cases! Mitnik has shoehorned decades of experience into deceptively simple strategies for any personal injury case—big or small. This book is for any lawyer ready to turn down the insurance company’s next low-ball settlement offer and seek justice in a courtroom.

— Tim Semelroth, past president of the Iowa Association for Justice and president-elect of the Iowa chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates

Keith Mitnik is an ‘in the courtroom’ trial lawyer. He is encouraging us all to realize we can be the same. This is going to be my firm’s new handbook!

— Paul Byrd, past president of the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association

Don’t Eat The Bruises is the A-to-Z guide on selecting a jury and trying a case. After reading this book, I incorporated Keith’s strategies into my practice and I will never pick a jury the same way again.

— Jon Peeler, 2014–2015 president of the Tennessee Association for Justice

Keith lives in courtrooms. His ideas on jury selection, opening, and burden of proof are original, practical, and usable in your next trial.

— John Edwards, Inner Circle of Advocates, US senator, presidential candidate, Democratic vice-presidential nominee

I have known Keith Mitnik for one thing—going to trial. Keith has condensed his years of experience into a readable and informative book that will benefit every trial lawyer.

— Ronald E. Johnson, Jr., president of the Kentucky Justice Association

Keith is a killer, and his book is a compendium of killer concepts. There are brand-new ideas borne of painstaking devotion and remakes of tried and true techniques that shine as new. For years I’ve sought and used his guidance at trial, now you can too.

— Scott P. Schlesinger

Keith Mitnik is the kind of down-home trial lawyer who comes along once in a lifetime. He doesn’t just try cases, he knows how to teach trial lawyers to win.

— Bob Kelley, member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, and listed in Best Lawyers in America

I was fortunate to learn Keith’s techniques right out of law school. I went from a ‘baby lawyer’ to a real threat. I’ve tried eighteen cases to verdict in four years and only lost one. I credit much of my success to Keith’s systems. The best part is it works on all cases, not just the big ones.

— Matt Morgan, attorney for Morgan and Morgan

After seven years of practicing law without Keith’s concepts, I began learning and implementing them. Shortly thereafter, I obtained a $2.9 million verdict that would not have been possible without Keith’s teachings.

— Alan Stagmeier, attorney for Morgan and Morgan

He got seven-figure verdicts, then eight-figure verdicts. They just keep coming, and I have had a front row seat for twenty years. He has a secret sauce that he has bottled just for us with this book. Try it. You’ll like it.

— John Morgan, founder of Morgan and Morgan

As a jury consultant who works all over the country with some of the best lawyers in the business, I can tell you Keith Mitnik is one of those rare talents that comes along every decade or so. If Mitnik wrote it, you would be wise to read it.

— Dr. David Illig, litigation consult and witness communication specialist, Portland, Oregon

I was lucky enough to have Keith teach me how to become a lawyer right out of law school. The lessons in this book armed me with the confidence to try any case. His methods allowed me to become one of the youngest board-certified civil trial lawyers in the history of Florida.

— Mike Morgan, attorney for Morgan and Morgan

Keith Mitnik’s Don’t Eat the Bruises is destined to be a masterwork in the pantheon of trial practice literature. It’s a must-read, must-use, must-reread manual on the righteous fight!

— Russ Herman, past president of the American Association for Justice and past president of the Roscoe Pound Foundation

This book is a must-read for anyone who aspires to be a real trial lawyer.

— Geoffrey Fieger, legal defense for Dr. Jack Kevorkian, star of the Fox series Power of Attorney, winner of the largest single-injury verdict in the country

Keith Mitnik’s book is a must-read for any aspiring personal injury attorney and for more experienced trial lawyers. Mitnik is the finest civil trial lawyer to present cases to the jury in trials over which I have presided.

— Judge Alan Dickey, retired circuit judge of the 18th Circuit of Florida

Don’t Eat the Bruises is the best book on trial advocacy you will read this year.

— Charles H. Rose, III, professor of excellence in trial advocacy, director of the Center for Excellence in Trial Advocacy, Stetson University School of Law

Keith is a lawyer who can try any case, big or small. He got on my radar screen by being cutting edge. He’s smarter than the average bear.

— Don Keenan, author of Reptile

Keith’s ideas are fresh, exciting, and powerful. This is a truly exceptional book for trial lawyers of all skill levels. People will be talking about this book for a long time.

— Lisa Blue, past president of the American Association for Justice

I clerked for Keith while I was in law school. Listening to him lit a fire in me that will never be extinguished. Reading this book is the greatest gift young lawyers will ever give themselves.

— Alex Brown, attorney at Morgan and Morgan

Overall rating: 4.918919 / 5 from 111 reviews.

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One of my constant reads

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SO GOOD

"I went through no fewer than three post-it flag dispensers and two full highlighters in the course of reading this book. A truly excellent, accessible read for trial lawyers in many different kinds of injury cases. I can't wait to apply these concepts in my next case."

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Essential Reading

"Better late than never. I will read this several times."

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Great for any lawyer who is serious about becoming a great trial lawyer

"Mitnik does a fantastic job of taking his years of trial experience and distilling it into an easy to follow guide. This book gave me a lot of great trial strategies that I might have otherwise had to fumble through for years to learn on my own. I'm already thinking of ways on how to incorporate these practices into my own cases and modify them to fit my personality and needs. Definitely a must read for any lawyer who is serious about becoming a great trial lawyer, especially young lawyers like me who can benefit from years of experience and proven techniques to get up to speed in the game fast."

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"Cutting edge analysis, well worth reading"

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Don't Eat the Bruises

"It's the cornerstone to civil litigation trials. Nothing is more important in your trial than the jury, and pages 34 to 132 will give you the tools you need to practice to become the attorney that WINS the trial. I've purchased this book for several Jury-X attorneys, and recommended it to countless attorney clients across the country. You won't regret this purchase."

— Tiffany D. (5/5)

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"Loved it"

— Andrew P. (5/5)

Serious Book for Trial Lawyers

"This is definitely more than a one-read book. I am happy to have it in my library."

— W M. (5/5)

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Don't Eat the Bruises: How to Foil Their Plans to Spoil Your Case

$165.00

Up to 70 percent of jurors will have made their decision by the end of opening statements. Attorney Keith Mitnik has developed a successful method to show you how to win at the start and dismantle the defense’s case while trying yours.

Keith Mitnik lives in courtrooms. When he’s not in trial, the senior trial counsel for Morgan & Morgan, the largest personal injury law firm in America, spends his time mentoring his firm's younger lawyers and inventing cutting-edge courtroom strategies. In Don’t Eat the Bruises, Mitnik reveals his result-producing methods for the first time in print. Drawing from the hard-won experience of his prolific and innovative career, Mitnik offers an approachable and proven system for trying and winning cases.

Exploiting juror bias, taking things out of context, and overemphasizing imperfections at trial are all “bruises”—cheap tricks that the defense uses to distract from facts and well-constructed cases. Mitnik offers strategies for dealing with these issues in jury selection, opening statement, and beyond, with a heavy focus on dismantling defenses based on bias, sympathy, and prejudice at the very beginning of your case.

Don't Eat the Bruises is an easy to read book that provides you with practical advice on effective legal skills. Whether you’re a new lawyer seeking guidance for your first auto case or a seasoned advocate looking for a fresh approach to your upcoming medical malpractice trial, Mitnik’s framework provides you with practical tools for winning.

Don't Eat the Bruises will give you the skill and confidence to get out of your office and into the courtroom to seek full justice on your next case.

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