Trial Practice Guidance, Jury Trial, Appeals

Plaintiff Counsel’s Mid-Trial Social Media Post Results in Reversal of Jury Verdict in Illinois Court of Appeals

Fishman Haygood LLP on 4/29/2025

An Illinois appellate court recently reversed a $43 million jury verdict in a personal injury case (Kroft v. Viper Trans, Inc.)1 involving an automobile collision, remanding the case for another trial—now the third—after the...more

Where Appeals Begin

Chartwell Law on 2/27/2025

I remember listening to Justice Frank Cleckley of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, my professor for Evidence, open his first lecture with a discussion of Federal Rule of Evidence 103. As a young law student, I was...more

Playing the Long Game: Preserving Issues for Appeal

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 4/12/2023

Trials happen fast. Trial counsel are rightly preoccupied with preparing to give opening statements or closing arguments, preparing to examine or cross-examine witnesses, or simply keeping track of admitted exhibits....more

Voir Dire on Content, Not Effect: Lessons from the Tsarnaev Appeal

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message on 8/12/2020

We tend to think of “bias” as it applies to juries, but courts can have their own deep-seated practices. For example, judges will often prefer voir dire questions that focus on the juror’s own assessment of the influence of a...more

Dire Consequences: Avoiding Waiver in Pennsylvania Jury Selection

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 5/18/2020

Practicing law at a socially appropriate distance has forced many litigators to broadly consider the value of face-to-face interaction—and what may be lost in its absence. A recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court opinion...more

Practice Makes Perfect: Mock Oral Arguments and Effective Oral Advocacy

Carlton Fields on 2/19/2020

The key to successful oral advocacy is effective preparation. In this podcast, Carlton Fields attorneys Gary Sasso, Peter Webster, and Christine Davis discuss the importance of mock oral arguments in preparing for oral...more

Expect Jury Leaders to Act as Individuals, not Representatives

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message on 8/10/2018

What do we expect of our leaders? If you think about it in a political context, and if you get past your initial cynical thoughts about self-interest and corruption, then perhaps what you hope for is that our leaders make...more

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