The Barrister’s Toolbox
A Resource for Trial Advocacy
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Helping the Jury Remember When.
“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” ― Mark Twain The human memory is a tricky thing. Some things are learned and recalled without even thinking about them. These are typically items that we come in contact with in a concrete and tangible way on a day-to-day basis. Other items of…
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Big City Chicago Style
Sitting in Water Tower Place I could not help but think about all the great and talented attorneys this City has produced. The legendary Clarence Darrow called this place home. He never shied away from taking on difficult cases, unpopular causes or clients. Darrow successfully defended Dr. Ossian Sweet, a black physician, who was charged…
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Why a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
A picture is worth a thousand words. Napoleon Bonaparte One picture is worth 1,000 denials. Ronald Reagan Let’s face it, in the context of a trial pictures and other demonstrative evidence can have a very powerful impact on a jury. Back in the late 1800s and early 1900s, attorneys could give closing arguments that could…
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Jurors: Helping Them, Help You.
“I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.” —Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Paine, 1789. Jurors… They are truly the heart and soul of our justice system. No invention known to man has a greater potential to…
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Why It Doesn’t Always Pay to be the Smartest Guy in the Room
Ego… All good trial attorneys have it. Without a little ego it would be difficult to stand up and try to persuade a bunch of strangers you just met to acquit your client or award your client a significant sum of money. It takes not hard work and preparation, but a fair amount of moxie…
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