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Mcelhaney's Trial Notebook: Trial Notebook

by: McElhaney, James W.

Mcelhaney's Trial Notebook: Trial Notebook

by: McElhaney, James W.

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9781590315033
ISBN 10:
1590315030
Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 07/30/2005
Publisher: Natl Book Network

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Trial Notebook offers hundreds of techniques and tactics for every stage of a trial's progress in spare, lively, memorable prose. You get strategies grounded in actual courtroom experience that will improve the effectiveness of your advocacy.

Foreword to Fourth Edition	p. ix
Foreword to Third Edition	p. xi
Foreword to Second Edition	p. xiii
Foreword to First Edition	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Planning to Win	p. 1
The Qualities of Winners	p. 3
Picking the Right Fight	p. 11
The Theory of the Case	p. 17
The Real Law	p. 23
The Sense of Injustice	p. 29
Persuasive Organization	p. 37
The Focus of Judgment	p. 43
An Introduction to Damages	p. 47
The Perry Mason Trap	p. 55
Trial Preparation	p. 61
The Trial Preparation Plan	p. 63
Powerful Pleadings	p. 69
Informal Investigation	p. 75
Basic Deposition Techniques	p. 85
A Good Witness	p. 93
The Horse Shed	p. 99
Trouble in the Horse Shed	p. 111
Teaching Pigs to Sing	p. 119
The Trial Notebook	p. 125
Final Preparation	p. 135
Starting the Trial	p. 141
The Credibility of the Lawyer	p. 143
Humanizing the Client	p. 153
Angus on Jury Selection	p. 163
Goals for Opening Statements	p. 173
The Story Method	p. 181
Snapshots	p. 187
Evidence	p. 195
The Big Ideas	p. 197
Arguing Relevance	p. 207
Opening the Door	p. 217
Getting the Evidence In	p. 229
Get It Admitted Some Other Way	p. 237
Character Evidence and Impeachment	p. 243
Character and Conduct	p. 257
An Outline on Hearsay	p. 265
The Cleveland Exception to the Hearsay Rule	p. 279
Business Records	p. 297
State of Mind	p. 309
Nine Ways to Use a Deposition	p. 319
Neglected Rules of Evidence	p. 329
Foundations and Objections	p. 337
Making the Record	p. 339
Steps in Introducing Exhibits	p. 349
Foundations	p. 355
The Foundation Habit	p. 371
Effective Objections	p. 379
The Limine Trap	p. 389
Direct Examination	p. 397
Bland and Canned Direct	p. 399
The Language of Examination	p. 403
Direct Questions	p. 407
Simple Direct	p. 415
The Art of Leading	p. 423
Cross-Examination	p. 431
Cross-Examination Choices	p. 433
The Real Purpose of Cross	p. 441
Evasive Witnesses	p. 449
The Witness Doesn't Remember	p. 457
Make Something Out of It	p. 465
Impeachment by Omission	p. 475
Expert Witnesses	p. 483
The Law of Experts	p. 485
Fixing the Expert Mess	p. 497
Direct of Experts	p. 509
Learned Treatises	p. 517
Nine Ways to Cross-Examine an Expert	p. 525
Tactics and Techniques	p. 535
Point of View	p. 537
Linking	p. 543
Stealing Their Thunder	p. 549
The Adverse Witness	p. 555
Taking the Stand	p. 561
Ploys	p. 571
Traps	p. 577
Tangled in a Trap	p. 587
Dealing with Dirty Tricks	p. 593
The Blackboard	p. 605
High-Tech Trials	p. 615
The Language of Persuasion	p. 621
The Language of Obscurity	p. 623
The Right Word	p. 629
The Stock Phrases	p. 637
Impact	p. 649
Breaking the Spell	p. 655
Making Memories	p. 661
Final Argument	p. 667
The Law of Final Argument	p. 669
Analogies in Final Argument	p. 679
Dealing with Dishonesty	p. 695
Damages versus Liability	p. 701
Losing Arguments	p. 705
The Final Five	p. 711
Trial Practice	p. 719
Dealing with Dogs-Getting Rid of Losers	p. 721
Keeping the Client Happy	p. 727
Motion Practice-Talking to the Judge	p. 739
Fighting the Judge	p. 745
Getting Along with Judges	p. 751
Settlement-The Walrus Factor	p. 763
Maybe It's Time to Go	p. 769
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Mcelhaney's Trial Notebook: Trial Notebook

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