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Litigation
Tips & Tactics Section
Most litigation lawyers depose their adversary's
experts and key lay witnesses on liability; and don’t take
depositions of their own witnesses. Power trial lawyers do something
else – they take a brief (15 minutes or so) direct examination on a
video deposition they notice of their own best fact witness on
damages.
It is a fact of life that many
litigation lawyers, either because of a lack of time or available
budget do not go to the motor vehicle accident intersection scene
with their client as soon as the case starts. Ideally, of course,
you yourself go to every accident scene with your client. But – if
you can't go to the scene yourself, send your client to the scene
with (1) a camera and (2) a checklist of the
photos the best
investigator would take.
Read why.
.Pages of advice on the most
important topics for trial lawyers are available by reading
the sections of Bucklin's text in his
trial notebook system of litigation The single most important "time-saving, quick
education on what do to, tool" for a litigation lawyer is a good
legal form. The best downloadable legal forms for litigation,
including discovery, deposition, and trial, are available at
LawyerTrialForms.com
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