How to succeed as a trial lawyer
- Publisher:
- American Bar Association
- Publication date:
- 2013-07-18
- Authors:
-
Stewart I. Edelstein
(Commercial trial lawyer) - ISBN:
- 978-1-61438-801-2
Index
- Preliminary content
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Dealing with clients
- Dealing with everyone other than clients you will encounter as a trial lawyer
- Managing and drafting emails and letters
- Drafting documents other than emails and letters
- Preparing for, taking, and defending depositions
- Mediating commercial disputes
- Arbitrating commercial disputes
- Making oral presentations in court
- Presenting an effective plaintiff?s case in the courtroom
- Presenting an effective defense in the courtroom
- Dealing with ethical issues
- Marketing your litigation practice
- Coping with stress and creating a life beyond the practice of law
- Succeeding as a trial lawyer: a personal account
- Appendix I cogency
- Appendix II ethics problems
- Appendix III suggestions for further reading & for viewing
- Table I federal rules of civil procedure
- Table II federal rules of evidence
- Table III model rules of professional conduct
- Table IV american arbitration association commercial arbitration rules
- Practice checklists
- Index
- Permissions
- About the author