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I write this on the day after Christmas, so naturally I’m thinking about gratitude. I’ve never said this out loud before, but I have a...

In the courtroom, a good advocate knows the power of Could Be. Every witness could be the key to a win. Every piece of evidence could be...

Do you like roller coasters? I do. It wasn’t always that way. My very first roller coaster ride was the worst–too fast, too jerky, too...

Can you draw? I’m dismal at drawing. Even when I was a kid, I couldn’t draw. One of my best friends in grammar school was Lisa Graves,...

Who stands up for you? Who tells the world what you have to offer, when you need a rest, why you’ve had enough and you just won’t take...

Do you worry about what people think? I used to spend so much time in other people’s heads. I was trying to figure out what they were...

Last week I told you the best preparation is practice . If you want to get good at doing something, practice doing it. You want to stand...

Last week we started exploring HOW to be your own best advocate. I told you that in order to be a strong advocate for yourself, your...

After 20 years of advocating for my clients, I’ve become very clear on who and what I stand for. You have to be clear on the same before...

Before I can advocate for a client at trial, I need to know what a win looks like for my client. I need to know what I’m out to prove....

You need help. You need more time, more understanding, better resources, or better compensation. What you really need is someone to...

Thank you!!! I can’t believe another challenge is over, and I can’t believe how much you all taught me! Your comments were fabulous, and...

Can you believe that this challenge is over? I’ll be sending an email this weekend about the surprises I’d promised but for now–our last...

If you want to persuade someone, you don’t do it with judgment. You don’t do it with fury, or even anger. You don’t do it with the...

It helps to detach from your outcomes . You are not your failures. You are not your successes either. You aren’t this argument, this...

When you think trial and error, don’t forget the error . A scientist can make discoveries without many failed attempts, and often the...

Everything you do is a type of trial. Not the type that is hard and difficult, like trials and tribulations. But more the type that is a...

Every time I get up to cross examine an adverse witness, I remind myself of his dignity . Every human being has it, simply by virtue of...

In my job as a trial attorney, I see more conflict than collaboration. While I work with my team to prepare for trial, the actual case is...

I used to think trials had to be serious things. Often my cases involve patients with catastrophic injuries–brain damage, paralysis, and...