Zachary Warren was a master of the universe. At least the legal universe. At 29 a Stanford degree, a magna cum laude graduate of Georgetown Law School, a clerkship at...

The challenge – how to cross examine, impeach or even just diminish the impact of sympathetic witnesses without losing your audience?

In my post about Richard’s particular skill in presenting final arguments, I lamented there was no video tape of his courtroom performances. Fortunately I was partially wrong: Dore Louis, an...

On March 18, 2013, a Petition for Writ of Certiorari was granted in the case of United States v. Kaley, U.S. Supreme Court Case No. 12-464. Howard Srebnick, a Partner...

Henry Ward Beecher: “Not until human nature is other than what it is, will the function of the living voice -- the greatest force on earth among men -- cease...

This is one of my favorite quotes: “You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best. You want to be considered the only ones who...

My advice to trial lawyers – throw out the trial advocacy books filled with old wives' tales, and study human behavior. The opening arguments in the Zimmerman trial are a...

Is it time to start lamentations on the death of the classic tough-as-nails criminal lawyer?

I have ignored this blog for the past two months because I was acutely tied up – the vicious battle for a new trial in the Goodman case, several intense...

We were pleased to make the Southern District of Florida Blogspot today.   Check out other news articles about the Mary Estelle Curran case here.