Our newest feature – War Stories

“Eggshell” plaintiff settles for $1.25 million in low-impact rearender
Santa Clara’s Robert Allard finds a critical discrepancy in expert medical testimony and uses it to breathe new life into a case.
Ed Vasquez

Preparing your client for deposition
If your client performs poorly, it almost certainly impedes your ability to prove your case, and starts you on an uphill battle. The author offers tips to prepare the client on substantive issues and procedural matters.
Niki B. Okcu

Profile: Mary Dryovage
Running virtually a one-woman show, Mary Dryovage has been protecting federal employees for 30 years when the federal government steps out of line regarding its employees.
Stephen Ellison

Getting your injury case out of bankruptcy
Federal law allows you to seek relief from an automatic stay caused by a bankruptcy filing and to get your injury case back on track.
Ara Jabagchourian

Managing your client’s settlement expectations
How did your client get the idea about how much the case is worth?
Bradley Bostick

Transcribing testimony into action
The Governor attempts to save money by watering down the Court Reporters Board. The author explains how her testimony along with others’ saved the CRB from extinction.
Early Langley

You can obtain better arbitration results
Arbitration is different from mediation or the courtroom. This brief, hands-on guide includes tips on preparing the arbitration brief and your opening statement, questioning witnesses, the use of exhibits and some do’s and don’ts for argument in arbitration.
Joe Ramsey

Trial Practice and Procedure
Top ten strategies to attack defendant’s medical expert
The goal of defendant’s experts is to create confusion and gray areas. We look at strategies to keep your issues clear.
William Veen and Kathleen Humphrey

Settlement Matters
How did they price the file?
Knowing how the other side has priced the file will give you a leg up in the negotiation and will help you understand the  background behind the negotiation moves that occur.
Jeffrey Krivis

Managing Your Office
Don’t buy any computers until 2011
Aching for a new computer? New technology and lower pricing make it worthwhile to wait if you can.
Michael Mortimer

Appellate reports
Recent cases, including Lhotka v. Geographic Expeditions, Inc. on opposing petitions to compel arbitration.
Jeffrey Isaac Ehrlich

Commentary & Opinion
Another perspective: How do women impact the extinction of the Trial Lawyer?
Readers and former Plaintiff editor Donna Bader respond to columnist Gary Gwilliam’s musings last month on how men and women resolve conflict differently.
Donna Bader

A Winning Verdict
Are Trial lawyers becoming extinct?
Focused on the challenge of managing caseloads, how much are judges to blame for the disappearance of jury trials in civil cases?
J. Gary Gwilliam