Tonight's post about a very peculiar aspect of Trial Practice was written by our Savannah divorce attorney, David Purvis.The case has been dragging on for months. The other side refuses to budge. You refuse to budge. You're right, they're wrong. According to them,...
Trial Practice
Trial Practice: Pre-trial Orders are beautiful things.
A little while ago, I was trying a free wheeling case which was stretching on into days. Opposing Counsel's witnesses and documents seemed as loose as as an earthworm on valium. He barely knew who he was going to call as a witness anymore than I did. For trial...
Film Editing and Trial Practice
Tonight's insightful post on Film Editing and Trial Practice was written by our Savannah Family Law attorney, David Purvis.A few months back, my wife and I joined Michael and Shelia Manely to view a great documentary entitled "AKA Doc Pomus" at the Savannah Jewish...
Trial Practice: Framing a Guilty Man
What is it about many of our species that we cannot have it good enough? We have to try to improve our situation, even when our situation is pretty good. Rather than let the facts fall as they do, we have to make our stories better than the reality. We...
Trial Practice: The Truth Shall Set You Free
Tonight's trial practice tip comes from Cherese Clark who practices in our Atlanta office.Lawyering 101: "Never ask a witness a question that you do not know the answer to."You spend hours getting to know your client, hours getting to know the facts, and more hours...