We had already equipped our attorneys to work remotely, so the process of moving everything to remote was pretty seamless. Most oral arguments moved to Zoom, as have depositions and mediations. Some of our trial teams have continued to meet in person, outdoors, once a week or so. Now that everyone in the firm is double vaccinated, we feel more comfortable allowing people to go into the office. The main problem is that our jury trials have backed up.
We resolved a huge legal malpractice case on the eve of trial for our plaintiff client against an AmLaw firm. We had a second demurrer granted without leave to amend for our client, an AmLaw law firm accused of legal malpractice in a high-stakes case. We achieved a significant settlement for a multi-office insurance brokerage that had been forced by one of its carriers to illegally redline.
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Of course, they only get to the breaking the witness point by first breaking down the mountains of information lurking in the background of any legal battle. The group we've gathered here are giants in the courtroom. Their peers are in awe of how they operate, and their reputation brings them the best, most complicated, bet-the-company cases. It is hard to put your finger on what makes a great trial attorney, but one thing is definitely true.
Although toughness of mind is important, it's impossible to bring home wins if the jury does not like you. We've highlighted some of their biggest cases and talked to several of them about what makes a trial lawyer a great one.
Firm: Bartlit Beck. Greatest Hits: Stopped the recount , a victory that eventually won the presidency for George W. Neither one of these guys are fire and brimstone. They don't invoke thunder and lightning and the Lord. They just cut away and cut away — and kill you with a thousand paper cuts. What Beck told us it takes to be a great trial lawyer: The ability to think like the jury and to "make complex matters understandable Beck left consults with David Boies during Bush v. Greatest Hits: In , shut down thousands of asbestos injury claims through defense of W.
He has also represented Apple in hearing loss litigation related to the iPod and General Electric and Philip Morris against injury claims.
What's been said: " What Bernick told us it takes to be a great trial lawyer: The ability to conceptualize the themes that "marry the applicable law with what will be the key and undisputed facts in a way that "will resonate with jurors as embodying fundamental fairness. Greatest Hits: Eviscerated Microsoft in an antitrust case. Boies is currently in trial in San Francisco, representing the plaintiffs in the Prop 8 trial. What's been said: " The Boies memory is one of the first things cited when people discuss his strengths.
What's most impressive about that gift--focused as it may be by the intensified concentration that his dyslexia demands--is Boies' uncanny ability to recall a key fact, legal citation or piece of contradictory testimony at moments of the most intense pressure. Firm: Cravath. What Chesler told us it takes to be a great trial lawyer: The ability "to understand people," "to be sensitive to the audience and to the messages they are sending. Greatest Hits: In one of his many intellectual property cases , Keker defended Google against Microsoft.
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