I haven’t heard every Trial Lawyer give a lecture about trial lawyering, but I’ve heard many. Gerry Spence stands out as the best I ever heard. He had a way with language, humor, smarts, command, and style He oozed gravitas. Listening to him was a real treat.
One of his most famous cases was the self defense verdict of a cop who shot another between the eyes while both were in an automobile. That case was talked about in the Rocky Mountains for years.
He was a giant in the courtroom, maybe the best.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Ed_Cantrell
Never saw him in person, but read his book at one point and watched videos of him. A true trial lawyer.
@bradstevens and entrepreneur. his school/camp shit wasn't cheap. like $15k or whatever
Following up, he was clearly talented. But I'm not sure I could live with myself if I got that Cantrell guy off for that murder. I know nothing about that case but might read this book or watch the show based on it now:I haven’t heard every Trial Lawyer give a lecture about trial lawyering, but I’ve heard many. Gerry Spence stands out as the best I ever heard. He had a way with language, humor, smarts, command, and style He oozed gravitas. Listening to him was a real treat.
One of his most famous cases was the self defense verdict of a cop who shot another between the eyes while both were in an automobile. That case was talked about in the Rocky Mountains for years.
He was a giant in the courtroom, maybe the best.
I know. I looked into going when I first started practicing but couldn't afford it.@bradstevens and entrepreneur. his school/camp shit wasn't cheap. like $15k or whatever
@bradstevens the fck you need spence for. you had the goat down there with big joe
Big Joe didn't have a class you could take, though. He was too busy fighting deponents.@bradstevens the fck you need spence for. you had the goat down there with big joe
Spence also served as special prosecutor and won a death penalty case despite his objection to the DP.
One of his funny stories I recall him talking about was after he earned his national reputation, the local judge called him up and appointed him special prosecutor in a mundane case in Jackson Hole. Spence and the local judge were good friends and Spence telling that story was hilarious. Something about the judge didn’t want Spence to get too full of himself.
Spence and his ilk are an interesting case for me and the law. I always wanted to represent and help the poor, the weak, the powerless against big corps, etc. So in that way, I liked him. And all good trial lawyers are charismatic as can be, so it's tough not to be in awe of them.Spence also served as special prosecutor and won a death penalty case despite his objection to the DP.
One of his funny stories I recall him talking about was after he earned his national reputation, the local judge called him up and appointed him special prosecutor in a mundane case in Jackson Hole. Spence and the local judge were good friends and Spence telling that story was hilarious. Something about the judge didn’t want Spence to get too full of himself.
But at the end of the day, most of these guys rely on pulling the heart strings and manipulating the emotions of jurors and coming up with a story that will lead those jurors to ignore in many cases the bad facts and the law. I don't think that's the way the law should proceed and I think it's antithetical to "Justice."
@bradstevens those guys also practiced in a golden era. market wasn't saturated. no champerty messes. no advertising. no tort reform. fewer cases. no one knew or gave a shit about solicitation etc. no morgan and morgan
Fuck Morgan and Morgan.@bradstevens those guys also practiced in a golden era. market wasn't saturated. no champerty messes. no advertising. no tort reform. fewer cases. no one knew or gave a shit about solicitation etc. no morgan and morgan
@bradstevens @mcm666 How do you feel about Keller & Keller.
They mean business. Or my favorite, Daryl "The Hammer" Isaacs. What a douche canoe.
I don’t think emotions can put legs under a really bad case. But I think emotions are most of the game in deciding close cases.
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