Trial Techniques

Defendants use every tool in their toolbox to delay trials and deny plaintiffs a swift resolution of their cases. With a strategic use of motions for trial preference, you can keep your cases on schedule and your trial dates firm. Using examples from PSR cases and sample motions you can readily adapt in your...

Toxicology admissibility is a complicated legal area that often arises in personal injury cases. Substances like alcohol, prescription drugs, and illegal drugs can impair judgment, coordination, and reaction times, and toxicology can provide concrete evidence to support or refute suspicions of impairment. In this session, Alex Behar and Diana Panish explore how toxicology evidence...

This session presented by Jon Davidi and Dustin Thordarson will focus on how to hit the ground running when a case transitions from pre-lit to litigation, including tips for aggressively getting your case out of the gate, and pre-lit pitfalls to avoid and set your case up for success.

Sometimes the best witness for your client is a defense witness or neutral treater. This session presented by Adam Shea and Tom Schultz explores strategies for taking deposition testimony, expert reports, and treaters’ records and using that evidence to establish liability and causation and bolster your client’s damages.

Using case studies from recent trials, this session presented by Brian Panish, David Rudorfer, and Lyssa Roberts explores the strategies used by PSR attorneys to routinely achieve eight-figure, non-economic damages awards at trial. From developing your client’s story to prepping damages witnesses, this step-by-step guide will explore the best tools to achieve maximum results...