Kristi Harrington is a trial consultant with First Court, Inc. As a retired circuit court judge, Kristi presided over hundreds of jury trials. Kristi is a Distinguished Visiting Professor and former Director of Advocacy at Charleston School of Law.
ALWAYS. ACCEPT. RESPONSIBILITY. “But why accept responsibility if my client didn’t do anything wrong?” is a typical retort. As Robert Tyson, renowned trial lawyer and author of Nuclear Verdicts: Defending Justice For All, explains, accepting responsibility will help “defuse the number one source of ...
How to Avoid A Nuclear Verdict? This is the question fueling defense lawyers’ nightmares, especially when their upcoming trial involves a catastrophically-injured plaintiff. Our last blog article Top 3 Ways Plaintiff Attorneys Ensure Nuclear Verdicts highlights some of the strategies plaintiff’s ...
