First Court Blog

In our last article (Every Trial Argument Needs a Theme - Here's Why & How to Create One) the discussion focused on how defense counsel must create a theme to present the case for the best possible outcome. Current trends have shown that juries tend to vilify the corporate defendant, oftentimes ...

Last week, continuing through Robert Tyson’s Nuclear Verdicts: Defending Justice For All, the discussion focused on how to place a value on a life. One of the suggestions, “Get to Know the Decedent,” is useful in developing your theme for the case. Your case theme tells a larger tale; it “goes ...

In our last article, the discussion focused on how defense counsel can confront a pain and suffering number. It can be challenging to navigate personal injury cases where the plaintiff is seeking damages for the loss of a loved one. When it comes to wrongful death cases, defense attorneys must ...

In our last article, we continued through Robert Tyson’s Nuclear Verdicts: Defending Justice For All. The discussion focused on the defense giving a damages number to the jury. It is important to start this week’s discussion noting that while Tyson offers strategies to defeat plaintiff’s pain and ...

In Week Two of our series on Robert Tyson’s Nuclear Verdicts, we delve into the concept of “giving a number” to the jury…by defense counsel. The mere suggestion that civil defense attorneys should offer the jury a damages number always sparks a lively conversation, and defense counsel have strong ...