Courtroom strategy meets storytelling craft. Weekly insights on deposition prep, cross-examination, and attorney performance — from trial consultants who've trained litigators across 2,000+ depositions.
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Trial Haus Consulting
Courtroom strategy meets storytelling craft. Weekly insights on deposition prep, cross-examination, and attorney performance — from trial consultants who've trained litigators across 2,000+ depositions.
Hey Reader, A judge recently called us out for using a dirty word in court. Storytelling. Okay, technically, he was talking to the attorney. The attorney had been referring to people by their first names instead of calling them “the plaintiff” or “Mr. So-and-So.” The judge had his opinion as to why… “I understand why you’re using first names. It’s storytelling. But we’re not doing that.” First: It’s just how we’d been referring to them leading up to court. Second: That’s not storytelling. At...
Hey Reader, We’ve gotta tell you about one of our favorite moments that just happened in a depo. A little context… We’d been helping an attorney prepare for a 30(b)(6) corporate witness. As we built the deposition, Steve and I found a few things we definitely wanted marked as exhibits. Cut to the deposition and our attorney pulls one up. Defense counsel: “Just to be clear, this is not a [Company] document.” Plaintiff Attorney: It’s from their website. Another document came out… Defense...
Hey Reader, [No spoilers in this email.] I faked my way through The Odyssey in college. Which is especially embarrassing considering I was a theater major. Greek mythology is kind of our thing. Now, a week after opening, I've already seen it in IMAX. Twice. Six hours. Worth every minute. Long before most people had seen the film, director Christopher Nolan was already taking heat from academics and purists. Their biggest complaint? He didn’t use a strict translation. The characters speak...