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Trial Guides™ is a publishing company featuring educational books, video, audio, and live seminars from the nation's leading trial lawyers, jury consultants and legal experts.

08/07/2026

The tip of the day for August 7th, 2026, comes from David R. Bossart, Gregory Cusimano, Edward H. Lazarus & David A. Wenner's book “Winning Case Preparation: Understanding Jury Bias”. Get your copy today: https://tr.ee/JDbXZ5

“Don’t put your client's picture in the victim frame. Reframe the case: The plaintiff is a responsible person who will make do no matter what. It was the single act of this particular defendant that caused the harm, and the defendant should be accountable."

08/06/2026

The tip of the day for August 6th, 2026, comes from Nicholas Rowley, Courtney Rowley, & Wendy Saxon's book “Voir Dire and Opening Statement”. Get your copy today: https://tr.ee/AZmUNB

“After meeting with your client and other family members, it is important to get to know the community in which she lives and the people who may end up in your jury pool. Even if you have a busy practice and a hefty caseload, you must gain an appreciation of the catchment area of your jury pool."

Free Webinar! Developing Excellence: Why Some Plaintiff Lawyers Get Exceptional Results, presented by Aaron DeShaw, Augu...
08/05/2026

Free Webinar! Developing Excellence: Why Some Plaintiff Lawyers Get Exceptional Results, presented by Aaron DeShaw, August 12, 2026. Sign up for free here: https://tr.ee/vHt7Gh

Every plaintiffs' lawyer wants to be excellent. Far fewer have a plan for getting there.

Trial Guides founder Aaron DeShaw draws on the research behind expert performance, and on decades of observing what separates the best trial lawyers from the rest, to examine what a serious commitment to your craft actually requires. The answer is deliberate practice, and this session turns it into a method.

What you will take away:
- Why time in practice alone does not produce expertise, and how deliberate practice differs from routine experience.
- How to break a plaintiffs' practice into the component skills worth mastering, then isolate and work on each one.
- How to build a personal, multi-year development plan with measurable milestones.

Who should attend: plaintiffs' trial lawyers at any stage, from newly admitted attorneys designing their first decade of practice to experienced lawyers working to break through a plateau.

Free live webinar | August 12, 2026 | 3:30 PM ET / 12:30 PM PT.
Register at https://tr.ee/vHt7Gh

08/05/2026

The tip of the day for August 5th, 2026, comes from William A. Barton's book “Integrated Advocacy: Getting Better, Faster, while Building a Satisfying and Sustainable Law Practice”. Get your copy today: https://tr.ee/1IzXHa

“The defendant’s conduct that injured the plaintiff was a calculated business decision. The defendant chose to commit the acts (or not commit the acts, such as routine maintenance or safety checks) that led to the consequences. It may not have intended the effects, but it intended the acts that inexorably led to the effects."

08/04/2026

The tip of the day for August 4th, 2026, comes from Keith Mitnik’s book “Don't Eat the Bruises: How to Foil Their Plans to Spoil Your Case”. Get Keith Mitnik's "Don't Eat the Bruises" for guidance on voir dire cause challenges and protecting your case from the tactics that can spoil it: https://tr.ee/Tgp5tm

“The point is: don't give up, don't lose your cool, and don't lose your way. Work the problem and find a way to get your cause challenges on biased panelists."

08/03/2026

The tip of the day for August 3rd, 2026, comes from Mark R. Kosieradzki & Joel E. Smith's video “Nursing Home Cases: When Caregivers Stop Caring”. Learn how the authors approach facility records, staffing, analysis, regulations, and the discovery that shapes nursing home litigation: https://tr.ee/iFIrip

“Investigate the nursing home's track record regarding infection control. Check Medicare's online information about the facility at the Nursing Home Compare website, which will contain information about the facility's health inspections, staffing, and quality of patient care."

07/31/2026

The tip of the day for July 31st, 2026, comes from Randi McGinn’s video “Creating Magic in Trial”. Learn how Randi McGinn uses demonstrative objects and visual thinking during examinations and arguments: https://tr.ee/z7Wo7W

“Think out of the box. Try to think of ways to do visual cross-examination."

07/30/2026

The tip of the day for July 30th, 2026, comes from David Ball, Artemis Malekpour, Courtney Rowley & Nicholas Rowley's book “Damages Evolving”. Get your copy today: https://tr.ee/uU3FeE

“In voir dire, ask jurors how they feel about compensation for stress and fear about future consequences [...]. Give a couple of examples unrelated to your case, such as a mom in terror about her sick child's possible future condition. This questioning alerts jurors to this kind of damages and alerts you to jurors who will have trouble compensating for them. Those who might have trouble are likely low-damages juror in general."

07/29/2026

The tip of the day for July 29th, 2026, comes from Michael Koskoff & Sean McElligott's book “The Medical Malpractice Trial”. Get your copy today: https://tr.ee/Uxrs1b

“You know you have found a good emotional hook for your damages argument when you get emotional reading the argument."

07/28/2026

The tip of the day for July 28th, 2026, comes from Rick Friedman & Patrick Malone’s book “Rules of the Road: A Plaintiff Lawyer’s Guide to Proving Liability”. Get the foundational text on the Rules of the Road approach with detailed guidance on how Rick Friedman and Patrick Malone build simple, undeniable rules across practice areas: https://tr.ee/SCYAZt

“We’ve all heard the advice, 'keep it simple?' The reason the advice is sound in the Rules context is because we want to avoid handing the defense ammunition that they can use to create complexity, confusion, and ambiguity."

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