The Search for Truth: an introduction to the jury trial process

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EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 9780965876919


Cornelius Callahan has been a trial lawyer for more than twenty-five years. He is a past president of the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. In addition to his trial practice, Mr. Callahan supervised litigation in numerous cases throughout the United States. His opponent in the case used as an example in this book was John D. Hayes, a prominent and successful plaintiff"s personal injury lawyer and a past president of the Chicago Bar Association. Excerpts from the trial transcript are used to demonstrate how each aspect of the jury trial process is developed and accomplished by skilled trial lawyers. Some of the contents of this book: * Impaneling the Jury * Cross-Examination * Impeachment * Rehabilitating Your Witness * Terms of Engagement * Semantic Incursion * Levels of the Game * Closing Arguments * Counter Arguments * The Verdict *