Developing Persuasive Themes for Trial
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About
This Course
Learn how to create, develop, and optimize a theme or themes for cases to maximize the chances of a favorable settlement or success at trial. Discussions will include using discovery to support your case theme, preparing opening statements, sequencing witnesses and their testimonies properly, and testing your themes for effectiveness before mock juries.
Attorneys with little or no trial experience, or who are beginning to assume lead responsibility for cases, are encouraged to attend this introductory program and learn the basics of preparing a case for trial.
Learning Objectives:
- Outline how to develop themes for trial from the beginning of a case
- Explore the importance of using discovery to support your case theme(s)
- Learn how to prepare opening statements and how to sequence witnesses and their testimony to best present your case to the trier of fact
- Utilize mock juries to ascertain whether trial themes resonate or not
About the Presenters
Christopher K. Hu, Esq.
Christopher K. Hu, Esq.
Practice Area: Intellectual Property
Retired in 2022 after a 47-year career practicing almost exclusively in intellectual property litigation, primarily patent litigation but also including trade secrets, trademarks and copyrights. Practice included cases in federal district courts around the country as well as in appellate courts. Cases involved a wide range of subject matters including chemicals, computer hardware, e-commerce, medical devices, pharmaceuticals and consumer products. Also handled or supervised numerous civil, criminal and administrative pro bono cases in federal and state courts and agencies. Firm affiliations included Fish & Neave, Morgan & Finnegan, Dickstein Shapiro and Blank Rome.
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Gil Calvillo, Ph.D.
Senior Jury Consultant & Communications Coach
Practice Area: Other
Dr. Gil Calvillo is a highly regarded, nationally recognized jury consultant with over 25 years of experience picking juries, preparing witnesses, and conducting mock trial research. Gil is retained by individuals, public and private companies, foreign entities, government agencies, financial institutions, and insurance carriers, many of which are part of the Fortune 100.A neuroscientist and former National Institutes of Health research fellow in clinical neuropsychology, Gil brings a scientific advantage to his practice. His razor-sharp assessment skills and ability to detect malingering and juror bias were honed from the hundreds of neuropsychological, personality, and forensic evaluations he performed beginning in early graduate school. Gil’s rigorous ...
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