Definition: Litigation Funding
What is Litigation Funding? It is when a 3rd-party professional can pay all (or some of) the costs of the lawsuit. Some of these costs may include witness fees, court fees, and attorney fees. If the lawsuit is won, the funder can share in a portion of the proceeds...
Definition: Plaintiff
There are 2 sides to every story. In litigation, they are called the plaintiff and defendant. The plaintiff is the person (or company) that brings a legal complaint about someone else to the court. In the case caption, the plaintiff is always listed first. An...
To Hone or Home? That is the Question.
Did you realize that there are over 600 breeds of pigeons in the world? And most of us probably immediately think only of the seemingly less-than-hygienic gray ones that desecrate city buildings and statues of revered civic patrons and drive pedestrians and cyclists...
CLE: The Power of Narrative: Win Your Jury With Storytelling
The average attention span of a person, someone who will be sitting on a jury, is 2-6 minutes. Their best, most rapt, attention is only 1.5 minutes. This means from the very beginning an attorney must have a compelling narrative theme to capture the jury’s attention....
CLE: Relevance & the Ohio Rules of Evidence
Judge James L. Kimbler has been a trial judge for over 30 years. During that time he has conducted over 550 jury trials and hundreds, if not thousands, of non-jury trials. He has brought this experience to life in his book, Practical Tips for Trial Attorneys: A...
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