The Articulate Advocate: Persuasive Skills for Lawyers in Trials, Appeals, Arbitrations, and Motions

An advocate may know what to say but is only effective when he or she knows how to be persuasive. Combining fact with know-how to persuade judges, juries, and arbitrator, the book teaches immediately useful techniques such as how to channel the initial adrenaline buzz, grab and hold the fact finder’s attention, gesture while speaking, speaking in phrases, and polishing the persuasive style. Based on 25 years of experience from coaching practitioners, this guide integrates cutting edge discoveries in human factors, gesture studies, linguistics, neuroscience, and sports psychology to give litigators a competitive edge. This brand new edition includes all new illustrations and new information on motions, arbitrations, and appeals.

• The Tools of Argument: How the Best Lawyers Think, Argue, and Win
• Storytelling for Lawyers
• 10,000 Depositions Later: 33 Tips for Taking Superior Depositions
• Turning Points at Trial: Great Lawyers Share Secrets, Strategies and Skills
• Win Your Case: How to Present, Persuade, and Prevail--Every Place, Every Time
• Flinders Aluminum Fabrication Corporation v. Mismo Fire Insurance Company
• Winning at Deposition: (Winner of ACLEA's Highest Award for Professional Excellence)
• Federal Rules of Evidence 2018-2019 Statutory and Case Supplement to Fisher's Evidence (University Casebook Series)
• Point Made: How to Write Like the Nation's Top Advocates
• Closing Arguments & The P.E.R.M. Technique: Win Big, More Often