Gerry Spence Tag

24 Sep

Gerry Spence wins trials by embracing & revealing his entire self

Great lawyer Gerry Spence wins trials by embracing and revealing his entire self, warts, fears, vision, astounding ability, oration, and all. For the entire month of August 1995, I was in Wyoming at the then one-year-old Trial Lawyers College, at Gerry's beautiful Wyoming Thunderhead ranch ten...

2017 / Criminal Defense / Persuasion

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18 Jun

Random thoughts through June 18

Happy Father's Day to all fathers, and to my father, my grandfathers, and the rest of my lineage to cavepeople, apes, and before that. LAW "Ocean City [Maryland] acts to keep women from going topless at beach" - The Washington Post "You have to break the horse to...

2017 / Criminal Defense / Jon's news & views

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01 May

The essence of the now-late Richard “Racehorse” Haynes

Richard "Racehorse" Haynes -- nicknamed for his athletic skills and dubbed "Race" for short -- was at the Trial Lawyers College for a day or two during the first week of the program. What immediately struck me about Race was that this trial lawyer who...

2017 / Jon's news & views

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23 Dec

Persuasion through being open, without revealing secrets nor all weak spots

At the Trial Lawyers College, I learned that its founder Gerry Spence is at once an incredibly powerful persuader, very in touch with his strengths and weaknesses, and ready to reveal his vulnerabilities. This started out as simply with Gerry's voicing his disappointment that "Nobody...

2016 / Criminal Defense / Persuasion

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13 Sep

Winning an acquittal calls for helping the jury feel reasonable doubt in their bellies

Preparation is essential for any trial. Then, to bring the trial to higher quantum levels of persuasion, the criminal defense lawyer must feel the fire for his or client in the belly, and share that fire with the jury in a persuasive way. ...

2016 / Criminal Defense / Persuasion

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22 Feb

Knowing and transcending our demons without being consumed by them

One of the first things that struck me when I first heard the great trial lawyer and my later teacher Gerry Spence in 1988 and interacted with him several times when he daily was at the one-month 1995 Trial Lawyers College, was how he freely...

2016 / Persuasion

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18 Dec

The fight for justice is no popularity contest, and the battle can be exhilaratingly powerful

My client can get swept up with me in that fireball of positive energy that focuses on directing a fan at any dirt thrown our way rather than descending into curses and complaints....

2015 / Criminal Defense / Persuasion

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27 Nov

Empowering others to your side through door-opening, non-confrontation, no legalese, and absence of threats

How does a criminal defense lawyer jibe taking the above type of approach with persuasion while looking strong for his or her clients, and coming across as a force to be reckoned with in dealing with opponents?...

2015 / Persuasion

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