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Among the Chairman's Maxims, Credibility is Key

By Eric L. Lipman

The Chairman of Minnesota?s Judicial Selection Commission, Ronald J. Schutz, was featured in Monday's issue of the National Law Journal. In this issue, Schutz, who also heads the intellectual property litigation group at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciersi, shares some of his strategies for persuading juries. Among other items, he recommends: (1) Keeping the cross-examination of experts focused; (2) Treasuring your credibility with the judge ? as jurors will pick up on this; and (3) Remembering that the only reality that exists for jurors is in the courtroom.

The feature likewise explores a winning closing argument in which Schutz asked jurors to compare the defendant?s words with its actions. Throughout, Shutz reminds readers that personal and professional credibility is at the heart of the litigator?s challenge when facing experts, approaching the Judge, presenting to juries or framing one?s case.

A PDF-formatted excerpt of the feature, in which these maxims are explored, is available at the RKM&C website, here.

Full post as published by Within the Scope on June 22, 2008 (boomark / email).