Aaron Broussard

Get ready to drink from a fire hydrant. Aaron is going to deliver 60 minutes of lessons learned the hard way from intake to trial to appeal.

The plaintiff lawyer culture is designed to make us think the great plaintiff lawyers have some kind of superpower or massive natural talent. It might be easier on your ego to think this way. But the truth is you can be better than 95% of the lawyers out there with no talent at all. You just have to follow the right practices, have the right mindset, and stop making excuses.

Topics will include:

• Written discovery is overrated
• Speed kills
• Why most deposition questions are useless
• True- False depositions
• The stages of learning how to cross exam
• Direct testimony made easy
• Using your real voice, not the one you made up in law school
• Why your success is determined by the cases you don’t take
• Prepping your client for mediation and deposition
• Practical Voir Dire tips
• Making your own demonstratives
• The do’s and don’ts of animations
• Expert depositions
• How to edit your own writing
• Using words that work
• Thinking tools to discover and refine your case
• How to prepare for oral argument

Aaron’s methods and advice often go against conventional wisdom and custom. If you are looking for a practical path to success, you don’t want to miss this presentation.