MINNEAPOLIS BRAIN INJURY ATTORNEYS, LAWYERS ARE SUCCESSFUL AND EXPERIENCED TRIAL LAWYERS.
MINNESOTA TRIAL LAWYERS at the Schmidt Salita Law Team know that a really good injury lawyer must be a great trial lawyer-a great litigator. That is true because an injury victim can have a great case but with a weak trial lawyer, the value of the case is weak. In short, the value of any personal injury case is measured against the value that a jury will award at trial. With a weak trial lawyer, the jury verdict will generally be weak. With a strong trial lawyer, the jury verdict will generally be strong.
The same is true with settlements. Insurance companies will not offer maximum value if they know that the injury lawyer handling the case is not a great trial lawyer.
Professional sports teams, whether football, baseball or basketball, keep detailed records on the win-loss records, the scoring averages, and the many statistics of their opponents. Insurance companies do the same. They know very well the quality of the trial skills of the personal injury lawyer representing the injury victim.
THE MINNESOTA TRIAL LAWYERS AT THE SCHMIDT SALITA LAW TEAM ARE TOP TRIAL LAWYERS.
Douglas E. Schmidt and Dean Salita are the lead trial lawyers for the Schmidt Salita Law Team. Schmidt has over 40 years of experience as a trial lawyer with an excellent track record, including a great win-loss record and many jury verdicts and settlements over $1 million. He recently produced a $2.5 million jury verdict in a Hennepin County jury trial of a medical malpractice case.
Dean Salita also is a very skilled and experienced trial lawyer, both in jury trials in District Court and in hundreds of trials in the Workers Compensation systems. Dean’s track record includes the prosecution of a case that produced a settlement in excess of $12 million.
SCHMIDT IS THE AUTHOR OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF JURY PERSUASION.
Schmidt is the author of a respected publication on the subject of jury persuasion entitled The Ten Commandments of Jury Persuasion. The following are excerpts from that text:
I. THOU SHALT HONOR THY JURY IN ALL YOU SAY AND DO.
II. THOU SHALT NOT ACT LIKE A LAWYER, LOOK LIKE A LAWYER, TALK LIKE A LAWYER, OR THINK LIKE A LAWYER.
III. THOU SHALT HONOR THY CLIENT.
IV. THOU SHALT NOT “BEAT UP- ON WITNESSES.
V. THOU SHALT, AT ALL TIMES, BE VISUAL AND KINESTHETIC.
VI. THOU SHALT KEEP IT BRIEF AND KEEP IT SIMPLE.
VII. THOU SHALT MAKE THY POINT BEFORE THY JURY FALLS ASLEEP.
VIII. THOU SHALT TELL A STORY.
Story telling skills are important to the trial lawyer. The most basic rule of trial persuasion is to present a story to the jury. Everyone responds to a story. Everyone wants to hear a story. People remember a story much better than an assorted group of isolated facts. Accordingly, the mission is to tell a story, in opening statement, in the evidence, and in the closing argument.
Do not let the jury think that your presentation is only “a story.’ Do not refer to it as “a story.” Don’t tell the jury that they are hearing “a story.” Nevertheless, present the evidence in a story form.
IX. THOU SHALT BE THE “NICE GUY”.
X. THOU SHALT NOT TELL THE JURY WHAT TO DO.
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This page has been written, edited, and reviewed by a team of legal writers following our comprehensive editorial guidelines. This page was approved by Founding Partner, Dean M. Salita, with more than 30 years of legal experience as a personal injury attorney.
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