Book Recommendations: the basics

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Virginia’s July Bar Exam results are announced each October (for all those that received theirs on the 9th, know I had to wait until the 31st). For our new lawyers, or anyone else, I benefited greatly from several books I read early in my career. Here they are in no particular order:  Mark Herrmann, The…

Perspectives After a Jury Trial and CLE

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A few weeks ago, I second-chaired a medical malpractice trial in Virginia state court. My work in the trial included giving our opening statement, directing our standard of care expert, and presenting argument on jury instructions. It was my seventh medical malpractice trial in three years. One week later, I attended the National Trial Advocacy…