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We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us
Blame the messenger for muddled presentations, not the medium.
5 Tips To Avoid Over-Lawyering Your Trial Graphics
Five tips to help you avoid the most common mistakes we see lawyers make when designing graphics.
Making the Complicated Simple
Attorney David C. Sarnacki reviews Chris Ritter's new book Powerful Deliberations for the Michigan State Bar
How to Create a Winning Trial Database
Invaluable tips on how to build the most effective trial database and use it in the courtroom.
Three Rules of Time and Space
Maximize your time and space in the courtroom and help your jurors stay focused on your case.
On The Clock: Optimizing Courtroom Presentations
Learn how to use time limits, particularly in “rocket docket” districts, to your advantage.
Mining the Mind for a Case's Gems
Discover a proven process for developing compelling case themes, stories, and trial graphics.
The Perfect Fit: Tailoring Courtroom Technology to Win Cases
Trial-tested tips for integrating graphics and trial technology effectively into your courtroom presentation.
Like Billboards, Trial Graphics Require a Simple and Strong Message
Use the principles of information architecture to create the most persuasive courtroom presentations.
Attention-Seekers
Transform jurors from passive observers into active advocates for your client’s side!
Lawyers Who Understand the Jury System Can Make It Work for Them
Learning to appreciate the jury system makes you better in front of one.
Making Waves for the Jury Pool
Keep your jurors organized and focused during trial.
Graphics Can Help Remove Cloak of Invisibility from the Courtroom
When you need more than words—turning a tough concept into a tangible picture.
Story Selling
Learning to tell a good story is crucial to convincing the jurors you are right.
Seeing Is Convincing
Tips from the experts on courtroom graphics and how they can powerfully influence your jurors.
In the Dog House
How to conduct yourself in the courtroom and other powerful skills you need to be successful.
Simplify, Simplify: A Mantra for Transcendentalists and Litigators Alike
There are several ways you can simplify your case to make it potent, palatable, and persuasive.
It’s War!
Key ingredients to keep you on top of your game in the war room.
Gold Mine
A step-by-step process to go beyond your analytical skills and give deeper material a chance to emerge.
Developing a Trial Graphics Strategy Is No Last-Minute Endeavor
Trial graphics are not just an end in and of themselves—how to use your courtroom graphics to develop and organize your case.
Getting Jurors to Give a Damn
Help jurors and get them to lobby for your side during deliberation.
To Win, Litigators Need to Leverage Jurors' Commonalities
The secret to making you a better teacher for your jurors and a better advocate for your client.
Courtroom Crazes
Courtroom developments you need to be aware of if you are going to continue to be effective and successful in trial.
Teach Your Jurors Well
After years in the courtroom, we know what makes jurors sit up, listen, and understand.
Courtroom Analogies Are to Lawyers as Weapons Are to Soldiers
How analogies can be used as the key to winning over your jurors.
Q&A With The Focal Point's G. Christopher Ritter
Thoughts from the expert—tips and trends in patent litigation and courtroom presentations.
Listening for the 'Yikes!' Alarm
A tool kit to get your jurors to understand your case and keep them engaged.
The Benefits of Flash in the Courtroom. Two Years Later, a Progress Report
Real-world observations for those contemplating using Flash in the courtroom.
The Medium Is Not the Message
Using your presentation materials to enhance the effectiveness of teaching and storytelling.
More Than Pretty Pictures
Having the facts on your side isn’t enough—you also have to present relevant information in a clear and concise manner.
Trial Strategy Experts Account for Complexity
From Lucille Ball to accounting fraud—trial strategy is key to presenting accurate and persuasive.
Tourists to Florida Get Warning as Greeting
A New York Times article featuring information graphics created by The Focal Point.
Wake Up Your Juror
Everything you need to know to keep your juror’s interest and attention.
The Benefits of Macromedia Flash in the Courtroom
How Flash technology is revolutionizing courtroom presentations.
Images of Conviction
San Francisco Chronicle article about The Focal Point and our work.
Top Lawyers: G. Christopher Ritter
Chris Ritter is recognized as being one of the top litigation strategists around.
The Unofficial Rules of Evidence
Why it’s important you understand and use the right form of technology in the courtroom.
Is Your Case Worth Displaying?
Thinking about your case—an ill-conceived message does not get better because of high-end technology.
Comparing and Contrasting Evidence in Product Liability Cases
Powerful tools to give your jurors with the confidence they need to make informed decisions. |