While an award of damages for pain and suffering is often subject to the whims of jurors and strict oversight by courts, an award for economic damages can be just as substantial if supported by ...

ROCKFORD — "An effective direct examination should be like a well-oiled machine grinding the opponent into a fine dust." The quote can be found in the Illinois Continuing Legal Education for direct ...

A law school professor shared with his class an amusing exchange between a trial attorney and a judge concerning a sustained objection to the lawyer’s method of direct examination. “But Judge,” argued ...

Direct examination is the heart of the trial. It is also your greatest challenge. You must avoid leading questions used in cross-examination, and ask open-ended questions, meaning that unlike other ...