| Elbert Kram, a long-time senior partner and trial lawyer with the Columbus, Ohio, firm of Bricker & Eckler, wrote the following unsolicited note after a multi-million-dollar win in a ten-week, complex construction-law case: |
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skilled trial lawyers explain how Ralph Adam Fine's workshops helped them win.
“Your training played a significant part in how the case was presented and
the favorable outcome. ... This is the fourth BIG case, high profile,
multimillion dollar verdict that our working group has received since our
time with you ... And a number of smaller--but important ones--as well.
The proof is in the pudding!”
the favorable outcome. ... This is the fourth BIG case, high profile,
multimillion dollar verdict that our working group has received since our
time with you ... And a number of smaller--but important ones--as well.
The proof is in the pudding!”
“This was really a great program. It will make a significant difference in
my practice. I only wish I had done this fifteen years ago!”
my practice. I only wish I had done this fifteen years ago!”
Tom Riley, Tom Riley Law Firm, Cedar Rapids, IA:
Robert L. Ballow, King & Ballow, Nashville, TN:
“We enjoyed this exciting opportunity to learn from the master. ... Great
workshop!”
workshop!”
“Your seminar was truly the most informative and valuable professional
experience of my life.”
experience of my life.”
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“Your There is no CLE program that compares with this two-day
program. It seems that some of our lawyers became accomplished trial
lawyers overnight.”
program. It seems that some of our lawyers became accomplished trial
lawyers overnight.”
“[T]he jury was unanimous for us on all counts. We changed our plan
after the seminar. I handled every witness like you suggested. We will not
deviate from that plan in the future. … I also amped up my opening
considerably based upon your suggestions. ... I am certain that we won in
opening and just had to hang on through closing. I had already been
trying to use your methods before, but the hands on training brought it
home that much better. …Opposing counsel are friends of ours and we
sort of critiqued each other's cases after trial. They said they had never
seen anyone try a case the way we did. They admitted that they thought we
were crazy at first but then changed their minds as they saw the jurors
obvious positive reactions to me and our case. ...We are convinced that the
seminar is the best investment we have ever made.”
after the seminar. I handled every witness like you suggested. We will not
deviate from that plan in the future. … I also amped up my opening
considerably based upon your suggestions. ... I am certain that we won in
opening and just had to hang on through closing. I had already been
trying to use your methods before, but the hands on training brought it
home that much better. …Opposing counsel are friends of ours and we
sort of critiqued each other's cases after trial. They said they had never
seen anyone try a case the way we did. They admitted that they thought we
were crazy at first but then changed their minds as they saw the jurors
obvious positive reactions to me and our case. ...We are convinced that the
seminar is the best investment we have ever made.”
“You have the best training program around.”
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| Judge, Wisconsin Court of Appeals |
| Ralph Adam Fine is also the author of The How-To-Win Trial Manual (rev. 2d ed. Juris 2001), The How-To-Win Appeal Manual (Juris 2000), as well as the annually supplemented Fine's Wisconsin Evidence (Juris). Judge Jack B. Weinstein, original co-author of Weinstein's Federal Evidence, called Fine's Wisconsin Evidence “probably the best single-volume state treatise on the subject that I have seen.” Gregory P. Joseph, former Chair of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association, praised The How-To-Win Trial Manual as: “A succinct, masterful approach to trying cases.” And Professor James W. McElhaney said that the book will help make lawyers “better advocates.” Noted trial lawyer and author and lecturer on trial advocacy, Tom Riley, says that The How-To-Win Trial Manual is “The best trial book I've seen in my 48-plus years of trial practice.” U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski calls The How-To-Win Appeal Manual “an excellent compendium of tips on appellate advocacy” and reflected that he wishes “all of my lawyers got a chance to study” it. |
Paul Alexander, partner, Howrey, LL.P., East Palo Alto, CA:
Mitchell J. Panter, Panter & Panter, Miami, FL:
| Ralph Adam Fine has taught trial-advocacy, evidence, and appellate-advocacy at more than one-hundred and fifty continuing-legal- education programs around the country, at in-house trial-advocacy workshops for law-firm litigation departments, and as Professorial Lecturer in Law at the George Washington University National Law Center in Washington, D.C. In 1995, the University of Virginia School of Law presented Ralph Adam Fine with the Honorable William J. Brennan, Jr., Award for his contributions to the teaching of trial advocacy. Among other recipients of the Justice Brennan award are |
| the Justice Brennan award are Justice Antonin Scalia and David Boies. |
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| “Probably the best single- volume state treatise on the subject that I have seen.” Judge Jack B. Weinstein, Weinstein's Federal Evidence |
| “A succinct and masterful approach to trying cases.” Gregory P. Joseph, former chair of the ABA Litigation Section and President-Elect of the American College of Trial Lawyers |
| “An excellent compendium of tips on appellate advocacy ... I wish all my lawyers got a chance to study" it. Judge Alex Kozinski, U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit. |
Christopher V. Langone, Langone Law Firm, Chicago, IL:
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Willem G. Schuurman, partner, Intellectual Property/Technical Litigation Section,
Vinson & Elkins LLP, Austin, TX:
Vinson & Elkins LLP, Austin, TX:
The workshop which you gave was simply excellent and everyone benefited
a great deal from it. I have continued my practice of giving copies of your
book to new associates and sending copies of your book to in house counsel.
I restudy your book before every trial.
a great deal from it. I have continued my practice of giving copies of your
book to new associates and sending copies of your book to in house counsel.
I restudy your book before every trial.
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Joel F. Hoover, Newland and Associates, Little Rock, AR:
“I cannot express the gratitude we feel for you in putting on the seminar.
All the attorneys in our firm were greatly enlightened and hopefully can
put into practice your good teachings.”
All the attorneys in our firm were greatly enlightened and hopefully can
put into practice your good teachings.”
L. Louis Mrachek, Page, Mrachek, Fitzgerald & Rose, West Palm
Beach, FL:
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