{"id":32753,"date":"2011-03-18T15:06:48","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T19:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/closing_argument_practical_poi\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T15:48:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T20:48:00","slug":"closing-argument-practical-poi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/closing-argument-practical-poi\/","title":{"rendered":"CLOSING ARGUMENT: Practical Pointers For A Successful Result"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What follows are excerpts from an article one of our lawyers wrote about Closing Arguments. We have previously posted Trial Techniques articles about effective cross-examination. As this article is broken ito separate parts, we will post the various subsections and suggestions in separate posts over the next several weeks. We hope this will be helpful to you if you are a practicing atorney and ,if a potential client, will give you insight into what a Trial lawyer should do to effectively represent your interests:<\/p>\n<p>The most gifted Trial lawyers among us are highly successful orators.  I use the term gifted because such innate ability is not common among all Trial lawyers.  Those who can make a jury cry and stir their emotions with natural ease and innate ability are the few among us with this gift of oratory.  These are the \u201cshow horses\u201d of our profession.  For the rest of us, we have to learn to be work horses in order to be successful at giving a winning summation.  If we follow sound fundamentals, just like a football team, we can still deliver a winning summation even if we are not particularly gifted.  The key is good, old fashioned, hard work.  If one prepares properly and uses sound fundamentals, there is no reason one cannot be successful.  What follows therefore are practical suggestions on how to go about giving a sound closing argument that is likely to yield a successful result.<\/p>\n<p>A.\tPREPARE, PREPARE, PREPARE<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/closing-argument-practical-poi\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading CLOSING ARGUMENT: Practical Pointers For A Successful Result\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What follows are excerpts from an article one of our lawyers wrote about Closing Arguments. We have previously posted Trial Techniques articles about effective cross-examination. As this article is broken ito separate parts, we will post the various subsections and suggestions in separate posts over the next several weeks. 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