Mitnik's Brushstrokes

In this segment of Brushstrokes, Keith talks about a hot-off-the-presses process for picking powerful, perfect words to build an unassailable framework for your case.

What’s got him excited is a brand new way to quickly and scientifically pinpoint those “flashlight” words that illuminate safe passage to a just result. It’s all part of winning before beginning the trial.

In this episode of Brushstrokes, Keith follows up on last month’s "Putting an End to Belittling Pain” with “The Audacity To Ask.” He lays out a process to get maximum justice, starting with overcoming your own bias and applying the golden rule to yourself.

In this episode of Brushstrokes, Keith shares a new system that will revolutionize the value of cases where the injury is not recognizable from the outside and does not interfere so much with doing, as with the experience of doing. He calls it “Putting an End to Belittling Pain You Can’t See."

Keith puts depositions in a new, intriguing perspective. They are not about boring discovery. They are about getting ready for trial — gathering sound bytes and intel. It is an adventure, not a drudge.

In this episode of Brushstrokes, Keith discusses what he calls "The Panda Effect." Jurors are used to a steady stream of entertainment from smart phones, books, conversation, etc. Suddenly they are cut off and you are the only show in town. This impacts everything you do: some obvious, some not so obvious. It all matters.

In this episode of Brushstrokes, Keith will be sharing three brand-new strategies: orienting elder jurors in the case where your client is younger; uniting jurors in a time of political divisions; and dealing with that one bad juror.

In this episode of Brushstrokes, Keith will show you how to get zero comparative faults in trip-and-fall cases where the defense is open and obvious.

It’s not about whether your client could have seen it or could have avoided it. It is about whether your client acted unreasonably or did something wrong.

It is about blaming the difference between visibility and conspicuity (The competition for one’s attention).

In this session, Keith will share two surefire ways to expose sneaky defense tactics. First, an analogy to deal with the old defense trick of creating glaring distractions hoping the jury loses its way. Second, a simple phrase to call the defense out for hinting that your client is exaggerating without coming right out and saying what they mean (trying to play it safe, while really playing dirty).

This month’s podcast is the second part on cross examining defense experts who try to convince the jury your client wasn’t hurt seriously in the crash. This method is based on exposing the absurdity of their position that the onset of pain at the same time as the crash is all just a big coincidence. After you hear it laid out, you’ll realize the expert doesn’t stand a chance.

This month’s episode is the first of a two-part presentation on cross examination of defense experts. The defense picks experts because they are charming smooth-talkers with impressive credentials. Let’s face it, after direct they are likely to have the jury eating out of their hand, which makes it hard to show they aren’t shooting straight in your cross. The solution is to expose them BEFORE they get a chance to charm the jury. You can jump in front of direct and call them out in advance by starting your cross in opening or even earlier. I’ll show you how.