Sari Swears

We all have values. Family, personal growth, professional development, work...amongst others.

Values are what help guide our life and our decision making.

But what do you do when you have to make a decision that pits two values against each other?

Listen to this podcast to learn how to make a decision when your values are competing with each other.

-Sari

What's the best way to manage your time?

I've got three major tips that have revolutionized how I manage my time and my life.

Listen to this podcast to learn more.

-Sari

"I'm not charismatic."

"I need to be more persuasive."

"I wish I was more like [insert-famous-trial-attorney]."

Newsflash: Trial is not -about- you.

But it's also -totally- about you.

Listen to this podcast to learn more.

In my webinar with Jesse Wilson we talked about how to harness the power of the underdog.

In that webinar, we talked about three ways you victimize your client, yourself and the jurors.

I've taken the highlights from that webinar and put them in this podcast.

Learn how to make the underdog story work for you.

Listen to this podcast to learn more.

What are the main tools of a defense attorney?

As Rick Friedman, in his book Rules of the Road, says:

Confusion, Complexity and Ambiguity

So why are you playing into their game?

Your job as a plaintiff attorney is to communicate a simple, clear story. It's -not- to jump in after every defense theory and defend it as if your life depended on it.

Listen to this podcast to learn more.

Y'all know I love thought work. We don't have to believe every bullshit thought our brain throws up for consideration.

And yet, there is a downside to thought work, one that can really mess with your quest to improve your life.

Give this podcast a listen to learn what it is.

-Sari

What are resonant conversations? And why are they important?

Your goal in voir dire is to create resonance with jurors. When you do this, your verdicts will go up.

Give this podcast a listen to learn more.

-Sari

My "issue-oriented" voir dire method is being used by attorneys all over the United States.

But sometimes lawyers get "stuck" conducting an issue-oriented voir dire.

Issue-oriented voir dire is WAY more than just focusing your voir dire on the issues in your case.

Give this podcast a listen to learn more.

You get bad feedback from a juror in a focus group, mock jury or after trial.

That means you should NEVER do that thing AGAIN. Right?

Wrong.

You have to learn how to translate juror feedback by looking at the larger picture. That, and sometimes we do things, on purpose, that the jury won't like.

Give this podcast a listen to learn more.

What does it mean to "ring the bell?"

It means repeating your trial theme in a way that really focuses the juror's attention. It's part content, part nonverbal delivery.

Give this podcast a listen to learn more.

-Sari