Trial Strategy and Tactics

Rules are Rules for a Reason, Part 8, Orders: §§ IV and V

Section IV of VIII, Typography Typography. Read Matthew Butterick’s Typography for Lawyers (3d ed.) and follow his instructions regarding tab spacing, underlining, italics, spacing after a...

June 11, 2021
Blogs or Blawgs Law Practice Trial Strategy and Tactics

Rules are Rules for a Reason, Part 8, Orders : §§ II and III

Section II of VIII, Essentials and Clarity Goals. You want the opposing party to obey the order. You want the trial court to enforce the...

Rules are Rules for a Reason, Part 7, Arguments

Judge Joseph F. Anderson Jr. compares oral argument with working a jigsaw puzzle. In working the jigsaw puzzle, it is helpful to see a picture of...

June 21, 2020
Attorney's Fees Court Rules Trial Strategy and Tactics

Rules are Rules for a Reason, Part 6, Pretrial Briefs

Of all the tools provided in the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, the most ignored and underused is the pretrial brief required by Rule 16(c),...

June 15, 2020
Court Rules Law Practice Legal Writing Trial Strategy and Tactics

Pro Se Litigants–Their Mistake, Everyone’s Problem. Originally posted October 28, 2016

One of the greatest challenges lawyers face is correcting problems created by the ignorance of pro se litigants. This is usually far more expensive than if...