Texas Trial Skills CLE Courses

There is a certain rhythm to the audit process, and it’s a very scary beat. In this presentation, I'll discuss the steps that most examinations begin and end with. We'll discuss eggshell audits, those audits where unbeknownst to the IRS at the start of the examination, the taxpayer has major criminal problems and what you can do to help shepherd your client through the pending storm. We'll also discuss the attorney-client privilege in the tax realm as well as the necessity to retain a Kovel accountant when there are underlying criminal tax issues that are lurking. Finally, we'll take a short digression into IRS Appeals.

This program will help attorneys prepare for the inevitable crises in their practice, guiding them through the steps they should take before, during and after, and giving them valuable communication tips for dealing with colleagues, clients, and the media.

This presentation will provide you with creative tools for conducting cross-examination, reducing these techniques to simple, easy to apply rules that can be referred to before and during trial preparation.

This presentation will cover preparation for cross-examination, the three steps for impeachment, impeachment by omission, how to expose the lying witnesses, and more.

This presentation will help litigators understand the beats that all great stories go through. It will cover topics such as the importance of finding the tempo of the narrative pace, the rule of three's and how to apply it, and how to build suspense. These principles will enhance your ability to tell your client's story to the jury in a way that will leave an unforgettable impression.

This course will instruct attorneys on how to help their witness' stories more interesting, compelling, and credible.

Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt Part 2

Part 2 of this program will give viewers tips and tools taken from Shakespeare aimed at finding their rhetorical power in the courtroom.

This course will explore some exercises that will help you to expand your capacity for human connection so that you can relate more to your clients.

The program will instruct viewers on how to harness the tools of Shakespeare to persuade juries in oral argument, chief among them the power of rhetoric.