The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Villarreal v. Texas takes up a familiar but often uncomfortable moment for trial lawyers: your client is on the stand, the day ends, and you have hours, ...

September 19, 2025 - Everyone knows the baseline rule: an attorney cannot, and should not, coach a witness on the record during a deposition or influence the witness to change testimony. A deposition ...

Clients dissembling in depositions place their lawyers in a difficult position, a situation we’ve noted in a prior article. Does the lawyer’s obligation to preserve client confidences protect the ...

The attorney for a woman accused in the death of a toddler pleaded to allow additional testimony on the psychological state of his client at an upcoming hearing. Jacob Amaru asked that a doctor who ...