In the office today and again thinking about what I learned and how it will help my clients. I just was sent a copy of a newspaper story on the Ruby Ridge case. Gerry Spence and I tried this case fifteen years ago. Here is how they described my cross-examination technique then: “Spence’s second is Chuck Peterson, who riddles hostile
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Re-entry from TLC
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So I am back from TLC – didn’t have time to post last week and I am so tired tonight I can hardly even think about all that I learned. I will stand by what I said a couple weeks ago, TLC can change your life. It can change your practice. It can help you win cases and it can…
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I Was Wrong – TLC Will Change Your Life
By Chuck Peterson on
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So I admit it, I was wrong. I do want my life changed and this is just the place to do it. After only a week of recharging my batteries at Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyers College, I have a new respect for psycho dramatic techniques and for development of the story. Both have played prominent roles these past days. Psycho…
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By Chuck Peterson on
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They say attending the Trial Lawyers College can change your life. I’m not sure I want my life changed, but I am looking forward to spending the next three weeks at Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyers College, in the remote mountains of Wyoming. I’ll be there with 48 other lawyers, chosen from across the US. The whole thing sounds daunting but…
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