Includes bibliographical references and index.

Coming attractions -- Solving problems -- Telling stories -- Mistakes and lies -- Interviewing clients -- Counseling clients -- Planning investigations -- Interviewing witnesses -- Taking depositions -- Defending depositions -- Negotiation: conceptual block-busting -- Negotiation: in the trenches -- Drafting deals -- Legal writing -- Oral argument -- Trials -- Direct: clarity and drama -- Direct: credibility -- Mad dogs and Englishmen -- Friendly cross -- Hostile cross -- Closing argument -- Closing: an illustration -- Opening statement -- Jury selection -- Preparing your witnesses -- Problem witnesses -- Objections -- Questions -- A trial checklist, a review, or merely a badly placed preview -- Epilogue: thanks.