Trial Objections

by Rogge Dunn

Overview

Whether you are drafting pre-trial motions or arguing a point of law in the thick of trial, Trial Objections can help you get your evidence in and keep your opponent’s evidence out.  

The 2017 edition keeps you on the cutting edge of evidentiary law and practice. Author Rogge Dunn has added a new section on the admissibility of social media evidence, which includes summaries of 23 new cases, decided by federal courts and state courts across the country, from California to Delaware.

The 2017 edition also includes dozens of new case summaries, covering a wide range of possible grounds for objection, including:

Witness Testimony

• Counsel is impeaching his own witness.
• The question calls for an opinion from the witness.
• The prejudicial nature of the evidence substantially outweighs its probative value.
• The testimony is not proper lay opinion.
• Counsel is leading the witness.

Expert Testimony

• Counsel has not demonstrated the admissibility of the expert’s testimony under Rules 702 and 703, Federal Rules of Evidence, and Daubert.
• Counsel has not laid adequate foundation for the expert to express an opinion.
• Counsel has failed to establish proper qualifications for the witness to testify as an expert.

Summation

• Counsel is improperly attacking opposing counsel, a party, or a witness.

PLUS, you get expanded coverage of the current federal and state law governing:

Misconduct

• Jurors’ use of social media.

Common Evidentiary Battles

• Mitigation in tort and fraud cases.
• Defendant’s financial condition.
• Defendant’s prior acts.
• Statistical evidence.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781945421648
Publisher:	LexisNexis
Publication date:	01/05/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Rogge Dunn is a trial lawyer who loves trying cases. He has litigated complex busi¬ness, employment, partnership and insurance disputes throughout the country and tried cases to a jury verdict in four states. He has represented clients in disputes arising in Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Scotland, Qatar and throughout the U.S. From 2003 to the present, Mr. Dunn has been recognized by Texas Monthly as a Texas “Super Lawyer” and by D Magazine as one of the “Best Lawyers in Dallas” from 2003-2006 and 2009-2011. He was also selected as one of the top 100 attorneys in Texas by Texas Monthly in 2008, and repeatedly selected as one of the top 100 attorneys in Dallas. Legal and news publications have sought his opinion on legal issues, including: The CBS Evening News, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, BBC Radio, MSNBC, U.S. News & World Report, The NBC Today Show, USA Today, The National Law Journal, Texas Lawyer, Entrepreneur Magazine, The American Bar Association Journal, The Dallas Morning News, Court TV Radio, and The Dallas Business Journal. Mr. Dunn regularly appears as a legal commentator for television and radio stations. Mr. Dunn is one of only 35 attorneys in Texas who is Board Certified in both Civil Trial Law and Labor and Employment Law. Two of his closing arguments were recorded for the Million Dollar Arguments audio tape series. Mr. Dunn received a B.A., cum laude, with Departmental Distinction in English, from Southern Methodist University in 1980. He received a J.D., with honors, from the University of Texas in 1983. At the University of Texas Law School, he served as a Note Editor of the Texas Law Review from 1982-83 and was a member of the Board of Advocates from 1981-83. He clerked for the Honorable Reynaldo Garza of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals from 1983-84. Mr. Dunn is a prolific active author and speaker. He authored the Triple Threat Discovery book distributed by James Publishing. He co-authored the Texas Trial Plans and Forms book published by James Publishing. He also authored the discovery chapter and the forms for Texas Employment Law, a two-volume series published by James Publishing, and serves on its Editorial Advisory Board. He has written more than 20 articles on a variety of legal issues.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Preliminaries
Chapter 3 Evidence
Chapter 4 Witness
Chapter 5 Misconduct
Chapter 6 Frequent Evidentiary Battles
Chapter 7 Summation