Law Books & Periodicals - James Publishing

Here are courtroom-tested strategies for success, plus 122 time-saving and omission-avoiding forms, checklists, logs, calendars, idea lists, tables, spreadsheets, and more. For example:

120-day review

Checklist of evidence for each element in the proof rubric. §1:80
Checklist of logs. §1:81
120-day countdown calendar. Form 1-01
Quantifying pain and suffering form. Form 1-07
Theme log forms. Form 1-08

Jury

Jury questionnaires. Form 7-02
Voir dire questions. Form 7-05
Juror-rating matrix. Form 7-06

Openings

Effective first lines. Form 8-01
Neutralizing the negatives. Form 8-04
Introducing damages. Form 8-08
Burdens of proof. Form 8-09

Closings

Reminders about obligations. Form 11-01
Arguing causation when pre-existing injuries. Form 11-05
Arguing the damages. Form 11-06
Sample lines to end the argument. Form 11-07

And dozens more. Read more.

$99

April 2009

Texas Trusts
& Clauses

by N. Dean Hawkins

Improve and speed your trust drafting with these pattern clauses and trusts, strategies, law, and advice. The book walks you step-by-step through the issues and provides pattern clauses for:

Formation. 19 forms, including a warranty deed, waiver of conflicts of interest, and assignments of stocks and bonds, promissory notes, and business interests. Chapter 2
Property issues. Addresses commingling and asset transfers of real property, closely-held and S corporation stock, life insurance, and retirement benefits. Ch 3
Taxation. Explains the tax issues arising in formation, during trust administration, and upon the death of the settler. Ch 4
Funding. 21 forms and explanations covering marital formulas and satisfaction, abatement, date of distribution, fairly representative funding, minimum worth funding, pro-rata and non pro-rata distribution, deceased spouse’s expenses, and charging taxes. Ch 8
Distributions. 14 forms with discussions of divisions, revocability, qualifying transfers, general power of appointment trust, QTIP trusts, distributions to minors, pour-overs, terminations, payments of debts and expenses, and incapacity. Ch 10
Trustees. 44 forms and analysis of requirements, resignation, avoiding vacancies, spouses as co-trustees, removal, liability, duties, powers, unproductive assets, borrowing and lending, and much more. Ch 15
Allocations. Drafting considerations, allocation rules, apportioned receipts, trust expenses, successive beneficiaries, tax adjustments, and accountings, with 5 forms. Ch 18
Coordination of trust and will. 8 forms and discussions of pour-over wills, paying debts and estate taxes, QTIP tax allocation, and no-contest clauses. Ch 21

$129

February 2009

Exposing Deceptive Defense Doctors
by Dorothy Clay Sims

Ms. Sims' techniques for overcoming common defenses, pattern questions, secondary resources, and sophisticated tactics have proven effective in hundreds of depositions and trials in challenging the DME on:

Incomplete and biased defense medical exams. Chapter 2
Negative results on psychological tests. Chapter 5
Junk psychological tests. Chapter 6
Claims of malingering and exaggeration. Chapter 7
Ignoring symptoms of depression. Chapter 8
Failure to test or investigate for post-traumatic stress disorder. Chapter 9
Poor results on neurological or radiological tests. Chapter 15 and 16
Denying causation in neck and back injuries. Chapter 17
Minimizing pain. Chapter 18
Contradictory functional capacities evaluations. Chapter 20
Unfavorable long-term disability medical record. Chapter 21

Read more.

"Over the past thirty-five years, I’ve read hundreds of reports prepared by Vocational Rehabilitation Experts (VRE) hired by the defense. In addition, I’ve prepared scores of questions for plaintiff attorneys preparing to depose VRE. If I were to reconstruct all of the questions prepared, they would pale in comparison to the questions presented in chapter twenty-five of Exposing Deceptive Doctors by Dorothy Clay Sims. The questions alone, without reading the substance of the chapter, will facilitate a really good discovery deposition of a rehabilitation expert hired by the defense. Such experts are presumably retained to reduce the settlement value of a case."

--A.M. Gamboa, Jr., Ph.D., MBA

CEO and Senior Analyst

Vocational Economics, Inc.

"Dorothy Sims has spent more time and creative energy addressing the problem of dishonest IME doctors than any lawyer in America. Each page of Sims' book is an explosion of bold, creative thinking. I plan to review this book every time I take an IME deposition."

--Rick Friedman, Friedman, Rubin & Wright

Author of Rules of the Road and Polarizing the Case

More Praise for Exposing Deceptive Defense Doctors

$99

November 2008

Texas Probate Forms and Procedures
by M. Keith Branyon

These 176 custom-drafted, Texas-specific forms are supported with step-by-step procedure, case and statutory citations, and advice from one of Texas' top probate practitioners. The forms collection includes:

Initial representation. 25 forms covering engagement, duties of representative, executor's fee, emergency intervention, and temporary administration.
Independent administration. 40 forms, including 3 applications for probate, 2 waivers of citation, determination of heirship, affidavits, notices to creditors, letters, miscellaneous applications and waivers, and more.

Dependent administration. 49 forms: applications, waivers, affidavits, orders, oaths, letters, appointments, and more.
Other options. 19 forms for muniment of title, determination of heirship, and small estates.
Creditors. 11 forms: notices, claim for money, application, and clauses.
Foreign wills. 6 forms: applications, waiver, proof of death, oath, and order.
Contested matters. 11 forms, including 5 motions to transfer, jury charges, petition for bill of review, and request for in limine hearing on standing.

Read more.

$99

Additional New Titles

October 2008
Criminal Defense Tools and Techniques

by Thomas J. Farrell. Criminal Defense Tools and Techniques is loaded with proven angles of attack that will improve your effectiveness in all stages of your representation … from initial interview through sentencing. Mr. Farrell supports his strategies with pattern argument language, model questions, 130 forms, real-life examples, checklists, and 1,400 case citations. Read more. $129

September 2008
Innovative DUI Trial Tools
by Bruce Kapsack. To win regularly, you need to capture both the hearts and minds of jurors. You capture jurors’ minds through your cross examination, if the defense is one of prosecutorial problems … bad machine or bad procedures, or through your witnesses if the defense is something else … GERD, necessity, etc. The heart is more difficult. To persuade the heart, you need to give jurors a simple answer to the question posed by family and friends, “How come you let the drunk go?” You need to make jurors want to let your client off. Innovative DUI Trial Tools provides strategies and language for persuading both hearts and minds. Read more. $99

Civil Litigation Blog

New author! Beth D. Osowski
of Trial Preparation Tools

Ideas for Case Themes

Hopefully, as you have reviewed the file and considered the strengths and weaknesses of your case while performing this 120-day countdown to trial, you have been...Read more

71 Free Articles,
with Forms

Civil Litigation

4 Jury Questionnaires

Breach of Contract Defense Interrogatories

Deposing the Corporate Designee in Health Insurance Denial Case

Deposing the Defendant Driver

Deposing an Expert Witness

Deposition Outlines

Deposition Practice Tips

NEW Elements-of-Proof Rubric

Fraud and Misrepresentation Interrogatories

Interrogatories: Breach of Contract