From Intake to Verdict: Designing Cases That Win | Attorney Dan Schaar | S5 Ep. 14

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Kenny Berger interviews trial lawyer Dan Schaar about effective case design and trial preparation strategies.

How do great trial lawyers build cases that resonate with jurors from the very first conversation? In this season-closing episode of Best Practices with Kenny Berger, Kenny sits down with California trial lawyer Dan Schaar to break down the full arc of trial preparation, starting at intake and carrying all the way through opening, closing, and rebuttal. Dan shares the systems and strategies he uses to design winning cases: identifying the human story early, reframing bad facts, uncovering def...

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Host: Kenny Berger

Guest: Dan Schaar

Topics covered

• trial preparation
• case design
• juror engagement
• storytelling
• legal strategies

Keywords

• trial lawyers
• case preparation
• jurors
• legal strategies
• storytelling

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Places: California

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