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Gopi Panchapakesan discusses his unique approach as an introverted trial lawyer and shares effective trial techniques.

Gopi Panchapakesan is a first-chair trial lawyer and an introvert. He's developed an understated approach that is an effective antidote to the typical loud trial lawyer persona. After nine trials, five in the last three years, Gopi broke down the trial techniques he's developed. We cover specific and contrarian tactics for objections, admissions, void dire, impeachment, storytelling, demonstratives, and dismantling the other side’s story. We also discuss the benefits of constraints at trial, especially in second-guessing the evidence. And we talk about his thoughtful periodic digests that he sends to his network on lessons learned from his trials. If you liked this episode, you'll like these: Ep 049: Louis Tompros on creating adjacent bets Great advocacy can feel less like persuasion and more like giving jurors the tools to decide for themselves. Ep 048: Neel Chatterjee on testing assumptions Juries are powerful credibility judges, and that should shape how lawyers present witnesses, facts, and themselves in court. Ep 045: Joe Ahmad on sincerity over polish, and empathy and risk in trials Honest, disciplined advocacy can be more persuasive than trying to win every point or…

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Host: Khurram Naik

Guest: Gopi Panchapakesan

Topics covered

• trial law
• introversion
• advocacy techniques
• storytelling
• evidence presentation

Keywords

• trial lawyer
• objections
• storytelling
• evidence
• advocacy

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