As the second quarter comes to a close, summer temps are headed into the triple digits on the East Coast, the Supreme Court heads into recess after releasing the big healthcare decision this morning (actual healthcare opinion here in PDF) and vacation season kicks into full swing (with August being the month with fewest trials in the Federal Courts).

The end of a fiscal quarter also means we will soon be drawing for a free iPad for one of our lucky subscribers (we do it every quarter). As we look back over Q2, let's take a moment to review the most popular Litigation Consulting Report blog articles of the quarter.  

I hope that you didn't miss one of these, but just in case you did, here they are with the most popular one first.  Also, if you missed the release of A2L's BIG Litigation E-Book yesterday, you'll want to download a copy of that valuable 75-page book packed with litigation tactics (complimentary for subscribers to this blog).

1. Presentation Graphics: Why The President Is Better Than You
   Thursday, Jun 7, 2012 Ken Lopez
   Have you ever seen the President of the United States give a PowerPoint presentation? Probably not. But he's actually quite good at it, as you will see below. For at least the past two years, President Obama's team has created PowerPoint-style presentation graphics that support his speeches and policies. The work they are doing is excellent and is relevant to trial attorneys and...Read More
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. 5 Surprises in Going from IP Litigator to Litigation Consultant
   Thursday, May 3, 2012 Ryan Flax
   by Ryan H. Flax, Esq. Managing Director, Litigation Consulting A2L Consulting Ryan Flax joins A2L Consulting on the heels of practicing Intellectual Property (IP) law as part of the Intellectual Property team at Dickstein Shapiro LLP, a national law firm based in Washington, DC.  Over the course of his career, Ryan has obtained jury verdicts totaling well over $1 billion in damages...Read More
   
   
3. 3 Styles of Document Call-outs Used at Trial
   Friday, Apr 13, 2012 Ken Lopez
   Whenever a litigation team presents a document in a graphic way to the jury or other fact-finder at trial, there is an occasion for a document call-out. A “document call-out” is a term of art that means taking a document that is in evidence at trial and highlighting some key portion of it for easy reading and to draw the viewer's attention to the key language. There are three...Read More
   
   
4. 6 Tips for Effectively Using Video Depositions at Trial
   Monday, Apr 2, 2012 Ken Lopez
   The old-fashioned deposition, with the court reporter recording every word and producing a written transcript, is giving way to the video deposition, which permits a jury and judge to actually see the witness and get a feeling for his or her style and credibility that can’t be obtained by looking at a printed page. In addition, the witness’s body language, which was completely...Read More
   
   
5. Trial Graphics Dilemma: Why Can't I Make My Own Slides? (Says Lawyer)
   Friday, Jun 1, 2012 Ryan Flax
   In a previous article  I told you about five surprises  I found in moving from my previous position as an IP litigator to my current position as a litigation consultant.  After a few more weeks on the job and a bit more day-to-day experience as Managing Director, Litigation Consulting for A2L, I find that there is another big surprise: the amount of thought, time and work that...Read More