Bringing Your Closing Arguments To Life (Video)

Effective closing arguments are essential for trial success as it is the rare chance for attorneys to address the jury with relative freedom. In this video, Proskauer Partner Joseph (Joe) Drayton shares strategies for creating and utilizing evidence and demonstratives to communicate persuasively and build trust with the jury, ensuring your closing remarks leave a lasting and the intended impression.

Transcript

Joseph Drayton: It's imperative to bring closing arguments to life. You want to start early and you want to finish strong. You only get so many opportunities to speak to the jury, so we have to do everything we can to make those opportunities count.

I start with a jury as being a symbol for voir dire. I plant seeds and analogies that support my case. For example, one analogy may be, "Hard work pays off in the end." These are simple statements. You want to determine do the jurors agree with those statements? Do they disagree? You want to try to get