Learn the Strategy You Need to Succeed from Intake through Trial
Good chess players know that to win the game, you have to determine your strategy and moves several plays ahead. The great chess masters know that not only do you have to determine your own strategies and moves, but you also need to understand how your opponents are going to react to your moves and anticipate how you plan to counter each of those reactions.
Florida attorney John Romano moves that master strategy to the courtroom.
"For attorneys, the strategy is the way you figure out how you're going to defeat your opponent in any given situation combined with figuring out how your opponent will determine how to beat you. The problem is most trial advocates only look at the first half of this approach. They determine how to beat their opponents, but fail to analyze how those opponents have decided to defeat them," said Romano.
Romano has the solution for you--the Opposition Strategy Prediction Assessment (OSPA), which can be used in every phase of your case. Learn how to utilize this critical trial strategy in "Exposing and Defeating the Defense Case: Issue Contamination Strategies," a featured session at the 2020 WVAJ Mid-Winter Convention and Seminar.
"A trial lawyer handling a case must do a complete and thorough analysis not only of his or her own case, but also the predictable strategy that will be used by your opponent. Figure out what your opponent is likely to do. Don't leave anything to chance. Consider what the other side is going to do and plan for it. When you know what your opponents options are, you can dissect and take advantage of them," said Romano.
"It will not only help you counter the other side, but also help you as you build your own strategy for every phase of your case and trial. It will give you a marked advantage."
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John Romano is the senior partner of the Romano Law Group in West Palm Beach, Florida. He is a past president of the Florida Justice Association, the Southern Trial Lawyers Association and the Melvin M. Belli Association. He has gone to verdict in every type of personal injury and wrongful death case and in multiple areas of the criminal justice system. He is a past chairman of the National College of Advocacy. He is the author of three books: Strategic Use of Circumstantial Evidence, The Deposition Field Manual and Opening Statement: Winning the Jury, and he is the editor of the 4th edition of the American Association for Justice's Anatomy of a Personal Injury Lawsuit. He has authored dozens of articles and book chapters and has presented more than 700 programs on trial advocacy throughout the country. In 2016, John Romano was inducted into the Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame.
John Romano attended Florida State University on a football scholarship. He earned his J. D. from the South Texas College of Law. He served as a Captain in the United States Marine Corps and began his legal practice as a J.A.G. officer, primarily with the Second Marine Division at Camp LeJeune.
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