courtroom strategy
Legal battle planning
Courtroom strategy is the planning and tactics lawyers use to present a case effectively before a judge or jury.
It encompasses decisions about which evidence to emphasize, how to question witnesses, when to object, and how to frame arguments for maximum persuasive effect: Their courtroom strategy relied heavily on discrediting the eyewitness testimony.
- opening statementFirst formal address
- case lawJudge-made legal doctrine
- continuanceSustained extension forward
- delay tacticsActions to postpone progress
- motion to dismissRequest court end case
exhibits · cross-examination · precedent · closing argument · reasonable doubt · objections · impeachment · sandbagging · leading questions · burden of proof · jury instructions · voir dire · rebuttal · objection handling · oral arguments · chain of custody · hostile witness · character witness
- civil procedurecomplaint, complaints, answer, answers, pleadings
courtroom strategyimprovisation
Spontaneous, unplanned creation
winging it · ad-libbing · spontaneous reaction · thinking on one's feet
courtroom strategyout-of-court settlement
Resolution bypassing formal litigation
backroom deal · mediation · arbitration · plea bargain · settlement talks
court, courts, courted, courting, courtly, courtier, courtiers, courtesy, courteous