legal strategy
Courtroom battle plan
Legal strategy is the plan or approach used to achieve a desired outcome in a legal matter.
It encompasses decisions about which arguments to make, what evidence to present, when to settle versus go to trial, and how to position a case most favorably: Their legal strategy focused on challenging the admissibility of the evidence.
The term applies broadly—from individual lawsuits to corporate compliance planning to legislative advocacy.
- briefShort in duration
- motion to dismissRequest court end case
- cross-examinationOpposing party questions witness
- hostile witnessTestifier favoring opposing party
- trial preparationReadying a case for court
discovery process · fishing expedition · litigation · change of venue · case law · argument · jury selection · due diligence · risk assessment · leverage · deep pockets · burden of proof · smoking gun · arbitration · expert testimony · plea bargain · contingency planning · objection
- lawlaw, lawyer, lawyers, attorney, attorneys
- legallawyer, judge, jury, trial, verdict
- litigationpleadings, lawsuit, plaintiff, complaint, lawsuits
- legal educationlaw schools, law school, moot court, law degree, law faculty
- legal ethicsattorney-client privilege, professional conduct, privilege, code of ethics, pro bono
- legal serviceslawyer, attorney, law firm, criminal lawyer, divorce lawyer
legal strategyimprovisation
Spontaneous, unplanned creation
winging it · flying by the seat of your pants · flying blind · shooting from the hip · knee-jerk reaction
legal strategycriminal conspiracy
Coordinated plan to break law
obstruction of justice · witness tampering · jury tampering · bribery · blackmail