Litigation Daily Reports on Remarks from Eugene Brown Jr. Regarding Opening Statement Tactics for Defense Attorneys

August 22, 2022

The American Lawyer's "Litigation Daily" magazine covered a recent American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) training session that featured Hinshaw partner Eugene Brown Jr. discussing tactics for preparing and delivering an effective opening statement as a defense attorney.

Brown co-presented with plaintiff's lawyer Cynthia McGuinn of Rouda Feder Tietjen & McGuinn. Each discussed a mock case that they tried against each other and walked attendees through how they each approached the case. Footage of the lawyers' respective openings, filmed during a training session in Charleston, South Carolina, will be uploaded shortly to the archive of ABOTA's monthly webinars.

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"Tackling Bad Facts Head-On During Opening Statements" was published by Litigation Daily Online on August 17, 2022.

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