COLE Litigators PowerHour Chapter 5 – Direct “Conversation”
Another great episode in the can … don’t want to say they get better and better, as they are all excellent, but you be the judge. This week it was Direct Examination, really direct “conversation.” It is not about crafting a questions-and-answers script that counsel and the witness practice over again in anticipation of a […]
COLE Litigators PowerHour Chapter 4 – Opening Statements
Closed out 2020 with a solid hour on the importance of Opening Statements to setting your case up for success … and doing so in a way that enhances your credibility with the trier of fact. Thanks much to those icons in the world of military criminal litigation who sent in some questions that guided […]
COLE Litigators PowerHour Chapter 03 – Voir Dire
Episode 3 in the can, as they say. Voir Dire — LOVE IT or HATE IT? Well think we answered that pretty definitively. Especially for prosecutors, voir dire is a GREAT opportunity to tank your credibility with the jury, in fact your first opportunity to build it or tank it which makes tanking it then […]
THE COLE LITIGATORS POWERHOUR – Coming Up
Hello my friends, PrimeCole here just getting ready to do battle with Mark and Adam during tomorrow’s PowerHour on Voir Dire. Voir Dire, hate it, we’ll see if they love it and if so maybe some fireworks … though I’m guessing we’ll probably have similar philosophies. Realized I had not loaded up the PH Flyer […]
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If you’ve reached this page then you’ve been awarded one of THE-COLE coins–there must have been a good reason … or you successfully stole one. Either way, congratulations. And if you’ve reached this page then you haven’t figured out how to decode this series of letters to unlock the secret of being a successful JAG/attorney. […]
THE COLE LITIGATORS POWERHOUR 02 — Preparing Witnesses
OK, we (Mark, Adam, and I) were back at it with a solid hour talking about the importance of preparing a witness for trial and how to do that more effectively. A more comfortable witness is a more credible witness and you are probably starting to pick up that credibility is a key foundation for […]
COLE Time Video — Jones
COLE Time videos are chats with litigators of all type to share their love of litigation, their experiences, and advice for their colleagues and the next generation of trial advocates. Today’s guest is Maj Brent Jones, the former Regional Chief Senior Trial Counsel — West … or King of the West (recorded in 2017). A […]
THE COLE LITIGATORS POWERHOUR 01 — A Litigator’s Philosophy
Mark (Rosenow), Adam “Mathew” (McConnaughy, and I (PrimeCOLE) have launched our COLE Litigators PowerHour Podcasts. That was fun. If you missed it, fear not. We recorded the first and will record the rest and have launched the first out onto various podcast platforms — hosted on Podbean, but available on all the others (click below or search […]
The Compendium — Chapter 0: README
OK, though if you’ve surfed around you’ve already found all the chapters of The Compendium of Litigation Experience (The COLE), going to release and remind in connection with the corresponding episode of The COLE Litigators PowerHour. Those will start soon, so just an intro now to what The PrimeCOLE Method is … and some inspiration! […]
MILITARY JUSTICE 101
So while the focus of this site is on litigation writ large, not just military litigation, there is a bit of a military focus to it as that is PRIME COLE’s profession. But the in-court part of military criminal litigation is not substantially different than civilian criminal litigation. The biggest difference is how the military […]