I always present my case as a story. The old saw, truth is stranger than fiction, holds here. The story must be truthful or else, as we have seen, the case will surely be lost. The beginning, the setup, as in nearly every movie, introduces us to the hero (our client) in ways that permit us to care about him. Then we experience the difficulty he is in, the conflict, and finally we map out for the jury the resolution, the ending we wish the jurors to adopt. In our hearts we all love to hear and to tell a good story. Stories, well told, are the engines by which we win.
