Griffin Win Your Case: How to Present, Persuade, and Prevail--Every Place, Every Time

Spence joins the legal substance of a good argument with emotions. He wraps it up in eloquence and sells it to the audience. This however is not justice. It's a game. Should Joey be sentenced to death for murdering a little girl? After all, Joey was himself abused as a child by his drugged mother who was failed by the state. But was she really? Was the state an excuse for the mother to fall into drugs instead of plodding through life despite numerous hardships? How many mothers are strong and resilient enough to raise good citizens despite of abject poverty and an alcoholic husband? How many despicably abused children show immense determination to raise above their plight and overcome their childhood nightmares to become decent adults without reverting to taking an innocent life? Joey's hard life is not an excuse and should never be sold as such. Spence constructs good emotional and compelling arguments. He knows the jury listens to emotions and hardly ever to facts. All humans do. However Spence's arguments can be rebutted with an equally compelling argument to a human nature, equally emotional but grounded in reality and the life itself. The only good advice I took from his book was that we MUST care about our case to project it to the bench and the jury. In order to come across passionate and truthful we must believe and we must care deeply. The rest of the book is an overtly emotional drivel filled with numerous assumptions as to the human nature. No grey areas. All is black and white for Spence and I strongly go against that approach.

A must read for many one who is involved in any type of court case especially employment tribunals or high court were showing respect to the judge (Ma Lord) is of paramount importance. Gerry uses many examples and is passionate about his work. Highly recommended.

Great book with an underlying theme of be yourself and respect others.

Not being a big fan of How to books, specially coming out of the USA approached this with my usual tepidation. Happy to report that Gerry Spence trumped me with his candour & ability to break up the entire managment of the case into small, manageable tasks with clear determinable mileposts. What is really heartening to read from an hard nosed lawyer, is his deep philosophical teachings like being honest in your approach & the primal motivation before any attorney, to get justice for his/her clients. Would surely like to recommend this to anyone who wants to succeed in dealing with power centers and has to present his case/point/proposal in a civilised manner in different power equations.The insights are practical & implementation ready. Moreover the breezy style of writing peppered with the right doze of down to earth humour & slice of life observations makes it a pleasant read.

You want some advice about how to be you in court and in your daily life this is a good book with great insight along with "How to Argue and win every time"