Our "A View from the Bench" podcast features Washington, D.C. partner George Hazel and Houston partner Gregg Costa discussing their careers as judges, their return to private practice, and the current state and future of trials.
A View from the Bench
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Our "A View from the Bench" podcast features Washington, D.C. partner George Hazel and Houston partner Gregg Costa discussing their careers as judges, their return to private practice, and the current state and future of trials.
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September 9, 2024
Episode 6 - What Can Win or Lose Your Case at Trial
<p>Washington, D.C. partner George Hazel and Houston partner Gregg Costa draw on their experience as both trial lawyers and judges to share their perspectives on what can help to win — or lose — a case at trial.</p> <p>In a lively exchange that includes substantial agreement as well as some notable differences of opinion, George and Gregg consider the relative importance of opening and closing arguments, expert testimony, jury selection, cross-examination, the presentation of a defense, the use of visuals, and — in what has become an increasingly rare event — the testimony of the defendant. Their discussion is interspersed with numerous examples from cases they tried or presided over. </p>
April 16, 2024
Episode 5: Evidentiary Rules with (Ret.) Judge Paul Grimm
<p>Washington, D.C. partner George Hazel and Houston partner Gregg Costa, both former judges, are joined by the Hon. Paul Grimm, a former trial lawyer and judge in the U.S. District Court in Maryland who left the bench in 2022. Judge Grimm is now a professor of law and director of the Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke Law School. He writes extensively and lectures on the topics of evidence and discovery. </p> <p><br /> The three former judges have a lively discussion about their expectations regarding trial lawyers’ knowledge of evidentiary rules and how it has been affected by less frequent trials; examine how district judges must balance their analytical examination of evidentiary rules without disrupting proceedings; and consider the new challenges for judges and trial lawyers arising from artificial intelligence applications, including deepfakes.</p>
February 28, 2024
Episode 4 - Sentencing with (Ret.) Judge Nancy Gertner
<p><span lang="EN-GB" style= "font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: DengXian; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" xml:lang="EN-GB">Washington, D.C. partner George Hazel and Houston partner Gregg Costa, both former judges, are joined by the Hon. Nancy Gertner, who in 1994 was appointed by President Clinton to the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, where she served until retiring in 2011 to teach at Harvard Law School. Judge Gertner is the author of several books, including her autobiography, In Defense of Women: Memoirs of an Unrepentant Advocate, and Incomplete Sentences, about the men she sentenced during her years as a federal judge. She is also the recipient of numerous awards, among them the Thurgood Marshall Award from the American Bar Association, Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities, which she received in 2008—only the second woman to do so (Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the first). She also currently serves as an on-air legal commentator for MSNBC and CNN. The three former judges engage in a far-ranging discussion about sentencing guidelines and the issue of sentencing considerations, including “uncharged conduct” and “acquitted conduct”; mitigating versus aggravating circumstances; age, trauma, addiction, adverse family circumstances, and other distinguishing characteristics; plea deals; and the importance of individual stories.</span></p>
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