by Ric | May 21, 2020 | Published Articles
In September 2004 the first ”Paperless Trial” in Texas was conducted in Austin. I was asked to provide the technical support for the school districts in that trial. The trial lasted 26 days, presented testimony from 32 witnesses, and had over 23,456 exhibits. More...
by Ric | May 21, 2020 | Philosophy
Josai Toda Second president of the Soka Gakkai, in explaining the 15th chapter of the Lotus sutra coined a phrase to describe the Bodhisattvas who had “emerged from the earth” during the “ceremony in the air”. To emerge from the earth means to come from the place of...
by Ric | May 19, 2020 | Litigation Consulting
“Trial Events” can be anything from a deposition to a motions hearing to a trial. It includes mediations, arbitrations, focus groups and mock trials. It’s a broadly inclusive term because while each of them requires a different kind of preparation they share a common...
by Ric | May 18, 2020 | Published Articles
Original Publication Date February 7, 2018 by Ric Dexter McKenzie was the perfect witness. The associate who interviewed him said so after the first time they talked. He was personable and he knew everything that had happened at the company. His deposition went well....
by Ric | May 17, 2020 | Litigation Consulting
There is a 2500 year old story about a young counsellor who was trying to help a couple of guys find a path to greater wisdom. One was a blacksmith, the other was a tailor. The young man told the blacksmith to concentrate on how all things are connected, and he told...
by Ric | May 17, 2020 | Daily LIfe
Rodger was married to Patsy, Cathy’s older sister. I first met him at a Roach Family Thanksgiving dinner. Cathy had 3 brothers and a father, and they all wanted to protect their little sister. As the 4 of them looked askance at this long-haired-hippy-boy Rodger...
by Ric | May 17, 2020 | Daily LIfe
I was invited to a meeting of the Tuesday Night Irregulars. The Irregulars were mostly judges, legal luminaries, and ex-Bar Association presidents. I was younger than most of them and the only non-lawyer in the room. At the head of the table was Waller Collie. He had...
by Ric | May 16, 2020 | Litigation Consulting
Take yourself back a moment to 1978. Gas was 63 cents a gallon, the Dow was 805, the Camp David Accord was signed hopefully bringing an end to the troubles in the Middle East, the television series “Dallas” premiered, and I recorded and played back my first, and among...
by Ric | May 15, 2020 | Litigation Consulting
We took the long way around to get back where we started. How can you make what is essentially 2-6 hours of a talking head something people will want to watch? In the previous installment our dialogue focused on how to take a video deposition with a mind to how it...
by Ric Dexter | Apr 19, 2020 | Poetry on Trial
Copyright © Ric Dexter 1992 In 1991, while I was a legal videographer and trial presentation specialist, a trial was called in a case where a chemical company had sued an insurance company. I was hired to help in that trial. I wrote this, to the tune of Alice’s...
