First impressions are crucial—especially when you’re delivering an opening statement to a court of law, establishing and framing the crux of a case for judges and jurors when a trial begins. Clarity, ...

Opening statement offers an invaluable opportunity to make a strong first impression. It sets the tone for how the case unfolds. The opening statement provides the first real chance to connect with ...

Scott Zucker is a mediator and arbitrator at Miles Mediation & Arbitration in Atlanta. Courtesy photo Are opening statements in mediation beneficial toward reaching a settlement? There is an ongoing ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Prosecutors and defense lawyers agree on one thing about Marine veteran Daniel Penny's encounter last year with a distressed, angry and threatening man on a New York subway: ...

DELPHI, Ind. – Opening statements have wrapped up in the Delphi murders case, with the prosecution and defense revealing their respective strategies to jurors. Richard Allen faces four counts of ...

WATCH: Jon Scheyer's opening statement following Duke basketball's win vs. Texas The Fayetteville Observer Tue, Nov 4, 2025 Listen to Jon Scheyer's opening statement to the media following Duke ...

The convicted murderer is representing herself in the Arizona trial. The trial began Monday for Lori Daybell, the mother convicted of murdering two of her children in a so-called doomsday plot, who is ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Defense Department, plans to tell the Senate Armed Services Committee that he would like to restore a “warrior culture” to the Pentagon, ...

The opening statement of the man on trial for attempting to assassinate Donald Trump last September at a Florida golf course was cut short Thursday when the defendant, Ryan Wesley Routh, representing ...

WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii — Soldiers and Sailors from across Oahu showcased their legal expertise during the 2024 Joint Opening Statement Contest hosted by the 8th Theater Sustainment Command in ...

DEDHAM, MASS. (WHDH) - The prosecution and defense each gave their opening statements Tuesday in the Karen Read murder retrial. Read is accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend John ...