Images with Impact: Design and Use of Winning Trial Visuals - Softcover

Kerri L. Ruttenberg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1634257413 ISBN 13: 9781634257411

Publisher: American Bar Association, 2017

Synopsis

Written by a practicing trial lawyer and packed with hundreds of full-color graphics, Images with Impact: Design and Use of Winning Trial Visuals is a "must-have" for lawyers and other professional presenters to help turn key messages into visual images that audiences are more likely to understand, believe, and remember.

The book analyzes key visual communication tools such as maps, timelines, graphs and photos, addressing what works and why, and teaches graphic design basics to help presenters improve their own visuals. It also offers strategic tips for high and low-tech presentations, provides advice on spotting misleading visuals, and surveys federal and state law on demonstrative evidence across the country.

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From the Back Cover

Praise for Images with Impact:

"...anyone who gives spoken presentations should buy this book and use it..." 
- Joan Meier, Professor of Clinical Law, George Washington University Law School

"...a masterful exposition of why, how, and when to use visual evidence.  This book is a must for the trial lawyer's library."  
- The Honorable Walter D. Kelley, Jr., former U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia

"One of the best trial lawyers I know, Kerri designs trial graphics that dramatically enhance the jury's comprehension, recollection and acceptance of her case themes.  This groundbreaking book will help you win your trials; it belongs in the library of any serious trial lawyer who wants to up his or her game." 
- Henry W. Asbill, Partner, Jones Day

"Practical and information-packed, Images with Impact translates visual communication principles into step-by-step strategies any lawyer can master.  This book is a resource attorneys should consult every time they go to trial."  
- Marjorie Fargo, Principal and Senior Trial Consultant, Jury Services, Inc.

About the Author

Kerri Ruttenberg is a trial lawyer based in Washington, D.C., and a partner in a toptier global law firm. With a local and national practice, Kerri has tried cases in state and federal courts around the country. Kerri centers her practice on white-collar and complex criminal defense and parallel civil enforcement actions. She has secured defense jury verdicts in cases involving a broad spectrum of allegations ranging from securities fraud, conspiracy and False Claims Act violations to kidnapping, grand larceny and first-degree murder. In addition, Kerri has represented clients in litigation, bench trials and arbitrations involving patent infringement, antitrust violations, theft of trade secrets and contract and fiduciary duty claims.

Kerri has consistently been selected to Washington DC Super Lawyers every year since 2013. Beyond her significant trial victories, Kerri also has a successful appellate practice, and has been selected to the National Law Journal’s “Appellate Hot List.”

Based on nearly 20 years of trial experience and juror interviews, as well as her own study of graphic design and frequent work with designers, Kerri conducts seminars and a continuing legal education program on the design and use of visuals for effective communication. Lawyers, law students, professors and expert witnesses and consultants have attended Kerri’s presentations, later implementing her strategies in jury and bench trials, significant motions, expert reports and even in the classroom.

When she’s not practicing law, giving presentations on visual communication or reading books on graphic design, Kerri is an avid landscape and travel photographer. She has had a gallery showing in Maryland, and much of her photography is featured at an internationally-recognized healthcare institute based in Baltimore.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Bar Association
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1634257413
• ISBN 13: 9781634257411
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 384