Hi, I’m Geoffrey Morris. I’m a lawyer in Venice, Florida with my partner here, Bob Widman. I’ve been practicing trial law for approximately 36 years under the firm name recently in the last 15 years of Morris and Widman. I can’t say we’ve won all our cases. A matter of fact I’ve had the unfortunate […]
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Hi, I’m Charles Morehead. I’m a board-certified civil trial lawyer for 26 years here in Broward County. David Fauss asked me to talk with you briefly about Magnus Research Consultants and their jury research. I can tell you firsthand, it makes you a better lawyer, gets you better results, and it’s worth every penny. Recently
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I’m Jim Messer. I’m an attorney with Fonvielle Lewis Foote & Messer in Tallahassee, Florida. We have used Magnus Research many times in the past on difficult or complex cases, cases that potentially are high value, but which may have difficult issues and problems involved in them. One of the things that we found that
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Hello. My name is Mike McDonnell. I’m a trial lawyer in Naples, Florida. I’ve been practicing here for a little over 43 years. I am pleased to share with you my experiences with Magnus. We’ve been working together for over 20 years now in a variety of cases, personal injury, commercial, and criminal. And, in
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My name is Tim McDermott. I’m with the Akerman Firm in Jacksonville. I’ve had the pleasure of working with Magnus, including Dr. Pigott and David Fauss for well over 15 years now. It’s been an excellent experience for me. I believe that my clients have benefitted financially. I have benefitted professionally from my experience with
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My name is Rick Martens, I’m a senior partner at the firm of Casey, Ciklin in West Palm Beach and I run the firm’s securities litigation department. I have been fortunate enough to use Magnus several times over the years both in jury trials and in arbitration, which is where many of the cases that
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My name is Nancy LaVista. I’m with the law firm of Clark, Fountain, La Vista, Prather, Keen, & Littky-Rubin. We’re located in West Palm Beach, Florida, and do mostly personal injury, product liability, medical malpractice. I have known Melissa for approximately 22 years. My first mock trial was with her back in 1990. We ended
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My name is Edmond Koester. I’m a trial lawyer. I work for the law firm of Coleman, Yovanovich & Koester. My office is located in Naples, Florida. I have a national practice, and I practice of course, all over the nation. I’ve also had a case in Barcelona, Spain, not too long ago. In my
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