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3 
Log 
SI-FP-1986-CT-234 

Logger: Lita D. Aldridge
Reel Number: 2A Continued 
Stage: Trial Lawyers
Date: July 6, 1986 
Presentor: Germaine Ingram - Phila.
Group Name: War Stories & Lore (Civil)
Region/Style: 

Performer(s) Instrument/Occupation
Arthur Raynes -Philadelphia
Jacob Stein -Washington, DC
Keith Roberts -Illinois
Tom Alexander -Houston, TX

Contents
1. Ingram: background & intro - Will trade tales
2. Stein: Jurors or judges fall asleep/Raynes English barrister who had been drinking
3. Roberts: jury selection; drunk client on rr. track
4. Alexander: Franklin Naverro story "own worst enemy"
5. Stein: judges settling suits. 
6. Raynes: trial lawyers are not just mouth pieces. Discovery process, investigation. Contingency fee system. Thalidiomide case - Canada
7. [[strikethrough]] Roberts [[/strikethrough]] Stein: Paralysis victim to Lourdes. 
8. Stein: Lawyer went to heaven. 
9. Roberts: strange & unusual circumstances (example: music)
suggest: sing closing arguments.
10. Stein: plaintiff, broken leg - railroad. Horse shot.
11. Alexander: story about Percy Foreman phoning Houston firms. 
Moses, Justinian, Socrates ...
12. Alexander: Conrad -, prosecutor (Percy F. story) Battle of wits, unarmed man.
13. 1)Raynes: Body language. (Thumbs down gesture)
2) Railroad case - leukemia can't be caused by injury.
juror's comment: "son of bitch" *Watching Jury
14. Roberts: watching jury. (demonstrated juror shaking head "no" -.
(over)