Excerpt: A Legal Brief on Being Brief
Steve O'Keefe
excerpt from the new book, "Common Sense Rules of Advocacy
for Lawyers," by Keith Evans. Attorneys with trial
experience already know most of these rules -- they just
don't act like it. For example:
* Don't waste the jury's time.
* Reveal your weaknesses first.
* Don't cross examine without a compelling reason.
* Be careful when attacking a witness's memory.
The excerpt I am distributing is called "A Brief on Being
Brief." It's pulled from four sections of the book: The
Dimensions of Advocacy, Advocacy as Theater, Cross-
Examination, and Written Advocacy. It's both entertaining
and, well, brief.
The author, Keith Evans, is the de Tocqueville of advocacy:
a visitor who appreciates the beauty of American
jurisprudence. He studied law at Cambridge, starting as a
Barrister in 1963, and continuing as a trial lawyer in
California from 1975 to 1996. A distinguished professor of
trial advocacy in both the U.S. and the U.K., Evans retired
in 1998.
To get the excerpt from "Common Sense Rules of Advocacy for
Lawyers," send mailto:excerp...@bellsouth.net with the
subject line "Send Brief" and I will reply with the text --
and *only* the text -- NO file attachments or opt-in
mailing list jive.
moneymaker
> I have permission from TheCapitol.Net to distribute an
> excerpt from the new book, "Common Sense Rules of Advocacy
> for Lawyers," by Keith Evans. Attorneys with trial
> experience already know most of these rules -- they just
> don't act like it. For example:
>
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sarah211.28.251.161
Real make money04 May 2004 01:40:28
The Message:
Make $800,000 with only six dollars.
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help I gave him, making sure
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At the time I first tried this idea, I was earning a good
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Larry McMahon, Norfolk, VA Six months ago, I received this letter and
ignored it. Five more came within a
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INSTRUCTIONS
1. Immediately send $1.00 to each of the six people on the list at
the
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2. Copy this letter. You do not have to type it 200 times.
Simply click on "edit" and select "copy". Now
3. Remove the name next to the #1 on the list and move the rest of
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post 200 posts each and 759,375 people
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> Steve O'Keefe <excerptsn...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:<030520041122355048%excerptsn...@bellsouth.net>...
> > I have permission from TheCapitol.Net to distribute an
> > excerpt from the new book, "Common Sense Rules of Advocacy
> > for Lawyers," by Keith Evans. Attorneys with trial
> > experience already know most of these rules -- they just
> > don't act like it. For example:
> >
>
> Real make money
> sarah211.28.251.161
> Real make money04 May 2004 01:40:28
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like lots of others have and I hope you will too! I hear the rewards
are unbelievable. Please read on: A little while back, I was browsing
through newsgroups, just like you are now, and came across an article
similar to this that said you could make thousands of dollars within
weeks with only an initial investment of $6.00! So I thought, Yeah
right, this must be a scam, but like most of us, I was curious, so I
kept reading. Anyway, it said that you send $1.00 to each of the 6
names and address stated in the article. You then place your own name
and address in the bottom of the list at #6, and post the article in
at least 200 newsgroups. (There are thousands) No catch, that was it.
So after thinking it over, and talking to a few people first, I
thought about trying it. I figured: what have I got to lose except 6
stamps and $6.00, right? Then I invested the $6.00. Well GUESS
WHAT!!... within 7 days, I started getting money in the mail! I was
shocked! I figured it would end soon, but the money just kept coming
in. In my first week, I made about $25.00. By the end of the second
week I had made a total of over $1,000.00! In the third week I had
over $10,000.00 and it's still growing. This is now my fourth week and
I have made a total of just over $42,000.00 and it's still coming in
rapidly. It's certainly worth $6.00, and the 6 stamps. Let me tell you
how this works and most importantly, why it works....Also, make sure
you print a copy of this article NOW, so you can get the information
off of it as you need it. I promise you that if you follow the
directions exactly, that you will start making more money than you
thought possible by doing something so easy! Suggestion: Read this
entire message carefully! (print it out or download it.) Follow the
simple directions and watch the money come in! It's easy. It's legal.
And, your investment is only $6.00 (Plus postage). IMPORTANT: This is
not a rip-off; it is not indecent; it is not illegal; and it is
virtually no risk - it really works!!!! If all of the following
instructions are adhered to, you will receive extraordinary dividends.
PLEASE NOTE: Please follow these directions EXACTLY. This program
remains successful because of the honesty and integrity of the
participants. Please continue its success by carefully adhering to the
instructions. You will now become part of the Mail Order business. In
this business your product is not solid and tangible, it's a service.
You are in the business of developing Mailing Lists. Many large
corporations are happy to pay big bucks for quality lists. However,
the money made from the mailing lists is secondary to the income which
is made from people like you and me asking to be included in that
list. Here are the steps to success: STEP 1: Get 6 separate pieces of
paper and write the following on each piece of paper: "PLEASE PUT ME
ON YOUR MAILING LIST" with Your Name and Address included. STEP 2: Now
get 6 US $1.00 bills and place ONE inside EACH of the 6 pieces of
paper so the bill will not be seen through the envelope (to prevent it
from being stolen). Next, place one paper in each of the 6 envelopes
and seal them. You should now have 6 sealed envelopes, each with a
piece of paper stating the above phrase, your name and address, and a
$1.00 bill. What you are doing is creating a service. THIS IS
ABSOLUTELY LEGAL! You are requesting a legitimate service and you are
paying for it! Like most of us I was a little skeptical and a little
worried about the legal aspects of it all. I checked it out with the
U.S. Post Office (1-800-725-2161) and they confirmed that it is indeed
legal! Mail the 6 envelopes to the following addresses: #1) Crystal
Bonifer 6331 Sean Pkwy St.Louis, MO 63129 #2) Ritchie Espino 19147
Little Plain Pkwy Oregon City, OR 97045 #3) Abe Husein 2180 NE Parvin
Rd Kansas City MO 64116#4) Donna Owen 1996 Village Drive Hayes, VA
23072 #5) Michael Greer 5316 South 40th, St. Joseph MO 64503 #6) Dre
Baldwin 509 College Park Drive Altoona, PA 16601 STEP 2: Now take the
#1 name off the list that you see above, move the other names up (#6
becomes #5, #5 becomes #4, etc...) and add YOUR NAME as number 6 on
the list. STEP 3: Change anything you need to, but try to keep this
article as close to original as possible. Now, post your amended
article to at least 200 newsgroups. (There are thousands across the
internet) All you need is 200, but remember, the more you post, the
more money you make! This is perfectly legal! If you have any doubts,
refer to Title 18 Sec.1302 & 1341 of the Postal lottery laws. Keep a
copy of these steps for yourself and, whenever you need money, you can
use it again, and again. PLEASE REMEMBER that this program remains
successful because of the honesty and integrity of the participants
and by their carefully adhering to the directions. Look at it this
way. If you are of integrity, the program will continue and the money
that so many others have received will come your way. NOTE: You may
want to retain every name and address sent to you, either on a
computer or hard copy and keep a record of monies received and the
notes people send you for tax purposes. This VERIFIES that you are
truly providing a service. (Also, it might be a good idea to wrap the
$1 bill in dark paper to reduce the risk of mail theft.) So, as each
post is downloaded and the directions carefully followed, six members
will be reimbursed for their participation as a List Developer with
one dollar each. Your name will move up the list geometrically so that
when your name reaches the #1 position you will be receiving thousands
of dollars in CASH!!! What an opportunity for only $6.00 ($1.00 for
each of the first six people listed above) Send it now, add your own
name to the list and you're in business! ******* DIRECTIONS --- HOW TO
POST TO NEWSGROUPS ******* (Step 1) You do not need to re-type this
entire letter to do your own posting. Simply put your cursor at the
beginning of this letter and drag your cursor to the bottom of this
document, and select 'copy' from the edit menu. This will copy the
entire letter into the computer's memory. (Step 2) Open a blank
notepad or wordpad file and place your cursor at the top of the blank
page. From the edit menu select paste. This will paste a copy of the
letter into notepad or wordpad so that you can add your name to the
list. (Step 3) Save your new notepad file as a .txt file. If you want
to do your postings in different settings, you'll always have this
file to go back to. (Step 4) Use Netscape or Internet explorer and try
searching for various newsgroups (on-line forums, message boards, chat
sites, discussions.) (Just example you log on any search engine like
yahoo.com, google.com, mamma.com, search.com, altavista.com or
excite.com then you search with this subject: money making message
board or money making discussions or money making forum or money
making venture or fast money, etc... You will find lots of message
boards. (Step 5) Visit these message boards and post this article as a
new message by highlighting the text of your letter, right click on
your mouse and copy, then right click in the message box and select
paste. Fill in the Subject...(be creative). This will be the header
that everyone sees as they scroll through the list of postings in a
particular group, click the post message button. You're done with your
first one! Congratulations...THAT'S IT! All you have to do is jump to
different newsgroups and post away, after you get the hang of it, it
will take about 30 seconds for each newsgroup! **REMEMBER, THE MORE
NEWSGROUPS YOU POST IN, THE MORE MONEY YOU WILL MAKE!! BUT YOU HAVE TO
POST A MINIMUM OF 200** That's it! You will begin receiving money from
around the world within days! You may eventually want to rent a
P.O.Box due to the large amount of mail you will receive. **JUST MAKE
SURE ALL THE ADDRESSES ARE CORRECT.** Now the WHY part: Out of 200
postings, say I receive only 5 replies (a very low example). So then I
made $5.00 with my name at #6 on the letter. Now, each of the 5
persons who just sent me $1.00 make the MINIMUM 200 postings, each
with my name at #5 and only 5 persons respond to each of the original
5, that is another $25.00 for me, now those 25 each make 200 MINIMUM
posts with my name at #4 and only 5 replies each, I will bring in an
additional $125.00! Now, those 125 persons turn around and post the
MINIMUM 200 with my name at #3 and only receive 5 replies each, I will
make an additional $625.00! OK, now here is the fun part, each of
those 625 persons post a MINIMUM 200 letters with my name at #2 and
they each only receive 5 replies, that just made me $3,125.00!!! Those
3,125 persons will all deliver this message to 200 newsgroups with my
name at #1 and if still 5 persons per 200 newsgroups react I will
receive $15,625,00! With an original investment of only $6.00! That's
AMAZING! When your name is no longer on the list, you just take the
latest posting in the newsgroups, and send out another $6.00 to names
on the list, putting your name at number 6 again. And start posting
again. The thing to remember is: do you realize that thousands of
people all over the world are joining the internet and reading these
articles everyday?, JUST LIKE YOU are now!! So ~ get your name on the
list, give it a try like so many others have and watch what happens.
Share the wealth HONESTLY and this will really work for us all. Just
remember "You Reap what You Sow." and May God Bless Your honesty!