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August 20, 2020 By Staff

The Art of Opening Statements (Or Is It Opening Arguments?)

Getting a case down to its “gist” and to its “core,” retired federal judge Nancy Gertner said, involves picking the evidence that’s most favorable to your side. “That kind of selection is inevitably argument,” she said, as part of a webinar on openings presented Tuesday by NITA and CVN.

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    Judical Appointment
    U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Massachusetts (1994 - 2011)

    Education
    Yale Law School
    Barnard College

    Admissions
    United States District Court, MA
    Commonwealth of Massachusetts
    United States Supreme Court

    Practice Areas
    Employment Discrimination
    Civil Rights


    Honors & Awards
    Thurgood Marshall Award, 2008
    Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award, 2014
    The Lelia J. Robinson Award, 2012
    Arabella Babb Mansfield Award, 2012
    Hennessey Award for Judicial Excellence
    The Morton A. Brody Distinguished Judicial Service Award
    Honorary Degree, Doctor of Laws, Brandeis University

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