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Lisa DeCaro & Len Matheo, founders of Courtroom Performance, often work with us to improve our clients' oral advocacy and courtroom communication skills. Both are trained professional actors and directors, expert at engaging and captivating audiences, analyzing stories, and making the spoken word come alive. Lisa also works with us regularly as one of our senior trial consultants.
Our research has shown repeatedly that developing a story that supports a verdict in your favor is the most persuasive way to present your case to a judge or jury. Stories are how people learn best, and the side with the best story usually wins the case. Judges and jurors tend to be very responsive to imagery, and that means it's important in developing your story to use words full of sensory content, which create strong memories.
Ms. DeCaro and Mr. Matheo have helped thousands of attorneys prepare for trial, by employing professional storytellers’ techniques for creating strong, sensate based images and effective, interesting story structures. Working with us, Lisa and Len help our clients compose and deliver compelling opening statements and closing arguments at trial. They have also helped many of our clients build strong relationships with jurors at trial, through the use of simple, non-verbal communication techniques and appropriate eye contact, all designed to emphasize the messages and themes imbedded in a story that leads jurors to a favorable decision.