A ONE DAY IN-PERSON WORKSHOP WITH Mel Orchard
Supported By:
In this 1 day groundbreaking workshop, working with renowned trial lawyer Mel Orchard and communications specialist and jury trial consultant Jesse Wilson, you will apply the most effective fundamental directing and storytelling techniques from the stage to help you discover and deliver the winning story to judges, mediators and jurors.
When we see that our compass as a storyteller for the courtroom stage has more to do with our greater ability to direct the movement of story, instead of just telling a story, we expand the potential to move people.
Working in beautiful Colorado, you’ll be provided with simple, powerful, easily accessible, and real directing methods from the stage and screen to command the courtroom stage and inspire your jurors to action.
Attendees should come fully prepared with a Real Life Client/Witness story in a current or upcoming case you are working on.
Other skills you will be developing:
Making fear your ally on stage – from stage fright to stage freedom!
Develop your own personal style, and command your jurors attention with the 8 fundamentals of breakthrough communication from the stage and screen.
Apply the 4 Steps of The Stage to transform you, your client, and your jurors from Victim to Victor.
Expanding vocal range, breathing techniques, inflection, and expressiveness.
Increase your courage and confidence through the art of improvisation.
Speak, Silence! Using silence powerfully and effectively in your delivery.
Owning “your story” with your entire body, not just “from the neck up:” Non-verbal communication & body language- postures, gestures and establishing proper eye contact during Opening Statement, Direct and Cross Examination.
Increased ability to effectively use pitch, articulation, inflection, volume, rate, and clarity in your delivery.
About Mel Orchard
Mel Orchard tries cases around the country and has record breaking verdicts in many jurisdictions including Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, and Iowa – with settlements and verdicts over the past 33 years in the hundreds of millions of dollars. He has been inducted into several invite only organizations that celebrate legal excellence and ethical integrity including the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, International Society of Barristers, the Inner Circle of Advocates, The American College of Trial Lawyers, and The Summit Council. Mel also devotes significant time to pro bono work through Lawyers and Advocates for Wyoming, and many local and national charities. He is a senior faculty member at The Trial Lawyer’s College where he has taught for more than 15 years and a founding member of Trial School. Mel’s mission is realized in large part by helping to improve the skills of trial lawyers across America.
About Jesse Wilson
Jesse Wilson is a communications specialist, Juilliard Theater Graduate, and nationally recognized jury trial consultant. In 2015, after 25 years of working in the world of theater, Jesse created “Tell The Winning Story” – a breakthrough communication company designed to empower trial lawyers to deliver high-impact presentations, as well as rapidly transform their communication and collaboration skills to present at their greatest level and to effectively prepare clients and witnesses to testify. Jesse is also the best-selling author of “Witness Preparation; How To Tell The Winning Story” and “The Most Important Juror: Embrace the Winning Story in Jury Selection, Opening Statement and Rebuttal” (Trial Guides).
