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Add to Calendar: Add to Calendar: 2025-11-18 16:30:00 2025-11-18 18:30:00 Closing Arguments with Luke Dauchot Event Description In this third installment of the Steven S. Kaufman Family Anatomy of a Trial Lecture Series, nationally recognized trial attorney Luke Dauchot will share his insights into the art of the closing argument—the final opportunity to persuade the jury to deliver a winning verdict. Dauchot has more than 35 years of experience trying tort, complex commercial and intellectual property cases.  A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and senior trial lawyer at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Dauchot’s trial wins across many jurisdictions have secured some of the country’s top jury verdicts and prevailed against the most substantial of damage claims. Dauchot, a native of Cleveland who began his career trying cases in local federal and state courts, emphasizes that winning a jury trial of any size and complexity requires the same fundamental ingredients: credibility, thematic appeal and a compelling narrative, all inviting jurors to assimilate and process facts and law in a way that makes a favorable verdict seem fair, intuitive and consistent with the court’s instructions.  That invitation comes shrouded in a fog of competing themes and narratives, a particularly tough dynamic in complex, high-stakes, cases.  Based on his years of trial work, Dauchot distills the fundamental aim in closing to have your side be the “brighter beacon”— the one to which the jury is naturally drawn — through argument predicated on fairness and reason that is tethered to an unfailingly credible review of the facts (good and bad) and a clear explication of how application of the facts to the law yields a winning verdict.  This presentation will cover practical strategies for structuring closing arguments.  They include addressing facts in the context of validating themes and narratives introduced to the jury in opening and echoed throughout trial, and how best to deal with unhelpful facts or issues.  Dauchot will also provide guidance on the effective deployment of exhibits, demonstratives, and courtroom presence, all critical to effective communication.  Finally, Dauchot will address tactical considerations raised by the order of closing arguments, which typically dictates a plaintiff proceeding first and last. In sum, an effective closing argument requires far more than a summation—even eloquently made—of the evidence.  This session explains why that is, and will give you the tools effectively to package the evidence and law to help jurors reach a winning verdict. A networking reception will follow the lecture. Learn more about Luke Dauchot. Tinkham Veale Student Center – Ballroom 11038 Bellflower Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106   School of Law School of Law America/New_York public