Presentation: ABOTA Masters in Trial Program
In October 2023, Skip Walker participated in the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) Masters in Trial Program, demonstrating the art of cross-examination. The Masters in Trial series allows attendees to see leading attorneys present a full trial, or in-depth portions of one, complete with jury participation and deliberations. These demonstrations teach trial skills by…
Read MoreFour WHK Attorneys Selected for 2023 Northern California Super Lawyers List
Walter H. Walker, III, Timothy M. Hamilton and Martin Blake have been selected to the 2023 Northern California Super Lawyers list. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a…
Read MoreHubris in the Courtroom – WTLA Conference Session 2021
Skip Walker presented the session "Hubris in the Courtroom" during the June 2021 Summer Conference of the Western Trial Lawyers Association.
Read MoreA Call to Arms
Challenging exorbitant expert fees and using Aguilar to restructure summary judgments are things that we all can do [Note: this article by Skip Walker and Jeffrey Walker first appeared in Plaintiff Magazine, April 2022.] Premium gas prices hit $6.39 a gallon in the Bay Area in early March. Blame it on the Russians, except gas…
Read MoreAll The World’s A Stage – And all the men and women merely lawyers
[Note: This article by Jeffrey Walker originally appeared in Plaintiff Magazine, February 2022.] Drawing an analogy between theater and trial work is not groundbreaking. When other lawyers find out that I had a life in the theater before I turned to the law, they comment on how well a career in acting must have prepared…
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