Our clients include:

Alston & Bird

Arnold & Porter

Borden Ladner Gervais

Brownstein Hyatt

Cozen O’Connor

Crowell & Moring

Duane Morris

Fish & Richardson

Greenberg Traurig

Kirkland & Ellis

McKenna Long

Morgan Lewis

Oppenheimer Wolf

Potter Anderson

Robins Kaplan

Thompson Coburn

Skadden Arps

Sullivan & Cromwell
National Institute for Trial Advocacy

- Trial Skills national session

- Trial Skills regional programs

- Appellate advocacy programs

- The Articulate Advocate


U.S. D.O.J. – National Advocacy Center

Hillman Advocacy Program, Michigan

U.S. D.O.J. – Office of Violence Against Women

Law Society of Northern Ireland

Law Society of Dublin

Republic of Estonia Federal Prosecutors

  • CPD Training (UK) Limited


  • Law Society of Tasmania


  • Strathclyde University - LLM in Advocacy
    • Temple University

    McGeorge School of Law

    Wake Forest University

    Michigan State University

    University of Tennessee

    Queen’s University Belfast

    University of Edinburgh

    Louisiana State University

    University of San Francisco

    University of Texas

    Trial Advocacy Law Professors

    When you require the students in your trial advocacy course to use our book The Articulate Advocate as course material, we give them free access to the teaching videos on this website. The videos include an hour-long lecture on courtroom communication skills, plus separate how-to videos for jury selection, opening statement, direct and cross examinations, and closing argument. It’s the next best thing to having us come to your law school and work with your students. Require the book; get the videos free.

    Online Skype Coaching

    This premium service is available for advocates who suddenly discover that they need help “yesterday” with an imminent opening statement, argument or out-of-court presentation. Using Skype, the free online streaming video service, make immediate improvements to your presentation as you stand in your office or conference room and we coach you over the Internet. Get timely help to boost your confidence and polish your persuasive delivery for the moment you hear the words, “Counsel, you may proceed.”

    Resources for Courtroom Lawyers

    http://johnson-hunter.page1pros.org/video/manage-your-adrenaline.m4v http://johnson-hunter.page1pros.org/video/Defining Persuasive Speech BKJ Art Ad Oct 2011.m4v

    The Articulate Advocate®

    Get your nose out of your notes, look your jurors in the eye, and be what you’ve always wanted to be: the articulate advocate. Becoming more fluent on your feet is the focus of this program, and we invite you to join us and just nine other trial lawyers for two full days devoted to polishing your personal persuasive style. We draw on cutting-edge discoveries in linguistics, neuroscience, and sports psychology to give you the competitive edge the next time you stand up in court.

    Sign up for this public program at NITA ,  or contact us for details to present it in-house at your firm.

    Law Firm Retreat Speaker

    Separately or together, Marsha Hunter and/or Brian K. Johnson can tailor a presentation to fit your group and schedule, from a sixty-minute learn-by-listening presentation, to a half day of interactive, on-your-feet group participation.

    Keynote Address

    If your law firm, bar association, Inns of Court, or lawyers organization needs a keynote speaker, one of us can grab and hold your group’s attention and earn your program the kind of enthusiastic audience evaluations your committee envisions.

    Women Attorneys

    The women in your firm or women lawyers association need programming that speaks directly to their specific needs and concerns about commanding attention in a room full of men. Marsha Hunter created Confident, Assertive, Attentive: How to Find Your Public Voice to target your audience.

    In-house Trial Advocacy Programs & Trial Preparation

    Bring a new dimension to your law firm’s own trial advocacy program and add a courtroom communication skills focus for your associates. An hour-long lecture/demonstration at the beginning of the program is followed by individual video review with each participant.

    In-house Communication Skills Programs:

    Speak Well As You Think On Your Feet: Private Coaching for Public Speaking

    If you would like information about in-house training at your firm, click here.