Bad faith cases demand clarity, structure, and strategic storytelling. Kimball will walk you through the essential elements of building and trying these cases. Helping you simplify complex systems, anticipate defense tactics, and present your case in a way that motivates jurors to deliver justice. You’ll learn:

• Case Selection - Understand and identify cases with strong trial potential.
• Plead Strategically and Technically - Choose the optimal forum and causes of action, then build your complaint so it sticks.
• Documents that Drive the Story - Create discovery plans, prioritizing documents you can build your case around (claim file, policies, training, employment files).
• Deposition Planning and Execution - Identify the people and topics for deposition. Use the Sach Oliver method to lock down (1) principles, (2) facts, and (3) confessions/absurd denials.
• Identify the Villain - Framing your case around the right villain is a really big deal that is often forgotten.
• Voir Dire - Maximize credibility and identify juror bias on important issues while empowering your jurors to stand up to examination by insurance counsel.
• Opening and Order of Proof - Frame your case and obliterate the defense alibis. Then, leave no doubt with early witnesses.
• Creative Cross - Cross is a story--a mini summation. Every good story has a beginning, middle, and end. Show the jury why they should be interested as you begin. Create a magical moment in the middle. End on a strong note.
• Close and Rebuttal Close - Close the deal by showing the jury the law and why your recommended course of action makes sense. Use the Mitnik method and motivate action in rebuttal close.

Dan will train and coach you on a system designed to elevate your courtroom presence, sharpen your delivery, and help you create lasting connection with jurors. We begin by working with a shared training case to develop a foundational standard for each performance skill. This creates consistency and clarity across the group, allowing you to recognize patterns, sharpen your delivery, and clearly understand how the techniques apply in any case.

From there, we'll transition to applying the same performance techniques to your own voir dire, opening, closing, and examinations so you leave with real-time improvements in the delivery of your actual case.

You’ll learn how to:

• Earn trust and attention from every juror in the box by building rapport through intentional eye contact and micro-connections that create one-on-one engagement.
• Make complex ideas feel clear and digestible by using controlled cadence, vocal modulation, and purposeful pauses that give jurors time to process.
• Reinforce your message without saying a word through deliberate hand gestures, glance control, and spatial storytelling that align with your narrative.
• Hold juror focus during high-pressure moments by managing your presence and physical stillness when crossing a corporate rep or presenting technical arguments.
• Project authority and credibility throughout trial by eliminating distracting habits and aligning your physical expression with the emotional tone of your case.

To make the most of your experience, each participant must come prepared with a case they are currently handling. TLU Bootcamps are interactive and hands-on. Your case will serve as the foundation for targeted strategy work, performance coaching, and live exercises.

All participants are required to:

• Attend six weekly Zoom meetings leading up to the in-person program
• Submit video recordings of yourself practicing trial components (e.g., opening, cross)
• Bring the case you will be working on during the Bootcamp

In addition to the preparation above, Kimball Jones requests that each participant submit the following items specific to their bad faith case:

1. A fact statement of the case you are bringing
2. A chronology of correspondence and offers
3. A statement by the attorney regarding their understanding of the potential causes of action
4. The legal standard the attorney believes is required to prove those causes of action (statutes/case law/jury instructions)

Please submit these materials in advance of the in-person Bootcamp. Your full preparation will allow for deeper engagement, personalized coaching, and strategic breakthroughs throughout the week.