The Art of Advocacy | Video Transcript

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RALPH MECZYK: I am a student of the art of advocacy. I never give up. I always want to improve my trial technique.
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RALPH MECZYK: To persuade the finder of fact, a jury, a judge, that my side and my client has been wrongfully accused. An ingenious defense. And that's what you're looking for. Or an ingenious examination of the witnesses. That is what the client needs.

JOE IENCO: I went to trial on tainted evidence and I was convicted to 34 years in prison. I had a suppression hearing. I had hired Ralph as an attorney and at the hearing the judge wouldn't allow Ralph to introduce evidence and a witness that he had found that would prove that the police were lying in the case.
And when we finally got to the appeal process, the chief judge, including the rest of the panel, unanimously voted that the judge committed prejudicial error in the case. I won the appeal and I was exonerated and I was freed because of Ralph's efforts. He laid out the foundation that ultimately freed me from a 34-year sentence.

RALPH MECZYK: I'm a passionate advocate and once I go into the courtroom, I want to undo the wrong. I want to undo the injustice.

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