Courtroom advocacy

Subject in Government

Courtroom advocacy has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Modern Wisdom. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.

What people said

Sexton says he tells young lawyers they must earn the right to aggressively cross-examine a witness.
“you have to earn the right to beat up a witness. I tell young lawyers who work for me that all the time”
Modern Wisdom: James Sexton, Matt McCusker & Rick Glassman - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156 (Sep 28, 2026) · Listen from 29:29
Sexton says facts tend to win in court, so a mediocre lawyer with real facts will beat him.
“Like a mediocre at best lawyer armed with real facts is going to kick my ass because the facts just have a way of coming out sometimes”
Modern Wisdom: James Sexton, Matt McCusker & Rick Glassman - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156 (Sep 28, 2026) · Listen from 27:34
Sexton argues that men wrongly assume female judges will favor women, saying women are often merciless toward women.
“A lot of men think, oh shit, we've got a female judge. And they're completely wrong. Because women are merciless to women a lot of the time”
Modern Wisdom: James Sexton, Matt McCusker & Rick Glassman - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156 (Sep 28, 2026) · Listen from 21:51

Williamson claims female judges give women harsher and longer sentences on average.
“dish out harsher sentences, longer sentences, to women on average”
Modern Wisdom: James Sexton, Matt McCusker & Rick Glassman - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156 (Sep 28, 2026) · Listen from 24:24

James Sexton, Matt McCusker & Rick Glassman - Mostly Wise #4 - #1156
Modern Wisdom · Sep 28, 2026 · 3 h 2 min
Chris Williamson, divorce lawyer James Sexton and comedians Matt McCusker and Rick Glassman riff on marriage, prenups, sex, dating standards, politics in relationships, sitcoms and masturbation.