Winning the Toughest Cases
- a CLE Seminar

Joshua Karton

Joshua Karton is President of the Los Angeles firm Communication Arts For The Professional, which specializes solely in teaching litigators practical, proven, comfortable methods for applying the personal communication skills, strategies and techniques of theatre/film/television to the art of advocacy.

Along with Paul Luvera, Joshua has served for several years as a regular faculty member of the annual Gerry Spence Trial Lawyer’s College held in Wyoming.

Joshua's television writing and acting credits range from Forever Fernwood to Beverly Hills 90210. Having trained as an actor at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theatre, he returned there to teach after writing/directing the film and video exhibits of Theatrical Evolution, winner of the New York Drama Desk Award.

He serves on the faculties of the University of Southern California's School of Theatre, Loyola Law School, and California Western School of Law; and he is the editor/creator of Bantam Books' Film Scenes for Actors series.

Joshua's acting students include recipients of OscarTM and EmmyTM awards.

As the former Director of Education and co-creator of the Applied Theatre Techniques WorkshopsTM, Joshua developed its unique step-by-step system for transforming courtroom presentation into persuasion. He has designed and conducted trial advocacy programs for ATLA, JAG Corps, National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, NITA, ABA, and many trial lawyers' associations and law schools.

Joshua maintains a busy private and pro bono practice of case preparation and trial consulting. He is especially expert at witness preparation.