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Top Women Lawyers

May 11, 2011

Linda M. Savitt

Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt LLP Location: Glendale Practice type: Litigation Practice specialty: Labor and employment



Savitt uses a particular strategy in her communications with jurors: Keep it simple.


Consider one of her complex cases, involving alleged payroll irregularities.


"These were complex payroll issues," she said. "I sat around for three days, every night. How do I explain it?"


She went low-tech and worked up a chart.


"It was a very simple solution, and it took a little while for me to figure out, but then it...

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