Showing posts with label jury. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jury. Show all posts
Sunday, December 3, 2017

Train Your Expert Witness to Educate

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If you are blessed with an expert witness who not only is proficient in his/her area of expertise, but also juror-sympathetic, count ...
Tuesday, September 2, 2014

"You Need a Timeline!"

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Timelines are essential to just about any case. I’ve been teased by various attorneys I’ve worked with that I always recommend a timeli...
Thursday, September 29, 2011

Don't Let Your Jurors Miss the Gorilla in the Room

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People were asked, in a classic experiment, to watch a short video in which six people-three in white shirts and three in black shirts - pas...
Thursday, September 1, 2011

Overreach and Risk Losing the Case

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Former Boston firefighter Albert Arroyo, called “the poster child for disability pension abuse” by some, was acquitted recently, much to the...
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Not A Passive Jury Anymore

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Sitting sedately in the jury box, jurors appear to be a captive, passive audience, receptive to the lawyers’ and witnesses’ every utterance....
Thursday, June 3, 2010

How to Appeal to Silent Generation Jurors

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Because we are living longer, and living for the most part healthier as we age, you may find a surprising number of “Silent Generation” juro...
Monday, May 3, 2010

Don’t Whine! Win Juror Votes with Witness “Can Do” Attitude (Part II, Defense)

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If plaintiff’s counsel’s task is to make sure the client/witness doesn’t alienate jurors with a purely “they done me wrong” victim mentalit...
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

How to Persuade With Jury Instructions

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Jurors polled in focus groups and jury debriefings point out again and again that one of their greatest stumbling blocks at arriving to fair...
Thursday, December 3, 2009

Keep Experts Cool for a Credible Response

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Experts can shine or be demolished during cross. An easy way for opposing counsel to destroy otherwise sterling expert testimony is to goad ...
Friday, November 6, 2009

Keep Clients Happy by Keeping Them In the Loop

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Every case has its problems; some can be anticipated, others cannot. In their eagerness to maintain their credibility and be effective probl...
Friday, October 2, 2009

How Knowing Your Jury’s Worldview Gives You Impact

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Facts are important. Facts are foundational. Facts are critical to your case. However, even with powerful well-documented facts on your side...
Friday, August 28, 2009

For Deposition Success: Speak to the Jurors!

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Your client is a rational, mature businessperson. You expect them to do well at their upcoming deposition, after all, they have plenty of re...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Today's Jurors’ Mixed Feelings About Corporations

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National research (Harris Interactive, 2009) shows that a majority of Americans place “a lot” of blame on banks (76%), Wall Street (57%) and...
Friday, May 1, 2009

The Nuisance of Jurors

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Trials would be so much easier if you didn’t have to deal with jurors. Jurors wander off mentally during your most critical testimony, they’...
Thursday, March 5, 2009

The Lie, Continued...

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As much as jurors resent a witness who lies, you must have inconvertible evidence that someone is out and out lying in order to even suggest...
Monday, January 5, 2009

Tell Your Story With Timelines

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The more complex the case, the more important it is that you simplify and clarify events and circumstances for the jurors. A timeline is one...
Monday, December 8, 2008

Jurors’ Desire to Improve Things

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One of the ways people make decisions when faced with a number of options is to translate each option into how they will feel emotionally ab...