Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Watch Those Jurors: Body Language Outdoes the Spoken Word

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  The courtroom setting is unfamiliar to most prospective jurors as they sit with a group of strangers and are grilled by counsel during voi...
Monday, October 28, 2024

Help Your Witness Deliver Effective Testimony with Full Sentences

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  Rare is the witness who isn’t anxious, worried, scared--even terrified--during deposition or cross-examination. Often this leads to a rapi...
Monday, September 30, 2024

Classic Juror Misunderstandings

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  The brilliant cartoonist, Wiley Miller (“ Non Sequitur ”), captured the misunderstandings between men and women as few others have. For ex...
Monday, August 26, 2024

Be Good to Your Jurors: Connect the Dots!

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  Too often, in jury debriefings and in focus groups, jurors complain that the attorneys do not connect their points or evidence to the spec...
Monday, July 29, 2024

The Eyes Have It: Does Your Witness Know How to Look at Jurors?

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  Telling your witness to look at the jurors during their testimony without teaching them how to do so can be fatal to your case.  A scared,...
Monday, July 1, 2024

Expert Under the Gun of Cross? Multi-sided Response to the Rescue

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For your expert witnesses under the gun of cross-examination, usually the most problematic answer is a flat “yes” or “no.” Science holds few...
Tuesday, May 21, 2024

The Juror-Engaging Power of Story: Beyond the Individual

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  Research has demonstrated repeatedly the power of storytelling. Indeed, it’s easy for most attorneys to tell the story of their injured cl...