Brian Panish, award-winning Trial Lawyer, interviews another top plaintiff lawyer Keith Mitnik in this invaluable podcast about trial strategies. Mitnik explains how your Voir Dire questions are the most important part of a trial. Equally, you must make sure the jury understand the power of bias. “Even subtle bias can have a profound impact on…
Understand Behavioral Science and Jury Selection Jury selection is the most important part of trial. The preparation and planning put into voir dire and jury selection can literally make or break your case. You must be prepared at this crucial stage in the litigation process. A jury of fair and impartial individuals is absolutely critical…
Hidden Agenda of Stealth Jurors A stealth or rogue juror is a juror on a case motivated by a hidden agenda. A stealth juror attempts to get on a jury in order to influence the outcome. Many jury experts argue that stealth jurors reporting for jury duty with an agenda, are a rarity. “Their…
Step-by-Step to Trial Success Jury Analyst hosted the Get in the Game Live Seminar with Robert Eglet, 2013 National Trial Lawyer of the Year. During this successful two hour event held in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, Robert gave away key jury selection and voir dire strategies, plus a first-time ever revealed framework for trial success…
Learn Winning Trial Lawyer Strategies with Jury Analyst All too often, both experienced and inexperienced trial lawyers are not adequately prepared for voir dire and jury selection. I have seen many just wing it! You cannot be ill-prepared at such a crucial stage. It’s the preparation and planning that you put into voir dire…
Busting Old World Myths About Jury Selection Jury selection is the most important part of a trial! If you don’t have a completely fair and impartial jury panel, you may have already lost your case. The purpose of voir dire and the jury selection process is two-fold: To facilitate the identification and…
Effective Active Listening Skills for Trial Lawyers “You cannot learn anything about a juror or a jury panel if you’re talking. You need to be listening at least 80% of the time or you’re missing out…you’re not learning anything.” –Robert T. Eglet Listening Skills Are Crucial In Trial Communication is a two-way…
Plan Your Playbook for Voir Dire and Jury Selection In preparing for voir dire and jury selection it is vitally important that you have a plan. The plan I follow I call my “playbook.” —Robert Eglet Preparing Your Playbook: Initial Steps I prepare a playbook for each and every case. It’s a very specific…