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 Jury selection is one of the most important aspects of trial. Cases can be won or lost with just one or two incorrect decisions about who to accept and who to challenge. Jury Solutions consultants help you make the right decisions when it comes to jury selection. We assist you in assessing each juror’s leadership potential and their likely pretrial biases. We bring together all of the available information to help you make quick, strategic challenge decisions.
Jury selection might have become more restrictive in some jurisdictions, but that doesn’t mean that good voir dire can’t be had. Every case and every judge is different. We’ve learned that if you never ask for good voir dire, chances are, you will never get it. We approach every case with optimism because we’ve continually experienced meaningful voir dire in jurisdictions where we’ve been told time and again, “there’s no voir dire here!” Juror Questionnaires Jury Solutions can assist you with the development of prospective juror questionnaires. Juror questionnaires are used routinely in courts around the country. A thoughtful, well-crafted questionnaire elicits a wealth of information from prospective jurors that is invaluable in making effective cause and peremptory challenges. Juror questionnaires expedite voir dire and can provide you with candid information from prospective jurors. In Court Assistance In most jurisdictions, jury selection is extremely fast-paced. Our ability to quickly hone in on jurors’ subtleties gives attorneys another perspective that helps them gain a deeper understanding of jurors' values, motivations, and decision-making processes. Our trial consultants are all bar-admitted attorneys and are able to participate in jury selections, even when all voir dire occurs in the judge’s chambers. Being a trial consultant is no guarantee that a judge will allow such participation, but a pro hac vice motion always guarantees such critical access, allowing you to get your money’s worth from having a consultant at your side. Jury Selection Publications Spinning Straw into Gold - Maximizing Jury Selection, Maryland Bar Journal Meaningful Jury Selection with Short Questionnaires, Florida Bar News Mastering Voir Dire in State or Federal Court, Connecticut Law Journal Jury Selection the Right Way, Questionnaires save Time and Money, New Jersey Lawyer Making the Most out of Group Voir Dire, Employment Law Asking the "why" question: A simple fix for voir dire, Employment Law Take a Cold Hard Look: Is this the best we can do with jury selection?, Baltimore Business Journal Mastering Voir Dire, DRI Trial Tactics Newsletter
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