The difference between a good, a great, and a jaw-dropping verdict usually comes down to the quality of your jury… but not all jurors are the same. Getting rid of your bad jurors isn’t enough to guarantee you a nuclear verdict; you need jurors who are capable of outrage, a desire to punish wrongdoing, and who are willing to send a message to make their community a safer, fairer place.
But is it possible to keep your best jurors without the defense striking them? The answer is yes… and in this seminar, jury consultant Harry Plotkin will teach you how to do it. Jury selection isn’t just “de-selection”: there are ways a good lawyer can keep great jurors on your panel. But how do you identify them? How do you prevent losing them for cause? And how do you keep the defense from identifying and striking them?
You will learn how to convince your best jurors that their strong feelings aren’t biases, so they don’t get dismissed for cause. You will learn what qualities to look for in your jurors to tell a bad juror from an okay juror from a great juror capable of a huge verdict… and how to write voir dire questions to identify them. You will learn how to talk with these jurors in a way that minimizes the risk of defense figuring out how great they are and striking them. Harry will teach you how to tailor good voir dire questions to the unique facts of your case… and to understand which answers and beliefs in jurors shouldn’t scare you. You will learn how to identify jurors who are capable of being outraged and holding defendants fully accountable.