These hefty fees translate into generous incomes
for jury consultants.
Several months ago, Weinstein had asked the court to pay
for a jury consultant to help in phrasing questions for potential jurors.
Not exact matches
I can pump at work,» said Julie Campanini, a
jury consultant who travels frequently and is trying to nurse her son, now 12 weeks old,
for a year.
In 2011, a Manhattan
jury found Boyland not guilty to charges alleging he accepted money as a
consultant in return
for his influence on behalf of a health care group.
Filmed in New Orleans and based on John Grisham's book, the courtroom drama stars Hackman as a ruthless
jury consultant for the gun lobby.
In December, a
jury found that James Lindberg, a former
consultant in the state agency's adult education department, had been harassed and moved to another job within the agency
for reporting irregularities and potential abuses in the state's handling of federal and state funds.
The longtime political
consultant whose nickname is «Dr. Dirt» will be staying in Texas next week
for the primary election rather than coming to Oklahoma to testify before the multicounty grand
jury.
Part of a trial team that obtained a favorable
jury verdict in an equity dispute
for a former
consultant to a start - up company.
600 firms were in the running
for the various categories that include everything from
jury consultants to litigation financiers to law firm web design to expert witness providers and much more.
These two recent examples of blogging jurors demonstrate that there is no longer any question of the need
for lawyers to ask potential jurors if they are writing online, says another
jury consultant, Anne Reed, writing at her blog Deliberations.
Over the years, we have built a network of independent professional investigators and
consultants to help us work
for a maximum settlement offer or favorable
jury verdict.
As lawyers and
jury consultants seek to learn about potential jurors, social media postings provide great fodder
for ferreting out a juror's beliefs and personal preferences.
So if I was picking a
jury for example, my
jury consultant in New York was watching me during my
jury selection here in California and in real time through an earbud communicating to me follow up questions, body language, whatever I'm looking at, he or she would theoretically be able to communicate in real time back to me or send a message to me such that it pops up in a private screen so I can read exactly that note, that follow up question.
No adjustment
for venue: In a firm like ours,
jury consultants are mingling with the litigation graphics team.
To achieve the best outcome
for clients, the attorneys in this practice group employ cutting edge trial techniques including professional
jury consultants, mock trial sampling and expert exhibit and document production companies.
You may have used mock
juries and
jury consultants in the past to hone a case and prepare
for trial, and there are few better ways to fully prepare
for a trial than with a well - crafted mock exercise.
Budget: Rather than ask
for a budget and try to get a deal, present what you have and ask your
jury consultant to give you a solution.
Jury consultants are hired
for their intuition and their knowledge of human behavior, not their legal expertise.
Some
jury consultants create courtroom graphics and multi-media presentations to help the attorney weave a compelling and persuasive story
for the
jury.
We are very proud to announce a new ebook entitled Getting Value in the New Normal Legal Economy: A Guide
for Pricing and Hiring
Jury Consultants, Litigation Graphics
Consultants and Trial Technology
Consultants.
Among the topics addressed in this new 62 - page ebook are: «12 Alternative Fee Arrangements We Use and You Could Too,» «7 Ways to Prepare Trial Graphics Early and Manage Your Budget,» «17 Tips
for Great Preferred Vendor Programs,» «9 Trial Graphics and Trial Technology Budget - Friendly Tips,» «21 Secrets
for Using Litigation
Consultants on a Tight Budget,» and «13 Revolutionary Changes in
Jury Consulting and Trial Consulting.»
Much like the need
for 8 - glasses of water a day, waiting an hour after eating to swim, or humans using 10 % of their brains, I think these beliefs about local
jury consultants are mostly stubborn old wives» tales.
I'd like to offer seven ways of working through this challenge with a solution
for you, whether you believe a local
jury consultant helps or whether you believe hiring the best
jury consultant is best
for your case.
The gut instincts of many are that a
jury consultant who regularly works in the jurisdiction will provide special insights that trial counsel, often admitted pro hoc vice
for purposes of trial, could use to persuade the
jury more effectively and have first - hand knowledge that will help in
jury selection because of specific, local nuances.
Large - scale litigation and high - stakes
jury trials have fueled the need
for a growing range of trial
consultants.
The patent litigation boom creates business
for hotels, restaurants, trial graphics services, copying, expert witnesses,
jury consultants, court - appointed technical advisers, and, of course, lawyers.
Create Resume Vincent Rodriguez 100 Broadway LaneNew Parkland, CA, 91010Cell: (555) 987-1234
[email protected] Professional Summary Well educated and experienced
Jury Consultant who works with legal teams preparing
for a trial.
Paul's family has been in the real estate business
for 75 years, and he has worked as a
jury consultant on civil and criminal cases
for the last nine years.