Sentences with phrase «of jury trials»

My experience has allowed me to second / third chair dozens of jury trials from start to finish, giving me a true knowledge of the in and out of your day practicing law.

We have handled hundreds of jury trials and wrongful death lawsuits, and have won tens of millions of dollars for our clients.

The old adage that «a picture is worth a thousand words» holds especially true in the case of a jury trial.

Banks often include language that requires disputes must be settled through arbitration instead of jury trials.

Additionally, it is hoped that you will gain a further appreciation of the fundamental fairness of a jury trial and why it is often referred to as the cornerstone of democracy.

When lawyers think of jury trial objections as an opportunity to school opposing counsel on the Rules of Evidence, they do their clients a very serious disservice.

Often, in personal injury lawsuits, the insurance company may offer a financial settlement rather than face the uncertainties of a jury trial.

Experienced jury trial lawyers believe that 75 percent of the outcome of a jury trial case depends on jury selection and opening statement.

It does not matter if the money comes as a result of a jury trial or a settlement, this money still has to be repaid.

A complete list of our jury trials, including a description of each case and the result, is available to prospective clients upon request.

But the frequency of jury trials has been diminishing for several years.

However, we should set aside the emotional elements of a jury trial and focus on legal principles.

Have you been wondering whether summary judgments are constitutional in light of the fact that the plaintiff might be deprived of a jury trial?

Having tried several dozens of jury trials, hundreds of bench trials and several appellate cases ranging from murder to simple juvenile matters, we genuinely understand all sides of a criminal case.

There is an administrative law board instead of jury trials and the case law and rules of evidence for workers comp are completely different.

Between the 2004 - 2005 and the 2008 - 2009 time periods, the number of jury panels examined fell by more than 20 percent.14 Consequently, with the decrease in the number of jury trials in civil cases, we are excluding from the judicial process the very people we need — the public — to support a strong and independent judiciary, one of the fundamental underpinnings of our democracy.

If the insurance company plays hardball and continues to make lowball offers that are unfair and unreasonable for the injuries and losses you have suffered, we take your case to trial and use our more than 40 years of jury trial experience to get you the justice you deserve.

Long has a wide range of jury trial experience in cases from murder and fraud to medical malpractice in state and federal courts.

The difference between the two (and the divergence from the U.S. procedural vehicle) is that for lesser crimes the accused doesn't have an automatic right of a jury trial for any criminal matter.

It is such a hard thing to comprehend sometimes because people think of jury trials on tv and think of the, the McDonald's lady ya know getting gazillions for ya know her burnt thigh, but those are like the extreme cases.

Bell sold or got rid of the remaining dogs and puppies on her property prior to the end of the jury trial.

Further, the Court determined that the guilty plea under the OHSA could prejudice Mr. Campbell in the pending criminal proceedings that would be dealt with by way of a jury trial.

In this week's case (Walker v. Doe) the Court declared a mistrial on the 14th day of a Jury trial following closing submissions of counsel for the plaintiff.

The facts (which I discuss below) are another example of the unpredictability of jury trials.

In their brief, the amici, National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center, the Southeastern Legal Foundation, and the Cato Institute, contend that the Seventh Amendment Guarantee of a jury trial applies in lawsuits against the United States seeking vindication of a citizen's constitutional rights.

«The Supreme Court should agree that the Constitutional guarantee of a jury trial applies to lawsuits by American citizens seeking to recover compensation for unconstitutional takings of their property by the federal government.»

Obtained a favorable settlement after four weeks of jury trial in Sacramento Superior Court for a national insurance company, where plaintiff claimed that the insurance company failed to reimburse $ 135 million incurred in cleaning up a major Superfund site.

ABOTA is one of the most premier associations of trial attorneys and judges, requiring a certain number of jury trials as lead counsel and approval by a majority vote of the ABOTA board.

The accord came ahead of a jury trial that was set to begin on Monday in state court in Woburn, Massachusetts.

There is a brief mention in Article III of jury trial not being available for impeachment, and there is probably a suggestion in Article I that members of Congress will not usually be impeached, as each house has the power to (I, 5) to expel one of their members on their own.

He has weighed in on educational policy, the fallibility of jury trials, «pseudoscientific drivel» such as quantum healing, the «yahooish complacency» of postmodernism, terrorism, and governmental stem cell and cloning policy.

We approach and pursue each case with the expectation of a jury trial which allows us to aggressively prosecute our clients» cases to their full potential,» says Ralph Kalfayan, -LSB-...]

We negotiate tough settlements and have a track record of jury trial success because we conduct thorough boots - on - the - ground investigations, and work with top - tier professionals including engineers, traffic reconstruction experts, financial specialists, and a full range of medical doctors.

Both parties» lawyers are first - rate, so anything could come out of this jury trial, but if the jury doesn't after the first five questions get to the nitty - gritty technical detail, then it's unlikely to get things right.

Obtained a complete defense verdict at conclusion of jury trial.

«I am a passionate, skilled trial attorney with 29 years of experience and dozens of jury trials under my belt.

Now, when you're talking about jury trials, the court system can not necessarily handle a regular flow of these jury trials, so cases get postponed and postponed and postponed.

«Discusses recent jury trials of interest, weighs in on controversies in the procedures of jury trials, and reviews studies of jury behavior and decision - making.»

An experienced personal injury attorney does jury verdict research, and he's also got his own bank of jury trials that he tried similar to yours and knows within a range what your case is worth.

In R. V Gale, the judges wrote, «the rationale for peremptory challenges is to foster confidence in the fairness and impartiality of jury trials.

I am suspecting that the best option is to file the appeal based on lack of jury trial and encourage everybody else showing up that day to do the same.

The book tracks the life of a jury trial from the moment a potential client appears at a lawyer's office through post-trial motions.

The section is permissive except in the case of jury trials where conferences are mandated by s. 625.1 (2).

Finally, just before the commencement of the jury trial, the Crown stayed all charges.

In the past 10 years, Meyer, an obsessive student of the art of jury trials, has landed in excess of $ 95 million in verdicts (including a record - breaking $ 30 million verdict in 1992 for a brain - damaged child) and another $ 150 million in settlements.

In 1989 Mike was granted a Certificate of Civil Trial Advocacy from the National Board of Trial Advocacy, a process that is open to trial lawyers who have experience as lead counsel in a number of jury trials after background investigation and written examination.

The plaintiff in the challenge had been issued patents in the late 1970s based on an application from 1959, but on the eve of jury trial in 1982, the case had been continued pending a reexamination under the new statute.