Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

In May 2017 British television broadcast a five part series about a fictional murder case called The Trial. The witnesses were all actors. The judge and the barristers, however, were actually professionals in the British legal system. The judge was an experienced member of the bench and the two barristers well known barristers. The jury was made up of 12 members of the British public. The jury was aware that actors were involved as witnesses and that the case was…

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Conducting a helpful as well as a  meaningful voir dire examination is both an art and a skill. However, however there are some fundamental rules for doing it right. Here are seven basic rules for conducting a good voir dire. 1.  STAY FOCUSED It’s critical that you stay focused on the key issues in your case and  case story you want to communicate. There are a limited number of key issues that you will have time to cover in jury selection….

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We’re in Arizona enjoying  the sun and I’ve been too lazy to write a blog. But because I’m late in publishing my regular blog, I’m going to share an article I wrote for our state trial judges. I was invited to speak at their convention last Fall and wrote this for the convention. It deals with the Washington State jury selection process and issues involved in it. Perhaps something of interest is in here and I promise to do a…

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