Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

I have taught at the Spence Trial College and written in this blog about the approach Gerry Spence advocates in jury selection. https://plaintifftriallawyertips.com/gerry-spence-voir-dire-questions  It can be roughly summarized as focused on building rapport through open, nonjudgmental discussion. It is not closed ended questions intended to dictate ideas. They focus on how the juror feels about subjects after he has first shared how he feels. Here is an example from Spence’s last civil case in Iowa: Now let me ask you…

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My friend Eric Fong is scheduled to start a major damage jury case in Seattle and we discussed jury selection ideas. That made me think I should post something in general about this subject. PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS Have one sheet of paper with topics you want to cover – simple topics headings with large enough type you can glance at  it and read it. Organize the topics by order of importance.   Let someone else take notes. Maintain eye contact with the…

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I received this Email from someone whose address was: bob bdifalco@yahoo.com about my post regarding jury selection. He said: “Lawyers ought to spend their time getting rid of all juries, and hyping up judges so are adequate without dumbassd jurors.” < When the constitution of this country was being debated jury trial was seen as an essential and far reaching civil right. The men who signed the Declaration of Independence and wrote the Constitution provided for three separate provisions in…

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