PSYCHOLOGY & THE LAW

PSYCHOLOGY & THE LAW

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The June issue of the American Association of Justice Trial magazine has an outstanding collection of articles about the trial practice by  a variety of great trial  lawyers and trial consultants including Mark Lanier, Gerry Spence, Rick Friedman, David Ball and Randi McGinn plus other greats as well. I’m going to outline just a few of the ideas from these articles. David Ball recommends reminding jurors of key points they will need during deliberations. He calls it “arming the jurors.”…

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THOUGHTS ABOUT AVOIDING A 15 MINUTE DEFENSE JURY VERDICT

THOUGHTS ABOUT AVOIDING A 15 MINUTE DEFENSE JURY VERDICT

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The Seattle Times reports that a King County jury reached a unanimous verdict for the defendant after a seven day personal injury  trial, taking only 15 minutes to reach a verdict. Disclaimer: The only thing I know about this case is what I read in the newspaper so I am using this as an illustration and making assumptions in an effort to learn from this event. The newspaper reports that plaintiff was a 51 year old woman who sued the city…

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GIVING CREDIT TO DAVID BALL

GIVING CREDIT TO DAVID BALL

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On April 18, 2015 I published an article from Don Keenan’s blog on short trials because I thought it had such a profound truth which I agreed with. Unfortunately, I gave the credit for the article to my friend Don when the author was my friend David Ball. So, I write this to correct my error and give credit to David where it belongs and my thanks to Don for publishing it. Sorry, David. Great article.