Posts tagged trial practice

• Handling the Analytical Juror

  Robert Blanchard | February 14, 2007 4:01 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Different jurors have differing ways of analyzing the information that you present to them. I often urge lawyers to present evidence in ways that covers the concerns of the whole jury. To do this, some experts recommend that the personality type of the jurors be considered.Learning to identify and categorize jurors according to personality type is an incredibly valuable skill in jury...

• Speaking to a Jury

  Robert Blanchard | January 22, 2007 2:23 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  All trial lawyers should avoid overly complex, technical, and boring explanations to a jury. Not only do jurors become confused, bored, and tune you out when you do, but technical jargon strips your arguments of the personal connections necessary to be persuasive. Even if a juror knows what a subdural hematoma is--and many do not--use of technical jargon makes jurors think of impersonal...