10 Signs Your Trial Needs Jury Consultants

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Understanding biases and pre-existing knowledge

of members of the community can be invaluable

to understanding how to present your argument.

Jury consultants can conduct community attitude

studies to help.

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DEMOGRAPHICS ARE NOTNECESSARILY A PREDICTOROF WHICH SIDE THEY WILLFAVOR.

A juror consultant will craft questions

to help identify the “bad jurors/juror

deselection” for you. Personal

experience is the strongest correlation

of which side a juror will favor.

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Are jurors on the verge of falling asleep?

Jury consultants can help you to simplify you

message to ensure the jury comprehends your

arguments and help frame the case to help make it

more compelling.

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Unless you’re an expert on your venue, you

should work with a jury consultant to determine

if it makes sense to change venues.

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YOUR COURT VENUE CANPLAY A LARGE ROLE IN THEOUTCOME OF YOUR CASE .

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YOU WANT TOKNOW WHAT YOURJURORS MAY BEDOING

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Monitoring activity of jurors both before and

during trial can be a quick way to eliminate jurors

who are likely to rule against you. A shadow jury

is one of the most effective tools that gives you

real-time feedback to increase persuasiveness and

credibility and edge to winning the case.

OUR JURY SURVEILLANCE SERVICE ACTIVELY MONITORS SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITY OF JURORS .

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YOU 'RESTRUGGLINGTO ASSESSLIABILITY

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Jury Evaluator can help by using statistical analysis

to assess risk and exposure.

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ASSESSING LIABILITY ISN ’T EASY .

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YOU ARE UNSUREOF HOW JURORSWILL REACT

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Jury consultants can help you test themes and

story lines that will most resonate with jurors

in your trial venue. These tests give you a

better idea of how your jurors will react.

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8.YOUR KEYWITNESSES ARE“PROBLEMATIC”

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Juror consultants can access verbal and

non-verbal communication to tailor

solutions to each witness. Lawyers are able

to retain rapport because consultants

deliver the negative information.

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JURORS ARESQUINTING TOSEE EVIDENCE

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Inability to see evidence can cost

you the trial. A picture is worth a

thousand words, so when in

doubt, it's worth it to enlist the

help of a trial graphics

consultant.

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OUR TRIAL GRAPHICS SERVICESENSURE THAT YOUR VISUALARGUMENTS ARE VISIBLE TO JURORS .

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Recognizing when you need help

is what separates the good lawyers

from the great. As qualified as you

are, finding time for all of these

crucial elements isn’t realistic for

most legal teams.

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WE 'RE HERE TO HELP .Our jury consulting services gives your defense team

confidence in knowing how the trial jury is likely to approach

the case. Let us help you see the case through your jurors' eyes.

REQUEST A CONSULTATION