Here’s a welcome development: The state of Maryland has embarked on a pilot program to test out the effects of expanded voir dire. In many parts of the country (looking at you, Arizona) the ability of ...
We have all shared this experience. Jury selection is at 9:00 a.m. on Monday. It is now Sunday night and the national trial team—led by an attorney from out of town—is convening to discuss voir dire ...
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A bill that would give lawyers more leeway to ask questions aimed at identifying biased jurors passed out of the Maryland Senate’s Judicial Proceedings Committee Friday. The proposal would expand the ...
A client must be on board with an innovative voir dire strategy. I attended a recent excellent seminar by the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers on capital defense. A question was ...
For many lawyers, jury selection often is the most difficult component of a jury trial, write Lisa Blue Baron and Robert B. Hirschhorn. By their very nature, trial lawyers are control freaks. Jury ...
What three things do these seven men and five women have in common: A sales professional, investment banker, corporate lawyer, security engineer, teacher, software engineer, civil litigator, retired ...