by Christine | Jun 11, 2020 | Jury Research & Jury Selection
The question we’ve been asked the most by clients the past few months is: When we get back to trial, how will my jury have changed because of COVID- 19? To answer this, TBC has conducted a pair of national surveys over the past two months, each with more than a...
by Christine | Jun 5, 2020 | Jury Research & Jury Selection
Juries and jury trials may end up dramatically affected by who is willing to show up for jury duty, and who – for either health or economic reasons – will choose to ignore a summons and stay home when the stay-at-home orders are lifted and courts re-open....
by Christine | May 11, 2020 | Jury Research & Jury Selection
COVID-19 will reshape a great deal about our justice system, but how and for how long are difficult to predict. One thing we’ve been wondering is, how health concerns and reactions to the pandemic will shape jury panels when they can be, well, empaneled again. In a...
by Christine | Feb 25, 2019 | Jury Research & Jury Selection, Trial Themes & Strategy
“Batson challenge.” Few phrases cause greater discomfort in the courtroom. Counsel who are subjected to a Batson challenge – or its various incarnations in state court (Wheeler in California, Neil/Slappy in Florida, etc.) – often cringe at the implication that they...
by Christine | Jun 9, 2017 | Jury Research & Jury Selection
JD Powers recently announced that consumer satisfaction with domestic airlines sits at an all-time high. With all the recent high-profile, poor publicity, this raised a few eyebrows, including our own. It isn’t simply that these news items could be driving public...
by Christine | Apr 28, 2017 | Jury Research & Jury Selection, Trial Themes & Strategy
How is Trump going to affect my jury? No question has been asked more by our clients in the last few months. The Executive Orders and the accompanying protests, the nominations and the associated outcry from political opponents, and the composition of the cabinet and...
