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Holland & Hart LLP | USA | 7 Jan 2021
Avoid Persuasive Misalignment
In the case of any argument or persuasive appeal you are making, you can ask the question, “Who are you aiming at?” In a jury trial, your answer…
Holland & Hart LLP | USA | 23 Nov 2020
Don’t Be Too Hot for Zoom
When it comes to presentation style in the courtroom, there are definitely times to “bring the fire.” Impassioned rhetoric is best used sparingly…
Holland & Hart LLP | USA | 14 Sep 2020
Respect Your Jurors (Especially in a Pandemic)
There’s something that judges will often tell potential jurors at the start of the voir dire process: “We know jury duty is an inconvenience, but it…
Holland & Hart LLP | USA | 7 Sep 2020
Expect Attorney Resistance to Online Trial Innovations
Across the country, restaurants are changing what it means to be a restaurant, movie theaters are changing what it means to be a movie theater, and…
Holland & Hart LLP | USA | 13 Aug 2020
Whatever Your Trial Solution, Don’t Forget About Communication
As our court system looks at the possibilities for trials under the current pandemic conditions, it seems like we face a choice: Restart trials in…
Holland & Hart LLP | USA | 3 Aug 2020
Measure Your Juror’s Faith in the Jury System
As you look out at a panel of potential jurors during voir dire, there are many things you’re likely to wonder about them. Do they have any attitudes…
Holland & Hart LLP | USA | 30 Jul 2020
Juror Questionnaires: Expect Some Deception
In courtrooms making tentative steps toward reopening to in-person jury trials, some of the parties have called for increased use of juror…
Holland & Hart LLP | USA | 6 Jul 2020
Voir Dire on Willingness to Serve
When jury trials start up again, one way or another, it is going to be a strange and potentially uncomfortable experience for the jurors. If reporting…
Holland & Hart LLP | USA | 18 Jun 2020
Treat Truncated Voir Dire as Useless
Okay, my title is purposefully provocative, but it is not an exaggeration. Based on a recently released, first-of-its-kind, comprehensive study on the…
Holland & Hart LLP | USA | 30 Mar 2020
Plan for Online Jury Trials
While it still might be a stretch, it is a lot more thinkable now than it was two weeks ago. The jurors sit down separately in front of their screens…
