First Court Blog

The first impression that a trial lawyer gives the jurors in the selection process will last throughout the duration of the trial. What impression are you giving to the jurors as you stand to introduce yourself and your client to the venire? Is that impression the most helpful to your client’s ...

We recently conducted a mock trial on a significant case. The jurors were very typical for what we expect to see in a Manhattan jury. After each argument or witness, each juror answered a handful of excellent feedback questions—and all their answers flowed across our monitors, in real time.

You have a case on negligence. You successfully laid the understanding of that definition with your jurors. What now?  Are you going to let them meander around the country side hoping they find your cabin in the woods? I don’t think so. You need to lead them home; you need to establish leadership ...

What is the weirdest fact that you have looked up lately? Perhaps a random Guinness World Record? The world today is exploding with instant information.  The ability to do an internet search of anything and come up with millions of results in less than a second is truly amazing.  However, jurors ...