Voir Dire & Jury Selection: Litigation Support
When you have a high-value case, you don’t want to start off on the wrong foot with a bad jury. Magna’s consultants know what questions to ask in order to de-select some of the worst jurors to get on your panel.
Based on our experience in your trial venue, with similar case types, and with your case in particular, Magna consultants can recommend voir dire topics and questions designed to identify higher-risk jurors, with an eye toward maximizing cause challenge success as well as increasing confidence in and effectiveness of peremptory challenges. Our consultants can also develop more in-depth supplemental juror questionnaires when permitted by the Court.
Magna consultants can also be present in-court in order to analyze venire members’ verbal and non-verbal responses, suggest follow-up questions, and advise the most strategic use of cause and peremptory challenges.
Formulating Juror Profiles & Voir Dire Questions
A team of Magna consultants will develop pro-plaintiff versus pro-defense juror profiles and identify key themes/subject areas for voir dire. Plus, we’ll develop specific questions to identify higher-risk jurors. Proposed questions are provided to the trial team in advance for review and modification, if necessary.
Reviewing Supplemental Juror Questionnaires
When applicable, Magna’s consultants will thoroughly analyze the jurors’ completed questionnaires to identify red flags and highlight prospective jurors for focused voir dire questions, as well as to rate the potential jurors on their likelihood of pro-plaintiff vs. pro-defense.
In-Court Voir Dire & Jury Selection Consulting
Magna consultants can also be present in-court in order to analyze venire members’ verbal and non-verbal responses, suggest follow-up questions, and advise the most strategic use of cause and peremptory challenges. Our expertise ensures that challenges are conducted effectively to increase the likelihood of striking jurors prone to ruling against us.
Utilizing Social Media Activity for Jury Selection
A team of Magna researchers can also be engaged to run background checks and social media searches on prospective jurors using our JuryScout program. These searches can afford the trial team deeper insight into a juror’s world views, predispositions, and potential verdict orientation than is typically possible through in-court voir dire alone. Jury Scout social media search results can be critical in helping make more informed peremptory challenges.
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