Picking Justice

"The ones who scare me are jurors with leadership potential who are cagey. They won't give you anything." Jennifer Keller on the voir dire red flag she almost always acts on. Produced & Powered by @lawpods #JurySelection 🎧 pickingjustice.com/episode/34

"Why bang on them and get them be nasty to them?" Jennifer Keller on why cross-examining a juror you're already striking with a peremptory alienates your whole panel. Produced & Powered by @lawpods #VoirDire 🎧 pickingjustice.com/episode/34

"There are two sides to picking juries — selection and deselection. And the deselection is as important as selection." Jennifer Keller Produced & Powered by @lawpods #JurySelection 🎧 pickingjustice.com/episode/34

"I don't see how you win big verdicts without [advocate jurors]. Somebody's got to be back there pitching." Jennifer L. Keller on why strong juror leaders are essential. Produced & Powered by @lawpods #TrialStrategy 🎧 pickingjustice.com/episode/34

New episode of "Picking Justice" on May 18! A must-listen for any trial lawyer going up against or representing corporate clients. Jennifer Keller reveals the strategies that have led to her massive verdicts. Produced and Powered by @lawpods #TrialStrategy #CommercialLitigation

"Most of our larger employment verdicts, we found something systemic — our client was just part of it. The case wasn't about them." David deRubertis on what drives the biggest verdicts. Produced & Powered by @lawpods #EmploymentLaw 🎧 pickingjustice.com/episode/33

"The amount of non-economic damages is going to be driven largely by how they feel about liability." David deRubertis on why anger — not emotional distress — drives employment verdicts. Produced & Powered by @lawpods #EmploymentLaw 🎧 pickingjustice.com/episode/33

"Frame your case around the honest truth of what happened in a workplace — juries understand the reality of what happens in workplaces." David deRubertis on where employment credibility is built. Produced & Powered by @lawpods #EmploymentLaw 🎧 pickingjustice.com/episode/33

"In jury selection, I cannot get up, listen, ask the right question, process the answer, actively listen, engage, and write down data." David deRubertis on why he stopped trying to do all of it. Produced & Powered by @lawpods #TrialStrategy 🎧 pickingjustice.com/episode/33

New episode on May 4! Employment lawyer David deRubertis confesses: He loves trial but hates jury selection. You wouldn’t know it from his eight-figure verdicts. What’s changed? Tune in to find out. Produced and Powered by @lawpods #JurySelection #EmploymentLaw

"Five good acts doesn't absolve one bad act." — Samantha Teal on neutralizing the sympathetic defendant. Produced & Powered by @lawpods #TrialStrategy #PlaintiffLawyer 🎧 pickingjustice.com/episode/32

"If it's ‘yes’ or ‘no,’ don't ask it." — Samantha Teal on the closed-question habit that could be killing your voir dire. Produced & Powered by @lawpods #VoirDire #TrialStrategy 🎧 pickingjustice.com/episode/32

Your "bad juror" might be your best one. Samantha Teal on why jury selection is never one-size-fits-all. Produced & Powered by @lawpods #JurySelection #TrialStrategy 🎧 pickingjustice.com/episode/32

Closed off lawyers get closed off jurors. Samantha Teal on why vulnerability wins voir dire. Produced & Powered by @lawpods #VoirDire #TrialStrategy 🎧 pickingjustice.com/episode/32

New episode of "Picking Justice" on April 20! Trial consultant Samantha Teal opens her playbook of strategies and lessons learned after helping lawyers pick juries. @KramerTrialLaw  Produced and Powered by @lawpods #PickingJustice #TrialStrategy #VoirDire #JurySelection

"The conventional wisdom is you gotta give them a specific number … I have found my biggest verdicts have come where I have not given a number." Daniel Rodriguez @DRodriguezLaw Produced and Powered by @lawpods #DamagesStrategy 🎧 pickingjustice.com/episode/31

"I think I got the best training ever for voir dire — and I didn't even know it was happening." Daniel Rodriguez on what moving from school to school taught him about picking juries. @DRodriguezLaw Produced and Powered by @lawpods #VoirDire 🎧 pickingjustice.com/episode/31

"My client 'lost' her husband? She didn't wake up and he'd fallen out of her pocket. He was killed." Daniel Rodriguez on why word choice changes everything. @DRodriguezLaw Produced and Powered by @lawpods #TrialStrategy 🎧 pickingjustice.com/episode/31

"That's how I planted the seed in voir dire." Daniel Rodriguez on priming jurors to value damages — without ever naming a number. @DRodriguezLaw Produced and Powered by @lawpods #JurySelection 🎧 pickingjustice.com/episode/31

New episode of "Picking Justice" on April 6! Daniel Rodriguez – $100M+ verdict-lawyer from California's agricultural heartland reveals how he seeds value in voir dire. @DRodriguezLaw Produced and Powered by @lawpods #JurySelection #VoirDire #TrialStrategy #PlaintiffAttorney