About Author: Brian Patterson, Assistant Editor

Posts by Brian Patterson, Assistant Editor

  •   This month’s Favorite Thing provided by Wendy Saxon who specializes in the defense of public entities in Los Angeles.    “When I get the jury names, I go on the county website and locate public access to civil and criminal cases. Each search costs $1. Since this is public […]

    Favorite Thing for September 2010

    by   This month’s Favorite Thing provided by Wendy Saxon who specializes in the defense of public entities in Los Angeles.    “When I get the jury names, I go on the county website and locate public access to civil and criminal cases. Each search costs $1. Since this is public […]

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  • As you page through this issue, you’ll see content on shadow juries, managing and mentoring Millennials, a review of the iJuror application for the iPad, recommendations on family law disputes, some research on damages presentation, thoughts on communication and gender of attorney, supplemental jury questionnaire items for Arab or Muslim […]

    Note from the Editor

    by Rita Handrich, Editor As you page through this issue, you’ll see content on shadow juries, managing and mentoring Millennials, a review of the iJuror application for the iPad, recommendations on family law disputes, some research on damages presentation, thoughts on communication and gender of attorney, supplemental jury questionnaire items for Arab or Muslim […]

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  • Editor’s Note    Welcome to the May 2010 issue of The Jury Expert! It’s spring (although in Texas it definitely feels like summer)!  This issue we have reptiles in the courtroom (and in a departure from tradition, we have four trial lawyers responding to the article rather than trial consultants); […]

    Editor’s Note

    by Rita Handrich, Editor Editor’s Note    Welcome to the May 2010 issue of The Jury Expert! It’s spring (although in Texas it definitely feels like summer)!  This issue we have reptiles in the courtroom (and in a departure from tradition, we have four trial lawyers responding to the article rather than trial consultants); […]

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  • Welcome to our March 2010 issue of The Jury Expert! Once again, we have diverse and provocative offerings for you. Whether you flip first to our article on apology, choose to travel to East Texas, or ponder the impact of emotional evidence, see just how informative and persuasive visual communication […]

    A note from the Editor

    by Rita Handrich, Editor Welcome to our March 2010 issue of The Jury Expert! Once again, we have diverse and provocative offerings for you. Whether you flip first to our article on apology, choose to travel to East Texas, or ponder the impact of emotional evidence, see just how informative and persuasive visual communication […]

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  • The American Society of Trial Consultant's Annual Conference for 2010! Minneapolis, Minnesota June 17-20, 2010 Come to beautiful downtown Minneapolis the weekend of June 17-20, 2010 for ASTC's 2010 annual conference and 'Perfect Your Game'. Come hear what our experts (many of whom have written for The Jury Expert) have […]

    ASTC 2010 Conference

    by ASTC Office The American Society of Trial Consultant's Annual Conference for 2010! Minneapolis, Minnesota June 17-20, 2010 Come to beautiful downtown Minneapolis the weekend of June 17-20, 2010 for ASTC's 2010 annual conference and 'Perfect Your Game'. Come hear what our experts (many of whom have written for The Jury Expert) have […]

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  • Wow. Every issue I say to myself "This is our best issue yet!". I'm saying it again. It's amazing to watch an issue come together and I am grateful to all our authors, consultant-authors and consultant-respondents for contributing to yet another terrific issue of The Jury Expert. We have articles […]

    Editor’s Note

    by Rita Handrich, Editor Wow. Every issue I say to myself "This is our best issue yet!". I'm saying it again. It's amazing to watch an issue come together and I am grateful to all our authors, consultant-authors and consultant-respondents for contributing to yet another terrific issue of The Jury Expert. We have articles […]

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  • Introduction The mental status of the defendant has long been an issue of interest for legal professionals. Most states have some kind of insanity plea (i.e., Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity [NGRI]). States vary on which guidelines they use to formulate their legislation (most commonly the M'Naghten rule or […]

    Guilty but Mentally Ill (GBMI) vs. Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI): An Annotated Bibliography

    by Jennifer Kutys and Jennifer Esterman Introduction The mental status of the defendant has long been an issue of interest for legal professionals. Most states have some kind of insanity plea (i.e., Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity [NGRI]). States vary on which guidelines they use to formulate their legislation (most commonly the M'Naghten rule or […]

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  • This is a very cool issue of The Jury Expert. We have an array of articles we think you'll find interesting, thought-provoking and fun to read. First we have a look at gender and race in the courtroom over time and recommendations for how litigators might use this information with […]

    Editor’s Note

    by Rita Handrich, Editor This is a very cool issue of The Jury Expert. We have an array of articles we think you'll find interesting, thought-provoking and fun to read. First we have a look at gender and race in the courtroom over time and recommendations for how litigators might use this information with […]

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  • These are no ordinary times.   Unemployment figures continue to creep upward; more Americans are receiving food stamps than ever before; the manufacturing and construction sectors, real estate values, retirement accounts, and investment savings have all gone south.   In the largest industrial bankruptcy in U.S. history, the federal government is now […]

    Jury Damage Awards in Times of Recession

    by Edie Greene, Ph.D. These are no ordinary times.   Unemployment figures continue to creep upward; more Americans are receiving food stamps than ever before; the manufacturing and construction sectors, real estate values, retirement accounts, and investment savings have all gone south.   In the largest industrial bankruptcy in U.S. history, the federal government is now […]

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  • Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the US Supreme Court in May 2009 unleashed a storm of controversy based on her remarks on her own judicial decision-making:  “I would hope that a wise Latina woman, with the richness of her experiences, would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a […]

    Book Review: The Juror Factor: Race and Gender in America’s Civil Courts

    by Rita R. Handrich, Ph.D. Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the US Supreme Court in May 2009 unleashed a storm of controversy based on her remarks on her own judicial decision-making:  “I would hope that a wise Latina woman, with the richness of her experiences, would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a […]

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