A probate jury leaves little room for error. Trial counsel must employ the right tools in jury selection in order to expose potential jurors who possess experiential biases hostile to the client’s trial narrative.
In this practical webinar, you will learn tips and techniques to successfully unmask bias within the probate jury panel. Among other things, you will learn about:
- How conventional wisdom for empaneling a trial jury differs for the probate dispute
- Why probate panels are inherently biased
- Jury decision-making and techniques that trial lawyers can employ during voir dire to connect to the jury audience
- The importance of identifying key case themes during trial preparation and later using those themes to develop questions to query the panel
- Creating the Supplemental Juror Questionnaire, and important considerations when seeking both the agreement from opposing counsel and permission from the trial judge
- How a deep dive into family of origin can help you avoid the minefield and win the case
Murray Camp
Caldwell, Bennett, Thomas, Toraason & Camp, PLLC
Murray W. Camp is a trial lawyer and shareholder at Caldwell, Bennett, Thomas, Toraason & Camp, PLLC, one of Texas’ leading probate and estate litigation firms. His practice is focused on will contests, trust, and family fiduciary trials. Prior to practicing probate law, Mr. Camp tried business and commercial cases in state and federal court, handling complex trials and arbitrations involving multi-million-dollar claims, including aviation, oil and gas, and business tort disputes. He has expertise in jury selection in probate and fiduciary trials, believing that in many such cases the jury selection process can be outcome determinative. He is the co-author of Not Your Typical Voir Dire: Selecting a Jury in a Will Contest Case.
Sarah Toraason
Caldwell, Bennett, Thomas, Toraason & Camp, PLLC
Sarah V. Toraason is a trial lawyer and shareholder at Caldwell, Bennett, Thomas, Toraason & Camp, PLLC, where she focuses on complex probate, trust and estate lawsuits. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Toraason successfully represented clients in complex commercial disputes involving securities, contracts, business torts, and intellectual property claims in state and federal trials and arbitrations. She now applies her extensive business litigation background, in addition to her experience as a judicial clerk in both federal district and appellate courts, to successfully represent clients in estate, trust, and guardianship disputes. She is the co-author of Not Your Typical Voir Dire: Selecting a Jury in a Will Contest Case.
Emily McDonald
Bloom Strategic Consulting
Emily McDonald, Ph.D. is a Senior Jury Consultant at Bloom Strategic Consulting in Dallas, Texas. Dr. McDonald has critically analyzed data produced in hundreds of mock jury studies nationwide. She provides insight into jury decision-making and recommendations to trial counsel about how best to refine and communicate key case concepts to the jury audience. Dr. McDonald also conducts witness communication training prior to deposition and/or trial testimony and consultation with regard to voir dire strategy and selection. She facilitates live shadow juries during the courtroom trial to provide counsel with real time feedback about the perceptions, misperceptions, and opinions of shadow jurors and lay persons unfamiliar with the trial facts. She is the co-author of Not Your Typical Voir Dire: Selecting a Jury in a Will Contest Case.
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