Mastering Voir Dire and Jury Selection: Gain an Edge in Questioning and Selecting Your Jury, Fourth Edition

Book Synopsis: This much anticipated and expanded 4th edition by one of the nation’s most experienced trial consultants goes beyond other books on jury selection and focuses on the skills needed to conduct effective voir dire and jury selection, ultimately improving your chances of a favorable verdict at trial. This valuable guide will help you understand effective voir dire and jury selection strategies and adapt them to the unique circumstances you face in your trial jurisdiction.

Topics covered include:

• Understanding the importance of the jurors’ backgrounds, experiences, and opinions
• Developing voir dire questions
• Good questioning techniques and skills that increase juror candor and honesty
• Reading jurors’ nonverbal behavior
• Tips for improving your success in group voir dire settings
• Successfully overcoming common problems encountered during voir dire, including identifying and handling stealth jurors
• How to develop and use juror questionnaires effectively
• Applying effective voir dire skills and methods to member selection in courts-martial
• The impact of the Internet on jury selection and jury trials
• Overall jury selection strategies

This book is packed with updated practical advice, a new chapter on courts-martial, and supplemented with appendices, including examples of useful voir dire questions for civil and criminal cases. In addition, you will have access to an Internet catalogue of more than 190 juror questionnaires, including questionnaires from Colorado v. James Eagan Holmes, In re Exxon Valdez, i4i LP v. Microsoft Corporation, David Mueller v. Taylor Swift et al., United States v. Zacarious Moussaoui, California v. Scott Peterson, United States v. MAJ Nidal Hasan, and United States v. Senator Robert Menendez and Salomon Melgen, among many others.