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Oct. 27, 2022
Turning the Courtroom into a Kitchen Table: Uncovering Juror Bias During Voir Dire with Mike Brown of Nelson Mullins
Law.com
Baltimore partner Mike Brown has tried more than 100 cases to verdict in more than 20 states over the past 30-plus years. In that time, he has developed a phrase to try to get to any bias in his potential jurors: “I want to know what you’re thinking when you’re home with your people,” he tells jurors.
“Your people” has a way of injecting comfort and authenticity into a formal and potentially uncomfortable process, he says. When he can get someone to honestly express an anti-corporate sentiment, he commends them: “ ‘Thank you so much for being honest. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate that. I have so much respect for you for doing that.’ And then the next person is like, ‘Well, come to think of it, I hate corporations, too.’ “
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