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How to Select A Jury

Jury selection compromises probably the most crucial art of the trial lawyer in civil and criminal cases. You can possess the most compelling fact scenario imaginable but without receptive jurors, you will lose before you begin- in essence, you will be running on empty. Jurors who are significantly predisposed for any reason will neither listen to nor consider the evidence in any way consistent with your position- not because they don’t want to but they can’t. Their mindset has already blocked any information inconsistent with their strongly held beliefs. Therefore, our task as trial lawyers is to identify then strike, either for cause or by pre-emptory strike, those that tend to be unreceptive to your case.

In criminal cases it is important to know that only the rarest of jurors truly presume your client innocent, although every person will proclaim they do and actually believe in their heads they do, but they don’t. Our job in jury voir dire is to begin the daunting task of putting them in a neutral place and to find out which ones cannot or do not land there when we finish voir dire. How do we start?

First, I …

How to Select a Good Family Law Attorney

Among the various kinds of laws, one is family law. As the name suggests, this law relates to all the issues that involves with family matters like marriage, divorce, child custody, domestic violence, adoption, and so on. Well, some people go through these kinds of rough patches in their lives, and when they do, they understand how painful it is dealing with them. In these times of crisis, what they need is proper guidance and support, which only a family lawyer can give.

An attorney of family laws is someone who can deal with all these matters efficiently, and has adequate knowledge and understanding of all the legal issues involved in the matter. They must someone who can be trusted, and someone whom you can rely upon, because these cases are extra sensitive, and sometimes very painful. If you are not being able to trust him or being able to tell him everything with ease, then this is time that you change the lawyer.

Do look for a law firm that has some pretty impressive track record. When you are dealing with issues like child custody and divorce, you won’t get any …