The Power of Persuasion in Litigation

making cases compelling for decision-makers

Litigation, Trial & Jury Consulting

SPECIAL FEATURESWritten, visual and audio materials for litigators Jury Research UpdatesBlawg: Answers to questions about trying cases to juries Slide ShowsPresentations of juror questionnaire and mock trial data Visual ResourcesVisual tests for juries demonstrating limits of human observation Articles for LitigatorsEssays on communication and litigation by ComCon consultants Persuasion TipsEssays and tips about persuasion by ComCon consultants Trial BooksOrganized bibliographies about famous trials and trial advocacy Links for LitigatorsLinks to useful jury & trial attorney blogs, research, issues & resources COMCON SPOTLIGHT Cases in the NewsCases covered on TV and in print on which ComCon has worked Media InterviewsNews interviews by ComCon consultants on high profile trials and jury-related issues ARTICLE SPOTLIGHT Executive Witnesses Preparing executives to testify (from Articles Kollectionn) Persuasive Question-AskingHow questions put words in answerers' mouths (from Articles Kollectionn) Why Juries HangHung Jury Case Study RESOURCE SPOTLIGHT Judges' Juror Excusal TestCA judges test for handling hardship, cause & peremptory challenges. Click 'Launch the Course' after page loads (from Links Kollectionn) The Awareness TestEyewitnesses easily miss information (from Visual Resources Kollectionn) Seating Sympathetic Jurors5 tips for seating a sympathetic jury (from Media Issue Commentary) Emotional LanguageIntellectual vs emotion words (from Persuasion Kollectionn) TWITTER SPOTLIGHT

SERVICES SPOTLIGHT Mock TrialsLearn how mock trials and focus groups differ Focus GroupsRead how focus groups work Attitude SurveysLearn about community attitude surveys in advance of trial All ComCon ServicesJudicial observation, case evaluation, witness preparation, jury selection, voir dire help, presentations and more JURY RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT February, 2011, Issue 1 Apologies and settlement demandsHow do apologies affect settlement demands? (from Jury Research Kollectionn) February, 2007, Issue 1 Jury trial versus bench trialDo juries reach different decisions than judges? (from Jury Research Kollectionn) December, 2006, Issue 1 Discussing race in voir direHow does mentioning racial bias in voir dire affect juror decision-making? (from Jury Research Kollectionn) SLIDE SHOW SPOTLIGHT FACEBOOK SPOTLIGHT