Jurors are often unfamiliar with concepts like “preponderance of the evidence” and “proximate cause,” yet your jury’s ability to understand them is a key component of any civil trial. Add in the constant issue of jurors who are biased against plaintiffs and their lawyers and you have a volatile mixture waiting to blow up your case. 

Many potential jurors think that civil cases have the same standard as the kind of over-the-top criminal cases they see portrayed on TV. And a good number of those same jurors will also have been poisoned against you by the aggressive marketing that many attorneys constantly flood them with–not to mention years of insurance industry propaganda. Defense lawyers work to take advantage of these obstacles and often fight tooth and nail on liability–especially in cases with soft-tissue and other invisible injuries. 

Trial lawyer Edward P. Capozzi has picked over two hundred juries during his career and has developed successful strategies to counter juror bias, prove proximate cause, and explain to jurors–in clear and convincing terms–how his client’s case has met the correct standard of proof. In this 60-minute CLE program, Capozzi will walk you through:

• Confronting anti-plaintiff bias in jury selection
• Educating the jury on the preponderance of evidence standard and how to loop it through your case from jury selection to summation
• Proving proximate cause with compelling demonstrations and arguments that cut through the opaque legalese that often harms jurors’ ability to understand and act

Register today to gain useful insights and practical tools you can immediately adopt in your next trial to counter these potentially case-killing issues.

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