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Testifying Under Oath - It's Not a Conversation
Testifying is not a conversation. If not, then what is it?

Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Oct 9, 20255 min read


Jury Selection Post COVID - what you need to know
Have you wondered lately what ever happened to the good ol' "reliable" jury profiles that used to be "predictive" of plaintiff/defense...

Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Jun 13, 20255 min read


AI: The New Kid in Jury Consulting
AI can be a useful tool for trial attorneys and jury consultants alike. But be careful of the potential pitfalls.

Elizabeth Babbitt, M.A.
May 26, 20255 min read


Witness Preparation and Traffic Lights: Don't let witnesses get trapped by their own words
Avoid getting trapped by your own words when you testify in court

Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Apr 9, 20254 min read


Witness Preparation: Is it therapy?
Witness preparation: If done right, it's therapeutic for the witness

Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Dec 2, 20245 min read


Jury Selection, Bias, and Baseball
Can you convince a Dodger fan to root for the Yankees? No chance. Read on to learn how this applies to juror decision making.

Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Sep 11, 20244 min read


How to Pick a Jury - the role of demographics in jury selection
What do demographics tell you about a prospective juror?

Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Apr 25, 20243 min read


Your Witness Can Defeat the Reptile Deposition (Part II)
How to handle reptile depositions as a witness

Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Feb 15, 20244 min read


Your Witness Can Defeat the Reptile Deposition (Part I)
How to handle reptile depositions

Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Sep 26, 20234 min read


How to Anger a Jury (Unintentionally)
When defendants deny, deflect, finger point, and refuse to concede obvious points, jurors are likely to punish.

Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Dec 22, 20224 min read


Witness Preparation - Beware of the Learning Dip
What do tennis lessons and witness preparation have in common? Read on, you won't be disappointed. I played a lot of tennis in my 20s,...

Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Dec 9, 20224 min read


Jury Selection, Ideology, and Confirmation Bias: What lawyers can learn from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Trial Attorneys: Have you ever left an intelligent person on a jury thinking, "smart people will get it," only to learn in post trial...

Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Feb 11, 20215 min read


Witness Preparation: An Analysis of Roger Stone's Deposition
Poor witness performance can be categorized in two ways: Category I, what a person says, and Category II, what a person does.

Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
May 26, 20207 min read


Joe Exotic Deposition: What Not to Do
Deposition can have a major impact on the trajectory of the case. Joe Exotic's Deposition provides good examples of what not to do.

Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
May 7, 20205 min read


Better Witness Preparation (Part Two)
What's the biggest mistake attorneys make when it comes to witness preparation?

Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Apr 21, 20203 min read


Witness Preparation: The Four Necessary Stages (You've Never Heard Before)
Testifying is a strange communication environment. Even if your witness is a great communicator, he's not guaranteed to be a good witness.

Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Apr 20, 20207 min read


Witness Preparation: What Body Language Tells a Jury
The witness is frustrated with opposing counsel. He rolls his eyes, becomes sarcastic and argumentative. He thinks he's winning - he's not.

Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Apr 16, 20203 min read


Witness Preparation and Body Language: Will Jurors Think Your Witness is Lying?
Testifying is anxiety provoking ...particularly cross-examination. Sometimes jurors will assume a nervous witness is a lying witness.

Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Apr 14, 20204 min read


Witness Preparation: Help Witnesses Turn the Tables on Opposing Counsel
Witnesses cannot beat attorneys at their own game. If they try they will lose every time. Witnesses need to play a different game.

Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Mar 30, 20205 min read


Better Expert Witness Preparation (Part I): Undo the Curse of Knowledge
The only people the court will allow to communicate certain information to a jury are ineffective at communicating that information.

Jeff Dougherty, M.S.
Jan 31, 20204 min read
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