Ben and Rahul talk jury selection with Harry Plotkin, a nationally renowned expert on jury selection who has picked over a thousand juries in cases across the country. Harry has been involved in many high-profile cases and ground-breaking plaintiff’s verdicts. Harry shares his strategies for identifying favorable and unfavorable jurors and identifies areas where lawyer intuition leads to poor choices in jury selection. Harry explains how involvement of a jury consultant can increase the chances of a good result at trial. If you are heading to trial and picking a jury, you don’t want to miss this episode!
About Harry Plotkin
Harry is a nationally renowned jury consultant and leading voice in the field of jury decision-making, psychology, and persuasion.
He has helped shape the outcome of over one thousand trials across the country in nearly every state.
$19.25 MILLION VERDICT in dangerous condition trial in Santa Cruz
Howard v. CalTrans, February 2023
100% LIABILITY VERDICT in liability phase/fall down lift shaft trial in San Mateo
Veimau v. Phillips, December 2022 (settled for large confidential amount before damage phase)
$45 MILLION VERDICT in public school district physical abuse trial in Los Angeles
Wong v. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, October 2022
$464.2 MILLION VERDICT in employment retaliation trial in Los Angeles
Martinez/Page v. Southern California Edison, June 2022
$150 MILLION VERDICT in wrongful death trial in Palm Springs
Collins v. Diamond Generating Company, July 2022
$11 MILLION VERDICT in pedestrian v. auto crash trial in Santa Monica
Knight v. Haskell, August 2022
$34.5 MILLION VERDICT in aiding/abetting wrongful termination in Santa Cruz
Ruvalcaba v. Keenan & Associates, May 2022
$102.5 MILLION VERDICT in public school district sexual abuse trial in San Jose
Doe v. Union School District, March 2022
$25.7 MILLION VERDICT in medical malpractice arbitration in San Diego
Vargas v. Kaiser Permanente, April 2022
$23.2 MILLION VERDICT in care home death (of an 81 year-old) trial in Bakersfield
Mosley v. Pacifica Healthcare, March 2022
$10 MILLION VERDICT in "jaywalking" pedestrian death trial in Long Beach
Garcia v. Herrera, December 2021
$7.2 MILLION VERDICT in federal airline/unruly passenger mistreatment trial in LA
Bandary v. Delta, October 2021
$136.9 MILLION VERDICT in federal hostile work environment/race trial in SF
Diaz v. Tesla, October 2021
$12.6 MILLION VERDICT in spinal fusion/premises liability trial
Acosta v. Athena Management, August 2021
$6.4 MILLION VERDICT in spinal stimulator/vehicle crash trial in Orange County
Castaneda v. Perez, September 2021
$13 MILLION VERDICT *county record* in wrongful death/product trial in rural Missouri
Church v. CNH Industrial, November 2020
$25.6 MILLION VERDICT in dangerous condition/pedestrian stuck in crosswalk trial
Tusant v. City of Hemet, February 2020
$17 MILLION VERDICT (with fees) in right of publicity trial in San Diego
Hansen IP Trust v. Coca Cola, Monster Energy, February 2020
$13.3 MILLION VERDICT in traumatic brain injury trial against County...
