Jurors Tag

03 Jan

Persuasive engagement & vibes persuade in criminal court- VA defense

Persuasive engagement and well-cultivated vibrations persuade in criminal court. Manipulation is not what persuades, as I have learned time and again as a Virginia criminal lawyer. ...

2018 / Criminal Defense / Persuasion

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31 Dec

Opening hearts and minds to persuade in criminal court – Virginia defense

Opening hearts and minds and ears is an essential part of persuading in criminal defense and in any other endeavor. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, I fully understand and follow that principle....

2017 / Criminal Defense / Persuasion

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13 Sep

Obtaining criminal defense victory through conveying persuasive feelings

A key part of criminal defense victory is for the lawyer to be convinced that the client should be acquitted, to feel that in the lawyer's heart, guts and bones, and to persuasively convey those feelings to the judge and jury....

2017 / Criminal Defense / Persuasion

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01 Jul

Judges and jurors – Police are not immune from lying

Judges and jurors must know that police are not immune from lying. Consider Michael Picard's plight. State trooper(s) from my natal state of Connecticut in September 2015 told Picard he was unlawfully filming them. Picard insisted he had the legal right to film them while...

2017 / Criminal Defense

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24 May

What motivates and keeps the attention of a jury and any audience?

Last night, my son and I attended Tape Face's only appearance in the Washington, D.C., area for his current tour. I had been looking forward to this performance very much, and even more to spending a weeknight on the town with my son. Tape Face,...

2017 / Criminal Defense / Persuasion

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05 Sep

Labor Day- Employees must be treated as full humans, and not as production units

In my role as a lawyer, I remember that judges and the courthouse staff are workers, jurors have their work as jurors and their regular jobs, and prosecutors and police are workers....

2016 / Criminal Defense / Jon's news & views

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15 Aug

Engage people as participants in the circle of the story

Once the persuader fully immerses himself or herself into the circle of the story, and fully engages others from that circle, they will be more likely to want to join the persuader in that persuasive circle. ...

2016 / Criminal Defense / Persuasion

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26 Jun

That person driving like a maniac might become your potential juror

it would be great if I could see potential jurors -- and everyone else I need to deal with for important matters -- driving. ...

2016 / Persuasion

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28 Oct

Jurors know when you judge them. Beware judging

Won't a juror know whether I am judging him or her for the look on his or her face or for his or her fashion or lack thereof, grace and demeanor or lack thereof, and hairstyle? My job with potential jurors is to start persuading...

2015 / Persuasion

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30 Aug

Josh Karton- “Jurors have to be moved to take action.” “They are our co-authors”

Many times I have sung the praises of trial and acting teacher Josh Karton, from whom I learned in 1995 at the Trial Lawyers College to persuade from the deepest and even most emotional and painful spots in my soul. Recently I came across from some...

2015 / Persuasion

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