One of the greatest concerns attorneys have when approaching trial is the great unknown – the jury. Millions of dollars and thousands of hours are spent analyzing the potential result from the 12 people in that little wooden box. And from voir dire to deliberations, the potential biases of the jurors will have a huge impact on the result of the case. While jurors are told that they must only base their decision on the facts, there is much more that goes into their ultimate decisions about the case.
In this course, attorney Joel Selik presents a lively discussion on common bias considerations with juries at voir dire, trial and deliberations. Mr. Selik mainly address the following subjects: why we have to identify biases for jury trials, the types of biases exhibited by jurors, social biases & juries, decision-making, belief & behavioral bases in jurors, memory errors & biases in jurors. The types of biases discussed include social bias, fundamental attribution error, illusory superiority, ingroup bias, trait ascription bias, defensive attribution hypothesis, anchoring bias, attentional bias, availability heuristic, belief bias, cheerleader effect, regressive bias, memory bias, confirmation bias and hindsight bias. Mr. Selik also discusses methods of determining juror bias and common biases such as tort reform bias and blaming others.
Joel G. Selik is a member of both the California and Nevada State Bars. His practice primarily focuses on Litigation and Tax. In Tax, Mr. Selik is proud to assist taxpayers, businesses and individuals with solutions to problems with the IRS. In his litigation practice Mr. Selik is well known for his Medical Malpractice and Nursing Home cases. Mr. Selik is a Member of the California and Nevada Bar, the San Diego County and North County Bar Association as well as the Nevada Trial Lawyers Association and Consumer Attorneys of San Diego. Mr. Selik has given many seminars on Estate Planning, Nursing Home Litigation and other legal topics and was an Adjunct Professor of Law at a local law school.