The way that juries process information has fundamentally changed over the last few decades – you can thank Big Bird and YouTube for that. Today’s jurors are less apt to soak up volumes of information that complex cases require. Because of this short attention span, you must be as dynamic as possible to grab the jury’s attention and persuade them to find for your client. When it comes to the all-important closing argument, you should keep your message simple, brief and easy to understand.
In this fast paced and informative CLE course, you will learn how to provide an effective and succinct closing argument that the jury will be able to process and remember when they walk into deliberations. Trial attorney David A. Fox discusses how jurors learn & retain information, using different media in your closing, connecting with the jury, framing the debate, focusing on responsibility & jury instructions, crafting your message, being outcome determinative, keeping your message easy to understand, streamlining your trial and solving the problem. Dave covers a number of practice points and uses case examples from the following causes of action: criminal conspiracy to commit robbery, slip & fall, fraud, personal injury, negligence and wrongful death.
Dave Fox is a trial lawyer that has dedicated his career to helping ordinary people going through extraordinary circumstances. Dave has obtained remarkable settlements and verdicts for his clients in difficult cases involving wrongful death, catastrophic injuries, premises liability and fraud.