Personal Injury Juries: Overcoming Politics and Conspiracy Theories
Contending With Cognitive Consistency, Understanding the Effect of the Pandemic, Framing Arguments for Intuitive Processing
Recording of a 90-minute CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE webinar will discuss the influence of political leanings and conspiracy theories on juries and how to address them. The panel will review traditional views on the relationship between politics and responsibility, the psychological make-up of a conspiracy theorist, why it has become significant for juries, and how to potentially identify conspiracy theorists, as well as offer strategies for converting these jurors despite unshakeable convictions.
Outline
- Traditional views on the relationship between politics and responsibility
- The psychological make-up of a conspiracy theorist
- Impact of conspiracy theorists on juries
- How to potentially identify conspiracy theorists
- Strategies for converting these jurors despite unshakeable convictions
Benefits
The panel will review these another key issues:
- What is cognitive consistency and why is it so powerful?
- What is the effect of the pandemic on the rise of conspiracy theories?
- How does one wrap an argument around an audience's existing beliefs?
Faculty
Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm, Ph.D.
Senior Litigation Consultant
Persuasion Strategies
Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm has provided research and strategic advice on several hundred cases across the country for the past... | Read More
Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm has provided research and strategic advice on several hundred cases across the country for the past 21 years, applying a doctorate in communication emphasizing the areas of legal persuasion and rhetoric. As a tenured Associate Professor of Communication Studies, he has taught courses including legal communication, argumentation, persuasion, and research methods. He has trained and consulted in 19 countries around the world and is Past President of the American Society of Trial Consultants.
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Marchello D. Gray
Partner
Hollingsworth
Mr. Gray is a key member of the firm’s Complex Litigation, Pharmaceutical Products, and Toxic Torts &... | Read More
Mr. Gray is a key member of the firm’s Complex Litigation, Pharmaceutical Products, and Toxic Torts & Products Liability practice groups where he represents multiple Global 500 chemical and drug corporations. Bringing a real-world sense to the legal issues and problems faced by these companies in a wide range of matters, Mr. Gray has an instinctive ability to unravel the complexities of mass tort litigation into simple, straightforward themes that effectively convey our clients’ stories to judges and juries. He is experienced with all facets of the litigation process. This experience includes coordinating company-wide electronic discovery document collection and production; evidentiary and dispositive motions practice; the preparation for and defense of depositions of corporate representatives, corporate fact witnesses, and expert witnesses; defending mediation; and trial. Mr. Gray has specialized in developing the company’s science-based defense strategy and has worked extensively with the expert witnesses on report preparation, deposition testimony, and trial testimony.
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Carrie J. Williams
Partner
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann
Ms. Williams is a partner at Goodell DeVries and a member of the firm's Appellate Practice Group. She represents... | Read More
Ms. Williams is a partner at Goodell DeVries and a member of the firm's Appellate Practice Group. She represents clients across the firm's many practice groups in pre-trial and appellate matters. Ms. Williams brings 16 years of appellate experience at the Maryland Office of the Attorney General, where she served as Principal Counsel for Criminal Policy and, before that, Division Chief of the Criminal Appeals Division. She is one of the few private attorneys selected among many appellate judges in the inaugural class of Maryland's Cole-Davidson Appellate Inn of Court. In 2023, Ms. Williams was appointed by Governor Wes Moore to the Appellate Courts Judicial Nominating Commission.
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