Focus Groups & Trial Consulting Services

Spartan Executives (a division of First Court) provides trial consulting services for lawyers and their clients throughout the United States

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Jury Selection

The objective of jury selection is to acquire the best possible information including background and exposing biases, to nurture a relationship between counsel and jurors, and to accustom the jurors to the case theme.

In jury selection assistance Spartan Executives help select juries that will be impartial and fair. Through training, education, and expertise, Spartan Executives makes suggestions in the development and performance of voir dire. The suggestions can help reveal a juror's true attitudes and expose life experiences that might affect their judgment of the case. Spartan Executives also provides the attorney with an objective and scientific basis for making decisions about prospective jurors.

Courtroom Observation

Courtroom observation assesses the strengths, and vulnerabilities of the cases as it is being argued. Observation of juror reactions during testimony of experts and other witnesses can give counsel an edge in constructing exemplary direct and cross-examination questions that resonate with the jurors. Courtroom observation can be extremely important in a case as it can address areas of weakness, confusion, and strengths.

 

Witness Preparation

Spartan Executives believes that effective witness preparation can drastically improve the witness' ability to respond to questions in a successful manner. Witness preparation educates the witness about various questioning techniques utilized by opposing counsel that might be employed to confuse the witness or used to damage their credibility. Witness preparation helps the witness with overall responses, controls the level of detail in the witness' answers and can develop themes and anchors to employ while testifying. The benefit of witness preparation is that it helps the witness to learn how to emphasize their strengths and minimize their weaknesses. It reduces anxiety and witness preparation helps the witness identify self-protective reactions and identifies how the witness sounds to others, and how he/she present themselves.

Witness preparation through Spartan Executives ensures that the witness has the opportunity to tell their story.

Witness preparation