Selecting a Winning Jury with Harry Plotkin
Ben and Rahul talk jury selection with Harry Plotkin, a nationally renowned expert on jury selection who has picked over a thousand juries in cases across the country. Harry has been involved in many high-profile cases and ground-breaking plaintiff’s verdicts. Harry shares his strategies for identifying favorable and unfavorable jurors and identifies areas where lawyer intuition leads to poor choices in jury selection. Harry explains how involvement of a jury consultant can increase the chances of a good result at trial. If you are heading to trial and picking a jury, you don’t want to miss this episode! About Harry Plotkin Harry is a nationally renowned jury consultant and leading voice in the field of jury decision-making, psychology, and persuasion. He has helped shape the outcome of over one thousand trials across the country in nearly every state. $19.25 MILLION VERDICT in dangerous condition trial in Santa Cruz Howard v. CalTrans, February 2023 100% LIABILITY VERDICT in liability phase/fall down lift shaft trial in San Mateo Veimau v. Phillips, December 2022 (settled for large confidential amount before damage phase) $45 MILLION VERDICT in public school district physical abuse trial in Los Angeles Wong v. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, October 2022 $464.2 MILLION VERDICT in employment retaliation trial in Los Angeles Martinez/Page v. Southern California Edison, June 2022 $150 MILLION VERDICT in wrongful death trial in Palm Springs Collins v. Diamond Generating Company, July 2022 $11 MILLION VERDICT in pedestrian v. auto crash trial in Santa Monica Knight v. Haskell, August 2022 $34.5 MILLION VERDICT in aiding/abetting wrongful termination in Santa Cruz Ruvalcaba v. Keenan & Associates, May 2022 $102.5 MILLION VERDICT in public school district sexual abuse trial in San Jose Doe v. Union School District, March 2022 $25.7 MILLION VERDICT in medical malpractice arbitration in San Diego Vargas v. Kaiser Permanente, April 2022 $23.2 MILLION VERDICT in care home death (of an 81 year-old) trial in Bakersfield Mosley v. Pacifica Healthcare, March 2022 $10 MILLION VERDICT in "jaywalking" pedestrian death trial in Long Beach Garcia v. Herrera, December 2021 $7.2 MILLION VERDICT in federal airline/unruly passenger mistreatment trial in LA Bandary v. Delta, October 2021 $136.9 MILLION VERDICT in federal hostile work environment/race trial in SF Diaz v. Tesla, October 2021 $12.6 MILLION VERDICT in spinal fusion/premises liability trial Acosta v. Athena Management, August 2021 $6.4 MILLION VERDICT in spinal stimulator/vehicle crash trial in Orange County Castaneda v. Perez, September 2021 $13 MILLION VERDICT *county record* in wrongful death/product trial in rural Missouri Church v. CNH Industrial, November 2020 $25.6 MILLION VERDICT in dangerous condition/pedestrian stuck in crosswalk trial Tusant v. City of Hemet, February 2020 $17 MILLION VERDICT (with fees) in right of publicity trial in San Diego Hansen IP Trust v. Coca Cola, Monster Energy, February 2020 $13.3 MILLION VERDICT in traumatic brain injury trial against County sheriffs/nurses Collins v. County of San Diego, July 2019 $2 MILLION VERDICT in non-termination retaliation trial against a public university Linskey v. UC Irvine, April 2019 $6.5 MILLION VERDICT in zero-offer, coffee burn trial against a hotel DeRuyver v. Omni La Costa, March 2019 $7 MILLION VERDICT in 70-mph motorcyclist's wrongful death against local city Ascensio v. Covina, October 2018 $45.4 MILLION VERDICT in failure to prevent sexual abuse trial against local County F.M. v. Los Angeles County DCFS, July 2018$2 MILLION VERDICT in non-termination retaliation trial against a public university Linskey. v. UC Regents, April 2019 $16.2 MILLION VERDICT in disputed slip-and-fall, disputed brain injury trial Kidd v. WKS/El Pollo Loco, February 2018 $25 MILLION VERDICT in product liability/wrongful death trial Cruz, Mathenge v. Nissan North America, July 2017 DEFENSE VERDICT ($30M+ demand) in fraud/fiduciary duty trial Hotze v. Hotze, October 2018 DEFENSE VERDICT ($30M demand) in fraud/elder abuse trial Howard v. Howard, September 2018 $25.1 MILLION VERDICT in whistleblower retaliation trial Babyak v. Cardiovascular Systems, April 2017 $29 MILLION VERDICT in medical malpractice trial Williams v. Pilapil, March 2017 $16.3 MILLION VERDICT in trip and fall trial Picazzo v. CW Driver, October 2017 DEFENSE VERDICT ($16M demand)in fraud/breach of contract trial Oregon Ice Cream v. Gleason, April 2017 $256 MILLION VERDICT in fraud/breach of contract trial Kahn v. Nissan, May 2017 $26 MILLION VERDICT in wrongful death (of a minor) trial Zisette v. Starline, November 2016 $5.3 MILLION VERDICT plus malice in negligence/molestation trial Doe v. Five Acres, May 2017 $27 MILLION VERDICT in wrongful death/construction site trial Gonzalez v. Atlas Supply, July 2016 $47 MILLION VERDICT in breach of contract/employment trial Stewart v. AAPS, February 2016 $2.9 MILLION VERDICT (plus malice) in wrongful termination trial Mackey v. Helinet, January 2016 $14 MILLION VERDICT in insurance bad faith trial Madrigal v. Allstate, November 2015 $7.1 MILLION VERDICT in age discrimination trial Simers v. LA Times, November 2015 $10.5 MILLION VERDICT in breach of contract trial Stelluti Kerr v. Mapei Corporation, November 2015 $3.5 MILLION VERDICT in eye injury trial versus charter bus Guerra v. Starline, November 2015 $9.7 MILLION VERDICT in product liability/design defect trial Rivera v. Volvo, August 2015 $28 MILLION VERDICT in medical malpractice/failure to diagnose trial Rahm v. Kaiser Permanente, March 2015 $60 MILLION VERDICT in federal wrongful death/product liability trial Shinedling v. Sunbeam, June 2015 $8.7 MILLION VERDICT in single-plaintiff discrimination/retaliation trial Leggins v. Rite Aide, July 2015 DEFENSE VERDICT in class-action bad faith trial Keller, et. al. v. California State University, April 2015 Class sought $58 million in damages, plus interest $1.75 MILLION VERDICT + MALICE in employment retaliation trial Wascher v. Kaiser, June 2015 No claims for economic damages, only emotional distress $3.3 MILLION VERDICT + MALICE in breach of fiduciary duty trial Colaco v. Cavotec, June 2015 DEFENSE VERDICT on claims, won on counter-claims $16.2 MILLION VERDICT against employer in car crash/injury trial Evans v. Prospect Education, February 2015 Jury found driver was in “course and scope” while commuting $58 MILLION VERDICT in personal injury/car crash trial Herman v. Cardiel, June 2014 Verdict included $45 million in non-economic damages RECORD VERDICT in a federal whistleblower trial Zulfer v. Playboy, March 2014 $6 million verdict, plus finding of malice (settled) DEFENSE VERDICT in product liability/wrongful death trial Chen v. BusWest, April 2015 Plaintiff’s attorney asked for $57 million in closing
Selecting a Winning Jury with Harry Plotkin