SAN DIEGO JURY FOCUS GROUPS

Confidence is preparation. Everything else is beyond your control.
~Richard Kline

If you're an attorney and want to polish your Jury Trial Presentation and you represent a plaintiff Injury victim or a person accused of a crime, I’d like to help you and your client.

The price starts at just $1,200 - $1,500 - Call me now to schedule your own Custom Focus Group and see your case really take shape. 760-730-0500

This is what you'll receive from Mr. Duquette:

• Richard Duquette will oppose your presentation – (Voir Dire, opening and cross exam) so a balanced case is presented to the Jury. This also helps prepare your client to testify.
  
• This simulates a real jury trial – in a short time.
  
• Richard Duquette will facilitate and debrief the Jury – during and after their deliberations, which helps glean key information for a winning trial strategy.
  
• Richard Duquette will locate a cross section of jurors; have them sign confidentiality agreements, and evaluations.
  
• A video and audio tape is also included, for you clients review. (I often re-listen to the focus audio tape in my car before trial.)
  
• You watch the Jury deliberate on a remotely located television.
  
• A written report will be generated by Mr. Duquette, highlighting key factors relevant to communication of your story. This includes identifying Juror bias. The criteria and formula integrated into your report represents 10 years of focus experience and 22 years of Jury Trial experience. See my Jury Verdicts.
  
• You will receive Voir Dire motions for more time to pick a jury and a pocket brief supporting your challenge for cause.
  
• You will receive feedback on your (and our suggested use of) inexpensive demonstrative evidence and technology. I will let you experiment with my Elmo and LCD projector. (We can even consult regarding a PowerPoint presentation for an additional fee.)
  
• Mr. Duquette will assist you in putting all the ideas learned from the focus group into a workable story, which can be easily converted into Voir Dire questions and an opening statement.
  
• We provide coffee and water. Catering adds to your cost, but is available if you wish.

Experience:

• For the last 10 years and over 100 focus groups – see my Jury Trials
  
• I’ve perfected the focus group process. I have trained with many Jury Trial Lawyers and Psychologist experts and have tried over 50 Jury Trials – criminal defense and injury cases since licensed in 1983. I have “focused” many of my own cases that have gone to trial as well as those of friends... then watched the jury trials come alive. In other words, I’ve tested my methods in live trials, and then adjusted my method. (One of my focus groups (almost ten years ago) involved a case against the phone (GTE) and electric (SCE) companies. The electric company settled pretrial, and the plaintiff prevailed against the phone company after a Riverside Jury trial).
  
• I have studied Jury Trial lawyering at the Western Institute of Trial Advocacy at the Laramie Wyoming School of Law. (Criminal law) and at Mr. Spence’s Trial Lawyer College in Dubois, Wyoming. These were four day and three week experiences. (My graduation certificate and class photo proves I’m Spence trained. A distinguishing credential.)
  
• I regularly attend continuing education presentations, with particular interest in jury bias, psychodrama, and psychology in the courtroom. I’m a member of the American Association of Jury Consultants.
  
• I have conducted seminars teaching my focus group techniques to the San Diego Consumer Attorneys – (Lab), San Diego Public Defenders (training session) and the Bar Association of North San Diego County – (Criminal Law Section).

My Commitment to the legal profession and you:

• Since starting my practice the day after I was sworn in on June 3, 1983, I have dedicated my entire career to helping ordinary people beat the insurance industry, the government and other large  corporations. In other words, I’ve never switched sides because I’d make more money, or to become  popular.
  
• My jury laboratory is just that, an ever growing and developing use of training and creative ideas to help ordinary people obtain justice in America’s courtrooms, regardless of age, race, religion, nationality, sexual preference or politics.
  
• Last, I want to improve the image of lawyers, and assist the justice system to economically do jury trials…which I believe is a fading art form.

See my Jury Trial Results

Psychodrama & Trial Preparation



Interesting Stuff:

Mr. Duquette has represented Hells Angles, Police Officers, Soldiers, CPAs, Doctors, Lawyers, a national men’s magazine publishers’ nephew, world famous Athletes, and your every day working class heroes. In the process he’s laughed and cried with his clients.

Boring Stuff:

My resumé, my athletic accomplishments (including twice finishing the Iron man Triathlon), my volunteer service, etc.  Also feel free to read the many practical articles written to help clients as well as lots of other useful information.

Location:

Custom tailored focus groups are held at my office in the lovely seaside community of Carlsbad. 

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