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!
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