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Pinellas County Courthouse,
Sixth Judicial Circuit, Clearwater, Florida
The first Pinellas County Courthouse was
a makeshift building constructed to ensure that Clearwater
would be guaranteed status as the county seat. This courthouse,
constructed in 1963, is around the corner from the 1918 courthouse.
Clearwater now shares the county seat with St. Petersburg.
The Practice
The practice of law is constantly changing and growing. Litigators
must keep up with changes in the law, changes in their clients’
needs, and changes in fact finder (jury) impressions. The
amount of information an attorney must process in handling
a case is enormous. Ironically, while the litigator ultimately
must be prepared to "do battle" in the courtroom,
opportunities to hone trial skills are reduced by the often
compulsory utilization of alternative dispute resolution procedures.
Thus, many attorneys are becoming more experienced at influencing
mediators and arbitrators than they are at persuading jurors.
How can the trial attorney get the edge with jurors?
One way to keep trial skills sharp and to
ensure everything possible is being done for the client, even
under changing conditions, is to conduct jury research. Knowing
what the jury wants to know helps you streamline the case
and allows you to work "smarter". Jury research
helps the litigator integrate all case information available,
perform effectively and efficiently, and lets the client know
that the best possible result was achieved.
Call the experts at Magnus for information
on maximizing results.
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