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The Importance of Connecting with the Jury

Total Credits: 1.5 including 1.5 General

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Trial Skills
Faculty:
Margaret Simonian |  Michael Schneider |  James Gilmore |  Clinton Campion
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1 Hour 22 Minutes
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THE IMPORTANCE OF CONNECTING  WITH THE JURY
(1.5 General CLE Credits)
James Gilmore, Michael Schneider, Clint Campion, and Meg Simonian

Meg Simonian, with the help of Mr. Gilmore, Mr. Schneider, and Mr. Campion will outline how credibility, authenticity and a value driven trial presentation can help bridge the divisions that exist when 12 random strangers are asked to do justice, and rely on information filtered through people who they do not trust. It will help address some techniques for finding and communicating authenticity to the jury. It will discuss some practical ways to build credibility. Finally, Meg Simonian will discuss why a jury has to be  cohesive, and how trial lawyers can do some specific things during the trial to promote that cohesiveness to work in favor of your case.

Handouts

2021_CONVENTION MATS_CONNECTING WITH JURY (1.40 MB)

 

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Faculty

Margaret Simonian's Profile

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Meg Simonian is an accomplished trial lawyer and litigator who has been practicing law in Alaska since 1999.  After serving as a law clerk for the Anchorage Superior Court, she began her legal career as a felony trial lawyer at the Alaska Public Defender Agency and Office of Public Advocacy.  Meg has tried complex federal and state white-collar criminal cases.  Before joining Dillon & Findley in 2010, Meg worked on complex litigation cases, with a primary focus of insurance bad faith cases at Friedman & Rubin.  She practices civil law, emphasizing plaintiff’s medical malpractice, serious injury or death, and other complex litigation.  Meg has successfully settled and tried multi-million dollar cases in both federal and state courts.

Michael Schneider's Profile

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Mr. Schneider owns the Law Offices of Michael J. Schneider, P.C. He is a charter member and past President of the Alaska Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (A.B.O.T.A.).  He is a sustaining member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) and a former state delegate. He has also served as Alaska’s representative to the national AAJ Board of Governors.  He is an active member of the Alaska Association for Justice (former president and board member). He is a former editor of the Alaska Bar Rag and was a contributor on tort and insurance law topics.  In 2002, he was presented with the Board of Governors Professionalism Award by the Alaska Bar Association in recognition of exemplary conduct in his association with the public, his colleagues and the legal community.

James Gilmore's Profile

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Jim Gilmore is a retired lawyer living on Bainbridge Island, WA. He graduated from law school in 1966, was admitted to the Alaska Bar in 1967, and worked at Hughes, Thorsness, and Lowe from 1966 to 1969 when, at its inception, he joined the Alaska Public Defender Agency. In 1972, he began a solo practice, which morphed into several different partnerships over the next 35+ years – always a trial practice which included criminal, medical and legal malpractice defense cases. He tried cases all over the state in all venues (city hall basements with folding chairs and card tables).  He was admitted to the American College of Trial lawyers in 1986, served on the Alaska Judicial Council, and on various committees. In 2006 he moved to Port Townsend, WA where he tried conflict cases for the Public Defender’s Office, and trained and mentored newly hired Public Defenders. In 2016, he self-published Trial Practice, a cult classic, more affectionately referred to as the “Wee Treatise.” 

Clinton Campion's Profile

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Clint joined Sedor Wendlandt Evans & Filippi in 2017. His practice focuses on litigation, education law, health care law, and employment law. His prior litigation experience focused on criminal jury trials and military courts-martial. Clint has expertise in representing service members and peace officers in need of legal representation.
Clint served on active duty for nine years in the U.S. Army as a Judge Advocate. His military career took him to Fort Drum, Kosovo, Germany, Kuwait, Iraq, and finally, Alaska. Since 2005, Clint fine-tuned his litigation and leadership skills as a military lawyer and a state prosecutor. He served in the Alaska Army National Guard from 2009 to 2015. Clint was appointed as Anchorage’s District Attorney in 2015. As District Attorney, Clint led the largest prosecutor’s office in the State of Alaska. 

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