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Litigation

Jun. 2, 2005

Tap Into Jurors' 'New Brain' By Keeping Message Simple

Focus Column - Litigation - By Peter Lengsfelder - "Trials are too important to be left to juries," jury consultant Rankin Fitch reassures his wealthy clients. Fitch, played sardonically by actor Gene Hackman, is a fabrication of the Hollywood thriller, "Runaway Jury." He has John Grisham's cynicism and a proclivity toward intimidation, but he lacks the true litigator's appetite for choreographing facts, performing them in front of jurors and, ultimately, persuading them.

        
        Focus Column
        
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        By Peter Lengsfelder
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