Why Use Jury Vetters?

Avoid Trial and Error

We have refined our jury vetting process over the last seven years. Every trial offers unique lessons, but we learned all of our tough lessons early on.

SVC founder Shawn Vincent spent his first years as a litigation consultant vetting juries for indigent criminal defense cases. Over the course of dozens of trials, often with short voir dires, and under less than ideal circumstances, he curated a suite of online tools and developed a workflow that allowed a team to produce accurate results quickly in real time.

Jury Vetting is tricky. A lot can go wrong during a live voir dire. We have already worked all the kinks out of our system while fighting for fair trials for accused murders. When you have a seven or eight figure verdict on the line, it’s not the time to experiment with your jury vetting process.

A Bad Map Is Worse Than No Map At All

In Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Crossing, the protagonist is warned by a stranger that a “bad map is worse than no map at all.”

When it comes to jury vetting, we have found that a bad jury report is worse than no report at all. A disorganized report can confuse and distract a trial attorney who should be focused on the live questioning. An inaccurate report can lead to disastrous decisions.

We have seen the earnest jury vetting efforts of some trial teams result in a mishmash of spreadsheet data that’s difficult to discern. It can cause more confusion than clarity.

We have also seen jury vetting efforts that produced information on the wrong person. It’s easy to confuse people with the same names — especially juniors and seniors. Our team takes the time to authenticate all the information we collect, and we only share it with the trial court when we are substantially certain the information is correct.

Beyond just being correct, we don’t pass on information unless it is relevant. Our Aggregators consider the theme and theory of your case, they are familiar with the traits that make a good palintiff’s juror, and they only pass actionable information that will be relevant to the matter at hand.

Highest and Best Use of Your Time

We believe that during a trial, everyone on the trial team should be doing what is the highest and best use of their time. Depending on the trial, we find it takes three to six people to do the job correctly — to deliver accurate, actionable information in the limited time available.

Do you have three to six people that you can afford to dedicate solely to jury vetting? Don’t they have more important things to do during jury selection? Even if they don’t, are they as experienced and well-trained as our team when it comes to Jury Vetting quickly in real time?

We have a very specific expertise that we have developed and honed over many years and dozens upon dozens of trials. Let us do what we do best so your team can do what they do best.