Why Jury Consultants Are Now Essential in High-Stakes Trials

Are reports of the jury trial’s death greatly exaggerated? While jury trials are less common than they were decades ago, we’ve seen a surprising number of them in 2024: E. Jean Carroll’s civil case against former President Donald Trump for sexual abuse and defamation, Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg’s criminal case against Donald Trump over hush-money payments, gun prosecutions of Hunter Biden and Alec Baldwin, and the corruption case against US Sen. Bob Menendez.

With the exception of the Baldwin case, which was dismissed mid-trial, all these cases went to verdict. And here’s something else they probably shared in common: ...