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This document is a page from a legal transcript where a witness named Brune is being questioned about jury selection. Brune recounts how a colleague, Theresa, found a suspended lawyer on Google with the same name as a potential juror, Catherine Conrad. Brune then describes a strategic discussion with a jury consultant who advised striking Conrad from the jury, fearing she would be overly focused on personal responsibility rather than the government's burden of proof.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Brune | Witness/Deponent |
The person being questioned in the transcript, providing the answers (A.).
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| Catherine Conrad | Potential Juror |
The subject of the discussion, a potential juror whose name matched that of a suspended lawyer found on Google.
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| Theresa |
The person who found information on Google about a suspended lawyer named Catherine Conrad and explained it to Brune.
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Organizations (2)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Company |
Mentioned as the search engine used by Theresa to find information about Catherine Conrad.
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| SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. | Company |
The court reporting agency listed at the bottom of the transcript page.
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Timeline (1 events)
A discussion took place regarding whether to keep or strike potential juror Catherine Conrad after it was discovered a suspended lawyer shared her name. The discussion involved weighing the potential biases of a person with a law degree and a recovering alcoholic against the government's burden of proof.
Relationships (2)
Theresa provided research (a Google search result) to Brune in the context of preparing for jury selection for a trial.
Brune consulted with the jury consultant for strategic advice on jury selection, specifically regarding Catherine Conrad.
Key Quotes (2)
"wow, this is very interesting and odd, because the trial is going to be about the law of economic substance and virtually every defendant in the case has a law degree, and so which way does that cut?"Source
— Brune
(Brune recounting what they said to the jury consultant upon learning about the potential juror named Catherine Conrad who might be a suspended lawyer.)
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"you do not want this lady on your jury because a recovering alcoholic tends to be all about taking and imposing personal responsibility and that she'll be more focused on that than on the government's burden of proof, so if this is the same person you should strike her for cause and if that doesn't work you should get her off with a peremptory."Source
— jury consultant
(Brune recounting the advice given by the jury consultant regarding Catherine Conrad.)
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Case #: 2020-0000389 AENurDocument 646-220 Filed 02/22/2022 Page 434 of 3030
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Brune - direct
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1 Q. What were those discussions?
2 A. We didn't have really any information about Catherine
3 Conrad. And I think it was sort of not on the list to search
4 because it was sort of a common name, and Theresa explained,
5 and I can't do this verbatim because at the time this was not
6 such a huge event, but I think Theresa explained that she had
7 gotten on Google, that she had found that there was a suspended
8 lawyer with the name Catherine Conrad and we were going to be
9 doing voir dire of this Catherine Conrad that day. So we
10 talked about it with the jury consultant, and I said something
11 to the jury consultant to the effect of, wow, this is very
12 interesting and odd, because the trial is going to be about the
13 law of economic substance and virtually every defendant in the
14 case has a law degree, and so which way does that cut?
15 And my best recollection is that the jury consultant
16 said you do not want this lady on your jury because a
17 recovering alcoholic tends to be all about taking and imposing
18 personal responsibility and that she'll be more focused on that
19 than on the government's burden of proof, so if this is the
20 same person you should strike her for cause and if that doesn't
21 work you should get her off with a peremptory.
22 Q. Now, this opinion that your firm had in its hand had not
23 just a first name and last name but a middle initial, correct?
24 A. When you say in hand, I don't know that I ever saw the
25 thing and I certainly never saw a printout. But we certainly,
2 A. We didn't have really any information about Catherine
3 Conrad. And I think it was sort of not on the list to search
4 because it was sort of a common name, and Theresa explained,
5 and I can't do this verbatim because at the time this was not
6 such a huge event, but I think Theresa explained that she had
7 gotten on Google, that she had found that there was a suspended
8 lawyer with the name Catherine Conrad and we were going to be
9 doing voir dire of this Catherine Conrad that day. So we
10 talked about it with the jury consultant, and I said something
11 to the jury consultant to the effect of, wow, this is very
12 interesting and odd, because the trial is going to be about the
13 law of economic substance and virtually every defendant in the
14 case has a law degree, and so which way does that cut?
15 And my best recollection is that the jury consultant
16 said you do not want this lady on your jury because a
17 recovering alcoholic tends to be all about taking and imposing
18 personal responsibility and that she'll be more focused on that
19 than on the government's burden of proof, so if this is the
20 same person you should strike her for cause and if that doesn't
21 work you should get her off with a peremptory.
22 Q. Now, this opinion that your firm had in its hand had not
23 just a first name and last name but a middle initial, correct?
24 A. When you say in hand, I don't know that I ever saw the
25 thing and I certainly never saw a printout. But we certainly,
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
(212) 805-0300
(212) 805-0300
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