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This document is a transcript of a direct examination of a witness named Brune regarding their legal team's preparation for jury selection (voir dire). The questioning focuses on the timeline and handling of key documents, including a juror list, questionnaires, research from the Nardello firm, and a specific '2010 suspension opinion' concerning Catherine M. Conrad. The witness confirms the opinion was discussed in the presence of jury consultant Dennis Donahue before or during the voir dire process.
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Brune | Witness |
The individual being questioned throughout the transcript (direct examination).
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| Catherine M. Conrad |
Subject of a '2010 suspension opinion' that the witness possessed before voir dire.
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| Theresa Trzaskoma |
Allegedly told and showed the witness the opinion regarding Catherine M. Conrad.
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| Dennis Donahue | Jury consultant |
Was present during a discussion about the suspension opinion.
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Organizations (2)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Nardello firm | company |
Provided research results to the witness's firm prior to voir dire.
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| SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. | company |
The court reporting agency that transcribed the deposition.
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Timeline (2 events)
pre voir dire stage
The witness's firm received a juror list, questionnaires, and research from the Nardello firm in preparation for the voir dire stage of a trial.
prior to the start of voir dire
A discussion about the 2010 suspension opinion concerning Catherine M. Conrad took place. The witness clarifies it may have been the morning before court or mid-voir dire.
Relationships (2)
Brune states they discussed a case-related opinion in the presence of Dennis Donahue, who is identified as 'the jury consultant'.
The questioner alleges that Theresa Trzaskoma showed an opinion to Brune, suggesting they are colleagues working on the same case.
Key Quotes (1)
"I don't think it was prior to the start of voir dire, but it was in the morning before court, maybe some point mid-voir dire, and I don't know that she showed it to me, but we certainly discussed it in the presence of Dennis Donahue, the jury consultant."Source
— Brune
(Responding to a question about when and from whom they received the '2010 suspension opinion' regarding Catherine M. Conrad.)
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Brune - direct
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Q. All right. Well, let's talk about the pre voir dire stage. Now, your firm received the juror list from the juror clerk, correct?
A. That's my understanding, yes.
Q. And your team analyzed it and other information that you all had gathered at that point, correct?
A. I think what happened, and I wasn't as close to it as others, is that we received the questionnaires together with the jury list and then started kind of focusing on the questionnaires. But I agree with you that we received both.
Q. And the Nardello firm provided to you the results of the research that it was asked to do prior to the start of voir dire, correct?
A. That's right.
Q. Now, you conceded in your papers that you had in your possession the 2010 suspension opinion related to Catherine M. Conrad prior to the start of voir dire, correct?
A. I certainly said that and it's so.
Q. And in fact, Theresa Trzaskoma told you and showed you that opinion prior to the start of voir dire, correct?
A. I don't think it was prior to the start of voir dire, but it was in the morning before court, maybe some point mid-voir dire, and I don't know that she showed it to me, but we certainly discussed it in the presence of Dennis Donahue, the jury consultant.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
(212) 805-0300
Brune - direct
261
Q. All right. Well, let's talk about the pre voir dire stage. Now, your firm received the juror list from the juror clerk, correct?
A. That's my understanding, yes.
Q. And your team analyzed it and other information that you all had gathered at that point, correct?
A. I think what happened, and I wasn't as close to it as others, is that we received the questionnaires together with the jury list and then started kind of focusing on the questionnaires. But I agree with you that we received both.
Q. And the Nardello firm provided to you the results of the research that it was asked to do prior to the start of voir dire, correct?
A. That's right.
Q. Now, you conceded in your papers that you had in your possession the 2010 suspension opinion related to Catherine M. Conrad prior to the start of voir dire, correct?
A. I certainly said that and it's so.
Q. And in fact, Theresa Trzaskoma told you and showed you that opinion prior to the start of voir dire, correct?
A. I don't think it was prior to the start of voir dire, but it was in the morning before court, maybe some point mid-voir dire, and I don't know that she showed it to me, but we certainly discussed it in the presence of Dennis Donahue, the jury consultant.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
(212) 805-0300
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