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Law Practice

Sep. 5, 2012

Stereotypes about Los Angeles juries abound

Los Angeles routinely appears on ATRA's list of the top 10 "judicial hell holes" in the nation, so we knew selecting the jury would be difficult. By Lucia E. Coyoca of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP


By Lucia E. Coyoca


We knew selecting the jury would be difficult. The issues to be decided certainly were not easy. In this attorney malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty case the jurors needed to hear and make decisions about complex topics such as film finance transactions and involuntary bankruptcy proceedings. Of course, stereotypes about Los Angeles County Superior Court juries abound. Los Angeles routinely appears on ATRA's list of the top 10 "j...

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