Dr. Melissa Pigott presented at the Annual Meeting of the Georgia Society for Healthcare Risk Management, GSHRM, at the Lanier Islands Resort. Dr. Pigott presented Utilizing Psychological Science in Litigation on May 2, 2024 and Jurors Say the Darndest Things on May 3, 2024. Dr. Pigott is a social psychologist who has been working as […]
February 1, 2024, Dr. Melissa Pigott presented 25 Common Mistakes in Voir Dire at the State Attorney’s Office For The 15th Judicial Circuit in West Palm Beach, FL. (The State Attorney is Palm Beach County is the Honorable Dave Aronberg, a friend of Magnus’ partners and with others in his office, a client of Magnus.) Dr.
Magnus’ Director of Research and founding partner, Dr. Melissa Pigott, presented “Jurors Say the Darndest Things” at the 27th Annual Florida Eminent Domain Conference, held in Ybor City, November 13 and 14, 2023.
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Dr. Melissa Pigott will present Jurors Say the Darndest Things at the 27th Annual Florida Eminent Domain Conference in Tampa, FL on November 14, 2023. This presentation is based on her decades of work as a trial consultant. Having observed thousands of mock jury panels deliberate, certain parts of the deliberations stand out. They are sometimes sobering attention
Dr. Melissa Pigott presented 25 Common Mistakes in Voir Dire at the State Attorney’s Office For The Fourth Judicial Circuit in Jacksonville, FL on November 3, 2023. This presentation is based on an article she published identifying the top 25 mistakes she has observed attorneys make during voir dire and how to avoid them. See
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Dr. Melissa Pigott will be speaking on Maximizing Litigation Outcomes at the 2023 Florida Liability Claims Conference (FLCC) presented by the Florida Defense Lawyers Association (FDLA) on June 15, 2023 in Orlando. Her co-presenter for the program is FDLA Past President Michael Corso, Esq. of the Henderson Franklin law firm in Fort Myers. Collaboration between
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Dr. Melissa Pigott is speaking at the 2023 DRI Business and Intellectual Property Litigation Super Conference on Maximizing Voir Dire in I.P. Cases, April 26-28 in New Orleans, LA. Intellectual property cases require special voir dire skills due to the complexities of the case issues and the jurors’ unfamiliarity with them. This seminar will review
Dr. Melissa Pigott presented “Trial Jury Selection Overview” to the Palm Beach Chapter of The American Board of Trial Advocates. The continuing legal education presentation was made at the day-long masters in Trial Seminar of the ABOTA Chapter in West Palm Beach, Florida at The Ben, Autograph Collection Hotel.
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Magnus is proud to be a Gold Sponsor the Palm Beach Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. We wish Ben Bedard, Esq., of Roberts, Reynolds, Bedard, and Tuzzio, P.A. a successful year as chapter President. http://www.abotapb.org/
Jacksonville University, David Fauss’ alma mater, has announced the opening of a new College of Law with classes beginning in Fall 2022. Melissa and David are excited to be on the host committee for the launch reception on March 23. The College of Law campus will be downtown, in the Vystar building, and the City
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