“Who is the superhero in the courtroom? Is it the judge? The injured victim? Is it the trial attorney?”

David and Jonathan Drexler recently had an article featured in the Attorney At Law Magazine. To Impress Juries, Trial Attorneys Should Tap Their [Visualization] Super Powers compares being a trial attorney to being a story teller — specifically a comic book storyteller — and the importance of such.

To answer the question posed above, the Drexler Law Firm believes that the jurors are the superheroes of the courtroom and — just as Uncle Ben led Peter Parker to understand that “With great power comes great responsibility” — it’s up to the trial attorney to guide them to use their powers properly and fairly.

In order to lead jurors to embrace their superpowers, trial attorneys need to facilitate emotional connections, identifications and empathy with the client and the matter. They need to utilize narrative tools such as repetition, dynamic composition and sequence in order to capture the audiences attention and persuade the situation.

Infamous cases such as People v. O.J. Simpson and California v. Murray show the importance of visual storytelling and the impact they can have with the jury’s decision.

Ultimately, it’s the trial attorney’s responsibility to guide jurors to use their powers to serve the greater good.

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Read the full article here: To Impress Juries, Trial Attorneys Should Tap Their [Visualization] Super Powers