If a case goes to trial, one of the most important parts of the trial is the jury selection. In auto accident cases, jury selection is extremely important. The insurance industry has done a great job convincing the public that anyone who is injured in an accident is possibly faking it. In Dallas County, this is especially true. So going into a trial, any Dallas automobile accident lawyer needs to address that first hurdle in jury selection. You cannot remove everyone that has any opinion on lawsuits. That would leave you with nobody, and the judges will not usually allow that. They want to get your case into trial and get the case over and off their docket typically. But you do have a right to have jurors who have not already made up their mind before ever hearing any evidence.
The following clip is a good refresher on jury selection / voir dire and how to do an effective voir dire / jury selection:
