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eJury, L.L.C. began operations in November of 1999,
founded by Christopher L. Bagby, a trial attorney who recognized
that the Internet's ability to connect people was the
perfect way to empower attorneys with the knowledge of
others. "Most attorneys know, it is not what we think
about a case that's important. It's what jurors
think that's important. The whole idea behind eJury
was to let the attorney know what a large group of common, everyday jurors
thought about the case...and it just grew from there."
Since its inception, eJury
has quickly become the leader in online mock jury and
focus group research, handling hundreds of cases for
attorneys across the southwest and now serving attorneys
nationwide. Mr. Bagby attributes the success
to a bigger market of cases. "The problem with
traditional mock juries or focus groups is the high
cost. The Internet allowed us to cut that cost. We don't need a courtroom. We don't
need a deliberations room. And our jurors don't have
to drive across town to participate, so we've been able
to price our services to fit a much larger spectrum of
cases."
| What
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eJury provides attorneys the opportunity to learn what
others think about their cases. eJury functions much like
a traditional "live" mock jury or focus group except that the jurors (or eJurors)
participate via the Internet. The convenience of online
participation allows for a larger panel on each case, giving the
attorney the type of feedback normally associated with large focus
group research, but without the traditionally high cost. The
results give the submitting attorney something he/she can
use to promote settlement and/or prepare for trial.
| Who
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Christopher L. Bagby |
cbagby@ejury.com |
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The
founder of eJury obtained his B.B.A. from Texas Tech
University in 1987, and his law degree from Texas
Tech University School of Law in 1990. A
third-generation attorney, Mr. Bagby joined his
father's practice, the Law Offices of W. McFarland
Bagby, in 1992. Together, father and son grew the
Bagby Law Firm, P.C. into the most successful
personal injury firm in Arlington, Texas. While the
majority of his work was focused on representing
injury victims, Mr. Bagby has handled numerous jury
trials on both sides of the docket. He is licensed
by the state bars of both Texas and Colorado. A
past president of the Arlington Bar Association, and
former member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association
and American Trial Lawyers Association, Mr. Bagby is
a firm believer in the importance of the civil jury
system. He has been a frequent lecturer at seminars
across the country, speaking to both plaintiff
attorneys and defense counsel about the value of
online mock trials and focus groups. Mr. Bagby now
lives and works in Bend, Oregon, where he continues
to serve a growing list of attorneys with cases in
all U.S. venues.
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Patrick B. Jordan |
pjordan@ejury.com |
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With
a background that combines journalism, public
relations, and 15+ years of experience in the legal
field, Mr. Jordan has been an integral part of
eJury's success from its inception. He
obtained his Bachelor of Arts from the Department of
Communications School of Journalism at the
University of Texas at Arlington in 1994. Mr.
Jordan spent several years working for the largest
record retrieval firm in Texas before joining the
Bagby Law Firm, P.C. in 1991, where he has become
proficient in case evaluation, investigation,
evidence management, people and asset location, as
well as video and photography production. Mr.
Jordan is eJury's primary sales consultant and a
frequent presenter at various legal seminars
throughout the Southwest.
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Brett Dolecheck |
bdolecheck@ejury.com |
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As the
driving force behind eJury's technical development,
Mr. Dolecheck benefits from 20+ years of experience
in the storage, network management, security and
e-commerce fields. He is currently directing the
software development of NetApp's cluster-mode SAN
product. His past experience includes directing
software development teams at Adaptec and Falconstor
Software. Prior to the acquisition by Falconstor
Software, Mr. Dolecheck was the Chief Technology
Officer and Vice President of Engineering at IP
Metrics Software and was the primary architect for
their very successful network adapter load-balancing
and redundancy product. Prior to IP Metrics, Mr.
Dolecheck served as the Director of Software
Development at Network-1 Software & Technology,
Inc., where he was responsible for directing its
entire development team and is accredited with
architecting Network-1's innovative NT architecture
now imitated by other security vendors. Mr.
Dolecheck holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer
Science from University of Louisiana at Monroe
(formally known as Northeast Louisiana University).
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| Thanks
to the eJurors
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I often remember the early days when we
started eJury with nothing more than a piece of paper I
kept in my back pocket. Every time I'd see a friend,
I'd ask for their e-mail address and
write it down on that piece of paper. Pretty soon,
my wife was helping out asking her friends for e-mail
addresses. Then my sister and her husband would do
the same, and even my parents got in on the act.
Before long, we had 100 people wanting to be e-mailed the
first case. The case went out and the response was
overwhelming. More than 85% completed the case and
e-mailed back their answers. From there, the website
was launched, and the rest is, as they say...history.
In those early
days, eJury was literally a group of friends. I
personally knew just about everyone who rendered a
verdict. And it was always so reaffirming to see an
eJuror out in public, and hear them talk about how much
fun they are having participating and how interesting they
find some of the cases. I've even had eJurors tell
me that participating makes them feel important...makes
them feel as though their opinion really matters.
As eJury has grown and the number of
people participating as eJurors has climbed into the
thousands, it is obviously impossible to personally know
them all. Nevertheless, I still consider it a group
of friends, and will always be thankful to every friend
who signs-up.
To every eJuror, I say thanks. We
couldn't do it without you.
Christopher L.
Bagby
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