[Hugh R]

An attorney friend of mine who works for the LA Department of Water and Power once told me you just have to say "I vote my conscience". He said both sides will want to dismiss you.

True story, I got pulled into a jury pool once with about 50 prospective jurors. When they came to questioning me I told the judge that I couldn't serve on that jury because I had sold my house to the plaintiffs counsel, who then turned around and sued me for every little nit picky thing wrong with the house, and that every single item he sued me for had been either disclosed, monies paid into escrow to remedy, or we agreed to disagree and he sued anyway. I also pointed out that the lawyer had sued the guy who sold him his previous house under the exact same circumstances.

The judge dismissed all 50 of us and ordered up a new batch of prospective jurors.