(a) Before or During Trial
No party, attorney, or other interested person may contact or communicate with, directly
or indirectly, any juror, prospective juror, or member of such juror's or prospective juror's
family.
(b) After Trial
After the jury concludes its deliberations and is discharged, a party, attorney, or other
interested person may communicate with a juror who first initiates contact. Unless
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otherwise ordered, no party, lawyer, investigator, or other agent for a party shall attempt
to initiate contact with any trial juror, including any alternate juror. Jurors are free to, but
are under no obligation to, discuss the trial in which the juror has been a participant.
(c) Notice
Subsections (a) and (b) will be posted in the jury rooms of this District and jurors will be
instructed fully as to this matter.
