(A) Under no condition shall an attorney or party personally or through any
person acting for such attorney or party ask questions of or make comments
to a member of that jury or the members of the family (for definition of
family members, see Local Civ. Rule 47.03 (D.S.C.), supra) of such a juror
until after such juror has been permanently dismissed from jury service and
has left the courthouse premises.19
(B) Attorneys or parties who choose to contact a juror after such juror has been
permanently dismissed and has left the courthouse premises do so at their
own peril. Under no circumstances shall an attorney, party, or any person
acting therefor, ask questions of or make comments to a member of that jury
that are calculated to harass or embarrass a juror or to influence the juror’s
actions in future jury service.
