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Closing Arguments Complete: Day 11 of Sitzer/Burnett
On October 30, Day 11 of Sitzer/Burnett, attorneys for the plaintiffs and defense gave their closing arguments and rebuttal.
October 31, 2023
On October 30, Day 11 of Sitzer/Burnett, attorneys for the plaintiffs and defense gave their closing arguments and rebuttal.
On Friday, October 27, Day 10 of Sitzer/Burnett, Gary Keller, co-founder of Keller Williams, took the stand and remained there for much of the day’s proceedings. Closing arguments are expected to begin today (Monday, October 30).
On Day 9 of the Sitzer/Burnett trial, defendants called additional witnesses to the stand, including David Stevens, former Federal Housing Commissioner, T3Group founder Stefan Swanepoel, and Dr. Lawrence Wu, an economist and expert witness.
On Wednesday, attorneys for defendants HomeServices, Keller Williams, and the National Association of Realtors (NAR) asked for a mistrial, arguing that a video shown by the plaintiffs’ attorney amounted to an “ambush” that damaged their chance at a fair trial.
Attorneys for the defendants continued to lay out their case on Tuesday, October 24, 2023—Day 7 of the Sitzer/Burnett trial. NAR CEO Bob Goldberg and NAR Director of Engagement Rodney Gansho took the stand.
Four plaintiffs in the Sitzer/Burnett class action lawsuit took the stand on Wednesday and Thursday (October 18-19) to challenge the real estate industry’s commission structure.
On Day 3 of the Sitzer/Burnett trial, lead attorney Michael Ketchmark questioned RE/MAX CEO Nick Bailey, former Coldwell Banker CEO M. Ryan Gorman, and Keller Williams University executive Meredith Maples.
The second day of the Sitzer/Burnett trial included opening remarks from both plaintiffs and defendants, along with testimonies from Gary Keller (Keller Williams CEO), Gino Blefari (HomeServices of America CEO), and Bob Goldberg (NAR CEO).
On day one of the Sitzer/Burnett trial, jury selection took several hours as lawyers for both sides reduced a jury pool of around 80 to nine. And a pro-plaintiff Wall Street Journal article published the day before could make it difficult for jurors to avoid external bias.
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