By Jill D. Schmid, Ph.D. As I sit here preparing myself for tomorrow’s Seahawk game (e.g., lighting the candles, saying the prayers, finding my lucky
By Thomas M. O’Toole, Ph.D. Well, I’m entering my 13th year of providing jury consulting services to attorneys across the country. It’s inevitable that you
By Jill D. Schmid, Ph.D. Good news! Now, you don’t need to re-read your emails looking for the subtle ways you might be undermining your
By Thomas M. O’Toole, Ph.D. For courtroom-drama lovers, Netflix’s Making of a Murderer is a must-see. I say this knowing that the number of “must-see”
By Jill D. Schmid, Ph.D. A few weeks ago I was listening to a judge give his rulings on a number of pre-trial motions. With
By Jill D. Schmid, Ph.D. If you’re a woman, there’s probably been at least one time in your life when someone (my money says it
By Thomas M. O’Toole, Ph.D. It is a scary proposition to hand a case that you have worked on for months or years over to
By Jill D. Schmid, Ph.D. I’m a relatively new user of Facebook – turns out my protest against it wasn’t working as there are now
By Jill D. Schmid, Ph.D. A tweet from Bloomberg Law caught my eye: “#Gender gap persists Among Lead Trial Counsel.” The tweet was a reference
By Jill D. Schmid, Ph.D. When you were growing up did your mom or dad ever say that to you? Do you say it to
By Thomas M. O’Toole, Ph.D. After receiving several requests from clients, we recently put together this 7-minute video for attorneys to share with key witnesses
By Jill D. Schmid, Ph.D. With that headline, there are quite a few things I could write about. This blog, however, is about the Trump
By Thomas M. O’Toole, Ph.D. Most attorneys understand the obvious and immediate downside to using big words at trial. A key component of effective persuasion
By Thomas M. O’Toole, Ph.D. There is a popular 3M study that is often used to support the argument that attorneys should utilize more graphics
By Jill D. Schmid, Ph.D. Let me first say I’m thrilled to be joining my former colleague, Tom, at Sound Jury Consulting. Tom and I
By Thomas M. O’Toole, Ph.D. Plaintiffs’ attorneys approach case development and presentation in a multitude of both predictable and unpredictable ways, but none is more
By Thomas M. O’Toole, Ph.D. If you follow my blogs and publications, you know that one of my common phrases is, “a verdict is the
By Thomas M. O’Toole, Ph.D. Regardless of the merit of the vast majority of literature out there on jury persuasion, most of it tends to
By Thomas M. O’Toole, Ph.D. Every successful strategy development session I have conducted with clients culminated in an “a-ha” moment, where we collectively came to
By Thomas M. O’Toole, Ph.D. Happy New Year to all of the readers out there! I hope 2015 brings everyone the best in their litigation
