Lois Heaney

Lois Heaney of National Jury Project West is the finest jury consultant with whom I have ever worked. She combines extraordinary professional and personal skills that make her both effective and easy to work with. I have retained Lois in a number of cases, including the defenses of Stephen Bingham and Robert Blake. We achieved a successful result in all of those cases. I give Lois my unqualified recommendation. —M. Gerald Schwartzbach, Mill Valley, CA.

Lois Heaney has over thirty years of experience as a trial consultant with National Jury Project/West. She has a resume of thousands of cases encompassing a broad spectrum of federal and state court litigation, including criminal law, civil rights, plaintiffs’ personal injury, products liability, asbestos, toxic torts, intellectual property, complex commercial litigation, libel, insurance coverage, and trusts and estates. Since 1979 she has worked on some of the country’s most highly publicized criminal and civil cases.

She has testified as an expert in state and federal courts on issues related to juror bias, publicity, survey research, voir dire procedures and motions to change venue. Her articles on Capital Defense have been cited in United States Supreme Court briefs.

A frequent news commentator, author and speaker, Ms. Heaney participates in public policy issues and jury reform advocacy. She has served as co-chair of the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice Committee to Preserve the Jury, as a consultant to the California Commission on the Future of the Courts, and testified before the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice. In conjunction with Judge Helen Berrigan of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana she has developed an interactive workshop for judges on uncovering bias in voir dire.

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National Jury Project® - West
1901 Harrison Street
Suite 1550
Oakland, CA 94612-3597
Phone (510) 832-2583
Fax (510) 839-8642
Email: lheaney@njp.com