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"We draw on more than 30 years’ experience in trial consulting to develop new ideas, strategies and techniques."

Beth Bochnak, President, NJP Litigation Consulting East & South
  • Our Expertise
  • Notable Cases
  • Jurywork
  • Articles
  • Where are all the women lawyers?
  • Jury Pool Composition Issues: Who is Missing and Why?
  • Anti-Arab and Anti-Muslim Sentiment amongst Potential Jurors
  • Getting the Answers you need in Jury Selection
  • Preserving Jury Diversity
  • Practice Tips: Death Penalty
  • Mini Openings for Jury Selection
  • Susan Macpherson on Damages in Commercial Cases
  • Who-Might-Be-One-of-the-Above Parties
  • Holy War: Juror Questionnaires for Cases with Middle Eastern, Arab, Muslim or Anyone-
  • Openings and Closings in Complex Commercial Disputes: The Human Factor
  • Obstacles to Persuasion in Opening Statements
  • How Jurors Perceive Expert Witnesses
  • Five Steps to Persuasion in Opening Statements
  • Generation X and Y’s Influence in the Jury Box
  • Factors Driving Verdicts in Employment Cases
  • Mental Health Professionals in the Witness Chair: Strategies for More Effective
  • Why You Need to Fight for Improved Voir Dire Conditions
  • The Case for Meaningful Voir Dire on Race and Sexual Orientation
  • How to Hook Jurors in Commercial Cases
  • Practical Tips for Jury Selection in Civil Rights Cases: Bad Attitudes and Other Common Problems
  • Jury Selection in the Era of Tort Reform
  • She Should Have Punched Him Out
  • Tools to Keep Jurors Engaged
  • Talking to Jurors about Damages in a Down Economy
  • Beyond Stereotypes: Discovering & Proving Hidden Bias in Employment Cases
  • Challenging legal assumptions about juror bias
  • The art of jury de selection Plaintiff article
  • The psychology of asking a jury for a damage award
Carol Bauss online:

Response to: “Injured Body, Injured Mind: Dealing with Damages for Psychological Harm,” by Brian H. Bornstein and Samantha L. Schwartz, The Jury Expert, March 2009
Listed in “A Bibliography of Jury-Related Information,” under Decision Making by Juries, Carol L. Bauss, 50 Orange County Law. 42 (September 2008), Feature GENERATION X AND Y’S INFLUENCE IN THE JURY BOX.

Beth Bochnak online:

Quoted in Best Practice: Mistakes Lawyers Make with Their Expert Witnesses, Sylvia Hsiah, Daily Record Newswire. March 16, 2011
Quoted in Court Aims To Prevent Racial Bias on Juries, Mary Fuchs, New Jersey.Com, July 13, 2009
Guest, Minnesota Public Radio: Death Qualifying Jurors in Death Penalty Cases, August 10, 2006

Susie Macpherson online:

Response to: “Are Your Jurors Mad or Sad?” by Karen Page Winterich, The Jury Expert, May 2009

Guest: NPR Kai Ryssdal interview, “How to pick jurors for Wall Street trial?”

Quoted in: “O, Pioneer: Michael Dann Shapes Jury Reform for a New Century,” by Tim Eigo, Arizona Attorney, February 2001 Quoted in: “The Economy and Jurors,” by Max Vanzi, Forum Magazine, August 3, 2009

Quoted in: “Picking a Jury for a Case in the Headlines,” by Barry Meier and Jonathan Glater, New York Times, May, 2004
Marketplace, NPR Kai Ryssdal interview, “How to pick jurors for Wall Street trial?” 10/13/09
Response to: “Are Your Jurors Mad or Sad?” by Karen Page Winterich, The Jury Expert, May 2009

Diane Wiley online:

Cited in: “Deliberations: Deliberations’ library of sample juror questionnaires,” by the American Society of Trial Consultants (ASTC), date unknown
Cited in: “What Jurors Really Want,” by Patricia J. McEvoy, Ph.D., Trial Magazine, April 1996 Cited in: “Jurors CAN Be Selected: Non information, Misinformation and Their Strategic Uses for Jury Selection,” by Deborah Davis and William C. Follette, In Press: In W.T. O’Donohue, P.R. Laws, & C. Hollins (Eds.), Handbook of Forensic Psychology. New York: Basic Books
Quoted in: “Judicial candidate Hedlund’s Muslim-related email gaffe is not the first time she has generated public controversy,” by Britt Robson, Minnesota Independent, November 2, 2008
Cited in: “Negligence – Personal Injury – Truck and Car Collision – Mild Brain Injury” by Sarah Rodriguez, Virginia Lawyers Weekly, June 10, 2002
Quoted in: “Pointers for Cross Examination,” by David Ball, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (NCATL) TrialBriefs Magazine, Fall 1998
Cited in: “Courtroom Fairness,” by Mike Kaszuba, Star Tribune, May 6, 1996
Quoted in: “Breaking News: Cute Woodland Creatures Protest Batson Ruling,” Deliberations Blog by the American Society of Trial Consultants (ASTC), September 13, 2010
Quoted in: “A Jury Consultant for $5,000?,” Deliberations Blog by the American Society of Trial Consultants (ASTC), January 7, 2009

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