TRIAL CONSULTANCY SKILLS

  • Expert in working with attorneys to shape narratives creating jury empathy

  • Constructs a narrative framework using archetypes and themes for the attorney to use in trial

  • Proven track record of results, including multiple acquittals and dropped/reduced charges

  • Extremely time-efficient

TRIAL EXPERIENCE

  • Consultant for defense attorneys in California and New York, from misdemeanors to felonies

  • Cases include assaults, homicides, PTSD, and special circumstances cases

  • CLE speaker in San Diego, Vista, Orange, Riverside and Ventura Counties

  • Consultant on 50+ cases, with multiple acquittals and reduced/dropped charges

  • 80% success rate on trial consultations

OTHER NARRATIVE CONSULTATION

  • Consultant for Personal Injury attorneys creating client narratives for use in mediation and trial.

  • Consultancy has successfully recovered over $3M in damages.

EDUCATION

  • Associate Professor of Non-Linear Narrative at USC's Graduate Film Program.

  • Seminar speaker on Motivational Narrative at UCLA, AFI, Rutgers, and NYU

  • MFA Dramatic Writing, New York University, 1991

  • B.A. Communications/Writing, University of California, San Diego, 1987