• Encountering the Substratum: Laying Bare the Soul of the 30(b)(6) Corporate Representative in an Interactive Witness Focus Group. Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA) Annual Seminar, 2023.
• Jury Psychology. 2023 Meeting of Ford’s Product Liability Counsel.
• There Really is no Wizard. Knowledge IS Power. Trucking Defense Advocacy Counsel, AR, 2022.
• Setting the Stage for Successful Corporate Representative Deposition, ATTIC, 2021. Today’s Jury Psychology & Defense Strategies, DRI Strictly Automotive Conference, 2021. Inclusion of Jury Themes at Depositions, Defense Asbestos Litigation Seminar, 2019.
• Perish, Survive or Thrive? Practical Tips for Trial Themes, Voir Dire, Witnesses and Visuals in the Transportation Case. Transportation Industry Defense Association, 2019.
• Early Theme Development in the Asbestos Case, Defense Asbestos Litigation Seminar, 2019.
• Counteracting Bias in the Courtroom, Women in Law Empowerment Forum, 2018.
• State of the Art and other Millennial Issues, Sherwin Williams All Counsel Conference, 2018. Deposition and Trial Theme Development, Sherwin Williams All Counsel Conference, 2018.
• Understanding Your Audience, (2017). DRI Annual Conference.
• Opening Statements Critique, (2017). Defense Asbestos Litigation Seminar.
• Jury Trends & Generational Differences, (2016). Harmonie Group, Transportation Seminar.
• Jury Psychology and Jury Dynamics, (2015). Condemnation Summit.
• Jury Psychology Applied to Litigation, (2014). Women’s Bar Association.
• Improving Corporate Image by Impacting Jurors’ Thinking, (2014). Arkansas Trucking Conference.
• Jury Psychology Applied to Intellectual Property Cases, (2014). Illinois MCLE.
• Improving Image by Impacting Jurors’ Thinking: Thin Slicing versus Effortful Cognition (2013). Arkansas Trucking Conference.
• Cognitive Correlates of Adverse Jurors in Asbestos Cases, (2012). Hilton Head Asbestos Conference.
• Use of Mock Jury Research in Testing Catastrophic Injury Cases: Mock Trial Demonstration, (2012). Harmonie Group Spring Conference.
• Trial Psychology, (2012). General Defense and Insurance Law, Brown & James Symposium.
• Selecting the Best Jury in Employment Cases, (2011). Missouri Bar Association and the Labor & Employment Law Symposium.
• Selecting and Persuading the Jury, (2011). Arizona Condemnation Summit.
• Today's Jurors, (2011). American Automobile Association Annual Conference.
• Preparing Your Star Witnesses in High Exposure Cases, (2011). Arkansas Trucking Conference.
• Use of Mock Trials and Post-trial Juror Interviews, (2011). Chicago Law Bulletin.
• Jury Selection in Asbestos Cases, (2011). Hilton Head Asbestos Seminar.
• Perspectives on Jury Selection in the Southeast, (2011). Harris Martin Asbestos Seminar.
• Mock Jury Research in Trucking Litigation, (2011). ABA Transportation Megaconference.
• Jury Psychology and Mock Trials, and Post-trial Juror Interviews, (2011). Law Bulletin Juror Deliberation and Jury Management Conference.
• Mock Witness Examination of Epidemiologists, (2010). ACI Food Borne Illness Litigation Conference.
• Recession: Jury Trial Friend or Foe? (2010). Arkansas Trucking Seminar.
• Intellectual Property: Jury Selection and Beyond, (2010). Rader Fishman & Grauer, PLLC.
• Jury Selection in a Recession, (2010). Trial Attorneys of America.
• Maximizing Your Discussion with the Jury: Opening & Closing Statements, (2010). Law Bulletin Jury Deselection and Jury Management Seminar.
• The Best Asbestos Jury Selection Ideas, (2009). DRI.
• If its Condemned, isn’t it Worthless? Jurors and the Condemnation Case, (2009). Condemnation Summit.
• Damages and Voir Dire: (2009). DRI Asbestos Litigation Conference.
• Facing a Jury in a Recession, (2009). FDCC Corporate Counsel Symposium.
• Witness Preparation in the Bad Faith Case, (2009). BVR Legal/Mealey’s Bad Faith Litigation Conference.
• How Juries Think: Tools to Prepare for the Capital Case, (2008). Persuasion for Life Seminar. Cook County Public Defenders’ Capital Crimes Division.
• Defending the Arches Everyone Knows, (2008). Tort Litigation Practice Group Annual Claim and Litigation Seminar, McDonald’s Corporation.
• Benefits, Limitations and Misconceptions of Mock Trials and Mirror Juries, (2009). FDCC Summer Conference.
• National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, (2008). College of Railroad Trial Advocacy.
• Benefits and Limitations of Mock Trials, (2008). Midwest Claims Conference.
• Persuasion and the Condemnation Case, (2008). Annual Condemnation Summit.
• Jury Selection in the First Party Insurance Case, (2008). FDCC Winter Conference.
• Witness Preparation: Minor Miracles to Prevent Major Train Wrecks, (2007). Trial Attorneys of America.
• Preparing the Corporate Witness to Testify, (2007). FDCC Annual Meeting.
• Jury Selection, (2007). Illinois Defense Counsel Spring Defense Tactics Seminar.
• Cross-Examination of Physicians and Economists, (2007). DRI Preeminent Lawyer: Superstars of Trial.
• Sympathy in the Courtroom, (2007). DRI Preeminent Lawyer: Superstars of Trial Seminar.
• Considering a Mock Trial: What You Do or Don’t Do Can Cost You, (2006). Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. Casualty Claims Seminar.
• Dungeons and Dragons a.k.a. Voir Dire. Jones Day Litigation Associates Meeting.
• Damages Assessment, (2006). Trial Attorneys of America.
• Jurors’ Damages Decision Making, (2006). Transportation Seminar.
• Considering a Mock Trial: What You Do or Don’t Do Can Cost You, (2006). Texas Association of Defense Counsel.
• Damages and Voir Dire, (2006). DRI Silica Medicine Seminar.
• Damages and Voir Dire , (2006). DRI Damages Seminar.
• The Use of Mock Jury Research in Analyzing Potential Damages, (2006). DRI Damages Seminar.
• The Use of Settlement Strategies, (2005). National Association of Subrogation Professionals Conference.
• Opening Statement Strategies, (2005). DRI Preeminent Lawyer Symposium.
• Closing Argument Pointers, (2005). DRI Preeminent Lawyer Symposium.
• Jurors’ Perceptions in Sexual Harassment Cases, (2003). Chicago Bar Association.
• Jurors’ Perceptions in Intellectual Property Cases, (2002). Boston Bar Association.
• Jury Selection in a Catastrophic Injury Case, (2002). Indiana Bar Association ICLEF Seminar.
• The Role of Health Psychologist in a Multidisciplinary Pain Clinic, (1999). Psychiatric Department, University of Illinois.
• Workplace Violence; Stress Management; Balancing Work and Family; Mood Management, (1995-1998). Abbott Laboratories Seminars.
• Depression and Motivation Affect Substance Abuse Treatment Outcome, (1997). American Psychological Association Convention.
• Belief Systems and Category-based Induction: A Re-evaluation of Osherson’s 1990 Model Based on Mental Bisectors and Capture of the Centroid, (1993). Western Psychological Association Conference.
• Attentional Cuing to Multiple Visual Regions, (1991). Invited symposium, Western Psychological Association Conference.