 Will Rountree, J.D., Ph.D. brings to the Bonora D’Andrea team both a grounded understanding of legal principles, and specialized social science methodologies to reveal jurors’ perceptions and biases. Dr. Rountree has acquired in-depth consulting experience in over 200 cases, and developed specialties in wrongful death, employment discrimination, criminal defense, professional malpractice, insurance bad-faith, and breach of contract cases.
As the Associate Editor of JuryWork: Systematic Techniques, Dr. Rountree conducted extensive legal and social science research for the most comprehensive and up-to-date manual for the practice of jury consulting. Dr. Rountree has written extensively on jury composition challenges, post-trial interview techniques, the discriminatory use of peremptory challenges, and voir dire questioning techniques in restricted time conditions. Combining consulting experience and research, Dr. Rountree has developed specific voir dire questioning methods to assist attorneys in revealing jurors’ biases in high-stakes litigation.
Dr. Rountree is a faculty member of the American Trial Lawyers Association, and has lectured at the University of California at Berkeley, San Francisco State University, Golden Gate University, and the International Institute for the Sociology of Law in Oñati, Spain. He is a former member of the State Bar of Wisconsin, and a current member of the Law and Society Association. He is also a member of the Research Committee for the American Society of Trial Consultants. He received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California at Berkeley.
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