 Will Rountree, J.D., Ph.D.
is a partner with Bonora D’Andrea. He brings to the
team a grounded understanding of legal principles and
specialized social science methodologies to reveal jurors’
perceptions and biases. Will 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, Will
conducted extensive legal and social science research for
the most comprehensive and up-to-date manual for the
practice of jury consulting. Will 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,
he has developed specific voir dire questioning methods to
assist attorneys in revealing jurors’ biases in high-stakes
litigation.
Will is a faculty member of the American Association of
Justice (formerly ATLA) 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 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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