Kevin R. Boully, Ph.D.
Litigation Consultant

Experience
Kevin Boully has been active in litigation consulting for the past nine years. His doctorate education in legal communication focuses on the areas of persuasion, small group influence, and jury decision-making. Dr. Boully has conducted and analyzed research and advised on a variety of plaintiff and defense cases relating to energy, construction, intellectual property, natural resources, product liability, contracts, personal injury, and medical malpractice. He is experienced in observing and evaluating jury deliberations, designing and evaluating mock trial and focus group research, conducting post-trial juror interviews and facilitating witness preparation.

Dr. Boully also combines communication training and teaching experience to assist with witness preparation and provide training on legal communication and effective public speaking. His teaching experience includes coursework in legal communication, conflict resolution, public speaking, persuasive speaking and persuasion theory.

An active member of the American Society of Trial Consultants, Dr. Boully has also been involved as an associate editor and advisor to the Society's jury research and courtroom communication publication, The Jury Expert. He has worked since 2002 on its development, expansion, and continued success.

Professional Activities
•Member, American Society of Trial Consultants

•Member, American Psychological Association - Psychology and Law Division

•Associate Member, American Bar Association - Intellectual Property Division, Young Lawyers Division

•Appointed Member, Colorado Our Courts Judiciary Committee

Selected Publications

Boully, K. (January 2010) "Book Review: Principles and Practice of Trial Consultation, by Stanley L. Brodsky" The Jury Expert. Published by the American Society of Trial Consultants.

Boully, K. (November 2009) “Keep Survivors On Your Next Jury Panel” The Writ, Vol. 31 No. 10. Published by the Washoe County Bar Association.

Boully, K. (September 2009) “Response to Meyer by Kevin Boully” Response to G. Meyer’s “Will it Hurt Me in Court?” The Jury Expert. Published by the American Society of Trial Consultants.

Broda-Bahm, K., Boully, K. R., Lisko, K. O., Spiecker, S. C. (September 2009)  "Corporate America in Lean Times: Do Today’s Jurors Have Shallow Sympathy for Deep Pockets?" Inside Counsel.

Boully, K. (June 2009).  "See Your Jury Case:  The Pitfalls of Lawyer Vision."  Written for the Colorado County Attorneys Association.  Vail, Colorado.  Persuasion Strategies.

Boully, K.  (November 2008).  "The American Jury: A Book Review."  The Jury Expert.  Published by the American Society of Trial Consultants.

Broda-Bahm, K., Boully, K. R., Lisko, K. O., Spiecker, S. C. (September 2008) "Are Judges Becoming More Like Jurors?" InsideCounsel.

Lisko, K.O. & Boully, K.  (2008).  "Intellectual Persuasion in Jury Trials."  Accredited CLE Presentation at the law firm of Leydig Voit & Mayer.  February 20, 2008.  Chicago, Illinois.

Boully, K.R. (2007).  " 'Mea culpa' in the Courtroom: Perceptions of Defendant Apology at Trial."  International Journal of Speech, Language, and the Law, 14 (2).  301-304. 

Broda-Bahm, K., Boully, K. R., Lisko, K. O., Spiecker, S. C. (September 2007)  "Arbitration v. Jury Trial: What is the Real Difference?" Inside Counsel.

Boully, K.R.  (April 2007).  "Mea Culpa" in the Courtroom:  Apology as a Trial Strategy.  The Jury Expert.  Published by the American Society of Trial Consultants. 

Broda-Bahm, K., Boully, K. (February 2007) Spotting, and Persuading, Anti-Corporate Jurors: Their Bias Takes Many Forms Calling for a Nuanced Approach. The National Law Journal.

Boully, K.R. & Spiecker, S.C. (2004).  The Current Climate for Today's Nursing Home Defendant.  Written for the Defense Research Institute.  Denver, Colorado:  Persuasion Strategies. 

Selected Speaking Engagements

"Make Yourself a More Marketable Paralegal" Holland & Hart, LLP. Denver, Colorado (March 2010).

"Attorneys' Guide to Persuasive Communication" Delaware State Bar Association. Wilmington, Delaware (December 2009).

"Facilitating Your Witness's Best Communication: An Approach to Interviewing, Assessing and Preparing Testimony" Rocky Mountain Paralegal Association. Denver, Colorado (November 2009).

"Effective Jury Selection in 15 Minutes" Denver City Attorneys' Office. Denver, Colorado (November 2009).

"Conflict Resolution Workshop” Holland & Hart, LLP.  Denver, Colorado (October 2009).

“Becoming a More Effective Witness” Lit Education Retreat presentation to The Doctor’s Company, Atlanta, Georgia (September 2009).

“Effective Impromptu Speaking: Polishing Unplanned Communication” Holland & Hart, LLP.  Denver, Colorado (August 2009).

“Corporate Attorneys’ Guide to Public Presentations” Holland & Hart, LLP.  Denver, Colorado (August 2009).

"Juror Characteristics, Selecting Jurors and Persuading Jurors" Presentation to the Idaho State Bar Association, Litigation Section, Boise, Idaho (2008).

"Intellectual Persuasion in Jury Trials"  Accredited CLE Presentation at the law firm of Leydig Voit & Mayer, Chicago, Illinois (February 2008).

"Anti-Oil Industry Bias: How Deep Does it Go? How Best to Avoid It?" Presentation at the Institute for Energy Law 59th Annual Oil and Gas Law Conference, Houston, Texas (February 2008).

"Executing Effective Voir Dire:  Proven Strategies For Success"  Trial Advocacy Seminar for the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association.  Overland Park, Kansas (June 2007).  

"Saying We're Sorry:  Apology as a Persuasive Litigation Alternative"  American Society of Trial Consultants Annual Conference.  Long Beach, California (June 2007).

"Constructing Your Case: Effective Persuasion in Construction Litigation"  Holland & Hart, LLP.  Las Vegas, Nevada (March 2007). 

"The Decision-Making Arbitrator"  Presentation at the University of Denver Graduate School.  Denver, Colorado (February 2007).

"Mocking Corporate America: The State of Anti-Corporate Bias and the State-of-the-Art Mock Trial" Continuing Legal Education presentation at Holland & Hart, LLP.  Salt Lake City, Utah (February 2007).

"Preparing for Deposition Testimony: Communicating to Win"  Northwest Physicians Mutual, Litigation Education Retreat, Portland, Oregon (November 2006).

"The Human Judge: Judicial Decision-Making"  Presentation at Holland & Hart Litigation Department Luncheon.  Denver, Colorado (October 2006).

"Mocking Corporate America: The State of Anti-Corporate Bias and the State-of-the-Art Mock Trial" Continuing Legal Education presentation at Holland & Hart, LLP.  Denver, Colorado (July 2006).

"Say You're Sorry:  A Persuasive Communication Alternative" Holland & Hart, LLP Litigation Department Luncheon, Denver, Colorado (April 2006).  

"Public Perceptions of Corporate America" Presentation at the 28th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute, Houston, Texas (April 2006).

"The Working Attorney's Guide to Public Presentations"  Presentation to Holland & Hart, LLP. Denver, Colorado (March 2006).

"The Art and Science of Litigation Consulting"  Presentation to the University of Denver School of Professional Psychology doctoral program, Denver, Colorado (July 2004).

"Jury Decision-Making and Effective Courtroom Advocacy"  Presentation to Holland & Hart, LLP summer clerks.  Denver, Colorado (July 2004).

"Furthering Graduate Education and Training in Trial Consulting"  Panel discussant at the American Society of Trial Consultants Annual Conference.  Memphis, Tennessee (June 2004).

Education
University of Kansas (Ph.D., Legal Communication/Communication Studies), 2005

University of Denver (M.A., Forensic Psychology),2002

University of Kansas (B.A., Psychology, Crime & Delinquency Studies), 2000