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C. Spiecker, Ph.D. Dr. Spiecker combines her communication training and teaching experience to assist with witness preparation for deposition and trial, conduct advocacy training courses, and lecture nationwide on jury decision-making and effective public speaking. Her studies of the tactical use of innuendo in the courtroom, and her analyses of effective opening statements and closing arguments have been recognized as valuable contributions to the trial consulting field. Selected Publications and Presentations
Spiecker, S.C. (2006). Mocking Corporate America: The State of Anti-Corporate Bias and the State-of-the-Art Mock Trial. Holland & Hart, Colorado. Spiecker, S.C. (May 2006). Helping Your Client Come Out on Top in an Anti-Corporate Climate. Presentation at The Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia, Roanoke, West Virginia. Spiecker, S.C. (May 2006/Dallas and April 2006/Houston). Panel Chair and Panelist. Public Perceptions of Corporate America. Presentation at the 28th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute. Spiecker, S.C., Boully, K.R., Plaeger II, F.J., Jepperson, T.C., Maisano, F.V. (April 2006). Public Perceptions of Corporate America. Presentation at the 28th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute, Houston, Texas. Spiecker, S.C. (October, 2005). How Juries Perceive Oil and Gas Companies. Presentation at the 4th Annual Energy Litigation Conference, Houston, Texas. Spiecker, S.C. (April 2005). Persuading Today’s Oil and Gas Factfinder. Presentation to the American Petroleum Institute’s General Committee on Law, Orlando, Florida. Spiecker, S.C. (January 2005). Effective Defense Strategies: Persuading the Factfinder in Brain Injury Litigation. Presentation to the Excess Surplus Lines Claims Association, Boca Raton, Florida. Spiecker, S.C., James, K., Barker, S.S., and James, R.M. (June
2004). The Care and Feeding Of Lawyers
and Witnesses: Challenges in the Lawyer-Witness-Trial Consultant
Relationship. Presented to the 2004 ASTC National Conference,
Memphis, Tennessee. Spiecker, S.C. (Denver 2003). Jury Persuasion in Class Action Litigation. Presentation for the National Business Institute Class Action CLE program, Denver, Colorado. Spiecker, S.C. and Worthington, D. (August 2003). The Influence of Opening Statement and Closing Argument Organizational Strategy on Juror Decision-Making. Law and Human Behavior. Spiecker, S.C. (April 2003). The Art and Science of Jury Persuasion. Presentation for the American Defense Attorneys Association, Napa Valley, California. Spiecker, S.C. (September 2002). New Uses for Old Tricks: Focus Group and Mock Trial Innovations . Seminar presented to the Colorado Bar Association. Spiecker, S.C. (April, 2002). Communicating to Win in Litigation. Presentation for the CAP-MPT Litigation Education Retreat, Los Angeles, California. Spiecker, S.C. (January 2002). The Art and Science of Jury Persuasion. Intersession Trial Advocacy Course, University of Colorado School of Law, Denver, Colorado. Spiecker, S.C. (September, 2001). Presenting to Persuade: Jury Decision-Making and the Art of Advocacy. CLE Presentation at Schoenberg & Associates, Burlington, Vermont. Spiecker, S.C. (March 2001). The art of asking open-ended questions in voir dire. Presentation for the American Trial Lawyer’s Ultimate Trial Advocacy Course: Art of Persuasion, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Spiecker, S.C., Lisko, K.O., and Dominic, L. (July 2000). “A handbook of jury research: Worth having for a single chapter alone.” American Law Institute-American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Professional Education CLE Review. Spiecker, S.C. and Shlachter, R. (August 2000). Key factors in jury decision-making and effective uses of pre-trial research and case strategy. Presentation for the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, Sun River, Oregon. Spiecker, S.C. (July 2000). Jury decision-making: Making effective use of mock trial research and closing arguments. Presentation for the Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel’s Plenary Session, Silverado, California. Spiecker, S.C. (June 2000). Ethical issues in trial consulting work product. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Trial Consultants, St. Louis, Missouri. Spiecker, S.C. (June 2000). How juries use evidence to reach their verdicts. Presentation for the Oregon State Bar Continuing Legal Education Seminar “Trial Evidence: Proving Your Case in the New Millennium.” Portland, Oregon. Spiecker, S.C. (June 1999). Use of innuendo in trial. Presentation for the Oregon State Bar Continuing Legal Education Seminar “Trial Evidence: Direct From the Masters.” Portland, Oregon. Spiecker, S.C. (January 1999). Jury selection: Developing a systematic approach. Seminar for the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Breckenridge, Colorado. Carden, S. (November 1996). Survey research in legal communication: Examination of uses and effectiveness criteria. Paper presentation at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Speech Communication Association, San Diego, California. Lisko, K. and Carden, S. (June 1996). Matching research to the case: Application of various research designs to litigation consultation. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Trial Consultants, Chicago, Illinois. Professional Activities Education |
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