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Tara Trask
CEO
tara@taratrask.com
Tara Trask is the CEO and Founder of Tara Trask and Associates, a full service litigation strategy, jury research and trial consulting practice with offices in San Francisco and Dallas. She has 15 years of experience in the field of jury research and has debriefed thousands of jurors, both mock and actual.
Ms. Trask has been involved in over 300 jury trials across the country, most recently assisting Centocor in Centocor v. Abbott, the largest patent infringement verdict is U.S. History. Ms. Trask assisted Oprah Winfrey in Texas Beef Group v. Winfrey and ABC in Food Lion v. ABC. She developed the juror profile used by Exxon in the Exxon v. Lloyd’s excess case involving the Valdez spill. In an 11 to 1 decision, that jury found that the underwriters should honor the policy and the resulting $250 million dollar verdict was one of the largest in Texas that year.
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Brian Bunch
Managing Partner
bbunch@taratrask.com
Brian Bunch is Managing Partner of Tara Trask & Associates, a full service litigation strategy, jury research and trial consulting practice with offices in San Francisco and Dallas. He joined in 2006 and brings with him over 20 years of experience building and managing companies in various industries. He is charged with developing and executing the firm’s strategic plans and managing operations.
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 Tom Scarvie
Sr. Consultant
tscarvie@taratrask.com
Tom Scarvie has more than 30 years of experience as a trial lawyer with nearly 100 cases tried to juries and judges. Formerly with Sedgwick, Detert, Moran and Arnold, LLP, he has tried multiple matters for companies both in the United States and Europe and was instrumental in designing and conducting early mock trials in several “bet the company” lawsuits which helped to determine the ultimately successful strategy for handling difficult cases.
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Linda Petersen, Ph.D.
Consultant
lpetersen@taratrask.com
Dr. Petersen provides consulting services in highly complex civil cases including intellectual property, insurance, real estate, and aviation and wrongful death litigation. Linda applies her extensive knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research methods to all aspects of jury research, including mock trials and focus groups, the development of ideal/non-ideal juror profiles, and jury selection.
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Ryan Malphurs, Ph.D.
Associate Consultant
rmalphurs@taratrask.com
Dr. Malphurs brings his background in persuasion and communication to assist attorneys in the development of successful approaches to courtroom litigation. Ryan’s perspective of the courtroom blends both a scientific and humanistic understanding, guiding clients through communicative and thematic suggestions that are based upon proven research and experience.
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