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KATHY KELLERMANN
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About ComCon KATHY KELLERMANN COMMUNICATION CONSULTING
ComCon is a unique litigation consulting service assisting with communication and persuasion with every stage of the litigation process, from hearing to discovery to mediation to trial. We are more than trial consultants and jury consultants -- we are full service litigation consultants.
ComCon helps attorneys analyze their cases, prepare for mediation, fine-tune presentations, prepare witnesses, select juries, and interview jurors post-trial. ComCon conducts focus groups, mock trials, venue analyses and shadow jury research, knowing the benefits and limits of each. ComCon offers assistance on small and large cases including cases expected to be settled as well as taken to trial.
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Examples of how ComCon assists with each stage:
Early Stage
case consultation for case evaluation · discovery guidance through focus groups · client and witness assessments · settlement strategies
Middle Stage
case development through focus groups · argument analysis · theme development · presentation assistance for hearings and mediation · witness deposition preparation · settlement strategies · venue studies
Later Stage
mock trials for case assessment · argument analysis · attitude surveys for juror profiling · witness trial preparation · juror questionnaires · voir dire recommendations · judicial observation
Trial Stage
in-court jury selection assistance · trial monitoring · presentation assistance · case analysis · post-trial juror interviews
ComCon helps clients become effective advocates for the decision-makers faced at each stage of litigation.
About Dr. Kathy Kellermann, M.A., M.S., Ph.D
Dr. Kathy Kellermann, founder and President of ComCon, is an expert in communication and persuasive strategies with a rare combination of storytelling insight and quantitative expertise. For over 13 years, Dr. Kellermann has consulted on cases throughout the country and in the Southern California area where she resides. Dr. Kellermann works on all types of cases, particularly relishing cases involving complex scientific testimony. Dr. Kellermann is an expert in toxic torts (especially asbestos, mold, silica, and benzene), construction defects, environmental cases, civil rights (especially improper arrests), criminal defense (especially death penalty, violent offenses, sexual assaults, and white collar crimes), insurance (especially coverage and bad faith), employment (especially discrimination), personal injury (especially wrongful death and product liability) and shareholder disputes. Dr. Kellermann is familiar with and knows how to adapt case arguments to the most difficult venues in the country. Recently, Dr. Kellermann helped defendants win critical “bet-the-company” cases in Nevada and Texas, and a federal civil rights plaintiff win the single largest award ever against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Dr. Kellermann has special expertise in focus groups, case analysis, trial strategy, jury selection, witness preparation, attitude surveys and developing persuasive strategies and trial themes for openings, closings and witness examinations. Judicial observation is a service Dr. Kellermann uniquely offers trial teams.
As a nationally recognized authority on persuasion and communication, Dr. Kellermann is also an industry leading expert in research methods in designing, managing and conducting investigations; in analyzing, understanding and interpreting results; and in explaining, reporting and relaying findings. Dr. Kellermann has authored over 35 publications, including articles on witness preparation, hung juries, numerical displays, jury composition and compliance gaining strategies (see the KOLLECTIONNS for copies). Dr Kellermann has given many presentations on jurors’ attitudes, and frequently teaches workshops on persuasive advocacy and storytelling techniques to litigators. Dr. Kellermann regularly serves as a media commentator on trials and jury issues for TV, radio and newspapers. Among other topics, Dr. Kellermann has been sought for comment on gag orders, the State of California’s revised jury instructions, and the high profile criminal cases of O.J. Simpson, Scott Peterson, Michael Jackson and Robert Blake. For a number of years, Dr. Kellermann co-hosted a popular legal radio show, Santa Barbara Law, with public interest attorney Kirk Ah-Tye and past California State Bar President (and now Judge) Jim Herman.
Dr. Kellermann obtained a Ph.D. in Communication and an M.S. in Probability & Statistics from Northwestern University, and an M.A. in Communication from Wake Forest University. Before turning her focus to litigation consulting, Dr. Kellermann was an award-winning professor and a communication consultant for local and national organizations. Dr. Kellermann has served on the Board of Directors of the International Communication Association and National Communication Association, and is a member of the American Society of Trial Consultants. Languages: English, Portuguese.
About Dr. Robert M. (Bob) McCann, M.A., Ph.D
Dr. Robert McCann is a Senior Consultant with ComCon. Over the past twenty-plus years, Dr. McCann has cultivated and practiced his expertise in focus groups, public speaking, small group communication, marketing and research.
As a skilled communication consultant, Dr. McCann is especially gifted in focus group research and presentation assistance. Dr. McCann moderates focus group sessions that are appealing and comfortable for the participants, yet are also highly relevant and meaningful for his clients. Dr. McCann has worked with numerous participant groups, including doctors, non-native English speakers, university students, bankers, business executives, attorneys, older individuals, disadvantaged citizens and professionals from a wide variety of fields. Dr. McCann specializes in working with participants and on cases involving the elderly and persons from other cultures.
Dr. McCann has experience with many industries - international banking, entertainment, consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, education and international trade - which gives him a unique and broad skill set that the litigation and focus group fields demand. As a recognized authority on communication and marketing, Dr. McCann currently sits as an Associate Professor of Clinical Management Communication at the Marshall School of Business of the University of Southern California. Previously, Dr. McCann was the Senior Johnnie Walker Brand Ambassador for the Asia region, and also served as the relationship marketing (mentor) manager for the Johnnie Walker brand in Thailand. In this capacity, Dr. McCann conducted nearly 2,000 promotional and media events, making him Johnnie Walker's busiest brand ambassador in the world.
In addition to his work in the spirits industry, Dr. McCann has a background in international banking and trade finance, where he held management positions in Karachi, London, and Los Angeles. During his nearly two decades in Thailand, Dr. McCann also served as a communications consultant to many of Thailand's leading companies, including the Bank of Ayudhya, UOB, Nestle, Siam Commercial Bank, Thai Airways International, Worachak, and PTT. Dr. McCann is fluent in Thai, and has appeared in several television shows and TV commercials in Thailand.
Dr. McCann has written two books, published over thirty refereed journal articles, conference papers and book chapters, and has received several top paper and empirical research awards. Dr. McCann's recent work focuses on ageist language in the workplace, that is used in age discrimination lawsuits [READ ABOUT THIS RESEARCH]. Dr. McCann has served as a professor at prestigious institutions in both the United States and Thailand, traveled to over 50 countries around the world, and lived in Spain, Pakistan, England and Thailand. Dr. McCann holds a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of California at Santa Barbara, an M.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles, and a B.A. from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Languages: English, Thai.
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