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KATHY KELLERMANN
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CASE COMMENTARY on Phil Spector, Michael Jackson, Scott Peterson, O.J. Simpson, Robert Blake ISSUE COMMENTARY on jury service, gag orders, speaking skills, anti-corporate attitudes, jury instructions, ageist language, cultural evidence, death penalty CASES IN THE NEWS consulted on civil rights, land use, asbestos, sexual assault, conspiracy, tax evasion & death penalty |
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ComCon consultants frequently are interviewed by national and local media on cases and trials attracting national attention. Among others, Dr. Kellermann has appeared on such television shows as The Early Show, CBS Evening News, Inside Edition, America’s Most Wanted, Celebrity Justice and Fox News, and has been sought out for expert commentary by such news organizations as the Associated Press, New York Times, Los Angeles Business Journal and Houston Chronicle. Dr. Kellermann co-hosted the radio show Santa Barbara Law, and frequently appears as a guest on other radio shows. Currently, case commentary from news articles and video footage is available about the O.J. SIMPSON, ROBERT BLAKE, SCOTT PETERSON, MICHAEL JACKSON, and PHIL SPECTOR cases.
Phil Spector criminal trial (murder)
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Who was seated on the first jury? Read PHIL SPECTOR TRIAL BEGINS IN LOS ANGELES (April, 2007) Read OPENING STATEMENTS BEGIN IN SPECTOR CASE (April, 2007) Watch SPECTOR MURDER TRIAL STARTING (April, 2007) **real media file (10M) Who is holding the gun? Read SPECTOR TRIAL EXPERT BACKS SUICIDE THEORY (June, 2007) Where is Spector's attorney, Bruce Cutler? Read SPECTOR'S LAWYER SKIPS TRIAL TO TAPE TV SHOW (July, 2007) |
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Michael Jackson criminal trial (child molestation)
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What will jurors think of Jackson and say in voir dire? Watch INSIDE THE JACKSON COURT (January, 2005) **real media file (5M) Do jurors come to the case with fair and open minds? Read JACKSON FACES PROSPECTIVE JURORS (February, 2005) Watch JURY SELECTION FOR JACKSON (January, 2005) **real media file (5M) Do people want to be jurors in the case? Read WANNABE JURORS NEEDN’T APPLY (January, 2005) Watch JURY EXPERT TALKS JACKSON CASE (February, 2005) **real media file (9M) Will jurors view the case through a racial lens? Watch JACKSON JURY PICK DAY 2 (February, 2005) **real media file (6M) What questions are on the juror questionnaire? Watch EXPERT TALKS JACKSON JURY (February, 2005) **real media file (9M) Who was seated on the jury? Watch THE JACKSON JURY (February, 2005) **real media file (9M) |
Scott Peterson criminal trial (death penalty)
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What will jurors think of Scott’s demeanor? WebSleuth’s Crime Sleuthing Community discussed Dr. Kellermann’s analysis of Peterson’s television interviews on America’s Most Wanted. Read AMW/PETERSON INTERVIEW (February, 2004) Did a juror inappropriately speak to Brent Rocha? Read PETERSON JUDGE TO SUBPEONA VIDEOTAPE OF JUROR REMARK (June, 2004) |
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O.J. Simpson criminal trial (murder) & civil trial (wrongful death)
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What appeals need to be made by the prosecution and defense to persuade the criminal jury? Read PERSUADING THE SIMPSON JURY (Summer, 1995) What strategies are the prosecution and defense using to persuade the criminal jury? Read UCSB PROFESSOR USES SIMPSON TRIAL TO STUDY PERSUASION TECHNIQUES (August, 1995) How effective were the closing arguments to the criminal jury? Read LOCAL RESEARCHER GIVES COCHRAN PLAUDITS FOR PASSIONATE SPEECH (September, 1995) Did racial differences in jury composition play a role in the civil verdict? Read LOCALS GET MEASURE OF SATISFACTION (February, 1997) |
Robert Blake civil trial (wrongful death)
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Was the civil trial celebrity justice? Read LINDA DEUTSCH’S AP WIRE RELEASE (November, 2005) Read THE STAR ONLINE (November, 2005) |
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ComCon consultants frequently are asked to comment on issues related to trials and jurors by national and local media. Currently, issue commentary from news articles is available about JURY SERVICE, GAG ORDERS, PUBLIC SPEAKING FOR LITIGATORS, ANTI-CORPORATE ATTITUDES OF JURORS, ENGLISH LANGUAGE JURY INSTRUCTIONS, AGEIST LANGUAGE IN DISCRIMINATION LAWSUITS, CULTURE EVIDENCE and the DEATH PENALTY.
Ageist Language in Discrimination Lawsuits
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What role does ageist language play in age discrimination lawsuits? Read AGEIST LANGUAGE AFFECTS WORKER PRODUCTIVITY, PROFITS (April, 2008) Read AGEISM JOKES ARE NO LAUGHING MATTER (April, 2008) Read WHEN WORDS GET OLD: AGEIST LANGUAGE UNDERCUTS WORKERS AND COMPANIES (April, 2008) |
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How have jurors responded to one-day, one-trial jury service? Read JURY POOL RISES AS NEW CHANGES TAKE HOLD, BUT NEARLY TWO-THIRDS REMAIN ABSENT (November, 2004) |
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What are the effects of gag orders? Read DISSECTING GAG ORDER’S DYNAMICS (February, 2005) |
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Public Speaking for Litigators
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How can litigators become more effective speakers? Read HOW TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SPEAKING (2004) |
Anti-Corporate Attitudes of Jurors
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How much do jurors dislike insurance companies? Read MILLIONS AWARDED IN INSURANCE CASE (February, 2008) |
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English Language Jury Instructions
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Are jurors helped by California’s new English language jury instructions? Read STUMPED JURORS NOW GET INSTRUCTIONS IN PLAIN ENGLISH (August, 2005) |
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Is offering cultural evidence in criminal trials helpful to defendants? Read ASK THE EXPERT: CULTURAL EVIDENCE AND THE JURY (February, 2008) |
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How does death qualifying jurors affect their decision-making? Read DEATH QUALIFYING A JURY CALLED UNFAIR (March, 2004) How does death qualifying jurors affect their decision-making? Read JUROR TELLS HOW DEATH PENALTY RECOMMENDED FOR LAKE ELSINORE MAN (February, 2008) |
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Many cases on which ComCon consultants have worked are newsworthy and of interest to the public. Currently, case descriptions in news articles are available for cases concerning CIVIL RIGHTS, LAND USE, ASBESTOS, SEXUAL ASSAULT, CONSPIRACY, TAX EVASION, and the DEATH PENALTY.
Civil Rights Ramirez v. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
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After Raul Ramirez was found not guilty by a jury and factually innocent by a judge in a criminal trial, he brought suit against the L.A. County Sheriff's Department for violation of his civil rights. Dr. Kellermann consulted on behalf of Mr. Ramirez in both cases. In the criminal case, Dr. Kellermann provided Michael Artan and Michael Sobel with presentation and jury selection assistance. In the civil case, Dr. Kellermann helped the now “three Michaels” (added is Michael Olecki) fashion case themes, shape damages arguments and select the jury. Mr. Ramirez was awarded $18 million in compensatory damages, the largest award ever made against the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department. The three Michaels were recognized as California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year in 2007. Read about the case: Read JURY AWARDS TEACHER $18 MILLION FOR FALSE ARREST (February, 2006) Read FEDERAL JURY AWARDS TEACHER RECORD $18M AGAINST L.A. COUNTY SHERIFF (March, 2006) Read TEACHER SPENDS 10 MONTHS IN JAIL AFTER HIS WEDDING (March, 2006) Read legal summaries of the case: Read COP MANIPULATED EVIDENCE, COACHED WITNESS (March, 2006) Read FALSE ARREST MALICIOUS PROSECUTION (April, 2006) Read PLAINTIFF FALSELY ACCUSED AND PROSECUTED FOR CRIME HE DID NOT COMMIT (April, 2006) See the CLAY recognition: CLAY Award |
Land Use McClure v. City of Long Beach
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Dr. Kellermann consulted for the defense, the City of Long Beach, conducting post verdict juror interviews to understand the jury deliberations, which lasted 5 months (after a 6 month trial). The defense appealed on grounds of juror misconduct. The judge reduced the compensatory damages award by $9 million. The parties settled the remaining damages and attorneys fees in June, 2006. Read THE MCCLURE JURY…QUESTIONS ARISE ABOUT THEIR CONDUCT (November, 2004) Read JUROR’S CONDUCT ALLEGEDLY IMPROPER…PANELIST DID NOT DISCLOSE BUILDING CODE DISPUTE (December, 2004) Read LONG BEACH BIDS TO TOSS $22.5 MILLION VERDICT (February, 2005) |
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Asbestos Kelly-Moore v. Union Carbide
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Dr. Kellermann was a member of the trial consulting team that prepared the defense, Union Carbide, for success at trial. Dr. Kellermann provided presentation assistance and mock trial research assistance. The verdict questions asked about fraud, the case argued by the plaintiff was about corporate responsibility for asbestos, and the decision reached by jurors was that Kelly-Moore’s actions are Kelly-Moore’s burden. The defense defeated a nationally known and local plaintiff attorney in a bet-the-company case in Angleton, Texas. Read SHOWDOWN IN A SMALL TOWN (February, 2005) |
Sexual Assault Loudon v. St. Joseph Hospital
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Gretchen Loudon sued a Catholic hospital in which she had not been a patient, for damages for sexual assault by a male nurse. The jury found the Catholic hospital liable for failing to report this nurse's previous sexual assaults. Dr. Kellermann consulted for the plaintiff, providing case consultation, presentation assistance and jury selection assistance (juror profiling, juror questionnaire, in-court jury selection assistance). Read HOSPITAL SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE GOES TO CIVIL JURY (May, 2007) Read O.C. WOMAN AWARDED $500K IN HOSPITAL ASSAULT (May, 2007) |
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Conspiracy U.S. v. Najor
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Frank Najor, a U.S. citizen born in Iraq, was on probation. Mr. Najor was caught up in an FBI sting and charged with conspiring to sell counterfeit cigarettes. Mr. Najor said he was working undercover, helping the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. In 2007, Mr. Najor's federal jury found him not guilty. Dr. Kellermann assisted with voir dire recommendations and jury selection. Read SAN DIEGO MEN ARRESTED FOR SMUGGLING, COUNTERFEIT MONEY (August, 2005) Read FEDERAL JURY TRIAL ANNOUNCEMENT (February, 2007) |
Tax Evasion People v. Colton & Roesser
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Michael Pancer and Chuck Goldberg defended two attorneys charged with fraud, embezzlement and tax evasion in their business of selling homeowners insurance. Dr. Kellermann provided assistance negotiating the juror questionnaire, evaluating completed questionnaires, recommending voir dire questions and jury selection. In November, 2007, the jury hung 7 to 5 in favor of acquittal. The judge subsequently dismissed all charges after opining the state would never get 12 jurors to agree. Read PAYCHECKS OR LOANS (September, 2007) |
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Death Penalty People v. Osorio
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Dr. Kellermann provided case consultation and jury selection assistance (voir dire recommendations, juror questionnaire, in-court jury selection assistance) to the defense to obtain life in prison without the possibility of parole, rather than death, for Edgar Omar Osorio. Read DEATH PENALTY ADVOCATED FOR TWO ANAHEIM SLAYINGS (March, 2005) Read LIFE-OR-DEATH DELIBERATIONS TO BEGIN IN PENALTY PHASE FOR ANAHEIM GANGSTER (May, 2005) Read GANG MEMBER SPARED DEATH IN WOMEN’S KILLINGS (May, 2005) |
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