Training Project
Resume:
Denise de La Rue Phone: 404-***-****
*** *. ***** ** **** Avenue
Suite 300 FAX: 404-***-****
Decatur, GA 30030 E-Mail:
******@*************.***
JURY AND TRIAL CONSULTANT
Consultant to civil and criminal trial attorneys pre-trial and in court
in the areas of trial strategy, jury selection and voir dire.
Pre-trial consultation may include community surveys,
litigation of voir dire and jury selection issues,
focus group and other social science research,
design of juror questionnaires, and development of voir dire
questions and issues.
Trial consultation may also include witness preparation,
case strategy, theory and theme development,
and assessing effects of pre-trial publicity in applicable cases.
Pre-trial and in-court jury and trial consultation experience in
numerous State and Federal District Courts throughout
the United States.
Extensive experience with pretrial publicity, having been trial consultant for
the defense in State of South Carolina vs. Susan Smith, U.S. v. Theodore
Kaczynski, State of Georgia vs. Ray Lewis, U.S. vs. Eric Rudolph, U.S. v.
Richard Scrushy.
TEACHING POSITIONS
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW
2005-present Adjunct Professor
NATIONAL CRIMINAL DEFENSE COLLEGE
1991-present Trial Practice Institute - Faculty
Mercer Law School, Macon, Georgia
1991-1999 Advanced Seminar in Case Theory:
Voir Dire Through Closing Argument
Faculty
Denver Colorado; Atlanta, Georgia
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TRIAL ADVOCACY
1991-2000 Trial Practice Institute - Faculty
Host : University of Georgia School of Law
Athens, Georgia
INSTITUTE OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE ADVOCACY
1999 Trial Practice Institute - Faculty
Host: California Western University
San Diego, California
WESTERN INSTITUTE OF TRIAL ADVOCACY
1998 Trial Practice Institute-Faculty
Host: University of Wyoming
Laramie, Wyoming
NEW YORK STATE DEFENDERS' ASSOCIATION
1991-1996 Trial Practice Institute - Faculty
Troy, New York
GUEST/INVITED LECTURES
(representative list)
2002 Emory University School of Law - Kessler
Eidson Program for Trial Techniques,
Strategies for Successful Voir Dire lecture
1991 1999 Georgia State University, Department of
Psychology. Guest lecturer as part of
Applied Psychology coursework teaching
Psychology in the Law; and as part of the
College Honors "Psychology in the Law"
symposia
1992 - 2005 Georgia State University College of Law
Guest lecturer on jury selection and
2
witness preparation - Advanced
Criminal Litigation course
1996-2001 Gonzaga College of Law, Spokane Washington
Externship Program and C.L.E for Spokane
Bar Association - Jury Selection
Preparing A Client to Testify
CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION LECTURES AND SEMINARS
(Representative List)
2004 Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Who Gives A - Helping the Jury
Find the Meaning of Your Case
Savannah, Georgia
2003 National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Tools for Testifying: Using Your Client to
Communicate Your Theory of the Case
New Orleans, Louisiana
2003 Georgia Association of Trial Lawyers
What Trial Lawyers Are Learning From Focus
Groups About Plaintiff s Cases
Atlanta, Georgia
2003 Atlanta Bar Association, Employment Section
101 Uses for a Trial Consultant
Atlanta, Georgia
2001 American Society of Trial Consultants
Trial Consulting 101
Williamsburg, Virginia
2000 I.C.L.E. in Georgia
Jury Selection in Business Litigation
Atlanta, Georgia
1999 Georgia Institute of Trial Advocacy
Trial Advocacy Seminar
Finding the Meaning of Your Case
GPTV, Atlanta, Georgia
3
1998 C.J.A. Panel Attorney Training
Lessons Learned from The Susan Smith
Co-Presenter with Judy Clarke
Estes Park, Colorado
1998 Federal Bar Association
Communicating in the Courtroom
Spokane, Washington
1997 South Carolina Public Defender Conference
Focus Groups - Hot New Defense Tool
Charleston, South Carolina
1997 Federal Bar Association
Effective Voir Dire
Spokane, Washington
1996 Institute of Continuing Legal Education
The First Basic Principle of Advocacy: Persuasion
Atlanta, Georgia
1996 Indiana Public Defender Council
Strategies for Effective Voir Dire
Atlanta, Georgia
1995 Indiana Continuing Legal Education
Foundation, "Jury Selection in a
Complex Case"; featured speaker
along with Johnny Cochran.
Indianapolis, Indiana
1995 Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
Start to Finish Seminar
Things That Make A Difference in Difficult
Cases - Theories and Themes
Co-Presenter with Elissa Krauss,
National Jury Project
Atlanta, Georgia
1995 "Uncensored Advocacy: The Ultimate
Federal Practice Experience."
Lecture: Effective Courtroom
Communications. Denver, Colorado
1995 Greater Cincinnati Criminal
4
Defense Lawyers Association
"Forensic Evidence" Lecture:
Presenting Expert Testimony
to a Jury. Cincinnati, Ohio
1995 The Federal Bar Association.
"Thrills and Skills: Advanced
Trial Advocacy." Lecture: "What,
Me, Put on a Witness?"
Spokane, Washington
1994 "Only the Strong Survive" - Federally
funded continuing legal education for
C.J.A. panel attorneys. Lecture:
Effective Courtroom Communications
1994 National Association of Criminal Defense
Lawyers. Lecture: Addressing the Theory
of the Case in Voir Dire. Houston, Texas
1994 Federal Public Defender, Central District
Of California - Expert Witness Seminar
Integrating the Theory of Defense Through Experts
Los Angeles, California
PANELS/PRESENTATIONS/PUBLICATIONS
1995 The Sixth Annual Forum on the Bill of
Rights in memory of Judge Robert Vance,
sponsored by the Federal Bar Association,
Atlanta, Georgia. Panelist.
1991 American Bar Association, Annual Meeting.
Commission on Opportunities for Minorities
in the Profession, Litigation Section,
"Phobia Tort: Maximizing and Minimizing
Fear." Panelist.
1991 Hormone Research, International Journal of
Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology.
"Salivary Testosterone Measurements among
Women: Relative Magnitude of Circadian
Cycles." Vol. 35, 182-184. (Co-Author,
James M. Dabbs, Ph.D.)
5
1990 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
"Testosterone and Occupational Choice: Actors,
Ministers and Other Men." Vol. 59, No. 6, 1261-
1265. (Co-Author, James M. Dabbs, Ph.D)
1989 American Psychological Association Annual
Meeting. Featured Presenter, A.P.A.
Science Doctorate, Biological and Cultural
Bases of Behavior: "Testosterone as a
Predictor of Behavior Differences Among
Men." (Co-Author, James M. Dabbs, Ph.D.)
1988 American Psychological Association Annual
Meeting. Presenter: "Attributional
Responses by Victims and Nonvictims."
(Co-Author, R. Barry Ruback, Ph.D.)
1987 Southeastern Psychological Association,
Presenter: "Throwing Caution to the
Wind: Attributions by Risk Takers"
(Co-Author, R. Barry Ruback, Ph.D.)
1987 THESIS: "Behavioral Attributions by
Victims and Nonvictims" Department
of Psychology, Georgia State University,
Pullen Library, Atlanta, Georgia
PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
1986-1988 Assisted in research design, data
studies on hormones and behavior,
emphasis on imprisoned and paroled
populations. Research funded in part
by the Antisocial and Violent Behavior
Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health.
1986-1987 Performed psychological and cognitive
assessments on patients with psycho-
neurological deficits at Grady Memorial
Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia.
1985-1987 Performed psychological assessments of
"at-risk" adolescents in selected public
schools in metropolitan Atlanta. Study
funded by National Institute of Alcohol
6
Abuse and Alcoholism, Washington, D.C.
EDUCATION/TRAINING
Bachelor of Science Degree with Distinction in Psychology,
Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1987
Juris Doctor Degree. Georgia University College of Law,
Atlanta, Georgia, 1995
Basic Mediation Training, Resolution Resources Corporation
Atlanta, Georgia, 1999
Domestic Mediation Training, Atlanta Divorce Mediators, Inc.,
Atlanta, Georgia, 1999
MEMBERSHIPS
American Society of Trial Consultants
DeKalb County Bar Association
Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
State Bar of Georgia
HONORS
Recipient of the 2001 Glenda Hatchett Volunteer of the Year Award, Truancy
Intervention Project, Fulton County, Georgia
7
Contact this candidate