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EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy, Applied Research Psychology, Hofstra University, 1979
Master of Arts, Applied Research Psychology, Hofstra University, 1977
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, Hofstra University, 1975. Magna cum Laude, Dean’s List, Psi Chi National Honor Society
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
The Singer Companies, Ft. Lauderdale FL; Founder, CEO and President, 1979 to Present
Headquartered in Ft. Lauderdale and with offices across the country; departmentalized to focus on four major service areas to provide for others’ success and well-being:
Litigation Psychology Equestrian Services Adult and Child Education Charitable ProjectsThe Singer Companies’ litigation psychology companies are comprised of Trial Consultants, Inc.; Litigation Consultants Inc.; Trial Communications, Inc.; and The Institute for Settlement Sciences Inc. Additionally, they offer Singer Web Search—“The Search Engine that Follows the LawSM”--and Case Track, a 24-hour-access, password-protected cyber-file area developed specially for Trial Consultant attorney/clients.
Trial Consultants, Inc.; President and Chief Executive Officer, 1979 to Present:
Jury Research and Trial Preparation services provided to Litigation Attorneys throughout the United States. TCI--a multidisciplinary company comprised of psychologists, attorneys, sociologists, theologists, philosophers, and anthropologists--conducts jury simulation studies, concurrent juries, and juror profiling. TCI also constructs reliable and valid voir dire questions based on psychometric principles, and provides public opinion surveys and attitude surveys for change-of-venue studies. Additional consultation during voir dire is also available.
Institute for Settlement Sciences; President, Chief Executive Officer, 1993 to Present:
Provides cost-effective and specialized settlement intelligence for mediation and arbitration.
Trial Communications, Inc.; President, Chief Executive Officer, 1993 to Present:
Provides technical support for trials and settlement negotiation, including online demonstrative evidence, L.I.S.T.™ (Litigation Information Systems Technology). Offers cost-effective, electronically generated services through 1-800-A Jury Dr (reliable and case-specific, valid voir dire questions); theme development based on their extensive database; and online graphic design to maximize the persuasive power of attorneys’ visuals. Other services include “Dial-a-Jury Reaction” (a panel of surrogate jurors telephonically gives their reactions to attorneys’ facts, issues, demonstrative evidence, and/or arguments); persuasion psychology; and the psychology of decision-making and case evaluation. Their newest methodology, Opinion Stream™, gathers thousands of frank, objective opinions from online mock-juror communities and interprets this qualitative information to determine a roadmap of problem areas from which their experts can brainstorm solutions for all facets and stages of attorneys’ case strategies.
Institute for Trial Consulting SM; President, Chief Executive Officer, 1993 to Present:
Using a variety of techniques and research methodologies developed by their litigation psychologists, the scientific side of this Institute collects data from surveys, focus groups, mock trials, witness preparations, and voir dire in various types of litigation. Additionally, the educational side of this organization uses that scientific data to teach and empower litigators to maximize their chances for successful results in court and/or in alternative dispute resolutions.
Litigation Consultants; President, Chief Executive Officer, 1997 to Present:
The country’s only “litigation think tank”! Litigation Consultants offers attorneys nationwide the singular advantage of being able to immediately tap into the collective wisdom, experience, and savvy of some of America’s most eminent trial masters and genuine legal legends in order to achieve courtroom success for their clients. Dr. Singer and her groups of scientists, scholars, and lawyers around the world are famous for brainstorming creative, expert solutions (analysis, planning, presentation, or settlement) to many of the most difficult cases imaginable--cases with huge stakes, no clear solutions, and no margin for error.
The other Singer Companies’ Web sites:
Class Action Equine Leasing: Fine show horses for sale and lease with an exclusive cash-back program that has never made having a quality horse more possible.
Search-For-Knowledge.com (charitable): Promotes Adult and Child Education through Home-Schooling Resources, Educational Course Study, Educator's Sources & Guide, and Research Launching Pad.
E-MailClassifieds.com (charitable): Visitors may place and peruse ads, all free of charge for donations to religious organizations and charities for the underprivileged.
Hollywood Memorial Hospital, Hollywood, Florida; Psychologist, 1980 to 1983
Psychologist, Private Practice; Miami, Florida; 1979 to 1985
Long Island Regional Office of Mental Health; Director of Program, Evaluation and Applied Research: Supervised all experiments and surveys performed by the Long Island Regional Office of Mental Health in New York State, 1978 to 1979.
Systems Analyst. Determination of data systems for the Management Information Systems Department for the Long Island Regional Office of Mental Health, Spring 1978.
Suffolk Development Center, Long Island, New York; Program Evaluator for Applied Psychological Research: Conducted Attitude and Demographic Studies, 1977 to 1978.
United Cerebral Palsy, Long Island, New York; Therapist, Biofeedback, 1973 to 1977
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Nova University, School of Law, 1997 to Present:
Psychology of Jury Selection
Hofstra University, Department of Psychology, 1979 to 1982:
Statistics, Experimental Design and Social Psychology
Florida International University, Department of Psychology, 1982 to 1984:
Developmental Psychology, Human Sexuality, and Psychology of Drug Abuse
HONORS AND MEMBERSHIPS
American Society of Trial Consultants, 1985 to Present
Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 1984 to Present
American Psychological Association, 1979 to Present
Mother of the Year Award, Miami, 1993
Women’s League for Israel
Young President’s Club at Mount Sinai Hospital, Miami BeachPUBLICATIONS
Reading the Jury. Employing Litigation Research to Understand & Shape the Decisions Jurors Make. A collection of articles (1997), self-published:
Exposing and Eliminating Biased Jurors During Voir Dire
Litigation Intelligence Surveys: Essential for Large Products Liability Trials
S-J-Qs—Great for Juror I-N-F-O
Value Beliefs, not Demographics, Key to Seating Jurors
Cueing Positive Memory Recall With Jurors
Witness Preparation for Defense Attorneys
The Best Jury Research Format to Test Trial Themes
Don’t Make Voir Dire So Difficult
Juror Value Beliefs and the Power of Persuasion
Nine Questions for Valid Voir Dire
Using Psychology to Win in Court
Classically-Conditioning Jurors
It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Theme
Dealing With Biased Jurors During Voir Dire
Jury Verdict Award Amounts: Fact, not Fiction
Jury-Validated Trial Themes
The Best Jury Research Format to Test Trial Themes
Cueing Positive Memory Recall With Jurors
Exploding the Myths Concerning Voir Dire
Getting Jurors to Deliberate in Front of You
Challenging Jurors for Cause
Litigation Intelligence Surveys
Trial Consulting for the Smaller Practitioner
Intellectual Property Cases Require Strong Themes
Focusing on Jury Focus Groups
Picking a Jury in a Civil Case in Ohio
Trial Consulting
Professionally Prepared for Witness Preparations?
Preparing the Child to Testify in Civil Actions
In Defense of Jury ConsultingTrials and Deliberations: Inside the Jury Room, Amy Singer, Ph.D. and Pat Maloney, J.D. (1992). West Group.
The Psychologist and the Jury. Proceedings of the Southwestern Legal Foundation Institute on Planning, Zoning & Eminent Domain, 16th Annual Conference (1986), Chapter 8. Matthew Bender Publishers.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Wiley Expert Witness Update, 1998. “Understanding and Shaping Jurors’ Decisions with Litigation Psychology Research.”
Journal of Legal Nurse Consulting, April 1996. “Trial Consulting: Much-in-Demand, Highly Effective, and Nicely Profitable Professional Subspecialty for Legal Nurse Consultants.”
Trial. Journal of the Association of Trial Lawyers, June 1997. “How to Prove Jurors Will Be on Your Side.”
Labor & Employment Law Quarterly, Spring 1997. “Jury Selection for Employment Litigation Cases.”
The Counselor. The Newsletter for Women Attorneys, July 1997. “The Winning Edge: Using Litigation Psychology.”
Leader’s Product Liability. Law & Strategy, Oct. 1997. “Exposing & Eliminating Biased Jurors During Voir Dire.”
Leader’s Product Liability. Law & Strategy, Dec. 1997. “Why, When and How to Conduct Litigation Intelligence Surveys.”
Law Office Economics & Management, No. 3, 1997. “Dream Team” a “Litigation Think Tank.”
The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers Journal, May 1996. “Amy Singer Tells Us About Litigation Intelligence Surveys.”
Trial, April 1996. “Selecting Jurors: What to do About Bias.”
Trial Lawyers Quarterly, Fall/Winter 1995/96. “Focus Groups.”
Trial Diplomacy Journal, Nov./Dec. 1996. “Focusing on Juror Focus Groups.”
Ohio Trial, Spring 1995. With Jeffrey Bond, “Picking a Jury in a Civil Case in Ohio.”
Trial. Oct. 1994. “Jury-Validated Trial Themes.”
The Law Works, Dec. 1994. “Intellectual Property Cases Require Strong Themes.”
The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers Journal, Nov. 1991. “Challenging Jurors for Cause.”
Trial, Sept. 1996. “Practice Makes Perfect.”
The Practical Litigator, Sept. 1995. “Six Rules for Picking a Successful Jury.”
Southern Trial Lawyers Assn., Jan. 1989. “Brainstorming, Think-Tanking & Celebration in Jury Selection.”
Cited: The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Psychology Today, Ladies’ Home Journal, The Boston Globe, The Miami Herald, Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, Orlando Business Journal, St. Petersburg Times, Los Angeles Daily Journal & San Francisco Daily Journal, The American Lawyer, The Miami Daily Business Review, Lawyers Weekly USA.
SPEAKER FOR
Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers
American Bar Association
American Trial Lawyers Association
Broward County Bar Association
Dade County Bar Association
Florida Bar Association
American Law Institute
State Bar of Texas
ABA Annual Meeting, Products, General Liability and Consumer Law
Florida Bar Labor & Employment Law Litigation, Orlando
Stetson University, Tampa, Florida
California Bar Association
American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, Miami, Florida
Washington Law School
ABA Aviation and Space Law, Washington, D. C.
Wyoming Trial Lawyers
Inns of Court (Washington, D. C., Tampa and St. Petersburg)
Southern Trial Lawyers
Florida Defense Lawyers
Washington State Trial Lawyers
Colorado Trial Lawyers Association
Arkansas Trial Lawyers
Missouri Trial Lawyers
Kansas Trial Lawyers Association
Ohio Trial Lawyers Association
Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association
Ft. Lauderdale Claim Association
Dade Defense Bar
National Employment Lawyers Association
Miami Beach Bar Association
AFTL Workhorse Seminar, Orlando, Florida
Inner Circle Convention
ALI-ABA Advanced Law and Litigation Program
ATLA’s Annual Convention
OATL Seminar
Stark County Trial Lawyers Seminar
CLE Seminar
DRICAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Dr. Amy Singer is a nationally recognized authority in the field of litigation psychology. She is a leader in blending the tools of behavioral science, applied research, and psychological analysis in order for attorneys to achieve more effective litigation strategies and paragon tactics.
Dr. Singer is constantly called upon as a jury expert by the media concerning newsworthy trials. She has been interviewed in numerous publications, including the Wall Street Journal and the Miami Herald. Dr. Singer is the courtroom consultant for the NBC and FOX television station affiliates in Miami, and she was a columnist for the Miami Daily Business Review.
Every year, Dr. Singer and her firm, Trial Consultants, Inc., assist some of the country’s most accomplished and respected litigators with over 1,000 cases. Trial Consultants provides a variety of trial consulting services, including mock trials; jury simulations; focus groups; shadow juries; change-of-venue studies; public opinion and attitude surveys; and witness preparation. (Voir dire and theme-development telephone consultations are available from Trial Communication’s 1-800-Jury Dr™ service and Dial A Reaction™, a quick and easy resource for attorneys to ascertain problem areas and reactions to issues, facts, and themes of their cases.) The Institute for Settlement Sciences, a TCI division, offers attorneys settlement negotiation services, with a focus on negotiation, arbitration, and mediation strategies and intelligence, including the “A Mediate Reaction™” service, a cost-effective mediation tool. Aside from traditional trial consulting services, TCI is the only trial consulting firm in the country offering “cyber services”: virtual issue analyses and focus groups with their patented software, Case Response.
PERSONAL
Dr. Singer is the proud mother of Danielle born in 1986, and Greg born in 1990. Danielle lives in Gainesville, Fla where she is the President and owner of Knick- knacks: a "do it yourself" arts and crafts studio.
In addition, Danielle is attending an International cooking school where she is learning to be a french chef.
On July 21 2007 Danielle and her husband, John, became parents. Dr. Singer's granddaughter, Hannah, is quite simply "a bundle of joy".
Greg graduated High School early. He is a talented musician, and like his great grandfather, can play any musical instrument by ear. He is currently enrolled in college and is a music major.
Welsh ponies are bred on her family's Class Action Farm in Gainsville. She is on the Board of Directors and is Chairperson of fund raising for the Paula and Harry Singer Community Center (named for her parents due to her fund-raising abilities), a family place that promotes family values and provides educational courses and activities. Dr. Singer and her children belong to the Chabad of Weston, Florida. In 1993 Dr. Singer received the prestigious Mother of the Year Award, given by the Miami Herald, which she regards as her highest honor.
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The Institute for Trial ConsultingSM is an educational organization that empowers litigators to maximize their chances for successful results in court and/or in alternative dispute resolutions. Attorneys, psychologists, paralegals, and other social scientists are taught — through a variety of techniques and research methodologies — how to conduct surveys, focus groups, mock trials, witness preparations, and voir dire. |
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Case Track is a password-protected cyber-file area developed specially for Trial Consultant attorney/clients. Attorneys have 24-hour access to all the information, research, and other pertinent data during the processing of their cases. |
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