Rich Matthews, senior trial consultant and member of the California bar, received his J.D. from the University of Oregon School of Law, and brings an impressive background of litigation and negotiation to his trial consulting. His expertise encompasses issue analysis, thematic message and communication strategy, all types of focus group research, communication and presentation strategy, story and frame development, voir dire and juror selection, courtroom presentation skills, and post-verdict juror research. He is also a highly regarded negotiation expert, having worked for a decade with Fortune 100 companies, and applies this negotiation expertise to maximizing the possibilities in the settlement process as well as in the courtroom. Rich has innovated the use of focus group results at mediations and in negotiations to achieve better settlements in a shorter time than clients had experienced without them.
Rich has achieved successful results for both plaintiffs and defendants in the civil world, and prosecutors and defendants on the criminal side. He has appeared on national television and in major publications offering commentary on high profile trials. Rich has addressed thousands of lawyers, professionals, executives, and students at some of the world’s largest and fastest-moving companies.
He has appeared on national television and in major publications offering commentary on high profile trials. Rich has addressed thousands of lawyers, professionals, executives, and students at dozens of seminars, CLEs, law schools, and some of the world’s largest and fastest-moving companies.
Unable to resist a trivia contest, Rich has appeared on Jeopardy and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, and besides writing openings/closings/voir dire for countless attorneys, has written jokes for late night television.
Rich works nationwide and is located in San Francisco.