Client Testimonials

I began my association with Dr. Gomez after hearing her speak at a Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI) seminar. Her presentation was so impressive that I asked her to be a co-presenter with me on a number of PBI seminars on employment law that have been held throughout Pennsylvania. Her knowledge of the psychology of human interactions and attitudes has been extremely instructive and helpful to hundreds of attorneys who have attended these seminars. She is a consummate professional, is always well-prepared and has keen insight into the issues that litigators face in evaluating a case and preparing it for trial or settlement. Recently, I retained Dr. Gomez to conduct jury focus groups in an employment case where I was representing a Fortune 100 company that had been sued by 19 employees for alleged discrimination. Her work enabled my client to resolve the matter in an efficient and cost-effective manner. The in-house counsel who was present for the focus groups was so impressed with her work that he said he intended to use the video from the focus groups to train lawyers and Human Resources personnel at his company. I would be glad to discuss Dr. Gomez's work with anyone who is interested in utilizing her expertise.

We've retained Dr. Gomez to support efforts related to jury trials, witness development and related activities. Some of the matters involved catastrophic injuries and each included difficult liability issues. Without exception, Dr. Gomez provided outstanding support. Always professional, well-prepared, and team oriented, she's proven to be innovative and decisively insightful. She makes sure she understands the issues and identifies which are important, avoiding the temptation to oversell while providing needed appropriate and pointed effort. Her contributions have included dramatic improvement in witness evaluation and preparation, deep understanding of jury tendencies and a keen feel for the developments during trial. Her work contributed substantially to successful evaluations, mediation and trial. I commend her to you, and would be happy to provide more information upon request.

I've worked with Melissa Gomez on two jury verdict focus group projects - one involving a catastrophic brain damage case and the other a death case, each with difficult liability issues. On both occasions I found her work to be exceptional in all respects. She was professional, well-prepared, and a pleasure to work with. She provided keen insight into how best to present the facts to the mock juries so that my clients and I could evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the case. She made valuable suggestions before and during the process to fine-tune the presentations so as gain as much insight as possible into the factors which would be most important to jurors if the cases proceeded to trial. Her written evaluations of the focus groups' deliberations and the potential verdicts on liability and damages were concise and thorough. Her work enabled the clients and I to establish a firm basis on which to resolve the cases before trial. I would be pleased to discuss Melissa's work in further detail on request.