Dr. Vinson is widely considered the "founding father" of the trial consulting field, and is internationally recognized as the world’s leading expert in the field. He has founded three successful companies in the space, two of which were acquired by NYSE-listed corporations (he currently serves as Chairman of the third). Dr. Vinson has spent the last 35 years providing valuable insights and strategic recommendations to trial attorneys about juror behavior, and his record of success is unparalleled. He has consulted on hundreds of civil and criminal trials, including Pennzoil v. Texaco, USFL v. NFL, the Oklahoma City bombing case, the DuPont Plaza Hotel and MGM Grand Hotel fires, Dalkon Shield litigation, the O.J. Simpson murder trial, and the World Trade Center insurance case.Before founding Litigation Sciences, Dr. Vinson served on the faculty of the Anderson School at UCLA and was Chairman of the Marketing Department at the USC business school from 1975 until 1980. In addition, he has been a professor of business at Louisiana State University, a Visiting Professor of Law at Tulane University, and a member of the faculty of the Salzburg Seminar in Salzburg, Austria, where he taught a course in International Jurisprudence with Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.He was appointed to the Advisory Council, National Institutes of Health by President Bush and served as the United States Representative to the South Pacific Commission under both Presidents Bush and Clinton. In addition, Dr. Vinson served as Chairman of the Board of the Institute for Legal Reform of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and was Commissioner of the California Commission on Judicial Performance. He has served on numerous other corporate, educational, and professional boards, including the UCLA Board of Visitors and the World Board of Governors of the USO.Dr. Vinson is recognized as a leading authority in the application of the Behavioural Sciences to the resolution of legal disputes. In the U.S., he is known for establishing the application of psychological principles and behavioral research methodologies for providing major companies and law firms with assistance for strategic advice in civil litigation and arbitration. Dr. Vinson has written extensively on the application of psychology and behavioral research for the resolution of legal disputes.