Dr. Nordstrom will be speaking at the ITLA 37th Annual Lifetime Achievement Seminar!
Our Team
Rodney Nordstrom, Ph.D., J.D.
Rodney Nordstrom, Ph.D., J.D. is a trial consultant in Peoria, Illinois. He works primarily with trial lawyers from the Midwest and speaks at national and state bar association meetings. Rodney earned his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Kansas and a J.D. degree from Valparaiso University. He has spent the past couple of years learning all he can about AI, synthetic jurors and how it can aid trial litigators. His company, LitSimAI (formerly Litigation Simulation Services), helps trial attorneys prepare and present their significant cases. He is a contributor to the Illinois Bar Journal as well as the Indiana Lawyer and has served as moderator and speaker at several CLE seminars. He was also general editor and chapter author (Change of Venue) for the CLE book entitled Inside and Outside the Jury Box: Effective Trial Strategies and general editor and chapter contributor for Jury Selection in Criminal Cases and Twelve Angry Men – Inside a Juror’s Mind.
Cheri Marrero Nordstrom
Cheri's first experience with focus groups was in 1993 as a focus group participant. She has been interested in technology since she was a child and learned how to code on her own. This led to careers in HRIS and database development and management through the years and she became a member of our team shortly after her first focus group experience. For the past 25 years, Cheri has also developed a keen interest in jury decision-making and preparing witnesses. She is able to effectively work with witnesses, training them to communicate with judges and juries with more impact and clarity. In addition to witness preparation, Cheri conducts post-verdict debriefing of jurors, develops databases for community attitude surveys, and prepares & presents visual aids. Her witness preparation style has been credited by many attorneys as a significant factor to winning their cases.
