Carol Bauss

Carol Bauss

Carol Bauss, J.D. has been a Senior Litigation Consultant with NJP Litigation Consulting/West for over 25 years working on over a thousand cases around the country. Drawing on her background in law and communications, she advises attorneys on trial presentation and jury selection strategy and works with witnesses to improve their communication skills. She has an in-depth knowledge of juror attitudes, bias, and decision-making drawn from her years of experience conducting focus groups, mock trials, and post-verdict juror interviews and staying up to date on social science research. She works with legal teams to find the human story and universal themes within complex legal disputes and to persuasively communicate those messages to the jury and other fact-finders. She recently served on the Board of Directors of the American Society of Trial Consultants.

Articles written by this author:

Avoid juror judgment: Keep the plaintiff out of the courtroom

A trial consultant looks at the pros and cons in this long-running debate over the value of having your plaintiff in the courtroom

Carol Bauss

2020 July


The effect of jury size on trial outcomes

The effect of jury size on trial outcomes

Do smaller juries perform as well as 12-person juries?

Carol Bauss

2022 March