TRIAL SCIENCE - Key Persons
Cindy received her Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from the University of Nevada. She has been doing all the accounting for Trial Science for over 20 years. She has also learned the data systems TSI use for analyzing research project results, making her an invaluable team member on the bigger projects we tackle.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder of Trial Science, Inc
- President / Trial Consultant
Dr. Dugan is the co-founder of Trial Science, Inc. He grew up in the Chicago area where he learned that being nice and direct and competitive and funny could all live cooperatively within the same person.
Dr. Dugan attended Texas Christian University, playing tennis there until injury forced him to take his studies more seriously. He became the Senior Honors Scholar at TCU in his last year. He then went on for his Master's (1980) and Doctoral (1984) degrees in Psychology from the University of Kansas.
Dr. Dugan has developed and taught a variety of continuing legal education seminars in Nevada, California, Hawaii, Texas, Arizona, Massachusetts, Washington, Ohio, Colorado, Illinois, and North Dakota. He has been invited to give addresses to the American Bar Association, the National Judicial College, the Western Trial Lawyers Association, as well as a variety of state and county Bar associations.
Job Titles:
- Executive Assistant
- Office Manager
As the heart and soul of Trial Science, Deb creates the research environment that ends up telling attorneys what works and what does not. Besides running day-to-day workings of the office since 2010, she is the ultimate event Wizard. Focus Group and Mock Trial participant recruiters from all over the country look forward to her call saying, "We have a new project in your area." Most of them are so comfortable with her friendly, professional style that they just call her "Deb," except the ones from the south who call her "Miss Deb."
Every project runs into complications, like missing people, delayed flights, spotty internet connections [in online studies], equipment issues, people asking for Dr. Pepper on breaks in hotels that only serve Coke products, union electricians, and participants who fall asleep. None of those complications ever stop Deb from getting the project to the finish line as if nothing had happened. She is unflappable in a world that demands flapping. She does this through her preparation, anticipation of possible issues, experience, and dedication to the needs of our clients who, she knows, operate in a tense world. A success to her is completing a project without adding stress to the trial team who hired us.