David A. Wenner Phoenix, Arizona
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David Wenner, M.S.W., J.D. is nationally recognized as an authority on juror bias and decision-making. As a partner in the Phoenix law firm of Snyder & Wenner, P.C., Mr. Wenner has spent the last two decades prosecuting wrongful death and catastrophic injury accident cases, speaking to lawyers across the country on juror bias and decision-making, and creating a successful juror bias model.
Research
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Juror Bias ATLA Blue Ribbon Committee - 1994-1997
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Tort Reform Rhetoric and Juror Attitudes, 2000 - 2001, Stanford University, Roscoe Pound Foundation
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Juror Attitudes Post 9/11, AAJ; Roscoe Pound Foundation 2002
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Robert L. Habush AAJ Endowment Jury Project --- Judicial Attitudes Toward Voir Dire, Professor Lee D Ross, Stanford University, Geoff Garin, Peter Hart & Associates, Washington D.C. 2008
- Bar Admissions:
- Arizona, 1984
- U.S. District Court District of Arizona, 1984
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1984
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1990
- Published Works:
- Jury Bias Model (Co-Author)
- Co-Creator, Jury Bias Model
- Reframing the Model, Trial Magazine, March, 2008
- Wenner, D. Book Review, Scientific Jury Selection, Trial Magazine, March, 2007
- Personal Reflection Regarding Juror Bias, Trial Magazine, July, 2004
- Letter to the Editor, Wall Street Journal, January 20, 2004
- "Jury Bias", Litigating Tort Cases, Chapter 35, West & American Association for Justice, 2003
- Personal Reflection Regarding Juror Bias, Trial Magazine, July, 2004
- Combating Juror Bias, Trial, p. 30, June, 2000
- Preparing for Trial: An Uncommon Approach, Trial, p. 62, January, 1998
- Overcoming Juror Bias in Voir Dire, Trial, p. 42, July, 1997
- Communication Skills in the Courtroom Summation, Arizona Trial Lawyers, p. 4, Fall, 1985
- Sensory Language in the Courtroom, Trial Diplomacy Journal, p. 13, Winter, 1981
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Co-Developer, AAJ's Overcoming Jury Bias Seminar & College, 1995 - Present
- American Association for Justice NCA Post - Ultimate College, Charleston, SC, American Association for Justice's First Focus Group, February 26, 1994
- Faculty Member, Lecturer, Social Psychology of the Jury Trial, March 3, 1994
- Focusing on Your Case, American Association for Justice NCA Post-Ultimate College, Houston, TX, April 28, 1995
- Professional Liability Issues, American Association for Justice NCA Holiday Golf Classic Seminar, Pebble Beach
- American Association for Justice NCA Premises Liability: Inadequate Security and Violent Crimes, February 23, 1996
- Lecturer, Negligent Hiring and Jury Decisions in Inadequate Security Cases, February 24, 1996
- Focusing on Your Case, American Association for Justice NCA Post-Ultimate College, Arlington, VA, March 1, 1996
- Fighting for Justice By and For the People, American Association for Justice 1996 Annual Convention, July 27, 1996
- Lecturer, Focus Groups for Trial Lawyers, Boston, MA, July 31, 1996
- Lecturer, The Medical Malpractice Case, AzTLA Program, October 11, 1996
- Lecturer, A Day In Court With The Masters, AzTLA Program, November 8, 1996
- Arizona's Top Ten - How They Did It, AzTLA Program, December 13, 1996
- Lecturer, Co-Chair and Faculty, NCA Case Workshop Program - Tucson, AZ, February 7, 1997
- Collision Cases, Premises Liability & Persuading, NCA Resort Mega Seminar, Phoenix, AZ, February 10, 1997 - February 24, 1997
- Co-Creator and Co-Chair, American Association for Justice Overcoming Juror Bias, May 16, 1997
- Lecturer, American Association for Justice 1997 Annual Convention, San Diego, CA, July 18, 1997
- Lecturer, American Association for Justice 1997 Annual Convention, San Diego, CA, July 23, 1997
- Lecture and Demonstration of Jury Deliberation, The Sea - Faculty - Sneak Preview Into a Jury Room, State Bar of Arizona, CLE, 1997
- Faculty Member, American Association for Justice, GA, American Association for Justice Case Workshop Program, September 18, 1997
- Chair and Faculty - Lecture, American Association for Justice Overcoming Juror Bias, Chicago, IL, September 26, 1997
- Jury Bias, Conducted Focus Group, September 27, 1997
- TBI, Medicine, Employment; Plenary: Overcoming Jury Bias, NCA Mega Seminar, October 31, 1997
- Lecturer, Jury Bias, Reno, NV, November 1, 1997
- Faculty Member, Conducted Live Focus Group, Medical Trial Skills College, Arizona State University College of Law, Tempe, January 16, 1998
- Lecturer, Juror Judgment and Decision-Making, American Association for Justice 1998 Winter Convention, Maui, Hawaii, February 21, 1998 - February 25, 1998
- Chair and Faculty, American Association for Justice Overcoming Juror Bias, Salt Lake City, UT, March 13, 1998
- Lecturer, Jury Bias, Conducted Live Focus Group, March 14, 1998
- Faculty, American Association for Justice Case Workshop Program, Santa Fe, NM, April 23, 1998
- Chair and Faculty - Lecture - Juror Decision-Making, Overcoming Juror Bias in Voir Dire, AzTLA Program
- Lecturer, American Association for Justice 1998 Weekend with the Stars, New York, NY, December 12, 1998
- Doubleheader: Litigating Catastrophically Injured Infant Cases; Premises, American Association for Justice, February 26, 1999
- Faculty Voir Dire, Liability: Inadequate Security, Phoenix, AZ, February 27, 1999
- Chair and Faculty, New Frontiers in Overcoming Juror Bias, American Association for Justice, Jupiter, FL, April 9, 1999
- Lecturer, Jury Bias, Conducted Live Focus Group, April 10, 1999
- Faculty, American Association for Justice Case Workshop Program, Minneapolis, MN, April 21, 1999
- Faculty, American Association for Justice Case Workshop Program, Minneapolis, MN, April 25, 1999
- Focus Group Demonstration, American Association for Justice Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, July 17, 1999
- Co-Chair and Faculty, Voir Dire, NCA Trial Advocacy College, Phoenix, AZ, October 9, 1999
- Co-Chair and Faculty - Lecture, American Association for Justice Overcoming Juror Bias, Phoenix, AZ, February 4, 2000 - February 5, 2000
- American Association for Justice Litigating Catastrophically Injured Infant Cases From a Trial Lawyer's Perspective, February 25, 2000
- Lecturer, Jury Bias in Catastrophically Injured Infant Cases, American Association for Justice, GA, February 26, 2000
- American Association for Justice Litigating Employment Cases From a Trial Lawyer's Perspective, March 17, 2000
- Lecturer, Juror Judgment and Decision - Making in Employment Cases, Las Vegas, NV, March 18, 2000
- Lecture, New Frontiers in Juror Bias, American Association for Justice Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, July 27, 2000
- Lecturer, Jury Bias, Nevada Trial Lawyers Annual Convention, August 2, 2000
- Lecturer, Focus Groups, American Board of Trial Advocates' Seminar, Phoenix, AZ, November 10, 2000
- Co-Chair and Faculty, American Association for Justice's Weekend With The Stars, New York, NY, December 10, 2000
- Lecturer, Jury Decision-Making and Bias, December 11, 2000
- Faculty, American Association for Justice's Medical Trial Skills College, Miami, FL, January 10, 2001
- Faculty, American Association for Justice's Overcoming Juror Bias College, American Association for Justice, GA, 2001
- Lecturer, Juror Bias, Michigan State Bar, Troy, MI, April 9, 2001
- Faculty, Continue Legal Education, Law Firm Jones, Day, Tucson, AZ, May 18, 2001 - May 19, 2001
- Jury Psychology, State Bar of Arizona CLE, Sea Half Day Program, San Diego, CA
- Lecturer, Psychology for Lawyers, American Association for Justice's Annual Convention, Montreal, Canada, 2001
- New Frontiers in Juror Bias, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL, 2001
- Jury Psychology, State Bar of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, 2002
- Faculty, Overcoming Jury Bias College, American Association for Justice, Coronado, CA, 2002
- Jury Bias, Kentucky Trial Lawyers Association, Louisville, KY, 2002
- Faculty, Overcoming Jury Bias Seminar, American Association for Justice-Las Vegas, NV, 2002
- Keynote Lecturer, National Employment Lawyer Association Annual Conference, Juror Bias, Orlando, FL, 2002
- Faculty, Overcoming Juror Bias Seminar, Philadelphia, PA, 2002
- Faculty, American Association for Justice Trial Advocacy College, Direct and Cross-Examination, Phoenix, AZ, 2002
- Lecturer, Jury Bias, Iowa Trial Lawyers Association, Des Moines, IA, 2002
- Faculty, American Association for Justice Overcoming Juror Bias College, Phoenix, AZ, 2003
- Lecturer, Jury Bias, Iowa Trial Lawyers Association, Des Moines, IA, 2003
- Jury Psychology, American Association for Justice Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2003
- Persuasion, Colorado Trail Lawyers, Vail, CO, 2003
- Speaker, Jury Bias, Michigan Trial Lawyers Association, Farmington, MI, 2003
- Speaker, Psyching Yourself Up For Trial, American Association for Justice's Weekend With The Stars, New York, NY, 2003
- Faculty, Exposing, Attacking & Defeating Juror Bias, American Association for Justice, Las Vegas, NV, 2004
- Faculty, Ultimate Course: Art of Persuasion, Harvard Law School, American Association for Justice, Cambridge, MA
- Co-Chair, Overcoming Jury Bias Seminar, American Association for Justice, Las Vegas, NV, 2004
- Faculty, Jury Bias, Washington State Trial Lawyers, Tacoma, WA, 2004
- Co-Chair and Presenter, Jury Bias, Arizona Trial Lawyer Annual Conference, 2004
- Faculty, Seminar on Jury Decision-Making, Ontario Trial Lawyers, Toronto, Canada, 2004
- Presentation, Jury Psychology, Trial Advocacy, American Association for Justice Annual Convention, Boston, MA, 2004
- Faculty, Jury Decision Making, Mediterranean Cruise: An Italian Aria, American Association for Justice, Venice, Italy, 2004
- Speaker, American Association for Justice's18th Annual Weekend with the Stars, New York, NY, 2004
- Faculty, Overcoming Jury Bias in Complex Cases Seminar, American Association for Justice, Miami Beach, FL, 2005
- Focus Group Demonstration, AAJ's Medical Trial Skills College, Scottsdale, AZ, 2005
- Faculty, American Association for Justice's The Ultimate Trial Advocacy Course, Georgetown Law School, Washington D.C., 2005
- Presentation, Jury Bias, Nevada Trial Lawyer Seminar, Las Vegas, NV, 2005
- Speaker, Jury Decision Making, CLE, State Bar of Arizona, San Diego, CA, 2005
- Presentation on Jury Psychology, 2005 American Association for Justice's Annual Convention, Toronto Ontario, 2005
- Faculty, American Association for Justice's Overcoming Juror Bias College Part I, American Association for Justice, GA, 2005
- Speaker, Jury Bias, American Association for Justice's Winter Convention, Honolulu, HI, 2006
- Faculty, American Association for Justice's Overcoming Jury Bias Seminar, Las Vegas, NV, 2006
- Half Day Presentation, Overcoming Jury Bias, Wyoming Trial Lawyers, Jackson Hole, WY, 2006
- Speaker, Communication with Conservative Jurors, Attorney Information Exchange Group, Denver, CO, 2006
- Presentation, Jury Decision Making, American Association for Justice's Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, 2006
- Faculty, American Association for Justice's Psychology of Persuasion, American Association for Justice, GA, 2006
- Faculty, American Association for Justice's Overcoming Juror Bias College, American Association for Justice, GA, 2006
- Presentation, Trial Story Framing in Birth Trauma Cases, AAJ's Litigating Injured Infants Seminar, Tucson, AZ, 2007
- Faculty, Overcoming Jury Bias, Alabama Trial Lawyers, Birmingham, AL, 2007
- Half Day Presentation, Jury Bias, Oklahoma Trial Lawyers, Las Vegas, NV, 2007
- Presentation, New Frontiers in Jury Bias, Trial Advocacy, Annual Conference, American Association for Justice, Chicago, IL, 2007
- Speaker, Jury Selection in Traumatic Brain Injury Cases, Annual Conference, American Association for Justice, Chicago, IL, 2007
- Presentation, Jury Decision Making in Auto Defect Cases, Attorney Information Exchange Group, Santa Fe, NM, 2007
- Presentation, The Unconscious and Jury Decision Making, Annual Conference, Arizona Trial Lawyers, Scottsdale, AZ, 2007
- Speaker, Jury Selection, Maricopa County Superior Court Judges, Mesa, AZ, 2007
- Faculty, AAJ'S New Avenues to Justice: The Art and Science of Persuasion, Las Vegas, NV, 2007
- Presentation and Demonstration, Focus Groups and Jury Bias, New Mexico Trial Lawyers, Albuquerque, NM, 2008
- Presentation; Focus Groups, Defective Drug Seminar, AAJ, Las Vegas, NV, 2008
- Faculty & Presentations, Jury Bias Modela, The Juror and the Unconscious, Overcoming Jury Bias Seminar, AAJ, Phoenix, AZ, 2008
- Facilitate Focus Group, AIEG Seminar, Seattle, WA, 2008
- Faculty, Jury Decision Making Seminar, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers Annual Convention, 2008
- Facilitate Focus Group with Arizona Judges regarding Voir Dire, State Bar of Arizona Annual Convention, Tucson, AZ, 2008
- Presentation, New Frontiers on Jury Bias, AAJ Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA, 2008
- Presentation, Jury Bias in Medical Negligence Cases, AAJ Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA, 2008
- Honors and Awards:
- Best Lawyers in America, 2000 - 2008
- Super Lawyers Southwest, 2007 - 2008
- Best Lawyers in Phoenix, Phoenix Magazine
- Martindale-Hubbell, A.V. Rating
- Diplomat of Trial of Advocacy - National College of Advocacy, 1997
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- American Association for Justice (formerly, ATLA)
- Arizona Bar Association
- Maricopa County Bar Association
- AAJ Jury Project
- National College of Advocacy, 1995 - 2001
- Board of Trustees
- National College of Advocacy, 2002 - 2005
- Board of Trustees
- Blue Ribbon Committee
- Co-Chair
- Board of Arizona Trial Lawyer, 1998 - 2001
- Member, Seminar Committee
- Board of the Arizona Trial Lawyers, 1998 - 2001
- Member, Seminar Committee
- State Bar of Arizona, Trial Practice Continuing Legal Education
