We faced an extremely sensitive, highly-charged case that evoked strong emotional responses on all sides. Will’s nuanced understanding of the venue, superb research skills and consistent responsiveness were invaluable assets to our team. His sharp intellect, emotional awareness and communication skills make him an indispensable asset to any trial team.

We had a difficult commercial bad-faith and breach of contract case against a large insurance company. The policies were dense and the coverage issues were complex; so we needed trial themes that synthesized a lot of information and were powerful, but simple. Alexis Forbes and Will Rountree assiduously analyzed the findings from our pretrial research, helped us craft our themes and worked with us on the jury presentation. They developed jury selection strategies and questioning techniques that helped us identify and achieve cause challenges. Engaging Alexis and Will was, without a doubt, the right call: The jury returned a verdict in our favor, including a $46 million punitive damages award. If you’ve got a complex case, and you’re looking for dedicated consultants—indeed, true team members—to assist you in developing your strongest case, add Alexis Forbes and Will Rountree to your team. Call them before your opponent does.

I have worked with Beth Bonora and her colleagues at Bonora Rountree for over two decades, in every kind of criminal case. Whether it's mock trial research, opening and closing, or jury selection, their work is beyond compare. Their expertise can turn a difficult criminal case into a winner.

We worked with the Bonora Rountree team on two cases, one of which was a classic David and Goliath case where my firm represented a large foreign company sued by a small local startup. I was impressed with the BR team’s ability to see the minefields in the case and use those minefields as triggers to reveal potential biases during jury selection. Their mock trial research was carefully designed to develop jury selection and case presentation strategies. Their contributions were invaluable and I highly recommend them.

I've worked with Will Rountree on several cases and each time he focused like a laser on what matters most to jurors. He worked quickly to understand the details in complex cases, using his knowledge of the details to construct themes that resonated with jurors.

We were working on an Unfair Competition and California Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) class action case in Santa Clara County when we decided to bring in Alexis and Beth. Our clients sought legal remedies from a dating website, Positive Singles, which had copied its users’ profiles and posted them on other dating websites without our clients’ permissions. One of our biggest problems was that our clients had agreed to the dating website’s terms of service before using the site, and the terms of service included potentially posting users profile information on other sites owned by the parent company, Successful Match. Alexis and Beth worked with us on pre-trial research, jury questionnaires, graphics consulting, and jury selection. Their theme development and case strategy consulting was top-notch. Their recommendations for our witnesses and trial graphics marked a turning point in our case and led to our ability to connect with the jurors. With Alexis and Beth’s help, we won a $1.7 million award in compensatory damages and $15 million in punitive damages. From start to finish, they offered insights that helped us win a groundbreaking verdict for our clients.

Bonora Rountree was an integral part of our trial team and contributed to our client's successful 2008 jury verdict, which was the largest jury verdict of the year in the country. Their work is outstanding.

Their insights - pretrial - have been incredibly helpful. They are worth their weight in platinum.

Idgi D’Andrea will not only make your client a better witness, they’ll be a better person.

Distilling a complex case into a story that jurors can understand and accept is critical. Bonora Rountree has been extremely helpful with this process and has had a significant role in obtaining positive results for my clients. I have particularly valued their assistance in some difficult cases where there was a great deal at stake and my resources were limited.

Cases involving multiple defendants and allegations of gang membership are difficult cases to try before juries. Jury selection is crucial. Will Rountree assisted the defense team in creating a comprehensive jury questionnaire that covered a long list of hot-button issues that were key to insuring our clients received a fair trial. He pulled what must have been an all-nighter evaluating questionnaires and prepared spreadsheets that allowed us to have all of the most relevant information we needed for jury selection. He’s committed to his clients, extremely insightful, and a pleasure to work with.

Beth Bonora and her colleagues were essential in enabling us to present a complicated, multi-layered defense in a cogent, persuasive and successful manner. From the focus group presentations to jury selection, opening and closing statements, the counsel received was "spot on." Most importantly, the client understood and appreciated the value added.

On the toughest criminal cases, Bonora Rountree is where we turn for deep experience and seasoned instincts to help us develop effective trial strategy. They quickly grasp complex material, identify strengths and weaknesses and help formulate case themes that jurors can absorb.

Beth Bonora's mock jury research analyzing juror attitudes in two complex business cases for large corporate clients — one criminal case involving computer technology and the other a civil case involving corporate economic issues — was indispensable in helping us understand what we could expect at trial. Beth was able to process a huge amount of scattered information into a coherent whole that proved critical for the clients. She and her team also performed extraordinary survey research to help us understand juror attitudes in Silicon Valley, and the information gathered was as surprising as it was helpful in framing arguments and themes for trial.