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Psychology-related expert testimony in commercial litigation typically arises when a case requires rigorous behavioral science analysis of consumer perception, workplace dynamics, or survey methodology, rather than an individual clinical or forensic evaluation. These disputes surface in trademark and advertising litigation requiring consumer psychology analysis of confusion, deception, or brand perception, in employment litigation requiring organizational psychology analysis of workplace policies, performance evaluation systems, or hiring practices, and in disputes over whether a survey or research methodology used to support a legal claim was properly designed and executed. Because psychological research methodology varies by subfield and application, determining whether a specific behavioral claim or survey result is scientifically supported requires an expert whose background matches the exact area at issue. The central issue is typically whether the psychological research or analysis at issue was conducted using accepted scientific methodology and reliably supports the conclusion being advanced.

A psychology expert helps attorneys evaluate that question by applying accepted research methodology from the relevant subfield to the consumer perception, workplace, or survey evidence at issue. That might mean designing or critiquing a consumer survey measuring brand confusion or advertising claim comprehension, evaluating whether an employer's performance evaluation or hiring assessment system was psychometrically sound, or analyzing whether a research study's methodology meets accepted standards for psychological research. These findings support positions on trademark infringement, employment liability, and survey validity, giving attorneys a scientifically grounded basis for litigation strategy.

Psychology cases benefit from experts whose specific background, whether consumer and social psychology, industrial and organizational psychology, or research methodology and psychometrics, matches the precise question at issue rather than psychology in general terms. Round Table Group's psychology network includes scholars and researchers from major universities with expertise spanning consumer behavior, workplace assessment, and experimental methodology. With more than 75,000 expert searches completed for litigators, we help attorneys match a case's specific psychology issue to an expert whose credentials will withstand scrutiny. Let us help you find the right psychology expert for your case by calling us at (202) 908-4500.

Kinds of Cases We Work On

Round Table Group helps our clients find a wide variety of Psychology expert witnesses for cases like:

01

Confusion in the Beverage Aisle.

A regional beverage company sued a national competitor claiming its new can design created a likelihood of consumer confusion with its established brand, seeking a substantial injunction and disgorgement of profits. We identified experts with experience in consumer perception surveys, trademark confusion methodology, and package design research. The retained expert's properly controlled survey found confusion rates well below the threshold courts typically require, and the case settled for a modest licensing arrangement rather than the injunction sought.
02

The Label That Wasn't Misleading.

A supplement manufacturer sought indemnification from its co-packer after a national retailer pulled a product line over claims that packaging language deceived consumers, with the manufacturer facing a sizable contract damages claim. We identified experts with experience in consumer deception surveys, health-claim perception research, and advertising psychology. The expert's survey showed the challenged claim did not create a materially misleading net impression, undermining the retailer's rationale for termination and leading to a negotiated settlement.
03

The Earnout Left on the Line.

A private equity buyer withheld a substantial earnout payment from the founders of an acquired software company, arguing that departing executives had failed to meet leadership-transition benchmarks built into the deal. We identified experts with experience in executive assessment methodology, leadership competency modeling, and industrial-organizational psychology. The expert's review found the buyer's post-close assessment instrument had been administered inconsistently with its own validation protocol, and the arbitration panel ordered the earnout paid in full.
04

When the Venture Stopped Working.

Two mid-sized manufacturers dissolved a decade-long joint venture amid mutual claims that the other party's leadership had made decisions in bad faith, with each side seeking a sizable share of wind-down proceeds. We identified experts with experience in organizational decision-making analysis, group dynamics in joint governance structures, and executive behavior assessment. The expert's analysis of governance meeting records identified a pattern of unilateral decision-making by one partner's designated managers, shifting the arbitrator's allocation of wind-down proceeds.
05

The Test That Failed to Screen.

An industrial staffing company sued the publisher of a pre-employment psychometric assessment after a client's negligent-hiring claim exposed it to a substantial settlement, alleging the test lacked adequate predictive validity for safety-sensitive roles. We identified experts with experience in psychometric test validation, industrial-organizational assessment design, and personnel selection research. The expert's review of the publisher's validation study found it had never been normed for the safety-sensitive role in question, and the case resolved in a settlement covering the staffing company's exposure.
06

Grading the Franchisee's Satisfaction Scores.

A franchisor terminated a multi-unit franchisee's agreement citing poor customer satisfaction survey scores, and the franchisee countersued for wrongful termination, claiming the survey instrument itself was unreliable, with millions in location value at stake. We identified experts with experience in survey methodology, customer satisfaction measurement design, and psychometric reliability analysis. The expert identified a sampling flaw that systematically understated scores at high-volume locations, and the franchisor agreed to reinstate the agreement rather than proceed to trial.
07

A Key Person Disability, Disputed.

An insurer contested a company's claim under a key-person disability policy after its founder asserted a psychological disability had left him unable to perform, threatening a claim reaching into eight figures against the policy limit. We identified experts with experience in forensic psychological evaluation, malingering assessment, and occupational functioning analysis. The expert's evaluation found the founder's reported impairment inconsistent with his continued public business activities during the claim period, and the insurer's reduced settlement offer was upheld in mediation.
08

Training Gaps on the Line.

A general contractor and a subcontractor each sought to shift liability to the other after a workplace accident, with the contractor arguing the subcontractor's safety training program failed to address known behavioral risk factors on the site. We identified experts with experience in safety training design, human factors psychology, and workplace risk perception research. The expert's review found the subcontractor's training omitted required hazard-recognition modules for the equipment involved, and the arbitrator allocated the substantial majority of liability accordingly.
09

Recruiting Employees Under Undue Pressure.

A staffing firm accused a competitor of tortiously interfering with its client contracts by using coercive recruiting tactics to induce a mass departure of placed employees, seeking a substantial damages award. We identified experts with experience in workplace influence and persuasion analysis, organizational commitment research, and decision-making under pressure. The expert's analysis of recruiting communications identified tactics consistent with undue influence rather than ordinary competitive recruitment, supporting the claim through trial testimony.
10

Packaging Designed to Confuse Shoppers.

A specialty foods company sued a private-label manufacturer over trade dress it claimed was designed to confuse shoppers into substituting the cheaper product at the shelf, seeking a sizable disgorgement of profits. We identified experts with experience in point-of-purchase consumer behavior, visual perception research, and trade dress survey design. The expert's eye-tracking and confusion survey demonstrated shoppers relied heavily on the disputed visual elements when selecting products, and the case settled for a substantial payment before trial.

Here are a few of our favorite Psychology Expert Witnesses:

Psychology Expert #3794

I have 45 years of experience, and specialize in the field of psychology with specific knowledge in the areas of psychophysiology, philosophy of science and academic freedom. I have published on such topics as Pavlovian conditioning, biofeedback and velvet totalitarianism. I have testified 8 times on topics such as polygraph.

 

Nevada Psychology, Human Resources Expert #6372

I have 30 years of experience, and specialize in the field of psychology with specific knowledge in the areas of organizational, human resources and psychopathology. I have published on such topics as leadership, communication and collaboration. I have testified 6 times on topics such as parental fitness and intellectual property.

 

California Sports, Psychology, Consulting Expert #15372

I have 20 years of experience, and specialize in the field of teaching and coaching with specific knowledge in the areas of youth sports, sport psychology and sport sociology. I have published on such topics as youth sports, gender issues and sports and sport psychology. Serving as a youth sport consultant for the Amateur Athletic Foundation and as a volunteer youth soccer coach in Los Angeles, CA during the early 1990s I became frustrated with the excessive emphasis on the needs of the adults that were running the programs. I addressed the necessity to shift the focus in youth sports…

 

Psychology, Personality, Emotion Expert #15594

I have 20 years of experience in the field of psychology, with specific knowledge of psychopathology, personality and psychological assessment. I have published on such topics as personality, fear, anxiety, schizophrenia, cognitive neuroscience, occupational psychololgy and psychometrics.

 

Oklahoma Persuasion, Writing, Psychology Expert #20147

I have 20 years of experience and specialize in the field of rhetoric, with specific knowledge of psychology, persuasion and linguistics. I have published on such topics as structural linguistics, psychometrics and Roman sexuality.

 

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Texas Psychology, Gender, Crime Expert #20309

I have 12 years of experience, and specialize in the field of sociology with specific knowledge in the areas of social psychology, crime, deviance and gender. I have published on such topics as sexuality, crime, human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

 

Tennessee Neuropsychology, Psychology Expert #23202

I have 20 years of experience and specialize in the field of psychology, with specific knowledge of neuropsychology, forensic psychology and malingering assessment. I have published on such topics as neuropsychological assessment, epilepsy and malingering assessment. I have testified 90 times on topics such as injuries due to brain damage, capital mitigation and child custody.

 

Washington Psychology, Investments Expert #31153

I have 13 years of experience, and specialize in the field of finance with specific knowledge in the areas of investments, institutional investors and individual investors. I have published on such topics as behavioral finance, investor behavior and corporate finance.

 

Utah Psychology Expert #38229

I have 7 years of experience, and specialize in the field of psychology with specific knowledge in the areas of addictions and trauma. I have published on such topics as psychopharmacology. I have testified on parenting fitness and psychological disorders.

 

Health, Psychology, Diabetes Expert #39020

I have 30 years of experience, and specialize in the field of psychology with specific knowledge in the areas of health psychology, diabetes and experimental psychology. I have published on such topics as surgical performance, mental health and depression and diabetes. I am very flexible, capable of cooperating with other disciplines (medicine, engineering, architecture and general healthcare) and being able to come up with research solutions guided by financial and practical constraints.

 

New York Psychology, Selection, Coaching Expert #44756

I have 20 years of experience, and specialize in the field of industrial and organizational psychology with specific knowledge in the areas of assessment and selection, leadership assessment and development and performance management. I have published on such topics as leadership assessment and competency modeling.

 

Arizona Decision Making, Psychology Expert #46988

I have 15 years of experience, and specialize in the field of management with specific knowledge in the areas of organizational behavior and human resource management. I have published on such topics as behavioral ethics, selection and compensation.

 

California Culture, Psychology, Women Issue Expert #51938

I have 2 years of experience, and specialize in the field of Philippine culture with specific knowledge in the areas of language, psychology and women’s studies. I have published on such topics as language, women’s studies and literature. I have received three national lifetime achievement awards in the Philippines on my work on Filipino women’s issues.

 

Michigan Child Psychiatry, Psychology Expert #48656

I have 25 years of experience, and specialize in the field of psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry and psychopharmacology with specific knowledge in the areas of depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety, autism spectrum disorders, psychosis and psychopharmacology and specific algorithms for best practice treatment. I have published on such topics as psychopharmacology, neuropsychopharmacology, depression, anxiety, autism spectrum disorders, bipolar disorder, psychosis, schizophrenia, ADHD, obsessive compulsive disorder and novel treatments for psychiatric disorders. I have testified 12 times on topics such as ADHD, depression, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, autism spectrum disorders, psychosis, anxiety and appropriate psychopharmacologic intervention….

 

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A psychology expert typically becomes necessary in trademark and advertising litigation requiring consumer psychology analysis of confusion or deception, employment litigation requiring organizational psychology analysis of workplace policies or hiring practices, and disputes over whether a survey or research methodology was properly designed.
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