Courtroom Views is pleased to welcome special guest Amy Singer, Ph.D., Founder and CEO of Trial Consultants, Inc.  Dr. Singer is a nationally recognized authority in the field of litigation psychology, a discipline which she helped to pioneer.  In addition, Dr. Singer has also authored a number of books and articles on litigation strategy, including Trials and Deliberations: Inside the Jury Room, published by West.

Opening statements were heard Tuesday in CVN's webcast of Andersen Builders v. Kritikos.

According to plaintiff attorney Jack Seiler, the case was very simple: "Andersen Builders did the work, did it well, got fired, and didn't get paid." Thirty-two consecutive payment applications were submitted by Andersen and were paid without objection. According to Seiler, the owner, Chris Kritikos, got in an argument with the architect, Peter Gluck. As a result of this dispute, Andersen was not paid for its last eight draws, totaling $548K.