Geri Fischman Satin

Geri Satin is a founding partner of Focus Litigation Consulting, LLC.  Satin specializes in juror behavior and decision-making as well as the analysis of complex evidentiary and witness issues in civil and criminal cases involving tort, contract, intellectual property, professional malpractice, fraud, and product liability across the country.  Through the use of mock trials, focus groups, and surveys, Satin assists attorneys, in-house counsel, insurers, and companies in the development of persuasive case themes and strategies, jury selection, and case valuation.  As a former complex commercial litigator and certified image consultant, Satin also specializes in witness preparation, arming clients with strategic visual presentation techniques and tools (including body language, verbal communication, color and fit psychology, and trial attire) to create credibility, authenticity, and likeability as well as to increase persuasion and advocacy in the courtroom.

Satin graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Florida with a dual major in English (Linguistics and Writing) and Criminology, and magna cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law, serving as an editor of the University of Miami Law Review. Satin is currently pursuing a legal psychology Ph.D. and conducting empirical research on cognition, perception, and juror decision-making.

Prior to co-founding Focus Litigation Consulting, LLC, Satin spent a number of years practicing complex commercial litigation at one of Florida’s premier and largest law firms, where she represented corporate and institutional clients including a professional basketball team, performing arts center, South American country, Chinese drywall manufacturer, international sunscreen manufacturer, multiple international banking institutions, and various regional and national law firms in courts and forums across the country, including, but not limited to, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, and California state court, the U.S. District Court for the Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Florida, Southern District of New York, District of Connecticut, District of Hawaii, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second and Eleventh Circuits, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution, the American Arbitration Association, and the Delaware Court of Chancery.

Satin serves as the President of the Dade County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section, and has spearheaded award-winning programming for the Association, including the Bar Passage Program and annual Superlawyers CLE Mock Trial. Satin is also a member of the American Society of Trial Consultants and American Bar Association. Satin also proudly serves on the board of directors for Dress for Success Miami and City Theatre, and volunteers at South Florida libraries, schools, and nursing homes with her dogs Zeus and Frankenstein as part of the Humane Society of Miami’s therapy dogs program.