Phil Busman & Juliana Manrique seminar (Aris Series)
Juliana Manrique and Phil Busman will deliver a department seminar titled, "Profiling the Panel: Prediction Science in High-Stakes Litigation," Tuesday, October 6th at 1:25 p.m. in room B75 Amundson Hall. This seminar is a part of the Aris Lecture Series.
Biographies
With a decade of dedicated experience in litigation consulting, Juliana Manrique assists trial teams by designing and facilitating mock jury trials, performing qualitative and quantitative data analyses, providing recommendations on case strategy and thematic framing, and supporting litigators through jury selection by drafting juror questionnaires and voir dire questions and offering in-court support. She has experience working on
high-profile cases involving a variety of subject matters including criminal defense, antitrust, intellectual property, civil rights claims, securities fraud, complex commercial litigation, and breach of contract matters.
Phil Busman has spent a career representing industry-leading companies and multinational corporations in complex litigation throughout the United States and internationally, handling matters involving mass torts, pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, environmental disputes, business torts, investigations, antitrust claims, and employment-related issues. Recognizing that litigation decisions are often business decisions, Phil serves as a trusted advisor to executives and in-house counsel, helping clients evaluate risk, protect critical business interests, and develop practical strategies that advance operational objectives while positioning matters for successful resolution. Phil has significant experience leading large, multifaceted litigation teams in consolidated, serial, and multidistrict proceedings, coordinating attorneys, consultants, and technical specialists to develop and execute effective litigation strategies. Phil’s nation-wide and international practice is often centered on the strategic development, preparation, defense, and cross-examination of expert witnesses in high-stakes litigation. He is frequently called upon to cross examine the most critical experts in a case, regardless of discipline, and has successfully handled expert testimony involving engineering, environmental science, medical, economic, regulatory, and other highly technical fields. Phil regularly teaches attorneys and has presented on expert witness strategy, cross-examination techniques, and the identification and development of affirmative experts. Over nearly three decades of practice, he has cultivated an extensive network of leading experts from premier universities, research institutions, and consulting firms across the United States and internationally, enabling him to quickly assemble and manage world-class expert teams for any litigation.
The Aris Lecture Series
The Aris Lecture Series began in 1964. The series arose from the scholarship of Rutherford Aris, who was interested in both chemical engineering and paleography. Because of these diverse interests, Professor Aris was concerned by the split between different parts of human knowledge, enforced by the organization of colleges and departments at universities. Because he felt that different disciplines do not talk to each other sufficiently, he hoped that this lecture series would reach a broad audience, and so stimulate more discussion. Learn more at the CEMS website.
