Psychological Insights for High-Stakes Litigation
We help attorneys read juries, strengthen witnesses, and shape the narrative that wins.
Keith Ablow, MD
Psychiatrist · Author · Strategic Advisor
- 25+ Years Psychiatric Practice
- High-Profile Civil & Criminal Matters
- Retained by Counsel, Not Parties
Dr. Keith Ablow is a psychiatrist, New York Times bestselling author, nationally recognized media commentator, and strategic advisor whose work has focused for decades on human behavior, conflict, persuasion, credibility, identity, motivation, and public perception. Through Litigation Strategy Partners, Dr. Ablow provides confidential strategic advisory services to attorneys, legal teams, executives, public figures, and organizations navigating complex disputes and reputation-sensitive matters. His role is not to provide legal advice, but to help legal teams better understand the human dynamics that often influence litigation, negotiation, witness perception, credibility, reputation, and strategic positioning.
In case after case, attorneys have told Dr. Ablow that his input shaped the strategy, in picking juries, in examining and cross-examining witnesses, in uncovering inconsistencies in testimony, and, wherever psychiatric factors are present, in finding the crucial insight in depositions, medical records, family reports, and witness statements that no one else had seen.
Background
- 01
Brown University, Neuroscience — magna cum laude
- 02
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- 03
Psychiatry Residency, New England Medical Center Hospitals
- 04
New York Times Bestselling Author — 19 books
- 05
National Media Commentator — 1,000+ appearances
- 06
25+ Years of Psychiatric Practice in High-Profile Matters
Distinguishing Perspective
Attorneys have valued Dr. Ablow's ability to unearth the unspoken, and often complex, motivations of opposing counsel, accusers, and witnesses whose interests run against their clients. Across twenty-five years of psychiatric practice and many high-profile civil and criminal matters, he identifies the themes and events those parties wish to gloss over, as well as the parts of their arguments that will not make core psychological sense to judges and juries.
- Neuroscience & Medical Training
- 25 Years of Psychiatric Practice
- High-Profile Civil & Criminal Matters
- National Media & Communications Experience
- Bestselling Authorship (19 Books)
- Unearthing Unspoken Motivations
Sample Cases
Four situations, above all, are where that work changes the outcome.
Jury Selection
In cases where a jury must be chosen, Dr. Ablow helps identify the jurors most likely to be fair to the attorney's client in light of that defendant's or plaintiff's particular circumstances, not in the abstract.
Record Review
Wherever psychiatric factors are present, Dr. Ablow finds the insight others miss, in depositions, medical records, family reports, and witness statements, and the lines of questioning most likely to bring favorable narratives to light.
Expert Testimony
Whether you represent the defendant or the plaintiff, an opposing psychiatric expert can usually be countered once a detailed assessment of the available records is conducted. Dr. Ablow reads those records for what they omit as much as what they claim.
Psychological Strategy
Understanding, defusing and countering the psychological strategies being employed by opposing counsel in complex civil litigation.
The Process
How an engagement works
Understand the Dynamics
Assess the motivations, perceptions, and pressures shaping every party in the matter.
Architect the Narrative
Shape the story the evidence supports — and that judges and jurors can fully absorb.
Support Counsel Through Trial
Advise through jury selection, examination, and cross, as strategy meets the courtroom.
Built for counsel who value a searing look into the mind of any participant in criminal or civil litigation.
Especially in matters where psychiatric themes must be conveyed to a court, where strategy turns on the motivations of a party, or where a jury must be chosen to weigh a client's unique circumstances fairly.
Who We Serve
Built for counsel navigating complex, high-stakes, and reputation-sensitive matters.
- Criminal Defense Attorneys
- White Collar Defense Firms
- Medical Malpractice Litigators
- Catastrophic Injury Litigators
- Personal Injury Firms
- Employment Litigators
- Founder & Partnership Dispute Attorneys
- Defamation & Reputation-Management Attorneys
- Family Office Counsel
- Crisis Management Attorneys
- Public Figure Representation
- High-Conflict Litigation
- Media-Sensitive Disputes
What Attorneys Say
Dr. Keith Ablow knows the human brain and mind as well as anyone you will ever meet.
Jeffrey DennerAttorneyDr. Keith Ablow is one of the most effective experts on the human mind whom I have ever met. His work made a huge difference in criminal and civil cases I worked on with him.
Joseph Balliro, Jr.AttorneyKeith has the rare ability to 'see' the deeper meaning behind what people say. He is the not-so-secret weapon many attorneys have turned to when they want the best forensic psychological insights possible.
Arthur L. AidalaAttorney
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