Angie Hickox, M.A.

Senior Trial Consultant

Angie Hickox, M.A.

Senior Trial Consultant

Biography

Angie Hickox is a trusted advisor to clients facing challenging, complex civil litigation.  Angie’s advice is tailored, direct, and based on sound research; she is passionate about helping counsel and witnesses understand and reach jurors through effective communication strategies.  She has worked on a wide variety of IP matters in the nation’s most active courts for patent litigation.  In addition, Angie’s practice has included work on antitrust matters, DOJ and qui tam actions, contracts, consumer class actions, and various products liability, toxic tort and employment matters.   Angie is adept at identifying the key strengths and challenges of each case and designing case narratives that help jurors organize the evidence and argue her client’s case in the jury room.

Angie earned her master’s degree from the University of Kansas in Communication Studies, with a focus on rhetoric and argumentation.  During her time at KU, she was an undergraduate teaching assistant in public speaking and rhetoric and moderated focus groups for the Commission on Presidential Debates. She also holds bachelor’s degrees in Communication Arts and Spanish Language from the University of Wisconsin—Madison.

Chronology

2022-Present
Senior Trial Consultant, Laird Trial Consulting, L.L.C.
2005-2022
Consultant/Research Director, Nationwide Jury Consulting Firm

Presentations & Publications

ChIPs Boston, May 2023
How Women are Perceived in the Courtroom, Boardroom and Everyday Practice
EDTX Bench Bar Conference, October 2022
Biased? Depends on Who’s Asking – Texas-Style Voir Dire