Principals

Sanford H. Marks
President

  Sanford H. Marks is President of TrialTech, Inc.  As a nationally recognized consultant, he provides attorneys with affordable innovations in litigation research and trial preparation.  His practice encompasses the areas of civil plaintiff, civil defense and criminal defense.  The services he provides include:  case analysis, trial strategy, change of venue surveys, community attitude studies, coordination and production of demonstrative exhibits, focus groups, mock trials, voir dire strategy, jury selection, witness preparation, in-court observation, shadow juries and post trial juror interviews.

   He is a member of the American Society of Trial Consultants, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers and Association of Trial Lawyers of America.  Additionally, he is a frequent lecturer on jury selection and other related issues to legal associations throughout the country.  Mr. Marks also served as an NBC News consultant for the O.J. Simpson trial and continually serves as an on-air expert for NBC, ABC, Court TV, CNN and many local television stations.

Judith Platania
Director of Research

   Judith Platania received her Ph.D. in Legal Psychology from Florida International University in 1995. Judy is a member of the American Psychology-Law Society, American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. In addition to her work at TrialTech, she is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI. She has published in Law and Human Behavior, Journal of Applied Psychology, and the Journal of Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice. She has been employed with TrialTech for ten years.

Rachel York
Senior Research Consultant

   Rachel York has a Master of Science degree in Legal Psychology from Florida International University. She will receive her Ph.D. in Legal Psychology from FIU in July 2008. She is a member of the American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS) as well as the American Society of Trial Consultants (ASTC). Ms. York has presented several research papers at annual AP-LS conferences as well as at other psychology and law oriented conferences. In 2007, she co-authored an article on the "CSI Effect" in the Judicial Notebook section of the American Psychological Association¹s publication, Monitor on Psychology. Additionally, she has co-authored a chapter on the Cognitive Interview in the book, Psychology of Criminal Investigation : The Research of the Truth. Ms. York has been employed with TrialTech for over two years.