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Richard A. Seltzer, Ph.D.
Senior Litigation Consultant

			Richard Seltzer is a resident of the District of Columbia. Since 1979, Dr. Seltzer has designed, directed and analyzed juror opinion polls in a wide range of criminal civil trials in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area and through out the U.S. He has conducted jury composition challenges in both state and Federal jurisdictions. Dr. Seltzer was been a member of the committee for Court Excellence’s evaluation of juror participation in the District of Columbia. He has testified as an expert witness on statistical survey methodologies.

Education	Practice Areas
Ph.D., Graduation School of International Studies, 1978 (University of Denver)	Survey Research Opinion Polling Statistical Analysis Jury Composition Expert Testimony

SELECT PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:

R. Seltzer. The Vanishing Juror: Why Are There Not Enough Available Jurors?, The Justice System Journal, 1999, 20:3, 203-218.

R. Seltzer. Summary Report of Non-Response Juror Study: Washington, D.C., Council for Court Excellence, December, 1997.

R. Seltzer, J. Copacino and D. Donahoe. Fair Cross-Section Challenges in Maryland: An Analysis and Proposal. (Spring, 1996). University of Baltimore Law Review 35:2, 127-167.

R. Seltzer. Mistakes That Social Scientists Make: Error and Redemption in the Research Process, (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996).

R. Seltzer, Mark A. Venuti and Grace M. Lopes. Juror Honesty During the Voir Dire. (October, 1991). Journal of Criminal Justice. 19:5, 451-462.

R. Seltzer and Robert C. Smith. Color Differences in the Afro-American Community and the Differences They Make. (March, 1991). Journal of Black Studies. 21:3, 279-286.

R. Seltzer, Mark Venuti, and Grace M. Lopes. Juror Ability to Recognize the Limitations of Eyewitness Identifications. (April-June, 1990). Forensic Reports. 3:2, 121-127.

R. Seltzer and Carolyn Stroman. Open-Ended v. Close-Ended Questions: A Methodological Note. (1987). Urban Research Review. 11:2, 11-12.

R. Seltzer and Robert C. Smith. Race and Alienation: A Multidimensional Analysis. (1987). New England Journal of Black Studies. 6, 12-28.

R. Seltzer and Joseph P. McCormick. The Impact of Crime Victimization and Fear of Crime on Attitudes Toward Death Penalty Defendants. (Summer, 1987). Violence and Victims. 2:1, 99-114.

R. Seltzer, Grace M. Lopes, Marshall Dayan, and Russell F. Canan. The Effect of Death Qualification on the Propensity of Jurors to Convict: The Maryland Example. (1986). Howard University Law Journal. 29:4, 571-607.

R. Seltzer and Grace M. Lopes. The Ku Klux Klan: Reasons for Support or Opposition Among White Respondents. (September, 1986). Journal of Black Studies. 17:1, 91-109.

Carolyn Stroman and R. Seltzer. Media Use and Perceptions of Crime. (Summer, 1985). Journalism Quarterly. 62:2, 340-345.

R. Seltzer and Robert C. Smith. Race and Ideology: A Research Note Measuring Liberalism and Conservatism in Black America. (June, 1985). Phylon. 46:2, 98-105.

R. Seltzer. An Empirical Examination of Support for the Death Penalty: The Case of Two Maryland Counties. Monograph of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. 1984.

R. Seltzer and Charles F. Turner. Estimating the Effects of Interviewer Characteristics in Survey Responses: Race and Gender in a Telephone Survey. Working Paper No. 83-4. Center for Survey Research (University of Massachusetts and the Joint Center for Urban Studies at MIT and Harvard University). 1983.

R. Seltzer. Sponsorship Effects in an Attitudinal Survey. (1983). Political Methodology. 9:4, 447-453.

R. Seltzer and Charles F. Turner. Racism, Police Brutality, and the Trial of Terrence Johnson. (Spring, 1981). Insurgent Sociologist. 10:4, 67-74.

R. Seltzer. Voir Dire in the District of Columbia: Empirical Findings. Presentation at Annual Meeting of District of Columbia Bar. Washington, D.C. June 20. 1989.

R. Seltzer. Juror Appraisal of Jury Service in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. A report to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. November, 1987.

R. Seltzer. Juror Perception of Death Penalty Trials. A report to the Office of the Public Defender of Maryland. October, 1987.

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