Director of Research: Robert (Rob) Conklin

Rob Conklin is a graduate of Boston University, where he was admitted as a Trustee's Scholar and participated in the Varied Lecture Series for that program. Before joining Starr, Mr. Conklin's research experience included work as an intern at the Human Gene Therapy Research Institute, performing viral gene therapy research and development for potential cancer treatments.

Mr. Conklin has worked in many capacities at Starr, moving from Researcher to Analyst to Director of Research. During this time, he has worked on dozens of cases, performing both in-court work and pretrial research. He has experience in areas ranging from fraud and contracts, to patent litigation, to criminal trials, both from the plaintiff and defense sides of the courtroom. He has shown notable success in the courtroom, including working alongside plaintiffs' attorneys in one of the nation's largest punitive damages verdicts of 2006.

At Starr, Mr. Conklin conducts research design, data analysis, and in-court consultation and jury selection. As a frequent contributor to Dr. V. Hale Starr's book, "Jury Selection," Rob has written extensively on the topics of applying heroic motive to large companies; employment law as seen through the eyes of juries; generational differences between jurors and the emergence of Generation Y; and many other topics.