About Jason
Jason Bloom is the founder and President of Bloom Strategic Consulting, Inc. and has been an active jury consultant since 1997. With more than 25 years of experience, Jason has provided strategic consulting in over 1,000 civil and criminal matters across the country. His insights are rooted in behavioral science and honed by more than 12,000 hours in courtrooms, where he’s observed jurors, witnesses, and trial attorneys in action.
Jason has trained over 1,500 witnesses to testify with clarity and confidence and conducted more than 300 mock jury studies to uncover how real people process arguments, assess credibility, and make decisions under pressure.
He has provided in-court jury selection support in over 100 trials and is known for his ability to translate complex psychological insight into practical courtroom strategy.
Education
M.A., Forensic Psychology – John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
(Specialized in jury decision-making and the psychology of judgment)
Practice Focus
Jason’s consulting spans high-stakes civil and criminal matters, with a primary focus in:
- Employment Law
- Media & First Amendment
- Intellectual Property
- Antitrust
- Breach of Contract
- Securities & Financial Fraud
- Legal & Medical Malpractice
- Oil & Gas Royalty Disputes
- Aviation
- Toxic Tort
- Bad Faith
- Criminal Defense
Recent Trial Success Stories
Jason has consulted on some of the nation’s most high-profile and high-stakes jury trials. Below is a sample of recent cases where his strategic input helped guide trial teams to favorable verdicts.
Select Trial Results:
- USA v. Roger Clemens – Perjury (Full acquittal)
- Mesa Petroleum v. J. Cleo Thompson, et al – Commercial ($145M verdict)*
- Ilcyszyn v. Southwest Airlines – Wrongful death (Defense verdict)
- Travis Smiley v. PBS – Commercial (Full defense + $1.5M counterclaim win)
- Energy Transfer Partners v. Enterprise Products – Commercial ($320M / $595M disgorgement)*
- GN Netcom v. Plantronics – Antitrust (Full defense verdict)
- Service Steel v. Navistar – Products liability (Defense verdict)
- Lake v. Sunoco – Truck fatality (Defense verdict)
- Herff Jones & Varsity Brands v. Jostens – Trade secrets (Plaintiff verdict)
- Dimitri Charalambopoulos v. Camille Grammer – Defamation (Full defense verdict)
- Southern Chemical v. Celanese – Commercial (Defense verdict)
- Citigroup v. Stewart Title – Insurance (Defense verdict)
- State of Texas v. Actavis Pharmaceuticals – Medicaid fraud ($187M)*
- Tary v. Associated Aviation Center – Fraud ($48M)
- Hunt Oil v. Honeywell – Fraud ($1.6M)
- Wells Fargo v. Konover – Fraud (Plaintiff verdict)
- Highland Capital v. Pat Daugherty – Employment (Plaintiff verdict)
- Jackson v. FedEx – Employment (Defense verdict)
- Blottin v. Mary Kay Inc. – Employment (Defense verdict)
- Garza v. Mary Kay Inc. – Employment (Defense verdict)
- Wi-LAN v. Ericsson – Patent (No infringement; invalid patents)
- NXP v. Blackberry – Patent (No infringement; invalid patents)
- Alcatel-Lucent v. Newegg – Patent (No infringement; invalid patents)
- Summit 6 v. Samsung – Patent ($15M)
- Uniloc v. Electronic Arts – Patent ($5M)
- Harris County v. Waste Mgmt & Others – Environmental (Defense verdict)
- De Boulle Diamonds v. Boulle, Ltd. – Trademark (Plaintiff verdict)
- TAOS v. Intersil – Trade secrets ($59M)*
- Netlist v. Diablo Technologies – Trade secrets (Defense verdict)*
* Denotes one of the largest jury awards in the venue