As President of the American Society of Trial Consultants (ASTC), 
I’m proud to announce that Anne Reed has given us the keys to Deliberations. ASTC is fond of Anne, as she has taught us about the blogging world through her practice and at our annual conferences. Her blog will continue in a style that we truly hope will make her proud. Anne’s insight of giving this gift to a professional association will be a benefit to Deliberations’ readers. ASTC is the only professional organization for trial consultants and celebrates its 29th year at the annual conference in Minneapolis this June. We tout a diverse membership with backgrounds in psychology, communication, sociology, theater, law and other fields.
While ASTC will assign a blogger, any blogger’s views and comments will not represent the opinions of ASTC. Matt McCusker will keep Deliberations up to date through June 30, 2010. In the future you may see an editor with additional guest bloggers – all ASTC members. We expect readers will find our members’ posts both valuable and entertaining.
Again thanks to Anne Reed for creating this site and to Matt McCusker as we open a new chapter.
Cynthia R. Cohen, Ph.D.
ASTC President
