Our Team
Don Stump
Don Stump brings a wealth of litigation and trial support experience to TrialVantage. He began his career in the litigation and trial consulting profession by chance after graduating law school in 1998, and has not looked back since. While Don began his career working with a forensic accountant handling data-analysis and litigation support projects, it did not take long for his talents to be recognized by a litigation boutique firm that brought Don and his team in-house in order to establish a fully operational dedicated litigation and trial support group. A cutting edge move in the early 2000's.
Over the next 15 plus years, Don remained at the boutique as the Manager and Director of the firm's litigation and trial support department and oversaw all aspects of litigation support, including personally working on countless trials. After leaving the boutique a number of years ago, Don has spent time working at all levels of trial consulting and graphics work. From time spent in-house at top AMLAW 25 firms to time spent in-house at national service providers, Don has worked in all facets of the trial consulting and graphics world. Ultimately, Don's entrepreneurial spirit led him to begin his own trial support consulting firm, which led him to TrialVantage.
Throughout his extensive career and years of experience, Don has worked in all aspects of trial and litigation consulting. Beginning in the days of coding document databases and coordinating trial board creation and continuing through today building 200+ slide presentation decks, moderating jury research projects, and sitting in on long witness preparation sessions; Don has the experience and knowledge to handle whatever needs your trial may require.
Chris Mann
Chris brings a unique blend of expertise from both the advertising and legal industries. Chris not only has prior experience as a Trial & Litigation Support Consultant, he also has over 20 years of experience at the intersection of creative campaign production and strategic advertising. While working as an Executive Producer, Chris was known for delivering innovative, high-impact brand campaigns that resonate with audiences. Chris applies the same creative insight, project management skills, and attention to detail when supporting legal teams navigating complex trials and litigation.
Having led diverse teams in developing compelling marketing narratives, Chris excels at translating and delivering complex ideas into clear, persuasive communications. Whether creating single focus demonstrative aids or developing overall visual strategies, this ability to craft stories with precision and creativity is invaluable in the courtroom, where clarity and audience engagement are key.
Chris has worked with top-tier clients over the years and has assembled many industry-leading teams to drive success. Whether it's developing compelling visual presentations for trials, jumping in the hotseat, or advising on how document database management can help set your team up for success in the courtroom, Chris ensures that every project is executed with professionalism, creativity, and an understanding of the client’s needs providing comprehensive trial and litigation support.
Dutch Terry
Dutch Terry brings a unique set of experiences and perspectives to TrialVantage. Before joining TrialVantage, Dutch spent 30 years in journalism and marketing. He is an Emmy nominated, Associated Press award winning media professional with experience working for the New York Times, Fox, and smaller media companies. During his tenure, Dutch worked at all levels within the journalism/media profession, including as Reporter, Writer, Producer, and Manager. Over the course of his vast career, Dutch not only learned the skills and values needed to construct compelling visual narratives, but also executed those skills, and taught them to many others who reported to him. Through his storytelling skills, Dutch understands how to highlight the impact of emotional delivery with a Just-the-Facts approach of a seasoned visual media professional. Because of his experiences, Dutch understands the complexity of today’s legal issues and how to distill them down to easily comprehend visual storylines.
In addition to his visual media work, Dutch has extensive experience with market research projects designed to understand audience reactions. Through these projects, Dutch has created, coordinated, and guided market research initiatives for clients in varied industries seeking to understand public reactions to their products and positions. This experience gives Dutch a heightened appreciation of effective visual storytelling through his understanding of how public views and perceptions can be influenced.
Through this work, Dutch has developed a strong talent for collaborating across multidimensional teams and departments that spanned multiple business entities. His varied media experience brings a deeper understanding of how to foster collaborative relationships based on trust and professional outcomes. Simply put, Dutch brings a multidimensional skill set that can benefit any trial team.
Thomas Wood
Tommy is a trial consultant and licensed private investigator. With degrees in psychology and sociology he brings TrialVantage clients a deep understanding of human behavior, decision-making, and investigative analysis to the courtroom. As an investigator who has uncovered critical case details, Tommy offers a distinct perspective on juror behavior, trial strategy and case analysis.
Tommy also has years of experience as a cinematographer in the film industry. He has worked on multiple feature length films, True Crime Television shows, numerous short form productions, and industrial film and training projects, including Department of Defense instructional films for defense contractors. This wide variety of work shows an ability to develop over-arching visual narratives and tie them together with concise story elements from a single witness, whether expert or fact.
Combining his human behavior expertise and investigative skills with his work in cinematography, Tommy offers critical feedback observing a seated jury's reactions to elements of your story. Through data-driven insights and strategic juror attitude analysis, Tommy works closely with attorneys to strategically tailor your team's messaging and visual story in real-time in the courtroom. He continues to expand his expertise through ongoing research, legal workshops and hands-on case experience. Tommy has the right combination of skills and experience to understand your differing needs as a client and provide your trial team with what's needed to achieve your goals.
Brian Fronzaglia
Brian is a multimedia specialist that works both civil and criminal cases as a trial consultant, and is often sought out coast to coast from many leading firms within the legal industry. Brian is a Certified Trial Technology Specialist through AGCV and brings almost 30 years of experience in audio and video editing on multiple platforms, as well as over a decade's worth of collegiate teaching in media technology, to TrialVantage.
In addition to his time in the courtroom, he has given public presentations across the United States and Europe. During the pandemic, he spent a considerable amount of time hosting conferences, mock trial competitions and training on Zoom and WebEx for attorneys and judges (most notably the NLRB). His extensive experience in troubleshooting hardware and software problems on multiple platforms has been utilized in some of the most intensive performance-based environments. Since courts have opened after the pandemic, Brian has been active in courtrooms across the United States handling hot seat requirements in a diverse collection of hybrid situations.
Having served on live TV post-production teams over the years, his knowledge of logistics and his ability to create/edit graphics, demonstratives, videos and audio quickly has been an asset to numerous trial teams, more recently in landmark cases involving CTE, Roundup, 4th Amendment rights, hearings surrounding the events on January 6, 2021 and trials surrounding voter fraud and voting rights during the 2020 election. His vast experience led him to work as the solo trial technician for the 10 Joint Defense Trial Teams in all 3 trials for USA v Penn, one of the largest Antitrust cases in US history with databases of over 14.7 million documents.