Marshall Hennington

Dr. Hennington is the founder, President and CEO of Diversity Enterprises, Inc; a nationally recognized multicultural Diversity Consulting and Training Firm headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. Widely respected and recognized as one of the nations premiere Diversity Consultants and Trainers, Dr. Hennington built his reputation on a personal commitment to abolish oppression as it affects the productivity, moral and profitability of organizations and society as a whole. Dr. Hennington works with public, private, educational and non-profit corporations to implement critical changes within the workforce. He has been on the frontlines of the corporate diversity training movement since its inception.

Dr. Hennington is the only African American Diversity Consultant that offers his expertise to corporations as a nationally recognized Trial and Jury Consultant. Dr. Hennington has a vast knowledge of business and employment law related issues and he trains employers to become more cognizant of their workplace environment and how their actions and/or inactions can result in employee’s filing legal claims against their company. He has been featured in Newsweek Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, PEOPLE MAGAZINE, The Miami Business Journal, New York Times and Wall Street Journal to name just a few. He has also been featured on NBC, ABC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN, Court TV and various cable channels. Dr. Hennington was recently the key note speaker at the Annual American Bar Association convention. Dr. Hennington travels extensively speaking to Corporations, organizations, Colleges, and Media outlets on a wide variety of topics including but not limited to Business issues, lifestyle issues, sports issues, contemporary issues, motivational and personal growth issues, Diversity issues, political issues, health and wellness issues, and teamwork and team building issues. Dr. Hennington played college football for the University of California Berkeley where he lettered in the sport as a middle linebacker.

Dr. Hennington is recognized as a national leader in the field of trial and jury consulting. He is known for his ability to craft litigation strategies to help his clients win trials. He received his Ph.D. and an MA. Degree from the California School of Professional Psychology in Clinical Psychology and also has an Educational Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from Columbia University. He received a B.S Degree in Social Science from U.C. Berkeley. He has represented clients in various courts throughout the country and is a member of the American Psychology Association’s Law and Psychology Division. He has served on the professional visibility board of the American Society of Trial Consultants. He specializes in jury research, juror profiles and jury selection in both civil and criminal cases. He has an expertise and published articles in the areas of cultural considerations for jury composition and selection. His forensic and qualitative psychological skills have been successfully used to conduct community attitude surveys, focus group research, mock trials, and to develop computerized juror profiles for jury selection. He travels extensively providing strategic consultation to help his clients win cases.

Dr. Hennington has represented numerous corporations including but not limited to the following: Coca-Cola, Ford Motor Company, Hewlett-Packard, MasterCard, WellPoint, American International Group, Dow Chemical Corporation, Prudential Financial, Lockheed Martin, Delta Airlines, HCA Holdings, Chevron Oil Corporation, State Farm Insurance, Fireman’s Fund, Universal Pictures, Vivendi, Washington Mutual Bank, King Drew Medical Center, The Department of Justice and American Airlines. Dr. Hennington has also assisted with numerous high profile criminal trials including the Thomas Toolan murder trial in Nantucket, the Ron Ruden murder trial in Las Vegas “Operation Casablanca” (the largest money laundering trial in U.S. history), and the Reverend Henry Lyons corruption trial in St. Petersburg, Florida. Dr. Hennington served as a legal commentator for the Michael Jackson trial and he is the Author of the book “Words of Wisdom for My Daughter, Life Lessons” (available on Amazon.com). Dr. Hennington is a regular commentator on CNN, and MSNBC. He is recognized as a leading authority for understanding jury psychology and human behavior.