Ms.Silbert has a background in general psychology studies and women's studies. Now a consultant, she began at Trial Behavior as a research associate, organizing mock trial research, coordinating jury selection and other trial work, analyzing mock trial data and assisting with juror questionnaire evaluation and in court jury selection.
Kim has built upon her research experience to develop top level skills in case consultation, post trial interviewing, jury research design, witness preparation, and trial strategy. Kim was the coordinator and a primary researcher for a shadow jury in a four-month long, high stakes fraud trial in Texas that was named as one of the top defense wins of 2005. She has extensive experience in personal injury, trucking, wrongful death, and medical malpractice cases but enjoys working on a wide range of both civil and criminal cases, particular cases where individual emotional responses and family emotional dynamics play a key role.
Kim received her B.S. in Psychology from Guilford College in North Carolina with a concentration in women's studies. She also studied criminal justice and organizational development. During a college internship, Kim designed a curriculum to teach life and parenting skills to female prisoners for an innovative alternative to prison for women with children.