Rhonda Harper

Rhonda Harper

Harper Litigation Consulting and Research
Serving Clients Nationwide
Dallas, TX 75214
Office: 214-244-4608
Introduction

Ms. Harper has over 35 years of experience and is one of the few experts who are court-qualified across multiple matters. As a former chief marketing officer for Fortune 500 companies, a general manager for a leading global communications agency, a serial entrepreneur, and an adjunct marketing professor, she has been involved in cases for hundreds of law firms concerning intellectual property infringement, misleading advertising, licensing, breach of contract and performance, unfair competition, trade practices, consumer privacy, and standard practices. She has also served as a designated expert in more than 10 class action lawsuits. As a leading survey expert, Ms. Harper has conducted or rebutted over 300 Lanham Act trademark, trade dress, and advertising surveys. She has also provided more than 65 marketing opinions.

Since 2005, Ms. Harper has testified more than 150 times in virtually every Federal Circuit Court, State Courts, the USPTO, the TTAB, and in arbitrations through both AAA and JAMS.


Areas of Expertise
  • Advertising
  • Business
  • Licensing
  • Marketing
  • Public Opinion & Survey Research
  • Trademarks

Expert Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
A: MBA, Emory University Goizueta Business School 1988
BS, Education / Math Resource, Illinois State University 1984
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: Member of the Boards of Directors:
-Brand Activation Association / Promotion Marketing Association
-Insights Association / National Marketing Research Association
-Public Relations Society of America
-Emory University Goizueta Business School Alumni Association
-Leadership Worth Following

Member:
-Insights Association
-International Trademark Association
-Data & Marketing Association
-American Marketing Association
-Institute of International Research
-American Association for Public Opinion Research
-Public Relations Society of America
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: Professor/Teacher:
-American University Adjunct MBA Marketing Professor
-Fairleigh Dickenson University Adjunct MBA Marketing Professor
-Emory University Goizueta Business School - Guest Lecturer
-High School Math Teacher

Corporate and industry speaker:
- Harvard Business School
- Institute for International Research
- American Marketing Association
- Promotion Marketing Association
- Eli Lilly
- PacifiCare
- Public Relations Society of America
- Delta
- Anheuser Busch
Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
A: No.
Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
A: 300+
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: Lanham Act Surveys
Marketing Standards and Practices
Marketing, Brand Management, Advertising
Public Relations
Consumer Research
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: 60%
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: 40%
Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: 150+
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: 2025
Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: 150+
Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: 45+
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: 20
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: Consulting
Research/Surveys
Reports
Rebuttals
Expert Testimony

References

Law firms, both large and small, have relied on Ms. Rhonda Harper's expertise and experience - many for more than one case.

A&O Shearman
A. Liberatore
Adibi IP
Akerman Law
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Albritton Law Firm
Altman Law Group
Anderson & Anderson
Arnold Porter & Caye
Astourian & Associates
Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo
BakerHostetler
Ballard Spahr
Barnes & Thornburg
Benton Law Firm
Bolhouse Hofstee & McLean
Bowman Brooke
Bowick Dawson & Laney
Braxton Hilton & Perrone
Brewer Attorneys & Counselors
Brinks Gilson & Lione
Brown Fox Law
Brozynski & Dalton
Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes
Bues Gilbert McGroder
Burstein & Associates
Capshaw Deriuex
Carlyle Sandridge & Rice
Carpenter Rothans & Dumont
Choken Welling
Christiansen O'Connor Johnson Kindness
Clark Hill
Cohen & Malad
Coherence Legal
Cole Schotz
Collen Intellectual Property
Colley Shroyer and Abraham
Connelly Rose
Cox Wootton Lerner Griffin & Hansen
Crowell & Moring
David Howard Law Firm
Davis Firm
Dawson Parish
Dentons
Devlin Law Firm
Ditthavong & Steiner Dolghih
Drake Speciale
Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig
Eckley Law
Espinosa Trueba Martinez
Feldman Law Group
Fitzhugh Alvalero and Lee
Foley & Lardner
Ference Associates
Foster Pepper
Foust Partners
Fox & Rothschild
Friedman & Feiger
Frost Brown Todd
Frutkin Law Firm
Gearhart Law
Geary, Porter & Donovan
Gibson Dunn & Crutch
Glowacki, Imbrigiotta, & Doucette
Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
Grant, Genovese & Baratta
Gray Ice Higdon
Grayrobinson
Greenberg Traurig
Hagans Montgomery Rustay
Hartline Dacus Barger Dreyer
Hedrick Kring
Herschmann Benson Bowen
Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti
Hinshaw & Culbertson
Hunter Hayes
Husch Blackwell
Ice Miller
James H. Horton Law Offices
Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough
Kane Russell Coleman & Logan
Kaplan Bogue & Cooper
Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick
King & Spaulding
Kirkland & Ellis
Kirton McConkie
Krogh & Decker
Law Offices of Bradley L. Booke
Law Offices of Daniel W. Roberts
Law Offices of John Jerome Skinner
Law Offices of Mark B. Rosen
Law Offices of William G. Shaw Jr.
Lee Shome & Kennedy
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie
Lexero Law
Lexington Law Group
Lipton Weinberger & Husick
Lowe Haupman Ham & Berner
Madden & Madden
Madison County Prosecutor
Manning & Kass Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester
Mark G. Usdin
Mark Migdal & Hayden
Maslon
Mayer Brown
Matesky Law
Matthews Lawson McCutcheon & Joseph
McArthur Law Practice
McCauley Westberg & Ramirez
McCormick & Priore
McCutcheon Joseph
McDavid & Associates
McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff
McGlinchey Stafford
McGowen Legal
Merchant Law Group
Michael Freund & Associates
Michelman & Robinson
Miller Law
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp
Morris Manning & Martin
Morrison & Foerster
Morrison Cohen
Mullin Russ Kilejan Law
Munger Tolles & Olsen
Niro Haller & Niro
Norton Rose Fulbright
O'Melveny & Myers
Onal Gallant & Partners
One
Orbit IP
Overturf McGath & Hull
Parr Brown Gee & Lovelass
Paul Hastings
Paul Owens Law Firm
Paul Wilkinson Law Firm
Pennington Law
Perkins Coie
Phelps Dunbar
Plunkett Cooney
Podolsky Law
Pomerantz
Poole Brooke Plumlee
Porter Hedges
Quarles and Brady
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Ramey
Ray Quinney & Nebeker
Reeves & Brightwell
Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg
Richard Harrison PA Attorneys at Law
Robinson & Cole
Romero Park
Rumbaugh Law
Sabety IP
Sandberg Phoenix & Von Gontard
SF Firm
Shackelford Melton McKinley & Norton
Shafer & Associates
Sherman Howard
Shearman & Sterling
Sheef & Stone
Sheehy Ware & Pappas
Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Sinsun Law
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Sloan Matney
SML Avvocati
SNS Sanjiv N. Singh
Sorey & Hoover
Southern Cross IP
Spangenberg Shibley & Liber
Stanton IP Law Firm
Steptoe & Johnson
Stinson Leonard Street
Stites & Harbison
Stokes Lawrence
Sullivan & Cromwell
Swanson & Bratschun
Taft Stettinius & Hollister
Taylor Porter
The Ryan Law Firm
The Weitz Law Firm
Thoits Law
Thomas & Locicero
Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons
Thrasher, Dinsmore & Dolan
Touchstone Bernays Attorneys at Law
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders
Underwood Law Firm
Underwood Perkins
Van De Poel, Levy, Arneal & Serot
Vedder Price
Venable
Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease
Wagner Jones Helsey
Wagner McLaughlin Law
Warshaw Burstein
Wells St. John
Williams McCarthy
Wilshire Law Group
Womble Bond Dickinson
Wright Close
WW Partners
Zuber Lawler & Del Duca