Andy Spingler, Board Member, is the founder and Member of The Focal Point LLC, which has offices in Oakland, New York, Dallas and Santa Fe. The Focal Point is this country’s premier trial strategy and graphics consulting firm. Since 1989, Mr. Spingler has specialized in working with trial lawyers in complex cases to find ways to make those cases easier to understand and, as a result, more persuasive to juries. Prior to the company’s founding, he worked in the public accounting and consulting field. He has spoken and published on the subject of visual communication in the courtroom for the ABA, Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), the California Judges Association, and numerous law firms. Mr. Spingler is a CPA and holds a BA in Business Economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara.