Beverly “Splash” Abbott
Litigation Consultant

Splash Speaks.

A recognized voice in trial and jury consulting for 24 years. Beverly is on the lectern at FJA, the National Trial Lawyers, and the country’s leading TBI seminars. From voir dire to verdict, Beverly teaches what actually moves a jury.

135+

Trials

24 yrs

Consulting at Trial

8-Figure

Verdicts & Settlements

360+

Mediations & Arbitrations

The only trial consultant with four decades of medicine in her briefcase.

Why “Splash”?

What most people don't know: in 1976, Beverly swam the mile at the U.S. Olympic Trials — forever earning the name she's known by today. The drive that put her in that pool is the same one she brings to every courtroom.

Beverly “Splash” Abbott founded The Trial Concierge to do trial and jury consulting differently — as a true partner who stays in the courtroom for the length of the case, refining themes, witness prep, openings, directs, and crosses as the evidence unfolds.

She came to the law from medicine, trading a career in trauma nursing and hospital administration to help attorneys frame their cases. That neurological training is why she’s sought after to explain traumatic brain injuries and catastrophic spinal injuries to a jury — and why, in 2024–2025, she was instrumental in producing verdicts and settlements totaling over half a billion dollars.

That neurological training is why she’s sought after to explain traumatic brain injuries and catastrophic spinal injuries to a jury — she is the only trial consultant with four decades of medicine in her briefcase. In 2024–2025 she set records, instrumental in producing verdicts and settlements totaling over half a billion dollars.

And while she is a master of catastrophic-injury and medical-malpractice cases, she is equally at home in trucking, premises liability, construction defect, environmental, mass tort, sexual-abuse, and human-trafficking matters.

“Jurors do not care how much you know until they know how much you care.”

$500M+ in 2024–25

135+ Trials

4 Decades of Medicine

360+ Mediations & Arbitrations

A track record on the lectern.

Beverly has taught practicing attorneys and paralegals across the country — from statewide FJA seminars to national TBI programs. Her most recent work centers on traumatic brain injury and persuasion at trial.

2024

Most Recent

TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

Traumatic Brain Injury — $31.9M Case Verdict Analysis

Connectionology TBI Seminar — Nashville
A working breakdown of how an eight-figure TBI verdict was built and presented to the jury.

2024

Most Recent

TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

A Generational View of the TBI Case

Connectionology TBI Seminar — Boulder City, ID
How jurors of different generations hear, weigh, and decide a brain-injury case.

2024

Most Recent

Persuasion · Premises

Premises Liability — Persuasion Blunders

FJA Workhorse Seminar
The avoidable persuasion mistakes that cost plaintiffs premises-liability verdicts.

2016

Focus Groups

Enhancing Your Recovery with Focus Groups

FJA Workhorse Seminar
Using focus groups to test themes and sharpen case value before trial.

2015

Ethics

“Paralegal Ethics in Practice”

Webinar — Paralegal Association of Florida
Day-to-day ethical standards for paralegals supporting trial teams.

2013

Trial Advocacy

The Litigator Toolbox — Webinar Series of 12

Florida Justice Association Webinar Series
A twelve-part series on the craft of trial preparation and advocacy.

2012-18

Mediation

“Masterful Mediations”

FJA Workhorse Seminars · Webinar — National Trial Lawyers
Presented 2012 · 2015 · 2017 · 2018
A repeat-invited talk on strategy and storytelling that settles cases at mediation.

Watch this space.

A podcast, a book, and a new run of speaking dates — all in motion right now. Check back, or get on the list to hear it first.

Launching Soon · Podcast

The Splash
Speaks Podcast

Premieres July 21, 2026

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Hours
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In Progress

A book is in the works.

Beverly is putting 24 years of from-voir-dire-to-verdict craft on the page. The book is titled “Enjoy the Pivot” — early excerpts coming to the podcast first.

Booking Now

Upcoming speaking dates.

New seminar and CLE dates are being confirmed for 2026. They'll post here as they lock — or invite Beverly to your event below.

Event & venue — TBA

Sep 30, 2026

Event & venue — TBA

2026

Event & venue — TBA

2026

Bring “Splash” to your seminar, CLE, or firm retreat.

From TBI and focus groups to persuasion at trial, Beverly tailors every talk to your audience. Tell us the date and the room — we reply within one business day.