RHONDA HARPER, MBA
Hundreds of clients have relied on Ms. Rhonda Harper
Rhonda Harper is a nationally recognized marketing and consumer perception expert retained by law firms in high-stakes litigation involving trademark infringement, false and misleading advertising, branding disputes, licensing conflicts, and complex marketing issues.
Since 2005, she has been retained by over 300 law firms to:
- conduct or rebut more than 350 litigation-focused consumer surveys;
- provide more than 75 expert marketing reports;
- write more than 75 expert rebuttal reports; and
- testify more than 150 times in deposition and at trial.
Her work combines rigorous research methodology with extensive marketing experience.
Ms. Harper’s expertise focuses on how consumers perceive brands, advertising, and marketplace claims—providing clear, defensible analysis in complex legal matters.
Before founding Harper Litigation Consulting and Research, Ms. Harper held senior leadership roles in marketing and communications, including serving as:
- Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Marketing, Walmart/Sam's Club;
- Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Marketing, VF Corp/Vanity Fair Intimates;
- Global Director of Marketing Communications, UPS; and
- Senior Vice President and General Manager at Ketchum Communications.
Rhonda Harper's experience also includes leading marketing promotion for Nabisco and serving as an adjunct professor of marketing for both American University and Fairleigh Dickinson.
Her industry experience informs a practical understanding of how marketing operates in real-world conditions.
I very strongly recommend Ms. Rhonda Harper from Harper Litigation Consulting and Research. She is great to work with and her work product is absolutely top-shelf.
Partner, Greenberg Traurig
Ms. Harper's courtroom testimony is one of the best I’ve seen in doing this 34 years. Very well prepared, unwavering in the face of cross-examination, and very persuasive to the jury. Very well done.
Partner, McCutcheon Joseph
Member
Ms. Harper destroyed an expert's likelihood of confusion and secondary meaning opinions. I highly recommend her in several different areas of her expertise.
Partner, Wells St. John
