RHONDA HARPER, MBA
Consumer Survey and Marketing Expert Witness
Ms. Harper is a nationally recognized marketing and consumer perception expert retained by hundreds of law firms in high-stakes matters involving trademark infringement, false and misleading advertising, licensing disputes, branding conflicts, and complex marketing issues.
Since 2005, she has conducted or rebutted nearly 300 litigation-focused consumer surveys and reports, authored over 100 expert marketing reports, and testified more than 150 times. Her work is grounded in rigorous methodology, real-world marketplace experience, and a deep understanding of how consumers perceive brands, messaging, and competitive claims.
With 35 years of senior executive leadership, Ms. Harper previously served as a Fortune 500 Chief Marketing Officer and as Senior Vice President and General Manager at a global communications agency. She also has served as an adjunct professor of marketing and is a successful serial entrepreneur.
Ms. Harper's rare combination of courtroom expertise and Fortune 500 leadership gives clients practical, defensible, and strategically sound opinions in complex marketing disputes.
Her work is split approximately 60% for Plaintiffs and 40% for Defendants.
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
