Randall Kiser is the principal analyst at DecisionSet®. His research regarding attorney–client decision making integrates the fields of law, economics, statistics and psychology.

Mr. Kiser is the author of Beyond Right and Wrong: The Power of Effective Decision Making for Attorneys and Clients (Springer Science + Business Media LLC New York) and the lead author of the widely read article, "Let's Not Make A Deal: An Empirical Study Of Decision Making In Unsuccessful Settlement Negotiations" (Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 5, Issue 3, September 2008). Beyond Right and Wrong evaluates the effectiveness of attorney–litigant decisions, discusses the psychological and institutional factors that may contribute to ineffective decision making, explains the legal malpractice and disciplinary consequences of inadequate settlement counseling and negotiations, and shows how attorneys, clients and law firms can improve the quality of their decision making.

Mr. Kiser's second book, How Leading Lawyers Think: Expert Insights Into Judgment and Advocacy was released in September 2011. In that book, 78 leading attorneys in California and New York identify the key factors in case evaluation and describe how they mentally frame cases, understand jurors' perspectives, develop persuasive themes and arguments and achieve exceptional results for clients.

Mr. Kiser's work has been cited in major newspapers and legal periodicals like The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Bloomberg Law Reports, New York Dispute Resolution Lawyer, Dispute Resolution Magazine, Advocate, Commercial Litigation Review, Just Resolutions eNews, Law 360, American Journal of Mediation, Dispute Resolution Journal, National Law Journal, San Francisco Attorney, ABA Journal Law News Now, Daily Journal, Commercial Lending Review, In–House Defense Quarterly and Harvard Negotiation Law Review and in interviews with National Public Radio (NPR), HBR Consulting, the Legal Broadcast Network, Lawyers and Settlements, Lawyers USA, and Radio New Zealand National. International coverage of his research includes print and electronic media in Ireland, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Italy, Mexico, Chile, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan and England.

Mr. Kiser appears frequently at invited presentations. He presents and moderates programs for professional organizations, businesses and academic institutions as diverse as the American Bar Association, The Mediation Society, Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS), Southern California Mediation Association, Thomson Reuters, Academy of Court–Appointed Masters, Northern District of California Judicial Conference, Centro Italiano di Mediazione, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, Vanderbilt University and University of California.

Mr. Kiser received his law degree in 1978 from the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall), and obtained his undergraduate degree in 1975 from the University of California, Davis (Highest Honors). His legal education is complemented by the award in 2002 of a certificate in leadership from the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management, Claremont Graduate University. His present research interests center on the application of quantitative methods to enhance individual and organizational problem solving, decision making, and forecasting skills.

Before entering the decision sciences field, Mr. Kiser represented clients in complex commercial litigation disputes for twenty years. He was a partner of a regional law firm for six years and then directed his own firm for eight years. In addition to membership in various bar associations, he is a member of the Society for Empirical Legal Studies, the Decision Analysis Society and the American Law and Economics Association.