Defendant· Theranos
Elizabeth A. Holmes
Founder and former chief executive officer of Theranos and the defendant in this federal criminal trial.
AppearedFederal Criminal Trial
5,945 lines·9 appearances·176 mentions
About
Faced federal conspiracy and wire-fraud charges centered on representations to Theranos investors and later testified through direct, cross, redirect, and recross examination. The defense presented a good-faith and technological-development account, while the prosecution used company records, communications, presentations, and public statements to contest her knowledge and intent.
Trial Record (185)
FederalFederal Criminal TrialAug 31, 2021 – Jan 3, 2022
Testimony (9)
Direct
Elizabeth A. Holmes — Direct
Day 36DirectElizabeth A. Holmes — Direct
Day 37DirectElizabeth A. Holmes — Direct
Day 38DirectElizabeth A. Holmes — Direct
Day 39CrossElizabeth A. Holmes — Cross
Day 40CrossElizabeth A. Holmes — Cross
Day 42RedirectElizabeth A. Holmes — Redirect
Day 42RedirectElizabeth A. Holmes — Redirect
Day 43RecrossElizabeth A. Holmes — Recross
Day 43Mentioned (176)
Voir Dire
Individual Voir Dire of Juror Chuang
Jury Selection Day 1Voir DireDefense Voir Dire of Panel One
Jury Selection Day 1Voir DireIndividual Voir Dire of Prospective Juror Brown
Jury Selection Day 2Jury InstructionProspective Panel Oath and Preliminary Legal Instructions
Jury Selection Day 2Voir DireResumed Court Voir Dire on Bias and Juror Qualifications
Jury Selection Day 2ProceduralFirst Recess Admonition to Sworn Jury
Jury Selection Day 3OpeningOpening Statement by the Defense
Day 4OpeningOpening Statement by the Defense — Resumed
Day 4DirectSo-Han Spivey — Direct
Day 4Jury InstructionPreliminary Jury Instructions
Day 4OpeningOpening Statement by the Prosecution
Day 4DirectSo-Han Spivey — Direct
Day 6CrossSo-Han Spivey — Cross
Day 6RedirectSo-Han Spivey — Redirect
Day 6DirectErika Cheung — Direct
Day 6ProceduralEmail Exhibit Admissibility Hearing
Day 6DirectErika Cheung — Direct (Resumed)
Day 6ProceduralHearing on Admissibility of Cheung Email Exhibits
Day 7ProceduralHearing on Cheung Hearsay, Notice, and Prejudice Issues
Day 7DirectErika Cheung — Direct
Day 7ProceduralPretrial Evidentiary Hearing on Witness Testimony, Hearsay, and Immunity
Day 8CrossErika Cheung — Cross
Day 8DirectSurekha Gangakhedkar — Direct
Day 8CrossSurekha Gangakhedkar — Cross
Day 8ProceduralPretrial Evidentiary Hearing
Day 9RedirectSurekha Gangakhedkar — Redirect
Day 9DirectJustin Offen — Direct
Day 10DirectJames Mattis — Direct
Day 10CrossJames Mattis — Cross
Day 10RedirectJames Mattis — Redirect
Day 10DirectJustin Offen — Direct
Day 10CrossJustin Offen — Cross
Day 10ProceduralRosendorff Testimony and Cross-Examination Evidentiary Issues
Day 11DirectAdam Rosendorff — Direct
Day 11DirectAdam Rosendorff — Direct
Day 12CrossAdam Rosendorff — Cross
Day 12CrossAdam Rosendorff — Cross
Day 13DirectVictoria Sung — Direct
Day 13CrossVictoria Sung — Cross
Day 13CrossAdam Rosendorff — Cross
Day 14colloquyAdmissibility Colloquy Regarding Defense Exhibit 13862
Day 14CrossAdam Rosendorff — Cross Resumed
Day 14CrossAdam Rosendorff — Cross
Day 15RedirectAdam Rosendorff — Redirect
Day 15ProceduralSafeway Renovation-Expense Evidence Hearing
Day 16ProceduralReplacement Juror No. 4 Language and Service Inquiry
Day 16RedirectAdam Rosendorff — Redirect
Day 16ProceduralLaboratory-Comparison Testimony Evidence Hearing
Day 16RecrossAdam Rosendorff — Recross
Day 16DirectSteven Burd — Direct
Day 16ProceduralSafeway Renovation-Cost Evidence Hearing and Ruling
Day 17DirectSteven Burd — Direct
Day 17CrossSteven Burd — Cross
Day 17RedirectSteven Burd — Redirect
Day 17RecrossSteven Burd — Recross
Day 17DirectWade Miquelon — Direct
Day 17DirectWade Miquelon — Direct
Day 18CrossWade Miquelon — Cross
Day 18RedirectWade Miquelon — Redirect
Day 18DirectNimesh Jhaveri — Direct
Day 19RedirectNimesh Jhaveri — Redirect
Day 19DirectSunil Dhawan — Direct
Day 19CrossSunil Dhawan — Cross
Day 19ProceduralExhibits 504 and 551 Admissibility Hearing
Day 20ProceduralExhibit 1496 Admissibility Hearing
Day 20DirectDaniel Edlin — Direct
Day 20ProceduralAdmissibility Hearing — Pfizer Internal Report
Day 21ProceduralAdmissibility Hearing — Military Exhibits 504 and 551
Day 21ProceduralAdmissibility Hearing — Customer Complaint Log
Day 21DirectDaniel Edlin — Direct
Day 21DirectDaniel Edlin — Direct (Resumed)
Day 21ProceduralExhibit 551 Admissibility Hearing
Day 21DirectDaniel Edlin — Direct (Resumed)
Day 21CrossDaniel Edlin — Cross
Day 21ProceduralAdmissibility Hearing on Dr. Weber's Pfizer Report
Day 22ProceduralCustomer Feedback Reports Admissibility Hearing
Day 22CrossDaniel Edlin — Cross (Resumed)
Day 22RedirectDaniel Edlin — Redirect
Day 22ProceduralPretrial Evidentiary Conference on Tolbert Exhibits
Day 23ProceduralRuling on Shane Weber Report (Exhibit 167)
Day 23DirectShane Weber — Direct
Day 23CrossShane Weber — Cross
Day 23DirectJohn Bryan Tolbert — Direct
Day 23DirectJohn Bryan Tolbert — Direct (Resumed)
Day 23CrossJohn Bryan Tolbert — Cross
Day 23ProceduralHearing on Exhibit 1349 Recording Segment
Day 23RedirectJohn Bryan Tolbert — Redirect
Day 23RecrossJohn Bryan Tolbert — Recross
Day 23ProceduralPretrial Hearing on Peterson Video Evidence
Day 24DirectLisa Peterson — Direct
Day 24DirectLisa Peterson — Direct (Resumed)
Day 24ProceduralHearing on Mad Money Video Clips
Day 24DirectLisa Peterson — Direct (Resumed)
Day 24ProceduralHearing and Ruling on Today Show Video
Day 24DirectLisa Peterson — Direct (Resumed)
Day 24CrossLisa Peterson — Cross
Day 24ProceduralPost-Jury Evidentiary Hearing on Exhibit 5273
Day 24ProceduralEvidentiary Hearing on Alan Eisenman Email Redactions
Day 25CrossLisa Peterson — Cross
Day 26RedirectLisa Peterson — Redirect
Day 26sidebarSidebar on Admissibility of Exhibit 2065
Day 26DirectConstance Cullen — Direct
Day 26CrossConstance Cullen — Cross
Day 26DirectDaniel Mosley — Direct
Day 26CrossDaniel Mosley — Cross
Day 26CrossDaniel Mosley — Cross
Day 27CrossDaniel Mosley — Cross (Resumed)
Day 27sidebarSidebar on Defense Exhibits and Evidentiary Objections
Day 27CrossDaniel Mosley — Cross (Resumed)
Day 27RedirectDaniel Mosley — Redirect
Day 27DirectChristopher Lucas — Direct
Day 28CrossChristopher Lucas — Cross Resumed
Day 28RedirectChristopher Lucas — Redirect
Day 28RecrossChristopher Lucas — Recross
Day 28DirectLynette Sawyer — Direct
Day 28colloquyCMS Report and Voided-Test Evidence Colloquy
Day 28ProceduralMotion in Limine Hearing on Roger Parloff Testimony
Day 29ProceduralRule 17 Subpoena and Reporter's Privilege Proceedings
Day 29ProceduralCMS Evidence and Dr. Das Testimony Hearing
Day 30DirectKingshuk Das — Direct
Day 30ProceduralCMS Exhibit Redactions and Limiting-Instruction Hearing
Day 30DirectKingshuk Das — Direct Examination Resumed
Day 30CrossKingshuk Das — Cross
Day 30CrossKingshuk Das — Cross
Day 31RedirectKingshuk Das — Redirect
Day 31RecrossKingshuk Das — Recross
Day 31DirectAlan Eisenman — Direct
Day 31ProceduralExhibit 713 Admissibility Hearing
Day 31CrossAlan Eisenman — Cross
Day 31CrossAlan Eisenman — Cross
Day 32ProceduralHearing on Alan Eisenman's Testimonial Notes
Day 32CrossAlan Eisenman — Cross (Resumed)
Day 32RedirectAlan Eisenman — Redirect
Day 32ProceduralRenewed Motion to Admit Customer Survey Reports
Day 33DirectSo-Han Spivey — Direct
Day 33CrossSo-Han Spivey — Cross
Day 33DirectBrian Grossman — Direct
Day 33CrossBrian Grossman — Cross
Day 33CrossBrian Grossman — Cross
Day 34RedirectBrian Grossman — Redirect
Day 34ProceduralParloff Interview Designation Four Evidentiary Hearing and Ruling
Day 35ProceduralParloff Interview Designation Two Evidentiary Hearing and Ruling
Day 35DirectMark Burnes — Direct
Day 35CrossMark Burnes — Cross
Day 35DirectRoger Parloff — Direct
Day 35CrossRoger Parloff — Cross
Day 35CrossRoger Parloff — Cross Resumed
Day 35CrossRoger Parloff — Cross Resumed
Day 35ProceduralMotion to Exclude Fabrizio Bonanni Testimony and Late Disclosures
Day 36CrossRoger Parloff — Cross
Day 36RedirectRoger Parloff — Redirect
Day 36ProceduralRule 29 Motion and Evidentiary Record Matters
Day 36DirectTrent Middleton — Direct
Day 36DirectFabrizio Bonanni — Direct
Day 36CrossFabrizio Bonanni — Cross
Day 36ProceduralWeekend Jury Admonition and Juror Questionnaire Ruling
Day 36ProceduralRule 16 Disclosure Dispute
Day 37ProceduralHearing on Admission of Sunny Balwani’s Prior Testimony
Day 39ProceduralHearing on Renewed Motion to Admit Exhibit 14259
Day 39ProceduralPost-Testimony Discussion of Balwani Prior-Testimony Motion
Day 39ProceduralHearing on Defense Motion 1163 and Balwani Deposition Excerpts
Day 40ProceduralHearing on Cross-Examination Scope and Lifestyle Evidence
Day 40ProceduralGovernment Motion to Exclude Late-Produced Documents
Day 42ProceduralRenewed Motion to Admit Feedback Reports
Day 42ProceduralExhibit Admissibility Proceedings
Day 43ProceduralRenewed Rule 29 Motion Hearing
Day 43ProceduralCMS Report Admissibility and Limited-Purpose Hearing
Day 44Charge ConferenceFinal Jury Instructions Charge Conference Resumed
Day 44ProceduralPre-Argument Evidentiary and Exhibit Procedures
Day 46Jury InstructionJury Limiting Instruction on Exhibit 4621
Day 46ClosingClosing Argument by the Prosecution
Day 46Charge ConferenceConference on Trade-Secret and Advice-of-Counsel Instructions
Day 47ClosingClosing Argument by the Defense — Resumed
Day 47Jury InstructionModified Allen Charge and Reasonable-Doubt Instruction
Day 51VerdictReturn, Publication, and Polling of Verdicts
Day 51ProceduralRelease Conditions and Secured-Bond Review
Day 51