Moreno gained fame as one of the country’s leading jury consultants after high-profile cases including the 2005 trial of Sami Al-Arian, a Florida college professor indicted on terrorism-related charges under the Patriot Act.

Moreno was instrumental in picking the jury that ended up acquitting Al-Arian on 8 counts and deadlocking on the remaining 9 counts. He eventually struck a plea deal after admitting to a single count of supporting a terrorist organization and was deported to Turkey from the US in 2015.

The case brought national attention to Moreno’s skills at dissecting jurors’ backgrounds — an essential key for picking a jury.

Novelist John Grisham revealed the fascinating tactics of jury consultants in his 1996 novel The Runaway Jury, which was later turned into a movie starring Gene Hackman and Dustin Hoffman.

Consultants are paid huge sums of money to dig into the backgrounds of potential jurors.

They also deploy teams to scrutinize jurors’ reactions closely in court in a bid to identify potential weaknesses in their side’s case and maximize the chances of the verdict they want.

While controversial, the practice is entirely legal.

Before claiming fame as a top jury consultant, Moreno was a high-profile criminal defense attorney whose clients included actor Wesley Snipes.

She helped Snipes avoid felony tax evasion charges in 2008.

The actor was jailed for three years on misdemeanor counts instead.

Moreno will join Combs’ already packed defense team, including Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos.

Federal prosecutors filed a third superseding indictment last month with additional charges of sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution.