We recently conducted a survey of people who downloaded some of our e-books and asked: What is your biggest fear about
using litigation consultants?
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good litigation consultant can put together a mock trial that is every bit as real in appearance and challenges the litigation team as much as an actual trial.
Since the trusted - adviser relationship
of litigation consultant to litigator is similar to that of litigator to in - house counsel, I think this practice is one most lawyers can use too.
As Ken Broda - Bahm, senior
litigation consultant at Persuasion Strategies, says: «We are used to seeing mock trials as essential steps in trial preparation — to discover your strengths and weaknesses, test and refine your message, and gain irreplaceable live practice — but today, when goals often focus on dispute resolution rather than trial, focus groups and other mock jury exercises are vital tools of case assessment.
Our process was developed, and is conducted,
by litigation consultants who understand both the nuanced issues involved in complex commercial legal disputes and the extraordinary level of rigor demanded of evidence relied upon by expert witnesses.
Whether you are trying a bet - the - company case, in need of everyday litigation support services or looking for
senior litigation consultants, A2L Consulting can help.
Looking at the three primary types of services that
litigation consultants provide — trial consulting, litigation graphics and courtroom technology support — our general recommendation would be to spend your money where you most need to.
Build a Model of Something: Technically, demonstrative evidence is anything that is not real evidence, but
litigation consultants generally use the term to refer to anything used to help explain a point clearly to a judge or jury.
See, Litigator &
Litigation Consultant Value Added: A «Simple» Final Product and 25 Things In - House Counsel Should Insist Outside Litigation Counsel Do and 21 Reasons a Litigator Is Your Best Litigation Graphics Consultant.
Whereas a major law firm may go to trial perhaps a dozen or two dozen times per year and a single litigator may go to trial every few years, a
single litigation consultant at A2L will be involved in at least a dozen trials and often several dozen trials or more, every single year.
As a
securities litigation consultant, Greg Amoroso serves broker - dealers and insurance companies by working with the firm's attorneys to develop compliance and business strategies in securities litigation, arbitration and regulatory matters.
What winning litigation teams and
litigation consultants strive to do is similar in that, to achieve their goals, they must take complex fact patterns and legal positions and make them both easy to understand and persuasive.
The goal of this aggregator is to include as much content as possible created by
active litigation consultants and other members of the American Society of Trial Consultants.»
While A2L's clients may have enjoyed working with a
particular litigation consultant, trial technician or artist in the past, most have learned that as new people join the firm, they are imbued with our culture of excellence.
A year ago, a
new litigation consultant joined our team and quickly observed, «All too often, we don't have a chance to actually consult.
Big firm litigators rarely try cases: As a result of this new reality, litigators must get a new kind of help - help from trial
tested litigation consultants.
In her new role, Regina will be responsible for directing the efforts of A2L's 20
+ litigation consultants, litigation graphic artists, and trial technicians nationwide.
With
litigation consultants in trial almost full - time, they are a logical add - on both from the trial team's and the client's perspective when considering early case assessment, mock exercises or trial.
Because A2L expertly utilizes seasoned attorneys
as litigation consultants that support multiple trials every month (and hundreds over the years), our ability to add significant value to your litigation team can not be overstated.
I believe that a
good litigation consultant is someone who can help with trial strategy, courtroom appearance, story development, utilizing technology and overall trial presentation improvement - someone who is a lot like a coach.
Develop a Markman Hearing Presentation: Because patent litigation has always led the industry in adopting the latest litigation consulting techniques, because patent case filings are rising at record rates and because one of our
senior litigation consultants is a successful patent litigator, about half of our work continues to involve patent litigation.
We first started using the term in the mid-1990s, and when we did, we described litigation consulting as the act
of litigation consultants working with trial teams to develop the most effective message and present the most effective message at trial.
Based on the presentation, I assumed that Voluble was a software product, but it is actually a service that
uses litigation consultants to pull data from the Internet, including social media platforms, from consumer conversations that are relevant to a particular litigation matter.
She is also
a litigation consultant and expert witness in state and federal cases dealing with programs and services for immigrants and refugees, particularly those who are SLIFE.
Peck is a veteran inspector and builder, code guru and
litigation consultant.
I am a patent litigator, and I have participated in dozens of Markman or claim construction hearings both as a lawyer and as
a litigation consultant.
Also, you can keep costs down by just engaging
a litigation consultant with patent experience to evaluate your presentation (along with any co-counsel you want included), or you can add evaluators like PhD psychologists and / or retired judges.