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Clarence Davis, Nelson Mullins & Riley LLP
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ASSIST ATTORNEYS IN PREPARING FOR TRIAL
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Provide the Best Presentation
for Your Case
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CSI’s multidisciplinary staff of trial consultants stand ready to help you and the rest of your team prepare to win. Our professional credentials are diverse—our ranks include experts in law and psychology, social sciences, multivariate statistical analysis, and statistical modeling for the prediction of behavior. We represent a combined total of more than 140 years experience, in all phases of trial consulting, in all regions of the United States.
Problem-solving at the jury level is knowable through careful research. Preparation fosters luck—and the more you prepare, the luckier you become.
Pre-Trial Research
- Issue Identification
- Witness Mini-Trials
- Archival Database
- Voir Dire Development
- Summation Strategies
- Witness Effectiveness Training
- Theme/Theory Development
Trial-Related Services
- Bench Trials
- Jury Trials
- Juror Questionnaires
- Voir Dire Themes
- Jury Selection/Trial Monitoring
- Mirror Juries®
- Visual Aid Conceptualization and Production
- Presentation Technology
- Audiovisual Production
Post-Trial Services
- Exit Interviews of Actual Jurors
- Case Assessments and Reviews
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Trial Consulting Articles
- Four Lethal, and Preventable, Defense Mistakes in Civil Litigation
by Bill Kanasky, Jr., Ph.D.
An increasing number of cases are now being resolved based upon their perceptual value at the jury level, rather than their realistic economic worth. Plaintiff attorneys have become experts at taking small, relatively benign cases and turning them into expensive “run-a-way trains.” This often results in a defendant corporation having to pay significantly higher settlement figures and damage awards, as they are hamstrung by poor depositions, bad documents, and a sympathetic plaintiff. Fortunately, savvy litigators know that early and accurate evaluations of jury-level perceptions play a key role when opportunities to “out-trade” the other side arise.
- Identifying the Plaintiff Juror
by George Speckart, Ph.D.
The amount of pre-trial effort, preparation, and thought that litigators devote to jury selection typically pales in comparison to the amount devoted to other trial preparation activities. Yet, the importance of having the right - and avoiding the wrong - people in the jury box is difficult to overestimate. One or two intractable jurors who are adversely predisposed can nullify millions in expenses and thousands of hours of work devoted to preparing for trial.
- How to Tap the Potential of Juror Questionnaire
by George Speckart, Ph.D. and Lyndon G. McLennan
Most litigators know that juror questionnaires can reveal biases that potential jurors would never reveal openly. But few realize that winning the battle over the juror questionnaire provides a vital strategic edge.
- Juries See No Middle Ground in Sexual Harassment Cases
by George Speckart, Ph.D.
For jurors in sexual harassment disputes, there appears to be no middle ground in resolving these matters.
- To Down a Stealth Juror, Strike First
by George Speckart, Ph.D.
There are ways to detect a fact-finder who tries to slip through voir dire on a mission to sabotage the case.
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The value of distilling what's critical to your case is found in the answers to
questions such as:
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- How can I simplify these issues?
- What are the outcome-determinative issues at the jury level?
- Which witness should I call?
- What are our chances for a favorable verdict?
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