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5 Top Litigation Consulting Report Articles from Q1

Kenneth J. Lopez, J.D.
By: Kenneth J. Lopez, J.D.

Trial Technicians, Litigation Graphics, Jury Consulting, Litigation Consulting, Trial Consulting, Demonstrative Evidence, Hot Seat Operators, Articles, Information Design


A2L Litigation Consulting Report top 5 articles q1 2012After a year of providing expert commentary on trials, litigation graphics, jury research, courtroom hot seat best practices and similar topics, I think it’s time to take stock.

In the past year, the A2L Consulting blog, The Litigation Consulting Report, has gone from zero subscribers to nearly one thousand. There have been more than two thousand downloads from our popular litigation e-book series. We have given away four iPads, a prize we give each quarter to one randomly chosen subscriber. And more than anything else, I am very excited that there have been more than 20,000 visits to our litigation-focused blog, making it one of the most popular litigation blogs.

Below are snippets of the most read articles in our blog for the first quarter of 2012 and the most read articles from the past year. 

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Top 5 Articles from The Litigation Consulting Report - First Quarter 2012
 

Friday, Mar 16, 2012 Ken Lopez
The task of a trial lawyer is to convince a judge or jury to believe in the truth of a client’s case.  However, in many complex trials, the underlying facts are not as easily understood by the fact-finder as they would be in, say, a murder case or a traffic accident. A case, especially the type of litigation that we are involved in, often turns on complex issues of science , ...Read More

Monday, Feb 27, 2012 Ken Lopez
In the courtroom, the attorney who has the best chance of winning a case is generally the one who is the best storyteller. The trial lawyer who makes the audience care, who is believable, who most clearly explains the case, who develops compelling narrative and who communicates the facts in the most memorable way builds trust and credibility. If you follow some basic storytelling and speech...Read More

Thursday, Jan 5, 2012 Ken Lopez
TrialDirector, a trial presentation software package produced by InData, is an indispensable aid to the presentation of electronic and other evidence at trial. There is a reason why this product has claimed the majority of the market share for trial presentation software for more than 10 years: It can actually make it interesting for a jury or other fact-finder to listen to a witness testify...Read More

Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 Ken Lopez
At first it sounds like something out of science fiction, but 3D printing has arrived – and it can be very helpful to the litigator and litigation consultant . In 3D printing, which was invented in 2003, the user either electronically sculpts or scans nearly any object into the printer, using a computer-assisted design (CAD) program to tinker with the color and shape of the...Read More

Friday, Mar 23, 2012 Ken Lopez
When a litigator engages a  trial graphics consultant , he or she will most likely be getting more than anticipated - an expert in information design. Information design , a field that is less than 50 years old, has been defined as a process that is “concerned with transforming data into information, making the complex easier to understand and to use. It is a rapidly...Read More


Top 5 Articles from The Litigation Consulting Report - Past Year

Monday, Feb 21, 2011 Ken Lopez
The term information design is less than fifty years old.  The use of specialty trial graphics in the courtroom started less than thirty years ago.  Only very recently have the terms been used in the same sentence. That is, only recently have individual practitioners of both arts emerged. Wikipedia describes information design as "the skill and practice of preparing information so...Read More

Wednesday, Sep 7, 2011 Ken Lopez
Although trial consultants prepare dozens of different types of exhibits that help judges and jurors understand a case, timelines are one of the oldest and most reliable. After all, most cases involve some sort of time sequence, and the order and timing of events can be crucial. Timelines give jurors an intuitive understanding of a case – if they are done well. While it seems simple...Read More

Friday, Aug 12, 2011 Ken Lopez
No trial presentation exhibit specialist can perform any better than his or her tools. Although the judge and jury aren’t usually aware of what software the trial consultant is using, the choice of presentation software is essential to the success of the consultant, and ultimately to the success of the case. Over the last decade, presenting demonstrative evidence has usually meant...Read More

Monday, Feb 7, 2011 Ken Lopez
Below is an article authored by a Senior Litigation Graphics Consultant at A2L Consulting.  It is set for publication in PLI's Trial by Jury book.  I think it does a great job of introducing the challenge of balancing color choice and culture in trial graphics . ******** Color Choice, Culture and Demonstrative Evidenc e -Theresa D’Amico Villanueva, Esq. About the...Read More

Tuesday, Nov 15, 2011 Ken Lopez
As litigation consultants, jury consultants, trial technology consultants and litigation graphics consultants, we have the opportunity to share our decades of experience in over 10,000 cases, working with litigators from all major law firms, with our litigation clients every day. Clearly, this is a valuable service, and I believe great litigators become better litigators for having worked with...Read More

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