Straight from the home office in Lincoln, Nebraska, here are the top 10 reasons litigators have for not hiring a litigation consultant:
10. “We have unlimited time to worry about everything, so we should do it all ourselves.”
9. “We’ve got paralegals and I can make a PowerPoint slide.”
8. “There’s NO WAY this is really going to trial (I mean it this time)!”
7. “I’m a brilliant lawyer, a fantastic graphic artist, and have a Ph.D. in psychology – I’m pretty much the Leonardo da Vinci of litigation.”
6. “Even though it costs my client $2000 for me to write a letter to opposing counsel, the budget won’t tolerate figuring out how to appeal to real jurors.”
5. “Jurors only want to hear about statistics! I don’t want to confuse them with graphics or a story.”
4. “My mom was right, I am the smartest person in the world.”
3. “This case is all about this specific nuance in the law – there’s no way we can lose on the law.”
2. “The jury is full of my immediate family.”
And the number 1 reason you are confident you don’t need a litigation consultant:
1. “Hey, it’s just the client’s money at stake.”
We hope these gave you at least one chuckle to end 2013. Happy New Year!
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