Our Medical and Scientific Solutions services
The team includes 60+ lawyers, MDs, PhDs, MSN and BSN-level nurses, a DVM, a medical librarian, and other research and technical professionals. We unravel complex medical and scientific issues, allowing trial counsel to focus on winning – whether that be at trial or positioning the case for resolution. Our team has experience supporting our own attorneys as well as collaboratively working within virtual law firm networks.
Our services and work product are customized to meet the needs of each client. We understand the importance of cost control and efficiency. Our pricing models include flat-fee service bundles and á la carte services available on an as-needed basis and with an upfront price tag so there are no surprises.
We have successfully supported litigation throughout the US and internationally for clients in a wide variety of industries, including pharmaceuticals, insurance, healthcare, manufacturing, transportation, and consumer products.
Medical and Scientific Analyses
We analyze the available evidence to identify and document, in the form of easy-to-digest work product, the medical and scientific issues key to the defense of the case. Some of our work product includes:
- Medical Chronology Reports
- Medical Case Summaries
- Scientific Review and White Papers
- Scientific Literature Repository, Exhibit Organization, and Digest Summaries
- Real-Time 24/7 Support
Research and Library Services
Relying on our team’s collective experience, we determine what research and literature will be most critical to defense themes and draft tailored memos, key fact summaries, and literature quotes that can be easily incorporated into trial strategies. Our services are customizable and include literature retrieval, interlibrary loan requests, and searches of databases such as Medline, Dialog, and other relevant Internet sites.
Expert Witness Services
We offer scalable support for every phase of expert witness development. Because our team has 25+ years of experience identifying, vetting, and preparing expert witnesses for testimony, we have relationships with many highly regarded medical and scientific experts across the country. We routinely assist trial counsel in drafting direct and cross-examination outlines and preparing exhibits. We also draft and respond to Daubert or Frye motions seeking the admission or exclusion of expert testimony.
Science Day Preparation and Presentation
Our attorneys work with our scientific and medical professionals to prepare understandable, graphically appealing, and concise presentations for use educating the court. Our team can also provide comprehensive memoranda on medical and scientific case themes.
Sophisticated and Persuasive Trial Graphics
We have an in-house medical illustrator on our Graphics Solutions team capable of creating powerful and anatomically correct depictions of human anatomy. Our medical and scientific professionals work with our Graphics Solutions team and trial counsel to develop the best and most state-of-the-art presentations of complex information for judges and juries. We have the capability to create video animations and detailed images specific to the particular case and product that appeal to the sensibilities and attention span of today’s juror.
Logistics Litigation Support System
Logistics is a secure and user-friendly cloud-based environment for work product generation and sharing with other firms and clients. The system is customizable to meet client-specific needs with respect to efficiency, communication, and best practices for litigation support. Not only does this tool improve workflow, it gives teams convenient real-time access to records, physical evidence retrieval status reports, work product, and research memos.