WHERE WINNING BEGINS

“WINNING ISN’T EVERYTHING, IT’S THE ONLY THING”

— Vince Lombardi

About

At Select Litigation™, we know winning is the only thing that matters. To win your case, it’s important to select the right jury, know the most persuasive information, and have a strategy that can be adapted to changing circumstances.

Our Integrated Selection Model® combines best practices from a variety of disciplines to offer a unique service with proven success. The model integrates the information from each component of our work to provide an overall juror score for ease of use by the legal team. Scores are continually revised to reflect new information and are used to make decisions quickly when striking the jury.

Our approach to litigation support and jury selection uses the most advanced research techniques available. Our advice is based on facts, not hunches. We are proactive and become fully integrated members of the trial team.

Our wide range of skills and background in fast-moving environments enables us to take on complex tasks with a moment’s notice. Select Litigation is committed to providing the highest possible quality product with an overriding focus on winning.

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Integrated Selection Model®

SELECT LITIGATION SERVICES

PRE-TRIAL

Our team conducts extensive research to develop a pre-trial strategy building on the strengths of your case to help you effectively prepare for trial.

VENUE AND TRIAL ANAlysis

We begin with a thorough investigation of the jurisdiction rules for jury selection – how the juror list is compiled, how the venue is selected, and the procedures for striking the jury. Each element plays a critical role in the selection of the jury. We also conduct an analysis of verdicts and public opinion surrounding similar cases and issues to provide insight to counsel as they develop their case.

Mock trials

We use mock trials to help our clients establish effective trial strategies and overall themes and narratives. This is essential in assessing alternative tactics to handle key evidence and witnesses, and the development of effective graphics to be used in the trial. We include only jury-eligible participants in our mock trials and closely match the groups to the demographic characteristics of the likely jury.

KEY PLAYER RESEARCH

We provide in-depth examinations of key players in the litigation, including opposing counsel, witnesses, experts, and investigators. This is often supplemented by interviewing those familiar with the target and professional assessments where applicable. Our clients are provided a complete dossier of each player that is updated throughout our engagement.

Community Surveys and Predictive Modeling

Select Litigation conducts polls of jury-eligible individuals that are customized to probe underlying attitudes and biases of each case. Our state of the art sampling, measurement, and analysis have been developed from 35 years of experience at the highest levels. The result is a unique predictive model that goes beyond mere demographic data to effectively predict how an individual is inclined to judge the case.

Jury selection

Selecting the right jury is essential to successful trial outcomes. Our Integrated Selection Model uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative research techniques to strike the most favorable jury.

JUROR questionnaires and voir dire

To more closely link our predictive model to decisions about individual jurors, we develop supplemental questions for court-distributed juror questionnaires as well as for panel and individual-level voir dire. Our licensed attorneys participate in bench consultations on jury-related issues and in camera examinations of individual jurors.

INTEGRATED DATABASE

All of the information contained in the Integrated Selection Model is available in a user-friendly platform, allowing the legal team to access critical documentation at any time in the selection process. This capability provides an edge when justifying for-cause strikes and winning Batson challenges

INDIVIDUAL JUROR RESEARCH

Once the court distributes completed juror questionnaires, our team of researchers utilizes state-of-the-art methods to gather all available information about each prospective juror including personal records, professional history and business records, legal records, property records, media mentions, internet appearances, and social media presence.

JUROR SCORES

Rather than creating an “ideal juror,” we assign a specific score to each member of the pool based on the accumulated information in the Integrated Selection Model. Scores are continually revised to reflect new information and are used to make decisions quickly and efficiently when striking the jury.

SELECTION SCENERIOS

We perform a thorough if-then analysis on the pool of prospective jurors to examine alternative striking scenarios, including estimations of how the opposing side will analyze the pool if they have similar information. The result is a practical plan for using for-cause and discretionary strikes effectively and anticipating likely challenges.

JUROR SUMMARIES AND FINAL JURY PROFILE

Our juror summaries cut through the clutter and expedite review. We highlight key facts and refine critical information based on each juror’s assigned score. Once a final jury is selected, we provide a full profile for each juror and alternate with a photo and a schematic showing their seat in the jury box.

Trial

In addition to our work on jury selection, we provide a number of other trial services essential to successful litigation.

Monitoring and Shadow Jury

Members of the Select Litigation team will attend trial and provide legal counsel with real time information and observations about the jury's demeanor and reaction to the case. We continue to monitor jurors' activity on social media to ensure they are complying with the court’s protocol. In addition, Select Litigation will recruit individuals to serve on a shadow jury and provide their observations of the trial. The shadow jury will be matched demographically to the trial jury to provide counsel with timely feedback about the impact of the case on the shadow jurors.

Witness prepARATION

Having trained hundreds of leaders for public appearances, media interviews, committee hearings, and debates, we have the requisite skills and training to help the trial team prepare key witnesses for their court appearances. We provide guidance on demeanor in the courtroom and the witness chair and handling difficult questions in a manner that will resonate with a jury.

Exhibit preparation

The Select Litigation team has Oscar winning animators and graphic designers to create compelling demonstrative exhibits for trial. In addition, our extensive training and experience with databases and advanced statistics are valuable tools for the trial team. We analyze complex and voluminous data sets from phone to financial records, and are often asked to test the reliability of statistical conclusions presented by opposing counsel or included in their exhibits.

Opening and Closing Statements

A powerful and persuasive opening statement and closing argument is critical to success. Our experts work with counsel to perfect content and delivery. We combine our extensive experience in public opinion and public relations with our knowledge of jurors in each case. The result provides our clients with convincing arguments that speak to jurors in a language they understand and lead to a successful outcome.

Public relations

Our clients often draw on our extensive public relations experience, including strategy and plan implementation, media training, press release development and press conference management, media kit creation, development and placement of op-eds and letters to the editor, and social media management pertinent to the case.

POST-Trial

We recognize successful litigation does not always end at trial. We offer a number of post-trial and appellate consultation services.

JUROR INTERVIEWS

Select Litigation will interview jurors post trial to assess their perception of the case, their view of the trial team, the presentation and witnesses, and how and why they reached their verdict.

POST-TRIAL ANALYSIS

Following the conclusion of a trial, we provide legal counsel with an in-depth analysis of their case, including strengths, weaknesses, successes, and missed opportunities. We share our in-depth understanding of the factors that influenced the jury to reach their verdict. This comprehensive analysis provides our clients with targeted strategies for continuous improvement and future success.

APPELLATE CONSULTATION

Our appellate consulting services offer our clients an edge as they prepare to argue appeals at the state and federal levels. Our customized research examines factors ranging from previous judicial rulings to venue statistics, providing legal counsel with information to defend victories or argue against adverse decisions. When oral arguments are required, we use experienced judges to help attorneys to develop persuasive arguments and techniques for successful appellate results.

a team built for success

The Select Litigation team brings decades of valuable experience in jury selection and litigation support services with proven results.

EXPERIENCE

Our team of attorneys and professionals have conducted hundreds of trials on federal, state, and local issues. Our broad experience covers a wide variety of practice areas.

Antitrust

CRIMINAL

MALPRACTICE

SECURITIES

Banking and Finance

FRAUD

PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY

Contracts

INSURANCE

RICO

WHITE COLLAR CRIME

CASeS

The following are illustrative of the cases in which Select Litigation has helped its clients win cases and realize effective resolutions:

Successfully achieved zero convictions for 11 defendants facing 138 federal counts of public corruption, bribery and fraud. Our work included jury selection, trial strategy, public relations, and specialized research projects. After two multi-week trials, one reporter noted, “the case was decided the day the jury was selected.”
Provided trial strategy and extensive research to assist a federal regulatory agency secure substantial fines and professional ban for executives who concealed material information from investors.
Provided extensive research in a medical malpractice suit for a well-known insurance carrier leading to 90% reduction in damages.
Formulated winning litigation strategy against a biopharmaceutical firm that made misleading claims to investors about the approval status of their sole product. After a two-week trial, our client, a federal regulatory agency, won convictions for violations of the Exchange Act 10(b).
Provided research and trial strategy to help successfully defend a breach of contract claim on behalf of an international insurance carrier.
Conducted extensive mock trial and assisted in jury selection in a federal case involving a complicated insider trading scheme. As a result, two defendants settled with the agency, and a third was convicted and has been banned for life from the securities industry.
Conducted juror research and selection in a federal case that resulted in an acquittal of all conspiracy and fraud charges against a law enforcement official.
Developed winning themes and jury selection for an international construction firm employee facing federal fraud charges. Despite facing more than a decade of imprisonment, the defendant was sentenced to one year of unsupervised probation.
Provided winning trial strategy and research which helped secure a 1.8M judgement against an investment adviser charged with fraud for misappropriating client assets and misrepresenting the value of 15 unregistered investment pools.
Provided jury research and selection on behalf of owner of a multi-million-dollar construction contractor charged with wire fraud to secure complete vindication with federal agency dropping all charges.

testimonials

“Ruth and her team at Select Litigation have been an invaluable resource as we prepare for trials. They take the time to learn the details of our case and use their expertise to extract crucial information during mock trials. Their recommendations give us the edge we need to win.” - Marshall Ney, Partner, Friday, Eldredge and Clark