What is a case consult?
Before we outline the Case Consult. lets briefly understand what a co-counsel is.
Since the beginning of litigation and even before personal injury cases, the co-counsel has been a way for typically two lawyers from different law firms to work on the case together. Most often the lead counsel is a senior lawyer with much experience in the area. The second chair or referring attorney is often desirious of splitting the workload and having a more experienced lawyer to work with on the case. The mimimum case value for
co-counsel is 5 million - gross value.
CASE CONSULT
The case consult is essentially all of the work you would normally do in a co-counsel case with the exception of the actual court appearances, prescence at mediation and the trial. The consult counsel is not an attorney of record and has no attorney/client relationship with the client.
The case consult would entail all aspects of the Reptile:
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narrative focus group
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development of codes and rules
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spreading the tentacles of danger
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the Keenan method of witness preparation
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the hit list for depositions and role playing
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assistance in expert selection
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assistance in strategy on demonstrative evidence
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strategy and end game of all settlement considerations to include:
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the mediation
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crafting the voir dire, opening statement, order of proof, and closing argument.
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NOTE: Often a case which commences as a consult case is revised to be a co-counsel case. Minimum case value for a case consult is 1 million - gross value.