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:

narrative focus group
development of codes and rules
spreading the tentacles of danger
the Keenan method of witness preparation
the hit list for depositions and role playing
assistance in expert selection
assistance in strategy on demonstrative evidence
strategy and end game of all settlement considerations to include:
- the mediation
- crafting the voir dire, opening statement, order of proof, and closing argument.

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.