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v. Swiss Re et al. (WTC insurance coverage litigation 4/04)
"I want to . . . thank you for responding in the manner you did to my last minute request for assistance. . . . The expanded team was a better team, not just a numerically larger team. As you know, I have worked with demonstratives in every jury trial I have ever conducted. The technology has evolved dramatically since I started trying cases, but the importance of well thought out, high impact demonstratives has remained constant because, as you helped teach me long ago, jury comprehension increases dramatically when jurors can visualize what they are hearing from the advocates. You added value to a case
I told you I want to win more than any other case I have ever had. Regardless
of the outcome of the case, I know that none of us could have tried
harder or done any
"I have been meaning to thank you
so very much for all of your help on this case. Your good work, ideas,
suggestions and enthusiasm contributed greatly to what we were able
to achieve. From a personal point of view, Barry and I were delighted to join efforts with you again after such a long time. Your e-mail reminder that you were doing this type of work came at the perfect moment in the case and we are very pleased that we were able to enlist you to help us out. We will keep you in mind for future engagements and be sure to let our colleagues know about your fine work." Mary Kay Vyskocil,
Esq. Dedham Water
Co. v. Cumberland Farms "This case was truly a battle
of the experts, in which the outcome turned on educating and persuading
Judge Taro on highly technical, scientific issues Christopher P.
Davis, Esq.
Cipollone v. Phillip Morris et al. "The exhibits were an effective communications tool and the jury genuinely appreciated our efforts to present complicated scientific and medical information." Patrick M. Sirridge,
Esq.
USFL v. NFL
"Without your personal assistance, there is no doubt that the job
would not have been completed within the time constraints that confronted
us. Your personal sacrifices,
Peter Morton v. Tigrett & Hard Rock Cafe Inc. "I want to congratulate you for the preparation of the chart which I am sure will become "infamous" . . .We appreciate not only your professionalism but also your prompt service on our client’s behalf." Michael O. Warnecke,
Esq.
Jones v. Michelin Tire Co.
"Thank you for your assistance in this matter. The exhibits you
prepared for us were one of the key elements in our successful defense."
Jan F. Ourada James M. Altieri,
Esq.
Re: The Exxon Valdez Oil
Spill "Your experience and judgment was invaluable.
We want you Brian O’Neill,
Esq.
Dooyang v. Arthur D. Little Int’l, Inc. "You and your team worked with patience, good humor, boundless energy, vigorous design and artistic grace on the charts that we used in this case. Their effect was dramatic and helped us greatly in presenting our complex and difficult case. You and your team were there for us at all times and contributed in more ways than we could ever have imagined at the outset in shaping and honing our presentation." Leslie Moore,
Esq. In Re: New Mexico Natural
Gas Antitrust Litigation "Your willingness to work virtually around
the clock as our trial date approached, in order to perfect the extensive
visual material for John W. Spiegel,
Esq.
In Re: Mercedes Benz Class
Action Antitrust Litigation "We shall all remember
for a long time the trial judge’s statement that one chart we
wished to exhibit was ‘just too clear -- it makes "The chart which you called a ‘tutorial’ explaining the flow of services and cash made one of our fundamental points far better than we were ever able to verbally express." Wilbur Bourne
Ruthrauff, Esq.
LILCO v. GE
"The graphics work you did for us for the trial of this case was
terrific in all respects. It helped us tell our story much, much more
effectively than we could have otherwise. James Munson,
Esq.
U.S. v. Yonkers
Contracting et al. "On behalf of all counsel, I wanted
to thank you for the critical role you played in our tremendous victory
in reaching a verdict for not guilty for all Andrew Luger,
Esq.
NLI TRO Hearing "The visual aids which you helped to develop in aid of our arguments were very effective. As you know, the end result could not have been more successful. Your professionalism was apparent throughout." The ultimate compliment, however, is
from the opposition. At page 186 of the July 23rd hearing transcript,
the Wachtell lawyer makes a deserved, but telling admission: our ‘chartmaker’
was and is better than theirs!"
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EXCERPTS
OF LETTERS FROM FEDERAL AND STATE
PROSECUTORS AND JUDGES |
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"U.S.
v. Guy Fisher "[The prosecutors] forensic performances
were models of how a case should be handled and tried." "Your office [SDNY U.S. Attorney’ s office] is to be ongratulated and accorded high marks for this sterling professional performance." Judge;
U.S. District Court - S. Dist. of NY
U.S. v. Astoria Plywood et al. "I don’t know if we would have been successful without the outstanding graphic exhibits prepared by your company." "I can’t say enough about your speed and expediency. Even though we were at opposite ends of the country. . . ." Trial Attorney; U.S.D.O.J.-Antitrust Div.
U.S.
v. Crawford Enterprises "The single most significant
contribution was the dramatic impact of the flow chart tracing the bribe
funds. . . . " "The McLean
jury made the point of coming to us in praise to the charts. They raved
about the simple clarity, accuracy and impact. . . . " "I too would not try another case without visual aids from your company." "You helped us reduce mountains of documents, testimony and facts to a handful of charts that communicated our case loudly and clearly." Deputy
Chief; U.S.D.O.J. U.S.
v. Joseph Pisani "To say that your work was helpful
would be a gross misunderstatement; more accurately, the striking and
dynamic charts you prepared were critical to the government’s
Ass’t. U.S. Attorney - Southern Dist. of NY
U.S.
v. John Wayne Vermouth "Your summary and chronology
charts are second to none. Perhaps the finest compliment can be attributed
to the jurors themselves. I have it on good Ass’t. U.S. Attorney - Central District. of CA
N.Y.
v. Collandra, Levine et al. "I was told that it was
essential for a successful prosecution that I meet with you; truer words
were never spoken. . . . your insightful probing caused me to not Ass’t. District Attorney - D.A. of the County of NY
U.S.
v. Judge Aguilar (NDCA) "The first trial ended in
a hung jury. Public Integrity Prosecutors requested special authorization
to engage your company for the retrial and the rest is history. The
Chief,
Public Integrity Section American
Inns of Court Presentation "I wish more litigators would
utilize charts and graphs like yours. As a federal judge, I have presided
over 140 trials, many of them complex. Litigation "I remember
the many times you helped me reduce difficult concepts to presentable
charts during my tenure with the Department of Justice. Your presentation
was outstanding. The group is still talking about you and your dazzling
displays." Hon.
Layn R. Phillips
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“Really helpful as they were big enough for all to see.” “Poster-sized enlargements made it so you could study it longer and it seemed to bring things closer.” “Poster-sized enlargements of documents and photographs were the best.” “We really liked the multi-colored, color coded exhibits that were used.” “The large chart of the movement of the ship just prior to and after hitting the reef.” “Bigger is better. Too many small images thrown at us on the monitors. Hard to remember all of it.” “Extremely large charts of what the plaintiffs were asking in dollar amounts. Those related directly to our jury instructions.” “Large boards displays - especially those showing what the plaintiffs were asking for in dollar amounts.” “Boards...used all of them, over and over in deliberations.” “I liked the poster-sized exhibits in the jury room because you could find them readily when you wanted them.” “All poster-sized exhibits were used often in the jury room.” “These were great for our deliberations in the jury room.” “Bar charts were good and we used them in deliberations.” “Bar charts were constantly used during deliberations, also the diagrams.” “My suggestion would be to decide which exhibits are most important and produce those in the larger size so that they would be easily distinguishable from the rest of the exhibits.” “Your charts were just so much better and clearer than the other sides.”
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