The
development of sound intelligence can be the keystone of any
successful litigation. Such
intelligence can take many forms - developing litigant’s
backgrounds, vetting witnesses and experts, evaluating
litigation histories for factual evidence and strategy, and
vetting the factual basis of a claim - all of which can make
the difference between winning and losing.
The ability to develop factual, sound intelligence
early on in a litigation setting provides the user with a
distinct advantage in managing and ultimately resolving the
issue at hand.
The
Intelligence Group utilizes state-of-the-art investigative
research techniques and methodologies to identify and develop
crucial intelligence. Our experience runs the gamut from
simple to complex, ranging from the identification and
retrieval of public documents such as court records to the
evaluation and reconstruction of complex corporate transaction
histories:
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In one such matter, we developed a plaintiff’s
history of similar litigation strategy that proved invaluable
to the successful defense of a claim brought against a large
technology company.
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In another matter, we evaluated the corporate
viabilities of a group of co-defendants named in a historical
environmental liability matter.
By tracing a series of complex corporate transactions,
we were able to identify an ultimate corporate successor as
the actual plaintiff in the matter.
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In other matters, we have developed historical
information regarding opposing litigants in court records,
media or other sources that have helped vet the factual basis
of claims made and allowed for successful withdrawal or
prosecution in countless matters.
Additionally,
clients often ask us to develop evidence in a pre-litigation
setting, including profiling of businesses and individuals,
developing operational histories and assessing financial
viability.
